{"id":34667,"date":"2026-07-17T05:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/cs\/?p=34667"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:34:14","slug":"v-hlave-sprinterskeho-predatora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/cs\/2026\/07\/17\/v-hlave-sprinterskeho-predatora\/","title":{"rendered":"V hlav\u011b sprintersk\u00e9ho pred\u00e1tora. Merlier jako \u0161elma utr\u017een\u00e1 ze \u0159et\u011bzu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Za c\u00edlem na n\u011bj \u010dekal mali\u010dk\u00fd syn Jules v\u00a0dresu t\u00fdmu Quick-Step. Kdy\u017e ho Tim Merlier vzal do n\u00e1ru\u010de, pov\u011bd\u011bl mu: \u201eT\u00e1ta vyhr\u00e1l.\u201c Kluk evidentn\u011b velikosti toho okam\u017eiku nerozum\u011bl, ale cyklistika ch\u00e1pe v\u011bci dob\u0159e. Zelen\u00fd dres pat\u0159\u00ed mo\u017en\u00e1 n\u011bkomu jin\u00e9mu, ale Belgi\u010dan je nejlep\u0161\u00edm sprinterem Tour de France. V Chalon-sur-Sa\u00f4ne vyhr\u00e1l t\u0159et\u00ed leto\u0161n\u00ed etapu.<\/strong><\/p>\n

P\u0159edt\u00edm sv\u016fj \u00fasp\u011bch zap\u00edjel \u010derven\u00fdm Bordeaux, pak to dost mo\u017en\u00e1 byl Merlot z\u00a0Bergeraku a naposledy se muselo pod\u00e1vat burgundsk\u00e9. Belgi\u010danova leto\u0161n\u00ed Tour m\u00e1 chu\u0165 \u00fasp\u011bchu a ani s\u00a0tou zelenou to po 12. etap\u011b nen\u00ed \u00fapln\u00e9 sci-fi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jen 50 bod\u016f ho nyn\u00ed odd\u011bluje od Pedersena, jemu\u017e dres \u0160koda Auto pat\u0159\u00ed. \u201e\u017de tu byl syn, mi dodalo extra motivaci. Nemysl\u00edm, \u017ee si z\u00a0tohoto dne bude n\u011bco pamatovat, ale aspo\u0148 bude m\u00edt na pam\u00e1tku fotky,\u201c usm\u00edval se Merlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Na pr\u00e9mii nebo v kopci adrenalin nem\u00e1<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jen m\u00e1lokter\u00fd sprinter dok\u00e1\u017ee popsat, co se mu odehr\u00e1v\u00e1 v hlav\u011b b\u011bhem n\u011bkolika des\u00edtek vte\u0159in, kdy se rozhoduje o etapov\u00e9m triumfu na Tour. Merlier to ale um\u00ed p\u0159ekvapiv\u011b p\u0159esn\u011b. Mu\u017e, kter\u00fd mimo z\u00e1vody p\u016fsob\u00ed klidn\u011b a\u017e uzav\u0159en\u011b, se v z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dn\u00fdch stovk\u00e1ch metr\u016f m\u011bn\u00ed v \u00fapln\u011b jinou osobnost. Adrenalin p\u0159eb\u00edr\u00e1 kontrolu a z oby\u010dejn\u00e9ho \u010dlov\u011bka se st\u00e1v\u00e1 pred\u00e1tor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vy\u010derpan\u00fd Tim Merlier po dojezdu 12. etapy Tour de France.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201eJakmile uvid\u00edm c\u00edlovou \u010d\u00e1ru, dostanu obrovsk\u00fd impuls. Nez\u00e1le\u017e\u00ed na tom, jak moc trp\u00edm, najednou si dok\u00e1\u017eu udr\u017eet v\u00fdkon. Kdybyste po mn\u011b cht\u011bli tot\u00e9\u017e p\u0159i rychlostn\u00ed pr\u00e9mii nebo v kopci, ne\u0161lo by to. Tam tuhle d\u00e1vku adrenalinu prost\u011b nem\u00e1m,\u201c vysv\u011btluje t\u0159iat\u0159icetilet\u00fd Belgi\u010dan.<\/span><\/p>\n

S\u00e1m p\u0159izn\u00e1v\u00e1, \u017ee sprint je pro n\u011bj t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 n\u00e1vykovou z\u00e1le\u017eitost\u00ed. Bur\u00e1cen\u00ed div\u00e1k\u016f kolem bari\u00e9r, vysok\u00e1 rychlost i neust\u00e1l\u00e9 riziko p\u00e1du vytv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed atmosf\u00e9ru, kterou p\u0159irovn\u00e1v\u00e1 ke gladi\u00e1torsk\u00e9 ar\u00e9n\u011b.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eJe to zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed. Jako by to byla posledn\u00ed minuta m\u00e9ho \u017eivota. Jako bych padal do pr\u00e1zdna a z\u00e1rove\u0148 se sna\u017eil p\u0159e\u017e\u00edt,\u201c popisuje Tim Merlier pocity, kter\u00e9 b\u011b\u017en\u00fd \u010dlov\u011bk jen t\u011b\u017eko dok\u00e1\u017ee pochopit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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