Sentence examples for in a flat stage from inspiring English sources
Maybe not in a flat stage, but in the mountains".
Two days after he climbed alone in the Pyrenees, Van Hummel finished seventh in a flat stage.
The 2011 Tour de France will start with a flat stage in the Vend?region on the western coast of France known for the Vend Globe sailing race.
After a day off Tuesday and a flat stage Wednesday, the Tour will begin two days in the Pyrenees.
The percentage increases with the stage's difficulty: a flat stage will have an 8percenttimeme cut, but it would rise to 16percentt in the high mountains.
Stage eighteen was a primarily flat stage that closed with a field sprint.
22 May 2009 — Lido di Camaiore to Florence, 176 km The riders got some respite in this short, flat stage.
An all-rounder rather than a pure sprinter he will be an outsider in the flat stages, but can target the win on a dozen days and should take a third points title.
In the 2009 Tour, when he took his maximum number of sprints to date in a Grand Tour – six onene flat stage, won by France's Thomas Voeckler, eluded him.
As is customary in flat stages, a doomed breakaway made the early running before being reeled in.
Of the other British riders, Chris Froome – reportedly a target for the new Sky-sponsored British professional team – could climb into a high overall position, and Ben Swift could figure in the flat stages, as he has done already in his debut professional season.
