Monte Paschi Eroica *spoiler*

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited March 2008 in Pro race
Cancellara vs Ballan with Chinny coming out on top.

Proper classics riders dueling. I hope some video emerges.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Amazed to see Linus Gerdemann in third spot. He looks a little light for the classics.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    LangerDan wrote:
    Amazed to see Linus Gerdemann in third spot. He looks a little light for the classics.

    Jan Ullrich winter training technique perhaps?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Salsiccia
    Salsiccia Posts: 405
    iainf72 wrote:
    LangerDan wrote:
    Amazed to see Linus Gerdemann in third spot. He looks a little light for the classics.

    Jan Ullrich winter training technique perhaps?

    Stop it now...
    I was only joking when I said
    by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Great picture
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Salsiccia
    Salsiccia Posts: 405
    There's some real good ones amongst that lot. It's a beautiful part of the world, and I think Siena is my favourite place I've been to.

    Good win for the Chin.
    I was only joking when I said
    by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    iainf72 wrote:
    Cancellara vs Ballan with Chinny coming out on top.

    Proper classics riders dueling. I hope some video emerges.

    OMG I found a cycling related link before iain did :shock:

    Part 1:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/eroic ... ica1_sport

    Part 2:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/eroic ... ica2_sport

    It's the final 15 km or thereabouts, but still gives a good idea of what the race is like. The final 1km is spectacular - imagine a group of 20 or 30 riders piling through there - mass carnage!

    The finish was also quite a bit hillier than I imagined. Really cool race by the look of it - hopefully Eurosport or cycling.tv will pick it up for next year.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    afx237vi wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Cancellara vs Ballan with Chinny coming out on top.

    Proper classics riders dueling. I hope some video emerges.

    OMG I found a cycling related link before iain did :shock:

    Part 1:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/eroic ... ica1_sport

    Part 2:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/eroic ... ica2_sport

    It's the final 15 km or thereabouts, but still gives a good idea of what the race is like. The final 1km is spectacular - imagine a group of 20 or 30 riders piling through there - mass carnage!

    The finish was also quite a bit hillier than I imagined. Really cool race by the look of it - hopefully Eurosport or cycling.tv will pick it up for next year.

    don't you think he occasionally lets one through to keep the rest of us interested?
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  • Salsiccia
    Salsiccia Posts: 405
    afx237vi wrote:
    OMG I found a cycling related link before iain did :shock:

    Part 1:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/eroic ... ica1_sport

    Part 2:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/eroic ... ica2_sport

    It's the final 15 km or thereabouts, but still gives a good idea of what the race is like. The final 1km is spectacular - imagine a group of 20 or 30 riders piling through there - mass carnage!

    The finish was also quite a bit hillier than I imagined. Really cool race by the look of it - hopefully Eurosport or cycling.tv will pick it up for next year.

    Cheers for digging those out. The 'strade sterrata' or 'strade bianchi' as they are known are a bit like compacted cat-litter (can't think of a better illustration!), so that is a pretty tough race as there were quite a few sections of it in the race. Not sure it's as hard as the Northern Classics but you can see they are presenting it in similar terms.
    I was only joking when I said
    by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Good finish - always good to see the top classics riders going full bore.

    Btw, is the CSF Group Navigare kit the ugliest ever? :shock:
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Yeah, first time I've seen the new Panaria kit... makes Slipstream look tasteful :twisted:

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