Tirreno-Adriatico 2014 *SPOILERS*

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Porte driving

    Uran gone
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Porte looks to be thinking of overall more than the win
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Porte tries

    Contador, Scarponi and Roman K with him
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    You know who gets it. Hell of a job from Kwia keeping the losses down.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    No pistol shot? Is the chest thump the new celebration?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Hell of a ride by the Pole there.

    Stays in blue
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Contador wins from Quintana. Kwiatowski was struggling there.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Heroics from Kwiato. Nonsense from everybody else. 1km sprint at the end won by Contador.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    TheBigBean wrote:
    No pistol shot? Is the chest thump the new celebration?

    Ignore that. Pistol shot did happen.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    TheBigBean wrote:
    No pistol shot? Is the chest thump the new celebration?

    Yes there was....
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Kwiatowski showed great fight there but Contador and Quintana were riding for the stage win rather than time by the looks of it.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Horner 9th at 11secs.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    TailWindHome wrote:
    I call Bertie to win


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  • ad_snow
    ad_snow Posts: 469
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
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  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Those must be the ugliest sunglasses out there, not helped by a disgusting colour combo. They look crazily dated already.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So looks like they banned me for 24 hours. Not going to comment on it; suffice to say I will be dramatically reducing my contribution to the forum. There were some wonderful photos from yesterday's racing.

    Regarding today's stage:
    -I like these long stages as it really whittles people down. At the same time though there legs are cooked so come the final hurdle they cannot really go from that much distance.
    -Amazing ride by Kreuziger. He looked like he was suffering at the end but I reckon he could have possibly held on. The entire attack he was in the big ring.
    -So pleased not to really see a demolishing train in action.
    -Very pleased that Contador won and that he is showing great form and a glimpse of his devastating acceleration.
    -However I am very disappointed that he basically did a 200m sprint. Ok so his teammate was ahead so I dont expect him to chase however when Kreuziger slowed down for him, Kreuziger even signaled for Contador to come up to him. I would be super pissed if I was Kreuziger and rightly so.
    -Pirazzi always good for an attack.
    -Quintana had no excuse for not attacking earlier either.
    -Contador and Quintana should be racing for GC and they don't do that by not going balls out. However I guess we will see tomorrow what they have planned.
    -Kwiatek was on the limit for the duration so they could have distanced him if they tried. Great riding by him. Uran wasn't there for him. Respect to Poels.
    -Horner only 11 secs back. Nice.
    -You can only hope that tomorrow's stage which is also a beast will provide fireworks. That Passo Lanciano is a tough cookie so they may light it up, however being another long 200km stage I suspect it will be 5k job or so.

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  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    Good post, cheers FF. Agreed on Kreuz, Contador had that one handed to him, didn't have to chase his mate up the road just sat on and didn't even attack when the opportunity for a 2 up was presented to him. Basically a skinny boys sprint at the end. Tomorrow looks promising.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Lightweight, sucking wheels then attacking in the last few metres :lol:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    mulletmaster wrote:
    Those must be the ugliest sunglasses out there, not helped by a disgusting colour combo. They look crazily dated already.

    I reckon the colour is fine but the shape looks a bit cheap imo. He is sponsored by them so I guess he doesnt have much choice!
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  • mulletmaster
    mulletmaster Posts: 502
    They are like something Tom Cruise would have worn roller blading through a park on his afternoon off in top gun! Still, if they are paying him!
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    That was an exciting finish! It looks like it's all to play for. It's nice when there is a selection of riders who can win rather than one running away with it
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    And yes those sunglasses are a bit pap. This is why you would want to be sponsored by Oakley... Quintana has stepped up his optical ganesh though. The ones he wore in the tour last year looked like the sort of safety specs a brickie on site would wear...
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Podium Girls are lovely, not so sure about the dodgy cover of Princes' party like it's 1999 though...
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  • rayjay
    rayjay Posts: 1,384
    A lot of big ring climbing.
    I thought the group of 4 together towards the end, Contador,Quintana etc could have attacked but instead they played cat and mouse and Porte got back on,Horner not far behind as well.

    Bit of a anti-climax IMO.

    Tomorrow's finish is really steep %30 I reckon Dan Martin may have a go.

    A bit predictable so far.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Did they even mention Horner? Not used to him in that kit yet
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    So, Contador has caught Valverde's disease.
    Sneak a stage win and ignore the GC.
    Sad to see a past champion reduced to poaching a palmarès.
    Probably realises that he'll be out the back tomorrow
    on Kwiatkowski's ramp.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    BS, why do your posts resemble
    some sort of
    poetic style.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Contador is basically Gerrans now?

    *hides*
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  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    ddraver wrote:
    Contador is basically Gerrans now?
    *hides*
    Saucer of milk? :D

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