Sentence examples for technical descent from inspiring English sources

Mikkel Condé v2.0 (@mrconde) Valverde keeps his lead on the technical descent.

It really does challenge in every aspect of cycling – time trials, the mountains, a tricky technical descent also.

It was nearly a year ago that the Belgian rider Wouter Weylandt, a good friend of Farrar's, was killed during a crash on a fast, technical descent.

While speeding down a technical descent on Stage 3 of the Giro, he crashed and died, casting a pall over a race that some riders say often pushes the envelope on safety.

And then the descent of the Vista Chinese struck – a relentlessly technical descent lined with wheel-trapping drop offs and meagre safety features that had already caught out Vincenzo Nibali, (double collar bone fracture), Sergio Henao (fractured pelvis) and Richie Porte (broken scapula).

The 47.1km route is largely flat but takes in a steep climb and technical descent to the finish.

Beginners can wobble along level tracks while experienced riders take on the technical descents of the Ridge Rides.

The Tour won't be won in Steel City but one of the favourites could lose it here, as the series of short steep climbs and some abrupt, narrow and very technical descents – equally difficult, particularly if the roads are wet – will make for a demanding finale, where a crash or a puncture could be very costly.

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.

Each spring, the ex-pro cyclist João Correia heads to Italy's Chianti region to lead small groups of amateur riders on weeklong bike trips that feature arduous climbs, technical descents and plenty of time to sample the area's main attractions: food and wine.

Here's our own cycling doyen Will Fotheringham with his preview of today's stage: The Tour won't be won in Steel City but one of the favourites could lose it here, as the series of short steep climbs and some abrupt, narrow and very technical descents – equally difficult, particularly if the roads are wet – will make for a demanding finale, where a crash or a puncture could be very costly.