From CN, quoting Cancellara after his breakaway stage win in the Tour of Switzerland: “Kim Anderson was shouting to me that I had to keep going strong, to go for it, go for it, but in my head I was thinking, ‘where is this finish line?’ I knew that the sprinters behind me would accelerate to 70 kilometres per hour whereas me, on my bike computer, I wasn’t even doing 60. So I was a bit scared and was wondering where the hell the finish was.”
Don’t we all know that feeling of impending capture? You’ve gone first a long way out and are just hoping the bunch doesn’t catch you before the line. Except if it was me I’d be going well under 50kmh, it would be a crit and the bunch sprinters would be lucky to crack 60, if that. It still matters!
From CN, quoting Cancellara after his breakaway stage win in the Tour of Switzerland: “Kim Anderson was shouting to me that I had to keep going strong, to go for it, go for it, but in my head I was thinking, ‘where is this finish line?’ I knew that the sprinters behind me would accelerate to 70 kilometres per hour whereas me, on my bike computer, I wasn’t even doing 60. So I was a bit scared and was wondering where the hell the finish was.”
Don’t we all know that feeling of impending capture? You’ve gone first a long way out and are just hoping the bunch doesn’t catch you before the line. Except if it was me I’d be going well under 50kmh, it would be a crit and the bunch sprinters would be lucky to crack 60, if that. It still matters!
Not when it’s 6 riders from Oz in the top 20 of the stage 1 crit, anyway. Alas, it’s not Le Tour. It’s the Nature Valley, umm, Grand Prix. Vogels the best of the Aussies. It’s a bit of a boilover in Switzerland, with Dekker taking a storm-shortened stage. Rogers remains best Aussie, but back quite a bit.
Not when it’s 6 riders from Oz in the top 20 of the stage 1 crit, anyway. Alas, it’s not Le Tour. It’s the Nature Valley, umm, Grand Prix. Vogels the best of the Aussies. It’s a bit of a boilover in Switzerland, with Dekker taking a storm-shortened stage. Rogers remains best Aussie, but back quite a bit.
Phew. In the lead up to Le Tour it’s always good to see Robbie McEwen taking a long, hard and slightly uphill sprint in the Tour de Suisse. Kind of warms the heart to see McEwen, Bennati and Zabel up there, battling it out. Notable also that Frank Schleck has kept his leader’s jersey – his first as a pro.
Phew. In the lead up to Le Tour it’s always good to see Robbie McEwen taking a long, hard and slightly uphill sprint in the Tour de Suisse. Kind of warms the heart to see McEwen, Bennati and Zabel up there, battling it out. Notable also that Frank Schleck has kept his leader’s jersey – his first as a pro.
Dramatic, exciting, close and maybe even a touch dangerous…. what more could you want? The Dauphine Libere pulled some surprises this year. Moreau on Ventoux. Haussler’s sprint. Astana’s broad strength. And not only did Moreau get the GC, we had a dramatic final stage where Leipheimer got away, only to crash, leaving Vino alone to win the stage. And overall it was Cadel Evans just 14 secs back from the winner.
Meanwhile in Switzerland Zabel is flying! Another stage win, with a Cat 3 col taking the sting out of McEwen’s legs. Bring on Le Tour!
And Ben Day won Beauce on GC in what was an impressive defensive action by the Navigators squad.
Dramatic, exciting, close and maybe even a touch dangerous…. what more could you want? The Dauphine Libere pulled some surprises this year. Moreau on Ventoux. Haussler’s sprint. Astana’s broad strength. And not only did Moreau get the GC, we had a dramatic final stage where Leipheimer got away, only to crash, leaving Vino alone to win the stage. And overall it was Cadel Evans just 14 secs back from the winner.
Meanwhile in Switzerland Zabel is flying! Another stage win, with a Cat 3 col taking the sting out of McEwen’s legs. Bring on Le Tour!
And Ben Day won Beauce on GC in what was an impressive defensive action by the Navigators squad.
