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For the The third jersey represented the points classification, marked by a white-and-red jersey.
the new tour de suisse challenge Our vision: The most attractive amateur event as part of a UCI World Tour stage race. The opening time trial is on a rather techical track. | In the ensuing sprint, Kristoff emerged as the strongest. You can unsubscribe at any time.
A stage victory awarded 10 points, with 8 points for second, 6 for third, 4 for fourth and 2 for fifth.A combativity award was also attributed for the rider who had ridden the most aggressively in the eyes of the judges at the end of every stage. The middle section on the Buonaserstrasse offers changes to power at full speeds since there are no corners.In 2014, Tony Martin was fastest in the prologue, besting Tom Dumoulin by 6 seconds. The course came back down and effectuated another circuit to tackle the climb a second and last time. As the peloton passed through the finish line to undertake the last lap of the circuit, The lengthy individual time trial featured a climb in the middle of it, but no KOM points were on offer. Join VeloNews.com. It was won by the Spanish cyclist Jon Izagirre Schedule. However, there were numerous uncategorized rises on the course to Biel and the total elevation gain for the stage was 1,167 m (3,828.7 ft). The winner of the general classification was Slovenian The mountains classification was awarded to Austria's Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) was a contender for stage wins.The race did not follow any particular pattern in terms of geographical displacement around the country, but did visit The very short prologue contained three sharp corners.
Unterterzen/Flumserberg - Sölden/Rettenbachgletscher While only 5.1 kilometres there are several (sharp) bends to be reckoned with. The German grabbed the leader’s jersey and it was only in the final stage to Saas-Fee he had give it up to Rui Costa.The route of the Tour de Suisse is tailor-made for time trialists such as Tony Martin, Tom Dumoulin and home-rider Fabian Cancellara.
There was only one mountaintop finish, on the aforementioned stage five. Tour de Suisse 2015 preview Full preview for the 2015 Tour de Suisse (June 13-21): route, teams, past winners and more Stephen Puddicombe June 11, 2015 5:01 pm The event covered 1,258 km (782 mi) and visited Liechtenstein and Austria on its fifth stage. It took place from 2 to 8 August and was the twentieth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. His win in Italy, was over 10km. View full results of Tour de Suisse 2015, won by Simon Špilak before Geraint Thomas (2nd) and Tom Dumoulin (3rd). The Slovak was in fourth position behind José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar), and a costly gap opened when Kristoff opened his sprint. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.
Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, This last difficulty was situated 19 km (11.8 mi) from the finish line. It could have been a rider who featured in breakaways or a cyclist who attacked often.
The course was technical and featured several turns.
The 2015 Tour de Suisse will provide a showcase for the top sprinters who will be at July's Tour de France. FDJ leader says it’s crucial to race alongside Démare prior to TDF Although Sagan made up considerable ground, Kristoff managed to hold him off to take the win. Davide Cimolai (Lampre-Merida) came home a distant third.It is Kristoff’s 18th win of a season in which he has been the most prolific fast man in the peloton.“My team did a good job to bring me to the front,” said Kristoff, recognising the shifts his teammates did on the front of the bunch in the final 10 kilometres to bring back the break.“It was a hard day, I haven’t felt super in this Tour de Suisse but I did a good sprint today. The final 800 m (2,624.7 ft) were steep.World road race champion Michał Kwiatkowski of the Etixx-Quick Step squad made attempts at escaping before the peloton finally let him go 20 km (12.4 mi) in to the race. 237.3km The 2015 Tour de Suisse was the 79th edition of the Tour de Suisse stage race. During that circuit, the first climb was the 1.1 km (0.7 mi)-long Freiburgstrasse.