Tirreno-Adriatico 2017 *Spoilers*

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Sagan takes it in a sprint from a small group of mostly GC contenders in the most obvious finish ever! Carlton still chatting rubbish about how Uran might out sprint Sagan, WTF.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Sagan now beating the GC boys on cliffs.
    Tis getting a bit boring imo.
    A handful of Haribos and he'll be winning the sprint tomorrow.
    The GC guys who came over the top of the climb with a bit of a lead didn't exactly push on though- once they didn't have a gap on Sagan it was obvious what the outcome would be.
  • thestrand
    thestrand Posts: 112
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Sagan takes it in a sprint from a small group of mostly GC contenders in the most obvious finish ever! Carlton still chatting rubbish about how Uran might out sprint Sagan, WTF.

    My personal favourite today was his exclamation that people would now name the climb after Sagan following his win.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Is anyone paying attention to the cadence, power, speed graphic?

    Supposed to be some massive innovation but can't see anyone referring to the numbers anywhere.

    I mentioned this on Friday. No... it's a totally useless innovation. Adds sum total of zero to the coverage.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    dish_dash wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Is anyone paying attention to the cadence, power, speed graphic?

    Supposed to be some massive innovation but can't see anyone referring to the numbers anywhere.

    I mentioned this on Friday. No... it's a totally useless innovation. Adds sum total of zero to the coverage.
    I took a cursory look, and mainly felt sad about how poor my own numbers are by comparison...

    Interesting as a bit of a curiosity, but didn't make any difference to how I viewed the race.

    Probably will add fuel to the armchair doping experts
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    Train stoppage. This wouldn't have happened under Mussolini

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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    RichN95 wrote:
    Train stoppage. This wouldn't have happened under Mussolini

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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    Train stoppage. This wouldn't have happened under Mussolini

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    That depends on your view of history:

    He supposedly made the trains run on time, so it's likely he would have stopped everything else for this, including a bike race.

    But as the facts are that he didn't make the trains run on time, you are probably correct. But not in the way you meant to be.

    :wink:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    Making the break wait when they wanted to go for the KOM went down well :)

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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Roman Kreuziger out today. Clearly some bug going around the Orica-Scott bus after Yates pulled out yesterday...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    Salsiccia1 wrote:

    That depends on your view of history:

    He supposedly made the trains run on time, so it's likely he would have stopped everything else for this, including a bike race.

    But as the facts are that he didn't make the trains run on time, you are probably correct. But not in the way you meant to be.

    :wink:
    It was nothing more than a jocular reference to the well known phrase about Mussolini and trains. I have no desire to turn this thread into an examination of the Italian railway system of the 1930s. :)
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  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    More evidence of the pro (or was it anti) Mussolini bias of this forum.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    dish_dash wrote:
    Roman Kreuziger out today. Clearly some bug going around the Orica-Scott bus after Yates pulled out yesterday...

    If this was 15 years ago...!!
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    Roman Kreuziger out today. Clearly some bug going around the Orica-Scott bus after Yates pulled out yesterday...

    If this was 15 years ago...!!


    ...it would have been bags of fun
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Terpstra has bridged over to the remains of the break - looking solid.

    Sagan now doing the same!
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Sagan is unbelievable
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Dramatic for a sprinters stage. Big old crash from that UAE rider off the front.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Cav and qhubeka managed to get distanced before the sprint

    Gaviria takes it by a whisker on Sagan
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,733
    Gaviria beats the usual stage protagonist.
    A number of splits there. I wonder whether or not the GC will be effected?
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,445
    Thwaites managed 7th - not bad
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,187
    Been outstanding start to the season for Colombians
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    The cats of Tooting will be getting extra Dreamies today.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Top 10

    1 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 4:09:31
    2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
    3 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
    4 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
    5 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
    6 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky
    7 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
    8 Eduard Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini
    9 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
    10 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    MSR looks tasty this year.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    MSR looks tasty this year.
    Can't see any of this lot beating Si Clarke though :?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,733
    Everybody made the 6 second split group behind Geraint then.
    11 seconds could have been handy for tomorrow.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    I lost interest with about tens k to go :shock:
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Been outstanding start to the season for Colombians

    know anything about Egan Arley Bernal ? 20 yr old Colombian leading the white jersey comp? He was consistently good in the last years Avenir in the mountains (but not as good as Gaudu :) )

    Is that Swiss Tony on the right??

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,733
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Been outstanding start to the season for Colombians

    know anything about Egan Arley Bernal ? 20 yr old Colombian leading the white jersey comp? He was consistently good in the last years Avenir in the mountains (but not as good as Gaudu :) )

    4th in last year's Tour de l'Avenir.
    5th last week in the GP Industria and the only 4 pointer in my Velogames team, although I could have done better with his mountain man team mate.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    know anything about Egan Arley Bernal ? 20 yr old Colombian leading the white jersey comp? He was consistently good in the last years Avenir in the mountains (but not as good as Gaudu :) )

    Is that Swiss Tony on the right??
    His lab test results are supposedly in the 'off the charts' category
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