Milan San Remo - Pre Race Chat Thread

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    Suspect that the wonga that an MSR and ToL sportive would bring in was formost in their minds tbh....they wouldn't necessarily need closed roads either....
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  • tailwindhome
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Graeme_S wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    No team will recce MSR anywhere near the actual race.

    I'll wait till someone asks why to explain.
    Uncle Chasey, why won't any team recce MSR anywhere near the actual race?

    Cos unlike races like flanders where all the roads are within an hour drive from the start, San Remo is far too far away from Milan to be practical.
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  • frenchfighter
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Has this been posted already:

    http://programma.vpro.nl/hollandsport/afleveringen/milaan-sanremo.html

    Not sure if its geo restricted but its quite a light little documentary about La Primavera, in Dutch but with English from Cav.

    It is worth it for Pozzato's bizarre comments about spring and women's hormones alone! He really is such a clown. :roll:

    I'm tempted to pick him for PTP sh*ts and giggles. :D
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Has this been posted already:

    http://programma.vpro.nl/hollandsport/afleveringen/milaan-sanremo.html

    Not sure if its geo restricted but its quite a light little documentary about La Primavera, in Dutch but with English from Cav.

    It is worth it for Pozzato's bizarre comments about spring and women's hormones alone! He really is such a clown. :roll:

    I'm tempted to pick him for PTP sh*ts and giggles. :D
    Cool. Thanks for posting. Pippo is a cartoon caricature
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Above The Cows wrote:

    It is worth it for Pozzato's bizarre comments about spring and women's hormones alone! He really is such a clown. :roll:

    I'm tempted to pick him for PTP sh*ts and giggles. :D

    Careful there: I nearly indulged in large helping of Poncey Pozzato mockery last year going into Flanders. Was glad I kept my trap shut...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Careful there: I nearly indulged in large helping of Poncey Pozzato mockery last year going into Flanders. Was glad I kept my trap shut...

    Let us not forget that only god can judge him. :)

    I'm not mocking his talent on the bike, just his character off it. I was thinking of picking him for want of someone other than Sagan, Cancellara or Cav, just to be be different but I needed an added reason, Pippo has happily provided that reason.
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  • skylla
    skylla Posts: 758
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Has this been posted already:

    http://programma.vpro.nl/hollandsport/afleveringen/milaan-sanremo.html

    Not sure if its geo restricted but its quite a light little documentary about La Primavera, in Dutch but with English from Cav.

    It is worth it for Pozzato's bizarre comments about spring and women's hormones alone! He really is such a clown. :roll:

    I'm tempted to pick him for PTP sh*ts and giggles. :D

    very nice thanks!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Thanks for posting that. Really enjoyed it.

    Pozza doing his best Swiss Tony impression.
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  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,068
    What time does it start and is there a live feed anywhere?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    jam1e wrote:
    What time does it start and is there a live feed anywhere?

    I think it's on from 14:30 on ES.

    The trick is to figure out when the last 20 minutes will be. Everything before that is dull
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Self Plug: My take on the favourites...

    http://www.inthegc.com/2013/03/milan-san-remo-2013-contenders.html
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Good stuff there LL. Happy birthday to the blog btw. All the best, Ron
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    RonB wrote:
    Good stuff there LL. Happy birthday to the blog btw. All the best, Ron

    Cheers Ron :wink:
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    Self Plug: My take on the favourites...

    http://www.inthegc.com/2013/03/milan-san-remo-2013-contenders.html

    Pretty good link there, cheers.
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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    [ignore, brain fade]
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,187
    6 pages already.
    Are we all making up for the loss of KBK? Rest of early season so far has been good, except oomloop, imho.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I'm not doing PTP but I'd really like Griepel to get this one. Good effort by the Gorilla in T-A last week particularly bearing in mind the gradients that race has to offer. Maybe just maybe if the race is back together after the Poggio...
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    I honestly think tyler farrar may do something
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  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Cal_Stewart wrote:
    I honestly think tyler farrar may do something

    :lol:





    oh.






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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    6 pages already.
    Are we all making up for the loss of KBK? Rest of early season so far has been good, except oomloop, imho.

    First classic though, innit.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Cal_Stewart wrote:
    I honestly think tyler farrar may do something

    ...as in go Postal? (please no Lance/Discovery puns!)
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,465
    Anyone think Boonen could be slipping under the radar for this one?
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,734
    So long as something happens to take my mind off the rugby I'm fine....

    Cant remember the last time I was this disappointed by a sporting event...
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Anyone think Boonen could be slipping under the radar for this one?

    Him and his whole team. It goes without saying that if Cavendish is near the leaders over the Poggio, the chances are he'll possibly also still have Boonen, Chav, Kwiatkowski nearby, too: suddenly the Sagan option will look a bit shaky...
    But even those 3 without Cav are going to cause problems - especially the way they were riding at Paris-Nice (plus Terpstra). Same with BMC - some serious fire-power - especially Hushovd: seemingly on an ascendancy of form from T.A, with a big point to prove - and being a gnarly old hard-nut who'll relish the forecast shitey conditions...
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,578
    Every team without a sprinter in their ranks knows that if they drive the race hard on the Le Manie climb then Cavendish et al will probably be dropped and find it difficult to get back to the front of the race. I'm sure a few teams will be prepared to sacrifice a rider or two to attempt this.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Anyone think Boonen could be slipping under the radar for this one?

    No.

    If it's a strong headwind he might, and it's a big might, be in the front group / peloton when they hit 1km to go. That's abouf it.

    If Cav is in the group with Boonen I wouldn't be surprised to see him work for Cav post Poggio.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    andyp wrote:
    Every team without a sprinter in their ranks knows that if they drive the race hard on the Le Manie climb then Cavendish et al will probably be dropped and find it difficult to get back to the front of the race. I'm sure a few teams will be prepared to sacrifice a rider or two to attempt this.

    Would expect to see Cannondale and Astana at the very least doing this.

    If the forecast tailwind is there, a break could work too.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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