Tour de Suisse - 1st stage

Triathlon Forum
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Jan Ullrich won the first stage of the tour de suisse.

It was a very unusual first, mainly flat, stage.

First a group of 37 broke away, then 5 went for it… Ullrich, Camendzind, Zampieri, Garcia and Jeker.

The 5 rode alone for the last 30k… never further ahead then 45"… they managed to hold 15" and Ullrich was strongest in the sprint.

The main field including Simoni and Garzelli lost 10 minutes…

Considering that the 3 Suisse probably would´ve liked to be in gold in theier home country it is unlikely that they gave away the win for easy.

Although it doesn´t say much about overall form right now… it shows that Ullrich is confident… and knows about the importance of the mind-game leading up to the grand boucle…

:slight_smile:

Axel

2

I’d say it says a bit. Do you see the Ullrich of a month ago being able to win today’s stage? Me neither.

Of course, the real test will come when the climbing begins.

3

This clearly means that both Lance, Tyler and Mayo have no chance and that Ullrich will win the TDF by 15 minutes. :wink:

4

Absolutely. They might as well stay home.

I take that back. This result clearly shows that Heras will win it all.

5

you can see a 3 min video of the finish at

tourdesuisse.ch

it’s in german but very exciting sprint from ullrich.

6

Absolutely. They might as well stay home.

I take that back. This result clearly shows that Heras will win it all.

i agree… Heras… it´s going to be Heras!

Axel

7

No no no…this will be Christophe Moreaus year I tell you…it’s gotta happen some time…and this will be it
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