The tenth stage of the Tour de France is generally meals for sprinters. How has former dash bomb Marcel Kittel seen the mass sprints on this Tour? And what does he suppose goes unsuitable for Jasper Philipsen?
Marcel Kittel managed to win 14 levels within the Tour de France. However on the age of 31, his sprinting vitality was exhausted and he retired.
“It is implausible to be again within the Tour, to expertise the environment and see my previous teammates once more. However I am actually not jealous of the riders.”
“I am a fan of the game now and I perceive it higher than after I was a rider. There are additionally so many issues which have modified.”
What has Kittel observed within the sprints to this point? “Lead-outs are much less essential, as a result of the sprinters are kind of on the identical degree. The distinction is just not that massive.”
“That is solely good for us, as a result of it all the time makes for thrilling sprints. You by no means know who will win ultimately.”
“We additionally noticed sporting historical past within the sprints, first with Biniam Girmay after which with Mark Cavendish. Very particular moments.”
In 2016 the identical factor occurred to me as Philipsen. I felt bodily tremendous good, however I missed one thing within the dash.
Marcel Kittel
Objectively measure when a sprinter is unsuitable
Marcel Kittel has additionally seen Jasper Philipsen battle up to now sprints. What is going on unsuitable? “I believe he is climbing a bit too properly and subsequently lacking that final 2% velocity.”
“That may occur. It occurred to me in 2016 too. I felt bodily nice, however within the dash I used to be lacking one thing.”
“A sprinter lives on self-confidence and Jasper nonetheless has to construct that up right here. Possibly it’ll work out at this time.”
Was his declassification in Dijon justified? “He does deviate, based on the principles that isn’t allowed. However I’ve seen issues on this Tour that have been way more harmful and the place nothing occurred. That’s not totally honest.”
“We’d like to have the ability to measure extra objectively when the riders are unsuitable and the place they aren’t. For instance, by sticking traces on the road within the ultimate.”
“Nevertheless it stays a dash. At 70 km/h you decide in a fraction of a second. You possibly can’t keep away from that.”
Associated:
Tour de France classification
group points1
UAE Crew Emirates
120:13:192
Soudal – Fast-Step
+6:043
INEOS Grenadiers
+6:454
Pink Bull – BORA – hansgrohe
+7:415
Movistar Crew
+12:416
Bahrain Victorious
+14:337
Crew Visma – Lease a Bike
+18:348
EF Training – EasyPost
+23:409
Lidl – Trek
+33:0410
Uno-X Mobility
+50:05
present extra
Tour de France
date begin – end kind trip complete winner chief
1
29/06 Florence – Rimini
206 km
Romain Bardet
2
30/06 Cesenatico – Bologna
199,2 km
Tadej Pogacar
3
01/07 Piacenza – Tour
230,8 km
Richard Carapaz
4
02/07 Pinerolo – Valloire
139,6 km
Tadej Pogacar
5
03/07 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Saint-Vulbas
177,4 km
Tadej Pogacar
6
04/07 Macon – Dijon
163,5 km
Tadej Pogacar
7
05/07 Nuits-Saint-Georges – Gevrey-Chambertin
25,3 km
Tadej Pogacar
8
06/07 Semur-en-Auxois – Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
183,4 km
Tadej Pogacar
9
07/07 Troyes – Troyes
199 km
Tadej Pogacarrustdag 08/07
10
09/07 Orléans – Saint-Amand-Montrond
187,3 km
Tadej Pogacar
11
10/07 Evaux-les-Bains – Le Lioran
211 km
12
11/07 Aurillac – Villeneuve-sur-Lot
203,6 km
13
12/07 Agent – Pau
165,3 km
14
13/07 Pau – Pla d’Adet
151,9 km
15
14/07 Loudenvielle – Beille Plateau
197,7 km
relaxation day 15/07
16
16/07 Gruissan – Nîmes
188,6 km
17
17/07 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Superdévoluy
177,8 km
18
18/07 Hole – Barcelonnette
179,5 km
19
19/07 Embrun – Island 2000
144,6 km
20
20/07 Good – Col de la Couillole
132,8 km
21
21/07 Monaco – Good
33,7 km
