Sentence examples for uphill surge from inspiring English sources
The Czech rider Leopold Konig used a final uphill surge to win the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España, and Nicolas Roche, who was third, took over the leader's red jersey.
Over a marathon distance, uphill surges often backfire, unless it is a kick to the end.
Sagan was forced to perform much of the chasing on the uphill before surging clear once the road headed downhill to perform an acrobatic descent of the Manse, which made spectacular if nerve-rending viewing.
As Zebrowski observes early in the book, the mystery was this: "What agent of destruction could possibly travel horizontally across 24 miles of sea, surge uphill and still be hot enough to inflict fatal burns?" A scientist caught in the Mount Pelée eruption put the question more vividly just before his burns killed him.
He takes these cod-heroic, costumed elements and whisks them into a tale of heavy-metal fury, full of pain and toil, surging uphill, across the flyovers, in search of a climax.
But what was so special about this one was that it was after a slightly uphill sprint, and he surged past the man who will probably be his toughest opponent on the slightly uphill sprint into Harrogate.
Cavendish made an early move with lead-out man Alessandro Petacchi ahead of the uphill finish, and had to hold off a surge from Viviani with a second kick for home on the cobbles.
Unusual local features are Magnetic Hill (with its illusion of uphill gravitation) and a tidal bore, or wave, that rises 3 6 feet (1 2 metres) twice daily and surges up the Petitcodiac River.
But their uphill battle to retain the power they won in 2010, after 13 years in opposition, could founder if the Independence Party's surge continues and turns the election into a four-cornered battle.
