Tirreno-Adriatico - Stage 1 *SPOILER*

FJS
FJS Posts: 4,820
edited March 2010 in Pro race
Heavy snow in many places in S-Europe now, not just Paris-Nice. Also in Tuscany, and Northern Spain. Apparently Rabobank and Astana won't be able to get their bus/mechanics van in time from Murcia to the Tirreno.
Robert Gesink almost didn't make it in time from Girona to Tuscany..
http://www.robertgesink.nl/nieuws/artik ... fba7811/7/

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Great promo video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CspQpt--kX4
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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    That's really good. The start of this race means Milan San Remo is not far away
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    In diretto at http://videochat.gazzetta.it/index_Live01.shtml

    I prefer to watch P-N given the hilly finish
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Grabovskyy of ISD currently in a solo breakaway, 24.5km with 4mins advantage.

    Should hold out - would be amazing.
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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    it's also live on Eurosport 2 - weather cold and wet, lone ISD breakaway up the road with rapidly diminishing lead of 2 minutes, 22 km to go.
    @stagehopper
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Looks like Cav is dropped.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Urtasun (EUS) counter-attacked after Grabovskyy was caught.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Rain and cold specialist Terpstra jumps to Urtasun, just a couple of seconds in front
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Terpstra alone
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    These updates are hilarious

    15:30 the squad persecutes a runner of the saved ISD-Neri.
    16:15 Hunted Terpstrsa and Taborre, Shoots with an arrow
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Linus Gerdeman wins in a confused finish.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gerdemann has beaten to Flagstones.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Kléber wrote:
    Linus Gerdeman wins in a confused finish.

    Blimey, it must have been confused... I'm guessing it wasn't a sprint :shock:
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Some riders slipped away in the tricky conditions and the bunch almost got them in the final but no one made that last effort to past them. Matti Breschel and Pablo Lastras 2nd and 3rd I think.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    small group of 4 just ahead of peloton
    a lot lumpier than thought.... reverse with today's Paris-Nice stage?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Amazing Breschel didn't win that group sprint though
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Peloton given the same time... it seemed like there was a gap of a secodn or two.


    1. Linus Gerdemann (Milram) 3:36:15
    2. Pablo Lastras (Caisse d'Epargne) m.t.
    3. Matti Breschel (Saxo BAnk) m.t.
    4. Luca Paolini (Acqua e Sapone) m.t.
    5. Yahueni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) m.t.
    6. J. Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) m.t.
    7. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) m.t.
    8. Marco Bandiera (Katusha) m.t.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    I got nervous old man syndrome watching that..

    i think a lot of riders were unwilling to take risks?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    At the risk of given PaoloBets a heart attack, wtf were Sky playing at?
    Pulling the train for EBH, only for Flecha to start the counter attack, which eventually ended in Gerdemann winning.
    Then, when they chase down the group of 4, its the Sky man who loses the wheel, having just caught the break.
    The Cervelo guy also ran out of gas and the gap opened.
    Liquigas worked so hard, then disappeared.

    Cavendish.......the clock is ticking.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    I think Cav can write off the first part of the season. Maybe aim to pick up a couple of wins in Belgian semis. But the real aim is the green jersey, although it's far from certain his dental problems don't continue.
  • maltiv
    maltiv Posts: 34
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    At the risk of given PaoloBets a heart attack, wtf were Sky playing at?
    Pulling the train for EBH, only for Flecha to start the counter attack, which eventually ended in Gerdemann winning.
    Then, when they chase down the group of 4, its the Sky man who loses the wheel, having just caught the break.
    The Cervelo guy also ran out of gas and the gap opened.
    Liquigas worked so hard, then disappeared.

    Cavendish.......the clock is ticking.
    The cervelo guy was Thor Hushovd, who completely faded. That sky rider (whoever he was) pulled back the break and had just done his job, then Thor couldn't stay on their wheel and consequently the break got a gap again.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Then, when they chase down the group of 4, its the Sky man who loses the wheel, having just caught the break. The Cervelo guy also ran out of gas and the gap opened.

    Just checking the results and it must have been EBH and Hushovd who first made contact with the back of the breakaway four before running out of legs, losing the wheel and allowing the gap to re-open scuppering everyone else's challenge.
    @stagehopper
  • maltiv
    maltiv Posts: 34
    stagehopper wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Then, when they chase down the group of 4, its the Sky man who loses the wheel, having just caught the break. The Cervelo guy also ran out of gas and the gap opened.

    Just checking the results and it must have been EBH and Hushovd who first made contact with the back of the breakaway four before running out of legs, losing the wheel and allowing the gap to re-open scuppering everyone else's challenge.
    Nope, the Sky rider who closed the gap was Sutton.
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    maltiv wrote:
    stagehopper wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Then, when they chase down the group of 4, its the Sky man who loses the wheel, having just caught the break. The Cervelo guy also ran out of gas and the gap opened.

    Just checking the results and it must have been EBH and Hushovd who first made contact with the back of the breakaway four before running out of legs, losing the wheel and allowing the gap to re-open scuppering everyone else's challenge.
    Nope, the Sky rider who closed the gap was Sutton.

    you sure? Sutton was down in 40th - can't see there was time for him to drop that far back.
    @stagehopper
  • Neil McC
    Neil McC Posts: 625
    Didn't see who the Sky rider was on the highlights, but he sat up with quite away to go (think it was a bit over 300m) and before the camera went the chase group, back to the leaders, there must have been 20 or so riders who passed him, so wouldn't be surprised if the sky rider who led the chase round the last corner ended up down in about 40th.

    Looks like Cav needs to get some km's in his legs...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Andy finished a minute down which is an improvement on recent performances. Lets hope he can complete the whole race.
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    Strange sprint though. I'm not sure whether it was Hushovd who could have bridged the small gap but he had a load of sprinters behind him waiting to go and he didn't want to make the effort and let the gap go. Man in black for sure.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmpf-QB-dgY

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