Tour of Slovakia UCI 2.1 (18.09-21.09)

[virenque216]

We have one of the last races before worlds this year.
After great line up last year we have another interesting one with 5 WT teams participating.



Teams:

Deceuninck - Quick-Step Belgicko (WT)	Bora - hansgrohe Nemecko (WT)	CCC Team Poľsko (WT)
JUNGELS Bob VIVIANI Elia LAMPAERT Yves KEISSE Iljo MØRKØV Michael SABATINI Fabio VAKOČ Petr	BAŠKA Erik BUCHMANN Emanuel BODNAR Maciej GATTO Oscar PÖSTLBERGER Lukas SAGAN Juraj SCHILLINGER Andreas	ANTUNES Amaro GRADEK Kamil OWSIAN Łukasz TEN DAM Laurens VAN HOECKE Gijs ZIMMERMANN Georg ZOIDL Riccardo
Groupama - FDJ Francúzsko (WT)	UAE Team Emirates Spojené arabské emiráty (WT)	Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec Taliansko (PCT)
PINOT Thibaut BONNET William DÉMARE Arnaud KÜNG Stefan LADAGNOUS Matthieu REICHENBACH Sébastien SINKELDAM Ramon	KRISTOFF Alexander LAENGEN Vegard Stake RIABUŠENKO Alexandr SUTHERLAND Rory BEERS Matthew POLANC Jan BOHLI Tom	BISOLTI Alessandro FRAPPORTI Marco FLOREZ Miguel Eduardo PELUCCHI Matteo RAVANELLI Simone RUMAC Josip SPREAFICO Matteo
Delko Marseille Provence Francúzsko (PCT)	Gazprom - RusVelo Rusko (PCT)	Israel Cycling Academy Izrael (PCT)
DE ROSSI Lucas DELETTRE Alexandre EL FARES Julien GROSU Eduard Michael GUICHARD Mickaël NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas ROCHAS Rémy	KURIANOV Stepan RIKUNOV Petr KULIKOV Vladislav KULIKOVSKIJ Alexandr PORSEV Alexander VOROBIOV Anton POPOV Anton	RENARD Alexis ENGER Sondre Holst BARBIER Rudy DUNNE Conor JENSEN August SCHREURS Hamish VAN WINDEN Dennis
Riwal Readynez Cycling Team Dánsko (PCT)	Roompot - Charles Holandsko (PCT)	Team Novo Nordisk USA (PCT)
BRØCHNER Nicolai AAEN JØRGENSEN Jonas MAGNUSSON Kim VEYHE Torkil WALLIN Rasmus Bøgh KONGSTAD Tobias HAGEN Krister	BOOM Lars LEYSEN Senne WEENING Pieter TIMMERMANS Justin ASSELMAN Jesper LAMMERTINK Maurits VAN POPPEL Boy	KAMSTRA Brian BRAND Sam POLI Umberto KUSZTOR Péter LOZANO David PERON Andrea PLANET Charles
Wallonie - Bruxelles Belgicko (PCT)	Dukla Banská Bystrica Slovensko (CT)	Adria Mobil Slovinsko (CT)
JULES Justin LIEPIŅŠ Emīls MOLLY Kenny ROBEET Ludovic SIX Franklin CASTRIQUE Jonas WIRTGEN Luc	TYBOR Patrik ČANECKÝ Marek OROS Samuel CULLY Ján Andrej MAHĎAR Martin BELLAN Juraj HARING Martin	KATRAŠNIK Gašper RAJOVIĆ Dušan ROGINA Radoslav PER Gorazd OMRZEL Aljaž JARC Aljaž KUMP Marko
Development Team Sunweb Nemecko (CT)	Elkov - Author Česko (CT)	Pannon Cycling Team Maďarsko (CT)
GALL Felix HEINSCHKE Leon MAAS Edo MÄRKL Niklas MAYRHOFER Marius NABERMAN Tim VERVLOESEM Xandres	BÁRTA Jan HNÍK Karel KAŇKOVSKÝ Alois KUKRLE Michael NEUMANN Dominik OTRUBA Jakub SCHLEGEL Michal	OROSZ Gergő PELIKÁN János MORICZ Daniel FETTER Erik FILUTÁS Viktor DINA Daniel SZABÓ Miklós
Felbermayr Simplon Wels Rakúsko (CT)	Voster ATS Team Poľsko (CT)	UNO-X Norwegian Development Nórsko (CT)
BAJC Andi BRKIC Benjamin KIERNER Florian KOLLER Jan KRIZEK Matthias RABITSCH Stephan WOLLENBERG Tim	TACIAK Mateusz PLUCIŃSKI Leszek STACHOWIAK Adam JANISZEWSKI Sylwester PARMA Krzysztof GRABIS Mateusz FRANCZAK Paweł	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas HOELGAARD Markus TRAEEN Torstein SKAARSETH Anders ANDERSEN Idar HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby URIANSTAD Martin
Slovenská reprezentácia Slovensko (NT)
ŠTOČEK Matúš FOLTÁN Adam LAJCHA Juraj MALÍK Robert BABIČ Adrián KAŠKO Dávid LÍŠKA Andrej

