Tirreno-Adriatico 2017 *Spoilers*

dish_dash
dish_dash Posts: 5,647
edited March 2017 in Pro race
May as well this this one on the road.

Starts this afternoon with a TTT.

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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Nice race, but for me the highlight is that it has the best trophy in cycling. Perhaps in all sport.

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    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Perfect for eating a large sausage

    *sideways look to camera*
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Perfect for eating a large sausage

    *sideways look to camera*
    A Tirreno-Adriatico win is perfectly accompanied by a win in the Tour of Austria

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    Twitter: @RichN95
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,039
    Ever year I think that this race should be reintroduced to PTP then forget to mention it at the time.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Perfect for eating a large sausage

    *sideways look to camera*

    Like this?

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    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    Perfect for eating a large sausage

    *sideways look to camera*
    A Tirreno-Adriatico win is perfectly accompanied by a win in the Tour of Austria

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    Don't forget the beer

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    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Ever year I think that this race should be reintroduced to PTP then forget to mention it at the time.

    Yeah. I thought about it. The precedent, broadly but not always adhered to, with PTP seems to be to avoid doubling up. Will keep in mind for next year. Personally I'd also add in the two Canadian WT races.

    Though it does just end up being a question of finding people/time to do the scoring.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    Kirby busy Sebing and Siing for all he's worth...............................which is not a lot.

    Movistar break out of the WT team cluster to take a half minute lead.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    Moscon's wheel just exploded. :shock:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    Bad crash for Moscon of Sky- fortunately doesn't take anybody else out.
  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Cripes! Looks like that wheel just crumpled. Was that drain cover just coincidental though?? Surely it couldn't/shouldn't have caused that.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    Thomas's and Landa's GC hopes out of the window. A minute and a half lost.
    Much road rash for Moscon.
    Carbon eh? great but it does do that from time to time.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    OOOOF
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    C6Z3H-vXQAEpp9N.jpg:large

    "Yup, just checking...yep, it's definitely fucked."
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    /\ brilliant advert for those wheels...
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Moscon's wheel just exploded. :shock:

    Undoubtedly caused by a heavy heart from all the negative press lately.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    This confuses me. Surely with Sky's attention to detail nothing could ever go wrong ever. At least that's what the media tell me.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    BMC a class apart again.
    More than a few GC hopes bite the Tuscan tarmac on day one.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    https://twitter.com/cyclist/status/8394 ... +272699392

    moscons wheel
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    I'm assuming that the force from the magnets in the wheel are what ripped it apart...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    According to Thomas three Sky riders had wheel problems
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    According to Thomas three Sky riders had wheel problems

    I thought all the Sky riders had wheel problems. Wheel problems with TUEs, wheel problems with PR...
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    :D

    That was surreal
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    kleinstroker wrote:
    :D

    That was surreal

    Surwheel?
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  • EnacheV
    EnacheV Posts: 235
    "Moscon was the first one, and he took out Kiri of the back," Thomas explained. "Then it happened again, and there was only four of us left, so we had to wait. It felt like forever; we were freewheeling for a couple of kilometres. We just had to wait for the fifth guy.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,335
    Carbon wheels.. aren't they shoot?
    left the forum March 2023
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    So today T-A is more interesting than P-N.

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    The classic 200+km pre-MSR warm up stage.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    7 man break: Hugo Houle (Ag2r La Mondiale), Davide Ballerini, Raffaello Bonusi (Androni – Sidermec), Mirco Maestri (Bardiani – CSF), Alan Marangoni (Nippo – Fantini), Charles Planet (Team Novo Nordisk).
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    We're all agreed it's Sagan or GvA for this one?
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Some excellent names in the break today - Charles Planet sounds like a superhero.

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