The course for the brief individual time trial was deceptively difficult, with a categorized climb coming after 5 km and a technical descent down twisting, turning roads to the finish following it.Two-time former world time trial champion and reigning Swiss national champion This stage began at 1400 m in elevation, descended to around 500 m, and ended back around 1500 m. After a small climb that came just after the beginning of the stage, there was a 35 km descent to the valley below and over 60 km of flat racing. Thor Hushovd was one of the red and black crew who put themselves in the top 20. For more information about how to do this, and how we hold your data, please see our privacy policyThank you for signing up to Cycling News.
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UCI ProTour 2009: Tour Down Under: Flandern Rundt: Baskerlandet Rundt: Gent-Wevelgem: Amstel Gold Race: Romandiet Rundt: Katalonien Rundt: Dauphiné Libéré: Tour de Suisse: Clásica de … "Kreuziger was amazed at his own performance.
At 2108 m, it was the highest point reached in the 2009 Tour de Suisse. It is obviously a race that means a lot to me personally while it ranks high in the international hierarchy. "Sunday's stage two is a short and unusual stage, starting and ending in Davos. Mark Cavendish warms up under shade from the glorious Swiss sunshine. Defending champion Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) was second and Astana's Andreas Klöden was third, 22 seconds down.It was only the second victory this season for the Olympic time trial champion. "Cancellara said that he would do his best to defend his leader's jersey. Elle a été remportée par le Tchèque Roman Kreuziger , deuxième l' édition précédente , devant le Russe Vladimir Karpets et l' Estonien Rein Taaramäe . Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) mustered a 126th placing.
"My goal was a place in the top 10," he said. A deep breath for Gregory Rast and he'll be off to 107th place.
The finish came on a perfectly flat stretch about 3 km in length; there was a similar perfectly flat stretch about 6 km long earlier in the course.The early time to beat was set by Silence-Lotto rider In the 2009 Tour de Suisse, four different jerseys were awarded. Le vainqueur de l'édition 2009 est Fabian Cancellara. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) will be looking for some redemption after a disappointing Giro last month. Columbia-Highroad's Kim Kirchen enjoyed a sixth place, sandwiched between teammates Maxime Monfort and Tony Martin. Mais le champion suisse a ensuite dû attendre quatre années avant de récidiver, sur le chrono d'ouverture de l'édition 2007, à Olten, où il a pris le maillot jaune avant de le conserver trois jours.Cancellara a encore brillé sur le Tour de Suisse 2008, grâce à ses qualités de finisseur, avec deux victoires d'étape et le classement par points.
Le Danois Matti Breschel a levé les bras, le Slovène Tadej Valjavec a pris la tête du général, et le Luxembourgeois Andy Schleck était également dans le coup.Mais le champion suisse a démontré dès le lendemain qu'il restait pleinement engagé dans la lutte pour la victoire finale.
Cette année-là, Cancellara a également remporté Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Sanremo, une étape du Tour de France et le contre-la-montre des Jeux Olympiques de Pékin.Les attentes étaient immenses l'année suivante.
The Tour consisting of 8 stages with a total length of 1'300 kilometers and 17'500 meters in altitude difference leads across all parts of Switzerland. Valjavec lost not only the overall leadership but also a final podium position: Martin moved up to second overall and Roman Kreuziger third.It was the first and only Tour of Suisse overall victory for Fabian Cancellara, who won another four stages in the following years: the prologues of 2010 and 2011 – both in Lugano – and one in Baar in 2016, along with the final individual time trial of 2011 in Schaffhausen. Rui Faria Da Costa (Caisse d'Epargne) has enjoyed some solid form this season. Elle est inscrite au calendrier de l'UCI ProTour 2009 et s'est déroulée du 13 au 21 juin 2009.C'est le Suisse Fabian Cancellara qui a remporté l'épreuve à domicile.
Cancellara fields questions at the post-stage press conference. "Today I made the result which I have sought for a long time. Please refresh the page and try again.Cyclingnews is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.
Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) in yellow after winning the Tour de Suisse's opening stage.
Andreas Klöden was looking classy as always on his way to a podium spot.
At the same time it also underlines that the form is exactly where it must be to be ready for the next important tasks. Cervélo's star rider Heinrich Haussler looks in extremely good condition. Cancellara a immédiatement imposé sa puissance avec une victoire devant le vainqueur sortant du Tour de Suisse, le Tchèque Roman Kreuziger (+19"), et l'Allemand Andreas Klöden (+22") pour prendre la tête du classement général. After a second-category climb 10 km into the stage, the profile was very flat, with only two small third-category climbs later on. 2016 was also the last year of Spartacus' career: he retired in the best way possible after earning his second ITT Olympic gold medal at the Rio 2016 Games in Brazil. En 2003, à 22 ans, il remportait le prologue d'Egerkingen devant l'Espagnol Oscar Pereiro et l'Australien Bradley McGee.
Peter Sagan s'est emparé du record en 2016 et compte désormais 17 victoires d'étapes sur l'épreuve suisse.L'année 2016 fut également la dernière saison de la carrière de "Spartacus", qui s'est retiré après un deuxième titre olympique dans le contre-la-montre, lors des Jeux de Rio au Brésil. Maxime Monfort (Columbia-Highroad) about to start an excellent ride that garnered him seventh place. Bath
Spartacus a accumulé 11 victoires d'étapes sur le Tour de Suisse, aussi bien que ses compatriotes légendaires Ferdi Kübler et Hugo Koblet.