Stage profiles are even more disappointing with mostly flat finishes, there is one uphill sprint,probably cobbled in Hlohovec(Sta.ge 3).
See profiles below:

Stage 1A

Stage 1B

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Most stages will probably feature fight between Kristoff and Viviani, perhaps stage 2 can provide a strong breakaway that could stay clear. Considering we are a hilly country these profiles are very disappointing.

 

[TommyPlus]

Vakoć to hopefully win a stage!

 

[virenque216]

Stage 3 finish to Hlohovec castle, narrow roads 5 to 6% climb

Strava segment here: https://www.strava.com/segments/13760305

0.5km @ 8%

 

[Anderis]

I like how "Slovakia" in Slovakian is "Slovensko". Like people were not confusing Slovakia with Slovenia anyway.

 

[virenque216]

I like how "Slovakia" in Slovakian is "Slovensko". Like people were not confusing Slovakia with Slovenia anyway.

Yes I know, its like Slovensko=Slovinsko, and flags are nearly identical to make thinks "easier" I would say there is about 50% failure rate when international media mix up athletes from our two countries. Armstrong mentioned Sagan as being Slovenian back in 2010 Tour Down Under for example. I remember we got played Slovenian anthem once on a sporting event etc.

 

[Nirvana]

Most stages will probably feature fight between Kristoff and Viviani, perhaps stage 2 can provide a strong breakaway that could stay clear. Considering we are a hilly country these profiles are very disappointing.

I don't think Viviani will be there, after the European Championship he said that Hamburg and Plouay would have been his last races on the road because he has to ride on the track from october and needs a break.

 

[tobydawq]

Why can't they get Sagan to ride this, his homeland Tour? Instead of the two lower-rank Belgian races he will do at the same time.

And what about Roglic, Pogacar and Spilak?

 

[tobydawq]

I remember we got played Slovenian anthem once on a sporting event etc.

That seems more understandable than the time the Danish national anthem was played for Contador on the Paris podium.

 

[RedheadDane]

Why can't they get Sagan to ride this, his homeland Tour? Instead of the two lower-rank Belgian races he will do at the same time.

And what about Roglic, Pogacar and Spilak?

Sagan is riding! Just not the real Sagan.

(Poor Juraj, he's not actually real...)

 

[starlord]

I don't think Viviani will be there, after the European Championship he said that Hamburg and Plouay would have been his last races on the road because he has to ride on the track from october and needs a break.

He will be there, organizers have it confirmed.

 

[starlord]

Why can't they get Sagan to ride this, his homeland Tour? Instead of the two lower-rank Belgian races he will do at the same time.

And what about Roglic, Pogacar and Spilak?

