The context was it is harder to win a sprint stage at Poland, than at the Vuelta. Same as it was harder to win a sprint stage at the Giro, compared to the TDF.
The context was it is harder to win a sprint stage at Poland, than at the Vuelta. Same as it was harder to win a sprint stage at the Giro, compared to the TDF.
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Kooij already won stages in the last 3 editions in Poland. He can win stages in any race as I consider him one of the top-4 sprinters worldwide. Like I said, I count Merlier higher on a straight line sprint but Kooij his positioning is better and he climbs better. With the Vuelta's packed with medium mountain stages that are too hard for him I completely get it why they send him here.
- Apr 8, 2023
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Stage 5 and it's from Katowice to ... Katowice 187.6 km, start 12.30 CET, TV from 12.10 CET
2nd sprint win for Kooij or another sprinter has his day.
2nd sprint win for Kooij or another sprinter has his day.
Vuelta stage wins are better for his development than a Poland stage win. It still does not answer the question. Why has he ridden half of one GT in four years as a pro.
- May 13, 2009
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Hmm. Michał Paluta was out of pro cycling for the past two years and only returned to Continental level for this season, but is leading KOM classification at his home tour. Cool.
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Quite simple: because he's still only 22 and he's in a team with a very strong GC winning DNA. Arnaud de Lie has ridden the same amount of GC's and I think that's quite healthy for young riders.
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Stage 5 is the one where no one has a radio, and that would mean a break (if there is one) won't get far up the road.Stage 5 and it's from Katowice to ... Katowice 187.6 km, start 12.30 CET, TV from 12.10 CET
2nd sprint win for Kooij or another sprinter has his day.
Katowice is the scene of Fabio Jakobsen's horror crash in 2020, but there was talk of moving the finish and changing the barriers.
The run in, if I remember correctly was all downhill with a short uphill strech to the line. Today's finish is similar but with a sharp left turn at 700 m to go.
- Nov 16, 2013
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Stage 5 is the one where no one has a radio, and that would mean a break (if there is one) won't get far up the road.
Katowice is the scene of Fabio Jakobsen's horror crash in 2020, but there was talk of moving the finish and changing the barriers.
The run in, if I remember correctly was all downhill with a short uphill strech to the line. Today's finish is similar but with a sharp left turn at 700 m to go.
You don't remember correctly. It was an all-downhill sprint, no uphill to mitigate the speed. So it's not the same sprint at all if your profile there is true.
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The profile is for today's stage finish, but I too thought the sprint in 2020 was all down hill but looking at the video again -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UrDC6jz1NY
I'm not so sure.
I'm not so sure.
- May 5, 2010
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- Aug 29, 2009
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De Lie is a third year pro and rode a full TDF. And he will ride another GT next year.
No surprise that Melier as he has been the best performed sprinter this year. His issue is will he ever ride the TDF ? Surely a team must have considered buying him out of his contract.
- Jul 4, 2009
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- Apr 8, 2023
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Saturday's stage 6 from Wadowice to Bukovina Tatsanska 183.2 km. Start 12.00, TV from 12.00 CET. 3,000 m of climbing with a few nasty short climbs.
Preview from https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...tacle-in-the-way-of-jonas-vingegaards-victory
Early in the day however there is also a set of four climbs, each hard enough for strong climbers or classics riders to go up the road. It could be important for the overall classification but also the fight for the stage win.
The riders then climb up Sciana Bukovina (2.6Km; 7.8%) and Sciana Harnas (2.8Km; 6.4%) that summit with 60 and 46 kilometers to go. They will be hard, but taking into consideration the finale, there will likely not be too much action yet on these ascents. Sciana Bukovina is the main climb of the day, the average is not too high but the gradients go over 20% on the climb and the final time up it sees the summit finish with only 12 kilometers to go. It is an ascent where differences can be made, with no doubt.
After the summit there is a small plateau and then a very fast descent into the base of the final climb directly. This is the ascent to the Bukovina Tatsanska which is 4 kilometers at around 5%. The first 2 kilometers average around 7% and it does provide the chance for attacks to still happen. It then flattens out but, if a sprint is to happen, it will still have some uphill gradients to the line in a smooth straightforward road.
(If Vingegaard is going to have nightmares about his previous trip to Poland, then tomorrow's the day as it was in Bukovina, that being race leader got to him)
Preview from https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...tacle-in-the-way-of-jonas-vingegaards-victory
Early in the day however there is also a set of four climbs, each hard enough for strong climbers or classics riders to go up the road. It could be important for the overall classification but also the fight for the stage win.
The riders then climb up Sciana Bukovina (2.6Km; 7.8%) and Sciana Harnas (2.8Km; 6.4%) that summit with 60 and 46 kilometers to go. They will be hard, but taking into consideration the finale, there will likely not be too much action yet on these ascents. Sciana Bukovina is the main climb of the day, the average is not too high but the gradients go over 20% on the climb and the final time up it sees the summit finish with only 12 kilometers to go. It is an ascent where differences can be made, with no doubt.
After the summit there is a small plateau and then a very fast descent into the base of the final climb directly. This is the ascent to the Bukovina Tatsanska which is 4 kilometers at around 5%. The first 2 kilometers average around 7% and it does provide the chance for attacks to still happen. It then flattens out but, if a sprint is to happen, it will still have some uphill gradients to the line in a smooth straightforward road.
(If Vingegaard is going to have nightmares about his previous trip to Poland, then tomorrow's the day as it was in Bukovina, that being race leader got to him)
- May 5, 2010
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His previous trip to Poland was quite uneventful.
For him, personally, not for the race...
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