Tirreno Adriatico spoilers

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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,561
    EQS making a thing of winning races outside Belgium rather than on home turf...
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Sagan has got to be seriously fed up of this second place thing.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    ddraver wrote:
    I think that shows that he was out-foxed rather than out powered by Canc in Strade Bianche.


    Hmmm
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    And tangling with a supporters camera didnt help - practically no one else would have stayed on his bike but even Stybar lost 10-15 seconds getting himself straight and reclipping in. Still a huge stretch to say he had the race taken from him - however he was looking good sticking with Cancellara and hadn't done any of the driving to catch the two Vans as he had a teammate up front. Frankly not the worst commentary bollox we will hear before the end of the season
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Super stylie Stybie

    Flipping good win, that
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    TheBigBean wrote:
    My man Formolo chasing my man Stybar. This is the problem. They are not aware they are on the same team!


    Need to be in a Team Big Bean car out there, telling them what's what
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    My man Formolo chasing my man Stybar. This is the problem. They are not aware they are on the same team!


    Need to be in a Team Big Bean car out there, telling them what's what

    ffs, I've been trying to make sense of that for about ten minutes. More sleep needed, clearly.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    I'd like to point out that the TA PN combo is, and always was, excellent.

    Enjoy the scenery, watch the finish, flick over, do it all again.

    Lovely.

    Rubbish for my productivity but lovely.
    _
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I'd like to point out that the TA PN combo is, and always was, excellent.

    Enjoy the scenery, watch the finish, flick over, do it all again.

    Lovely.

    Rubbish for my productivity but lovely.

    You're supposed to get all your work done between October and February, silly.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    Yeah. Unfortunately 70% of my work is done between Feb and June.
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    ReallY? Tis the season to find work in the UK at the moment??
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    Well yeah - bonus season has just finished innit.

    Most end of years finish around this time of year so budgets get freed up again etc.
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    interesting...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I'd like to point out that the TA PN combo is, and always was, excellent.

    Enjoy the scenery, watch the finish, flick over, do it all again.

    Lovely.

    Rubbish for my productivity but lovely.

    This ^ . And mornings spent re-building my summer bike - down to indexing and checking :-)

    1 Zdenek Stybar Etixx – Quick-Step 5:33:50
    2 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team +9″
    3 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team +9″

    In fact Stybar has everything apart from the White Jersey



    Stage 4 Friday 11th march 2016
    Castelnuovo Val di Cecina to Montalto di Castro 176 km (undulating)
    Montecastelli_09.jpg
    Scenery is bit fairy tail at the beginning - this is the village of Montecastelli Pisano which the riders pass after a few km - so probably not to be seen on the coverage

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I'd like to point out that the TA PN combo is, and always was, excellent.

    Enjoy the scenery, watch the finish, flick over, do it all again.

    Lovely.

    Rubbish for my productivity but lovely.

    There's insufficient stagger and Eurosport clearly thinks TA is better than P-N, so the Vuelta slips ever lower.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    What is it with colonial cycling magazines and Taylor Phinney's leg? He's got another piece about how his leg hurts during TA on Velonews!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    Breakaway has 1 min with 17.3km to go.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    So could be a Cavendish vs Gavira show down. If Gavira is as quick after 200km as he is on the track, Cavendish might have a problem.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    Meanwhile the break has 37s with 6km to go.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    Break about to be caught. 1.8 km to go
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    My man Gaviria.

    #justsayin'
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    Gavira wins from Caleb Ewan. Cavendish didn't contest as he was setting up someone else.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Fantastic sprinters duel - and Cav was a lead out man!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    edited March 2016
    EBH and the rest nowhere.
    Sagan in 3rd followed by a bunch of 3rd rate sprinters.
    2 hours of coverage, 2kms of racing.
    When's the pave back?

    Edit: There's a Sky rider missing from the results.
    Viviani beat Sagan home.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Rule Breach

    Rule #92

    No Sprinting From the Hoods
    The only exception is riders whose name starts with Guiseppe and ends with Saronni.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 20,642
    imatfaal wrote:
    Rule Breach

    Rule #92

    No Sprinting From the Hoods
    The only exception is riders whose name starts with Guiseppe and ends with Saronni.

    The only exception is when you win. Like a soft penalty in football.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Joelsim wrote:
    My man Gaviria.

    #justsayin'

    I had the first three in my FSA fantasy team

    #saying
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    TheBigBean wrote:
    imatfaal wrote:
    Rule Breach

    Rule #92

    No Sprinting From the Hoods
    The only exception is riders whose name starts with Guiseppe and ends with Saronni.

    The only exception is when you win. Like a soft penalty in football.


    What the Bean says

    Winner can do what he likes
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    :roll: what happened to style over substance you lot?

    Might as well lop off the drops altogether and go bull horns.
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    :roll: what happened to style over substance you lot?

    It doesnt exist outside of South London?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver

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