Sentence examples for sharp climbs from inspiring English sources

"All the sprinters stages haven't really been true sprinters' stages," Jungels said of the stage which featured some short, sharp climbs near the end.

The riders face three sharp climbs that will provide a stern test at the start of this 100th Tour, before descending at high speed to finish in Ajaccio, 156km later.

The day after narrowly avoiding a crash when Contador fell in front of him on a long downhill, Froome started cautiously on a circuit that was slippery after some afternoon rain and featured two short, sharp climbs and two quick descents.

A fascinating stage 2 (race report here) in Corsica saw the sprinters, including Mark Cavendish, rather shafted by the sharp climbs that peppered the 156km race, and in the end it was Belgian Jan Bakelants who broke bravely to steal the stage win, the first of his career, and the yellow jersey with that.

Though high winds and hazy skies meant the race was not bathed in quite the same sunshine as the gents enjoyed, they suffered on the same sharp climbs and technical descents forged from the resistant granite rocks which form many of the prominent bornhardts for which Rio is renowned, exemplified by the Sugarloaf Mountain.

It should suit sprinters like Mark Cavendish, providing he can negotiate the two short, sharp climbs in the middle third of the race.

Around 3km until the final, short sharp climb that precedes the finish.

This year, as baby boomers begin to hit 65, the "elder share" of the U.S. population begins a sharp climb.

Then comes a sharp climb up Ham Hill to what Ashdown calls "one of the great views of Britain".

There was a sharp climb out of Grindleford, which she took without a murmur; then he led the way across a field to the Grouse Inn.

Izaguirre broke away on the final sharp climb of the mainly uphill 108-mile course from Limone sul Garda to Falzes/Pfalzen.