Tirreno-Adriatico 2015 **Spoilers**

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited March 2015 in Pro race
Starts today with a 5.4km prologue.

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Watch Sagan do a great save during his prologue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhvE34zmStk
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So far:
    1 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar 00:06:04
    2 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:06:06
    3 Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling 00:06:06
    4 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC 00:06:08
    5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:06:10
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    GVA 6.06
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cancellara 6.05, 2nd by less than a second. Shame.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    GvA only a second behind Cancellara.

    It'd be a real shame if that court case ruins his season too.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador 6.23.

    Congratulations Malori.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cummings was 6.10.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Contador loses 8 secs to Nibali and 9 to Uran.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Contador loses 8 secs to Nibali and 9 to Uran.

    Racer!
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,818
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Contador loses 8 secs to Nibali and 9 to Uran.

    What did you make of Contador's style today, FF?
    Very big gear, out of the saddle for the whole of the 1.5 km finishing straight. :|

    GC hopefuls:

    URAN Rigoberto
    NIBALI Vincenzo + 1''
    PINOT Thibaut + 3''
    KREUZIGER Roman + 4''
    KONIG Leopold + 5''
    MOLLEMA Bauke + 5''
    CONTADOR Alberto + 9''
    QUINTANA Nairo + 11"
    VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen + 11"
    POZZOVIVO Domenico + 12"
    ARREDONDO Julián David + 18"
    MARTIN Daniel + 20"
    RODRíGUEZ Joaquim + 21"
    NIEVE Mikel + 29"





    Fatty Betancur +38"
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Decent from Malori. I like him.

    Are we expecting Nibali to go for the win or is he saving everything for July like last year?
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    Milton50 wrote:
    Decent from Malori. I like him.

    Are we expecting Nibali to go for the win or is he saving everything for July like last year?

    wouldn't be surprised to see him winning every stage if the trajectory of his career has continues at the same angle as it has since he joined the dirtiest team in the sport.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Contador loses 8 secs to Nibali and 9 to Uran.

    What did you make of Contador's style today, FF?
    Very big gear, out of the saddle for the whole of the 1.5 km finishing straight. :|

    Ugly wasn't it. Looked slow and uncomfortable. Decent time for all the time he spent bobbing in the wind.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    SPTDW155.jpg
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,818
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Contador loses 8 secs to Nibali and 9 to Uran.

    What did you make of Contador's style today, FF?
    Very big gear, out of the saddle for the whole of the 1.5 km finishing straight. :|

    Ugly wasn't it. Looked slow and uncomfortable. Decent time for all the time he spent bobbing in the wind.

    I'm still wondering why. Can't fathom it out.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Sore arse?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    There is nothing to figure out. Its 5km. Some days you have good legs sometimes not so good.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contado ... time-trial
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,234
    frenchfighter wrote:
    There is nothing to figure out. Its 5km. Some days you have good legs sometimes not so good.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contado ... time-trial

    As "bad days" go, I'm sure he'll take that. If he was messing up his line through the corners - that's 8 secs right there on a course like that. This also suggests that his power on the flat was at least equal to his GC rivals.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,234
    It would've been great to see "The Big Four" go head to head - but in some ways it could be good that Froome's not here as an added distraction. We get to concentrate on where Quintana is at compared to the other GT winners of last year. And although Contador is clearly in pretty good shape at the moment, how far off his best is he? I don't think I've ever seen Nibali beat an in form Bert...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nothing going on today. Tune in a little later for the sprint.

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    It is a sprint day today, it should be perfect for Mark Cavendish but the Manxman says that he's not up for it today. He tells RAI Sport that he is lacking the explosivity in the sprint. Is that a bit of sandbagging from Cavendish?
    -Cyclingnews
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,392
    Given his somewhat graphic tweets about his guts this week I suspect that it's not
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    ddraver wrote:
    Given his somewhat graphic tweets about his guts this week I suspect that it's not
    https://twitter.com/MarkCavendish/statu ... 6958836737
    After 4 days of having my entire body fall out of my arse, I think the first few days of @TirrenAdriatico are going to be hard going!
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,392
    well hello again everyone...

    EQS chasing, 16km to go
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,392
    ...all together
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    lots of argy bargy already.

    There'll be a crash me thinks.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Told ya.
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Most notably, Matteo Pelucchi was taken out in that crash.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    First time I've seen MTN with a cohesive lead out.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,740
    Hyper competitive sprint, viviani goes down haaaaard.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,392
    Oh lordy, big big smash
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver

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