Tirreno-Adriatico 2013 *SPOILERS*

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited March 2013 in Pro race
Been looking forward to this race. The cast is amazing and the parcours always offers a treat. The Italians are always in form early season so the racing is great.

Photos from press conference:
http://www.steephill.tv/2013/tirreno-ad ... /stage-00/

Stages:
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Nibali is very keen to defend his win last year and has worked very hard on his TT with Specialized which he hopes will help a lot (although distance is only 9km for ITT). Froome faces off against Contador again. Not sure if Froome is there for the win but I know Contador is, especially as he has never raced here before.

Start times for tomorrow:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Previewed by our very own LL:
    http://www.inthegc.com/2013/03/tirreno- ... .html#more
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edqy2nfenPU
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Don't you think the guy's voice in that is a bit odd?!
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Previewed by our very own LL:
    http://www.inthegc.com/2013/03/tirreno- ... .html#more
    :oops:
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  • thomasmc
    thomasmc Posts: 814
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Previewed by our very own LL:
    http://www.inthegc.com/2013/03/tirreno- ... .html#more
    :oops:

    Nice preview there!
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    This race is becoming increasingly good value. I love Paris-Nice, but I think they might need to get a bit more adventurous with their route selections if they are to avoid Tirreno trumping them again.

    I have a feeling Contador will have his revenge on Froome here.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    thomasmc wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Previewed by our very own LL:
    http://www.inthegc.com/2013/03/tirreno- ... .html#more
    :oops:

    Nice preview there!


    +1. Enjoyable read, LL
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    thomasmc wrote:
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Previewed by our very own LL:
    http://www.inthegc.com/2013/03/tirreno- ... .html#more
    :oops:

    Nice preview there!


    +1. Enjoyable read, LL

    :oops: :oops: :oops: Look what you have done Frenchie!

    Thanks though guys :wink:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Credit where it is due. Too many people in life just point out the negatives and never praise. I'm sure you see this fairly often at work.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Credit where it is due. Too many people in life just point out the negatives and never praise. I'm sure you see this fairly often at work.

    I don't see it. I hear it coming out of my own mouth.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Raining.

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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    This race could be amazing or really frustrating but either way there's bound to great racing involved.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    inkyfingers wrote:
    This race is becoming increasingly good value. I love Paris-Nice, but I think they might need to get a bit more adventurous with their route selections if they are to avoid Tirreno trumping them again.
    I don't see a great difference between the two routes other than TA has a TTT and PN has a mountain TT.

    I suspect TA has the better startlist because RCS are willing to share TV revenue with teams and ASO are not.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Raining.

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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Hats off to RCS if revenue sharing "bought' this drop-dead gorgeous rider roster. It seems to be working for them so far.
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    RichN95 wrote:
    inkyfingers wrote:
    This race is becoming increasingly good value. I love Paris-Nice, but I think they might need to get a bit more adventurous with their route selections if they are to avoid Tirreno trumping them again.
    I don't see a great difference between the two routes other than TA has a TTT and PN has a mountain TT.

    I suspect TA has the better startlist because RCS are willing to share TV revenue with teams and ASO are not.

    Tirreno tends to throw in some smaller roads and more interesting finishes in a similar fashion to the Giro. According to LL's blog, stage 5 finishes on a climb with 19% sections, and stage 6 lacks big climbs but looks like a real leg bender, climbing and descending all day.

    I also think the short prologue at PN was a bit of a waste of time and less of a spectacle than the TTT at TA. A race that has time bonuses doesn't really need a short prologue to introduce gaps into the GC in the first few days.

    I love them both, at the moment RCS seem to be doing a better job of promoting TA than ASO are with PN, which could well be to do with revenue sharing as you say, but there is a danger than TA will become the de facto choice of all the big hitters, when in the past they both attracted their share of big names.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Out of luck with heavy rain for the TTT: compromised spectacle. Big Magnus with some insight on TTTs in the rain on Eurosport.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    so, Big Maggy, about this triathlon nonsense...
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited March 2013
    Fabioshack down the ramp with no drama carrying the sedan-chaired Schleck.

    Cavstep free-wheeling TP-style in wake of Martinwagon
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  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    Screw doing a TTT in this rain.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Islwyn wrote:
    Screw doing a TTT in this rain.

    The only fun thing to do in the rain is screw.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    oooh, MOV best time so far...Dowsett providing some proper gas...
  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    oooh, MOV best time so far...Dowsett providing some proper gas...

    Tony Martin doing the exact same for Quickstep now.
  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    Are we surprised Cav crossed first?
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Islwyn wrote:
    Are we surprised Cav crossed first?

    No, he always does.

    He is a sprinter after all.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Sky 25s down on QS. Chance for Cadel & Contador to take a handful.
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  • islwyn
    islwyn Posts: 650
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Islwyn wrote:
    Are we surprised Cav crossed first?

    No, he always does.

    Only if he can keep up!
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Macaloon wrote:
    Sky 25s down on QS. Chance for Cadel & Contador to take a handful.

    Both teams have some decent Rouleur/TTers, so should be possible.

    Sky never seem to be as good in the TTTs as you'd expect, though this squad is more climbing heavy than normal, what with all the classics guys off in Tenerife.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Islwyn wrote:
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Islwyn wrote:
    Are we surprised Cav crossed first?

    No, he always does.

    Only if he can keep up!

    He normally does to be fair to him.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Schleck dropped. Oh dear.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)

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