He prefers not to be in Slovakia, he's there only for nationals and couple of days to promote one of the countless products/services he's the face of. Slovakian market isn't the priority for Bora it seems.

 

[glassmoon]

very poor/lazy stage design considering the topology of Slovak Rep. shame.

 

[boneshaker]

Why can't they get Sagan to ride this, his homeland Tour? Instead of the two lower-rank Belgian races he will do at the same time.

And what about Roglic, Pogacar and Spilak?

Sagan is focusing on Yorkshire. It is rumored that next year he will skip the worlds and will come to Slovakia.

 

[boneshaker]

According to cycling-info.sk, the time trial and the final stage will be live on Slovak TV. There will also be short videos on the youtube channel of the race.

Fórum Cycling-Info.sk • Zobrazenie témy - Cyklistika v televízii

Dvojka live – sledujte druhý program STVR online

Sledujte vysielanie druhého okruhu STVR naživo. Farmárska revue, ale aj ďalší program priamo na webe.

www.rtvs.sk

Okolo Slovenska

www.youtube.com

 

[Tonton]

Meh (at best) design for sure. There's much more to Slovakia than this Poitou-Charentes-like route. I'll be following Tibopino's form ahead of the Italian fall classics.

 

[starlord]

He ended his season so no Tibopino?

 

[virenque216]

very poor/lazy stage design considering the topology of Slovak Rep. shame.

I keep saying this is wasted opportunity, somewhere I heard that organizers didn't want to make the course too hard as it is only few days before Worlds, but then last year was supposed to be hard as a prep for Innsbruck worlds and it wasn't. Profiles from this race before it went big were much better and evenly spread, now everything is concentrated around rich cities of western Slovakia which is flat, only skirting through Tatra mountains midway through stage. There is another problem and that is we have some cracking hills around like 9km @ 8% average, but surface is dire and its used mainly for carrying wood on lorries, council has no money to fix surface and hence no money to attract organizers for stage finish in this growing event. As with everything in Slovakia all is focused on western part and north with south-east,south-central and east is totally forgotten ever since the fall of Austro Hungarian emire before 1st world war,rant over.

 

[Nirvana]

He will be there, organizers have it confirmed.

On Instagram he confirmed that he'll switch to track from this weekend

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[starlord]

Ok, interesting. Do those events collide with Slovakia?

That would be arguably 2 biggest names out.

 

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Viviani confirming he is racing Tour of Slovakia as his last race of the year

 

[virenque216]

Most stages will be contested between Kristoff,Demare and Viviani. The 7.4km time trial might suit Lars Boom as the weather is going to become a problem, quite windy and cold for first days. I reckon the second stage will even see snow in Strbske Pleso (1257m). forecast for Thursday only indicating max temps of +4C there. Might make the race a bit harder at least

 

[virenque216]

 

[SafeBet]

Kristoff wins the first stage ahead of Morkov and Viviani.

 

[virenque216]

I think the top 13 reads:
1.Kristoff
2.Morkov
3.Viviani
4.Baska
5.Demare
6. Barbier
7.Liepins
+4sec:
9.Peron
10. Van Poppel
+8sec:
10. Lampaert
11.Postlberger
12.Sinkledam
13. Maas

-Chaotic finale with lots of falls.

Major time losses for:

• Reichenbach - 1:00
• Buchmann - 1:20
• Gaudu - 2:00

https://www.okoloslovenska.com/fileman/Uploads/vysledky-2019/1-etapa/etapa-1-etapa.pdf

 

[RedheadDane]

I think the top 5 reads:
1.Kristoff
2.Morkov
3.Viviani
4.Baska
5.Demare
6. Barbier
7.Liepins
+4sec:
9.Peron
10. Van Poppel
+8sec:
10. Lampaert
11.Postlberger
12.Sinkledam
13. Maas

Is that's what's known as an extended top 5?
"Top 5, now with 13 placings!"