Milan - San Remo *spoiler*

frenchfighter

120 or so km to go. Leaders all back together and have 7mins

emadden

any1 here ever do the granfondo version of this? Ive signed up for this June but Im scared sh88tless.. Even some pros complain of the distance ... :shock:

emadden

Coming up to Le Manie now

Doobz

ffs Rai are shite! Picture quality is horrible..

Yorkman

Emadden - I'm signed up as well. The distance doesn't bother me, it's the pace the groups go at that bugs me. Having done Italian sportives before, they have a habit of going off like a bat out of hell, and unless there's a tailwind south, it could be a hard day.

frenchfighter

There is a guy riding it twice...in two days. For a charitable cause.

ddraver

Kittel predicting Hausler or Cancellara......

Also says he's not too disappointed to be missing it this year - something for the future

emadden

Cool Yorkman! Ive done quite a few Italian sportives too and know what you mean... If I can stay with the front peloton until the first feed at Turchino Im hoping it wont be a 12 hour ride... Three of us are doing it, all in black Molteni jerseys... come and say hello if you see us!


FF - that guy needs his head examined :-)

ratsbeyfus

INRNG stating that its windy on the Cipressa... who do you think a windy (headwind) finish will favour? Cancellara?

emadden

Le Manie isnt doing much to whittle down the bunch!

emadden

Cav dropped on Le Manie!!!!!

Doobz

awesome cav dropped.. I hope he cant get back on. Will make the race more exiting..

Doobz

cant even hold the wheel...

emadden

He's about 20 seconds down ...4 sky riders with him... He'll get back... I wonder is he bluffing bur he's struggling to hold the wheels

emadden

Cav 40 seconds down

iainf72

GET IN.

[apologies Cav fans]

emadden

Holy crap... Eisel drops Cav... he is on his own now!


EDIT> two together again

rajMAN

Unfortunately Cav looks spent!! :shock:

Doobz

iainf72 wrote:

GET IN.

[apologies Cav fans]

We have a Race now! Thank Fook.

frenchfighter

Come on Di Luca. Sure fire bet to light them up with A-Grade race face.

frenchfighter

I hope Cav gets back on.

inkyfingers

Cav ill or just totally out of form? Hasn't looked the latter so far this year.

frenchfighter

Where the f are more teammates. Give me a break, drop the f back and TT him back

emadden

rajMAN wrote:

Unfortunately Cav looks spent!! :shock:

He'll get back... and the "Capi" arent as bad as Le Manie


5 together now in the chasing group...

Doobz

frenchfighter wrote:

Where the f are more teammates. Give me a break, drop the f back and TT him back

no point mate. He cant hold the wheel of one man as it stands. If the pace went up anymore he'd just go bang..

ratsbeyfus

frenchfighter wrote:

Where the f are more teammates. Give me a break, drop the f back and TT him back

I would imagine that the fact only Eisel stayed suggests that this didn't come as a surprise. EBH the new protected rider...

frenchfighter

Its every man for himself down the Poggio and up it you need to be flying. So Im not sure what the worry with Cav is. With the heavyweight and long range riders here, if they light up the Poggio and tear down the descent then he wouldnt have a hope in hell even if his team TT'd him from the base of the Poggio anyway. Not this year in any case.

ddraver

[PTP] F**k it - there is a euro coin that ios going to get a serious Bo11ocking!!!! [/PTP]

inkyfingers

frenchfighter wrote:

Where the f are more teammates. Give me a break, drop the f back and TT him back

There's no point if he's in that bad a state...better to just forgot him and ride for EBH.

emadden

Cav also got pasted on Le Manie last year and was then stuck behind the crash at the back of the bunch and never got back...

Dont write him off just yet