Tiger leap
The tiger jump (also "panther jump ") is a term from cycling and describes the advancement of the front wheel when reaching the finish line. Since the vertical tangent of the front wheel is decisive for the evaluation, it is used for sprint decisions when two or more drivers are almost at the same height in order to improve their position.
The design differs significantly, depending on whether the tiger jump is used on the track or on the road and terrain ( mountain bike and cyclocross ):
- On the road and off-road: Here, the arms are stretched forward as much as possible, the head is lowered more or less strongly between the arms and the entire upper body is stretched so that the rider can slide his buttocks backwards on the saddle. Here, a sprint specialist often manages to slip over the rear edge of the saddle due to good control of the bike, so that his stomach almost touches the saddle (see, for example, Robert Förster on the picture opposite).
- On the track: Because of the higher cadence and the fact that track bikes do not have a free wheel (see rigid gear ), the tiger jump on the track cannot be carried out in the extreme form as on the road. The main thing here is to straighten your arms strongly and to use the maneuver very briefly, but deliberately, on the finish line. In order to additionally shift the rider's center of gravity towards the rear compared to the bike ( Actio et reactio law ), some riders briefly lift their buttocks off the saddle by a few centimeters. It can also be shifted a few centimeters backwards, so that there is also an additional shift in the center of gravity, but the thighs lie against the side of the saddle for better control.
Sequence of images for the tiger leap in a sprint evaluation
The sprint phase a few meters from the finish line. Robert Förster in the center of the picture. Right Daniele Bennati.
Transition to the tiger leap with Robert Förster.
At the finish line, Förster secured victory by jumping the tiger and remained like that for a short time after the finish line.
literature
- Ellerich M, Sprint training , in Tour , 6/2005, p. 115. (PDF file; 367 kB)
- Cycling vocabulary thueringerenergieteam.de ( Memento from February 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ XCE World Cup # 3 - Albstadt: In a sprint with a tiger jump to the finish. June 1, 2014, accessed February 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Behringer: CX-EM in Tabor: Mathieu Van der Poel gets the title. In: velomotion.de. November 21, 2017, accessed February 10, 2018 .