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Video: Peter Sagan's helping hand as riders grind to halt in strong winds

Double trouble for members of autobus on long climb at Tour de San Luis

A video shot by fans at the Tour de San Luis on Tuesday shows riders struggling up the day’s final climb as they were buffeted by extremely strong winds, some grinding to a halt altogether.

The 16 kilometre ascent to Filo Sierras Comechingones has an average gradient of 7.8 per cent but must have seemed much more to the cyclists at the rear if the race whenever the road took them into the wind head-on.

Video: Peter Sagan channels his inner John Travolta

Nicknamed ‘the autobus,’ it’s not often you get to see pictures from this end of the race, with TV cameras concentrating on the battle for the stage win further up the road.

Il vento sul Filo de Merlo Giuseppe Righi Miriam Terruzzi Laura Chi Fabiola Ratti Roberto Barni Fabian Melo Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo Barbara Brusa Rita Foglio Stobbia Alvaro Pizzato Roberto Miodini Giovanni Ellena Vasile Morari Karola EnlaRuta

Posted by Giancarlo Ramazio Bravetto on Sunday, 24 January 2016

There’s a camaraderie among those who just want to get through the climb inside the time limit – exemplified here by Peter Sagan giving a helping hand to Androni-Sidermec sprinter Francesco Chicchi.

both would finish the stage almost half an hour behind the day’s winner, Astana’s Miguel Angel Lopez.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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mogrim | 8 years ago
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Another day, another arse to touch. 

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auke | 8 years ago
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I could think of another reason to be behind someone in strong headwinds...

 

 

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willythepimp | 8 years ago
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Sagan is difinately proving himself to be the kind of champion that road cycling deserves.

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flathunt | 8 years ago
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Jings, that looks miserable (though not as tough as the Col du Westferry Circus).

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