He rode a perfect stage yesterday, infiltrating the escape that fought out the stage finish on the first major climb of the race, the Col de Colombiere, and attacking on the higher, steeper section of the pass to win alone here.
He opened a lead of 1min 24sec on the steepest section of the climb but sustained attacks within the group around Froome trimmed that to 23sec at the line.
I did, until I was caught on the steepest section of the Kitzbühel Horn with about a mile to the finish.
The race director, John Cassel, said the 28-year-old Alcott landed badly after a jump in a steep section of the piste known as Coaches Corner and went tumbling down the Alberta course.
Over the 5km Crosara climb less than 20km from the finish, Cavendish was unable to hang on to the strongest riders on the steepest section of the ascent, although he gave it everything, bent over his bike at all kinds of improbable angles, with his face clearly displaying the effort.
The landing of a jump is made on a steep section of the hill in a more upright position, with the shock of contact taken up by the knees and hips and one ski farther forward than the other (the telemark position).
An icy course saw several racers crash, with Swiss Nadja Jnglin-Kamer escaping serious injury despite sliding sideways down the steep section of the slope and slamming into the safety netting.
Otherwise, the steep section of the curve would never be reached because technology use falls back to zero at the removal of subsidies [45].
The 2006 and 2012 champion, who was second in each of the five intervening races, raced clear on the steepest section of the hill - which had an average gradient of 10% - and although Johansson and Ratto set off in pursuit they could not catch Vos.
It entered service on 1 January 1877, mainly on the steep section of the line between Wotton and Brill.
