Tour de Suisse 2016
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 9: Colombian party - Pantano stage win, López takes the overall
Door Martijn Ophorst At 57.3 kilometres, stage 9 is a shortened version of the Davos-Davos stage that was scheduled. A flat section, a climb up the Flüela-pass, and then a 17.5 kilometres drop to the line. Ángel López is the first to crest, while he is caught in…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 8: Ion Izagirre wins ITT, Ángel López new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 8 in the Tour de Suisse is a hilly individual time trial at 16.8 kilometres. Ion Izagirre outpowers each and everyone, while Ángel López finishes in second and takes the yellow jersey.
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 7: Van Garderen wins Queen Stage, Barguil new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 7 is the Queen Stage of the 2016 Tour de Suisse. At 224 kilometres, the race features two mighty passes halfway, yet the big showdown is saved for last. At the steep slopes leading up to the Rettenbach Glacier leader Kelderman gets dropped,…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 6: Weening solos to victory in horrible weather, Kelderman new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 6 in the Tour de Suisse takes the riders in 162.8 kilometres to Amden. Halfway they climb up the long and high Klausen Pass, while the finale is a 9 kilometres climb at 9.3%. A tough stage in itself, the race becomes even harder because of…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 5: Atapuma climbs to victory, Latour new leader
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 5 in the Tour de Suisse may be short (126 kilometres), the race certainly is brutal. While the stage totals 35 kilometres of climbing, the drag up to arrival place Carì is 11.2 kilometres at 8%. It's there Darwin Atauma launches his winning…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 4: Richeze sprints to victory, Sagan retains in overall lead
Door Martijn Ophorst At 193 kilometres, the 4th stage is the flattest stage in the 2016 Tour de Suisse. The bunch sprint is won by lead-out man Richeze ahead of Sagan and Richeze's leader Gaviria. The World Champion retains in the lead for at least one more day. The…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 3: Stage win and leader's jersey Sagan after show of strength
Door Martijn Ophorst At 192 kilometres, stage 3 in the Tour de Suisse is a race on hilly roads. For the second day in a row it is raining cats and dogs, while Sagan attacks on a climb with 12 kilometres left to join leaders Dillier and Albasini to best them in the…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 2: Sagan outsprints Richeze, Roelandts takes leader's jersey
Door Martijn Ophorst Totalling at 187.6 kilometres, the riders race a hilly local circuit in Baar four times. It boils down to a bunch sprint with Peter Sagan fastest. Because of a split in the peloton Roelandts takes 3 seconds from Cancellara and the Belgian is the…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Stage 1: Cancellara wins ITT and takes leader's jersey
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tour de Suisse opens with a 6.4 kilometres ITT in the streets of Baar. In his home race Fabian Cancellara outpowers Jurgen Roelandts by 1 second and takes the leader's jersey.
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Tour de Suisse 2016: Riders
Door Harmen Lustig In every respect, the Tour de Suisse boast an interesting field. The likes of Peter Sagan, Michael Matthews, Philippe Gilbert, and Fabian Cancellara are at the start, while Geraint Thomas, triple winner Rui Costa and Wilco Kelderman are eager to…
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Tour de Suisse 2016: The Route
Door Harmen Lustig The 2016 Tour de Suisse leaves Saturday, June 11th, to finish after nine stages on Sunday, June 19th. In between are two individual time trials, one hilly stage, two fast men's chances, and four mountain stages, three of them with a top finish.…
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Tour de Suisse 2016: Favourites
Door Harmen Lustig The Tour de Suisse is played out shorty before the Tour de France and as such it is a last test case for a lot of riders before July's showdown. Last year saw Simon Spilak best Geraint Thomas in a spectacular climax - is the Welshman poised to…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 1: ITT in Baar
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday, June 11, 2016 – The Tour de Suisse opens with a 6.4 kilometres long individual time trial in the streets of Baar.
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 2: Baar - Baar
Door Harmen Lustig Sunday, June 12, 2016 – As in 2015, the 2016 Tour de Suisse is a rider-friendly race with fewer transfers. After stage 1 stage 2 start and finishes in Baar also. This time the route totals 187.6 kilometres on a local circuit that is to be taken…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 3: Grosswangen – Rheinfelden
Door Harmen Lustig Monday, June 13, 2016 – At 192.6 kilometres, stage 3 in the Tour de Suisse leads from Grosswangen to Rheinfelden. Six KOM-climbs are on the menu, however, chances are it will be up to the sprinters...
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 4: Rheinfelden – Champagne
Door Harmen Lustig Tuesday, June 14, 2016 – Stage 4 in the Tour de Suisse brings the riders from Rheinfelden to Champagne. No, not all the way to France. You'll find Champagne in Switzerland as well...
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 5: Brig-Glis – Carì
Door Harmen Lustig Wednesday, June 15, 2016 – At 126.4 kilometres, stage 5 in the Tour de Suisse leads from Brig-Glis to Carì. The parcours is marked by two huge passes en route, while the race concludes with a 11.2 kilometres closing climb at 8%.
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 6: Weesen – Amden
Door Harmen Lustig Thursday, June 16, 2016 – Stage 6 in the Tour de Suisse takes the riders in 162.8 kilometres from Weesen to Amden. That could have been 9 kilometres, as that is the distance between departure and arrival town. In fact, those 9 kilometres are the…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 7: Arbon – Rettenbachferner/Sölden
Door Harmen Lustig Friday, June 17, 2016 – Leading to a finish at an elevation of 2,669 metres, stage 7 is the Queen Stage of the 2016 Tour de Suisse. At 224 kilometres, riders go from Arbon to the Rettenbachferner, which is reached after a 12.1 kilometres closing…
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 8: Davos - Davos
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday, June 18, 2016 – Stage 8 in the 2016 Tour de Suisse is a hilly indidividual time trial with start and finish in mountain town Davos. At 16.8 kilometres, the course takes the riders to a maximum elevation of 1,661 metres.
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Tour de Suisse 2016 Route stage 9: Davos - Davos
Door Harmen Lustig Sunday, June 19, 2016 – At 57.3 kilometres, stage 9 is a shortened version of the Davos-Davos stage that was scheduled. Because of bad weather the Albula Pass is skipped at the eleventh hour and now the race only leads over the Fuela Pass. The…