Tirreno-Adriatico 2015 **Spoilers**

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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    FF finally meets the legend.
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    Tirreno Adriatico ‏@TirrenAdriatico 3m3 minutes ago
    .@albertocontador with a young fan #Tirreno
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,399
    Bertie Stops for a bike with a bigger motor in...

    edit - small crash apparently. Frenchie's twitter gf having heart palpatations...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,901
    Cancellara being an absolute dude doing yoga stretches on the floor while his mechanics put a new rear wheel on.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Durbridge and Heyman have around 4:50 on the peloton with 40km to go. BMC having to work pretty hard to chip away at their lead.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Heyman pedalling squares so it's almost back together. Arredondo looks like he's going to attack today.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Kreuziger on the front with Contador 2nd and Basso backstop. Big bad Kreuziger shelling tons of riders including the likes of Hesjedal. Nibali and Quintana right there.

    19km to go for Visconti, Arredondo and Scarponi.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    No more than 40 riders. Sagan is there. 11km gap 8 secs. Kreuziger still putting the pain down.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Catch made. Tinkoff sit up straight away. AG2R take it up for Pozzo.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Dan Martin there, JRod, Nieve, Mollema
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Adam Yates there. Uran.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    GVA just about hanging on.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Van Avermaet struggling. Yates is up there.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Vuillermoz is one of the best climbing domestiques in the world.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yeah very strong.

    No one has attacked...sigh.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Caruso has a small gap to Pozzo then small gap to or so.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Poels comes past fast over the top and has a gap.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Poels looks amazing. Too late to get the win though.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    None of the big riders had any balls to make a move. All down to one climb tomorrow then.

    Good move from Poels, lets hope he hangs on.

    GVA has sat up.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Actually I think Poels might just do this. 18 seconds the gap. Will be a great win if he gets it.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Superb win by Poels and gains some time on GC. Great stuff for him. Sky cleaning up the wins.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Great attack and great win. Could be the new leader.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    They're all flying. great to watch.
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Perfect timing by Poels.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,399
    Poels I to blue by 17 secs..useful gap!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Milton50 wrote:
    Vuillermoz is one of the best climbing domestiques in the world.

    Certainly the most under-rated
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Stage
    1 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 05:53:38
    2 Rigoberto Urán (Col) Eitxx-QuickStep 00:14:00
    3 Joaquin Rodríguez (Spa) Katusha
    4 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
    5 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R-La Mondiale
    6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Sa
    7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
    8 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar
    9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Soudal
    10 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge

    GC
    1 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 14:28:18
    2 Rigoberto Urán (Col) Eitxx-QuickStep 00:00:17
    3 Steven Cummings (GBr) MTN-Qhubeka 00:00:26
    4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
    5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:00:27
    6 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar 00:00:28
    7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
    8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:00:30
    9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana 00:00:31
    10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:00:32

    I can't believe they let a strong rider like him take so much time.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    'Great to see three Brits in the top 3.'
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,172
    There's some talk that tomorrow's parcours may be effected by the weather.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    RichN95 wrote:
    There's some talk that tomorrow's parcours may be effected by the weather.

    2 degrees and snowing at the top of the climb.

    And 80km/h gusts in Nice
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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