2015 Strade Bianche ***SPOILERS***

tailwindhome

Might have been mentioned
Gerrans broke his arm apparently

RichN95.

TailWindHome wrote:

Might have been mentioned
Gerrans broke his arm apparently

Poor bloke. He's only just come back from a broken collarbone. All last season's good fortune being balanced out in spades.

pollys_bott

iainf72 wrote:

Pollys Bott wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Though I think GvA's problem will be staying racing post his court appearance.

What's that all about? I heard the commentators mention him looking a bit nervous at a press conference and they were debating whether he should have been racing (naturally I assumed he'd been caught sprinkling something on his Cornflakes but maybe not...)

Linked to Dr Mertens, who does ozone therapy. (remove some blood, do some ozone "magic" to it, put it back in, all in one sitting)

If GvA has done that he's guilty of being a gullible fool.

Oh dear... thanks.

Pross

frenchfighter wrote:

Valverde would have likely won if he did less work. He certainly did more work then the top 9 combined.

I think even you know that's BS. Sure he helped initiate the break on the long sector and had a few digs but other than that it was one of the most evenly shared breaks I've seen thanks mainly to the good spread of teams.

Excellent race again, dropped riders kept on looking like they were coming back and any of the first 4 would have deserved the win. Once again the 'peloton' pulled things back at the very end. I do love this race.

rick_chasey

Valverde does look the nuts on his bike. Great position, lovely style.

Crampeur

Rick Chasey wrote:

Valverde does look the nuts on his bike. Great position, lovely style.

He is a classy looking rider, tragically let down by appalling short length:


and some questionable sock length choices:

gsk82

Don't forget leg warmers with bare arms :shock:

It does seem like he suddenly decided he was sick of sucking wheel at some point last summer, good on him.

ddraver

http://cyclocosm.com/2015/03/how-the-ra ... nche-2015/

frenchfighter

In case it wasn't mentioned, women's event was won by Megan Guarnier with Liz A in 2nd.

deejay

What I liked so very much in my TV viewing of the race, was the camera work from those Dam Motor Bike Cameramen.
It was wonderful that the roads are so narrow that they had to give the pictures I crave for.
They had to follow the riders (in the main) and show the road ahead with the body language of the riders.
They did however manage to get alongside for their close up of the helmets or chainwheel when on the Tarmac roads.
Well I enjoyed the racing anyway, with it's surprises of who "Blew Up" and then the winners effort.

Crampeur

Couldn't have a Strada Bianche thread without photos. All images credit VeloNews/Breakthrough media.

frenchfighter

Super shot of Stybar.

frenchfighter

Crampeur wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Class. 8)

Ha missed this earlier. Nice lunch. Very nice fork too,

joelsim

frenchfighter wrote:

Crampeur wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Class. 8)

Ha missed this earlier. Nice lunch. Very nice fork too,

Nice

rick_chasey

Far too many motorbikes in that race, especially inbetween groups who were within seconds of each other.

ddraver

When you post a picture of your living room to a public forum you realise how untidy it is....

ocdupalais

ddraver wrote:

When you post a picture of your living room to a public forum you realise how untidy it is....

On the plus side, you've got to respect a man who takes off his hot pink negligee to settle down to his lunch, a bottle of red and cycling of an afternoon...

RichN95.

ddraver wrote:

When you post a picture of your living room to a public forum you realise how untidy it is....

Do you still live with a hockey player? And is that why there is a reel of insulating tape on the table?

ddraver

It's more that I used the tape to finish the bars I wrapped 5 weeks ago. The bag and the scarf were used about 2 months ago and I genuinely cannot rememebr the last time i used the neglig...derm...Gilet

I walk past them every day and they ve just blended into the background so much I don't even notice them

God I'm so alone

(edit - no, the hockey player and I had a rather large fall out. Her team mates still get me good and drunk though)

above_the_cows

This what you can spot in the living room game is fun.* How many points do I get for an OV card?



*I fear this may become a standard on those long, windless GT transition stages.

Macaloon

Crampeur wrote:

Couldn't have a Strada Bianche thread without photos. All images credit VeloNews/Breakthrough media.

+1

frenchfighter

Killer photos:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/03/strad ... -photos-2/

Macaloon

frenchfighter wrote:

Killer photos:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/03/strad ... -photos-2/

Magic.

Mad_Malx

frenchfighter wrote:

Killer photos:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/03/strad ... -photos-2/

Excellent, thanks for the link.
Vivani chasing his wheel down the hill

dabber

frenchfighter wrote:

Killer photos:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/03/strad ... -photos-2/

Agreed, lovely photos. Really classy and so vibrant.

frenchfighter