Milan San Remo 2017 - Spoilers
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Sagan- what a hitter. Top sprint from Kwiatkowski though to take that. Chapeau!0
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Blazing Saddles wrote:Imagine that race without Sagan.
Doesn't bare thinking about.
Kwia would have gone like he did in SB - between the two of them they look so much more powerful than the rest of the pack. And Allaphilipe is gonna win lots0 -
Sagan is a bike RACER :twisted:25th August 2013 12hrs 37mins 52.3 seconds 238km 5500mtrs FYRM Never again.0
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underlayunderlay wrote:This year's seeing some superb racing, isn't it? Breakaway 5km from the end and all three riders abreast on the line is pretty rare.
Sagan used to really annoy me for reasons I couldn't fully articulate and now can't remember. These days he mostly just makes me laugh - it probably helps that he seems to enjoy pure racing regardless of whether he wins or loses. Pleased for Kwiatkowski though for taking that one - he seems to have rediscovered himself.
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They key to beating Sagan from a small group is to do a turn at the front with around 1.3-1.5km to go because Sagan will then come through and be in the lead with 1km to go and stay there. When he leads out the sprint he gets beaten more often than not.Twitter: @RichN950
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Sagan is as strong as Hodor, in fact he would have held the door, although he couldn't shut it on Kwia, I'm rambling I'm so excited
I'm going out to play on my bike !25th August 2013 12hrs 37mins 52.3 seconds 238km 5500mtrs FYRM Never again.0 -
That was fully awesome.
Alaphilippe was shaking his head in the run up - did he think they would get caught or did he know he couldn't win?0 -
Yeah the issue is no one will do real work for him because he's just so fast - he competes with the best in bunch sprints and still can win in breaks.RichN95 wrote:They key to beating Sagan from a small group is to do a turn at the front with around 1.3-1.5km to go because Sagan will then come through and be in the lead with 1km to go and stay there. When he leads out the sprint he gets beaten more often than not.
He basically has to lead himself out!0 -
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That were proper aces
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1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 7:08:39
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:05
5 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors
6 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
7 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
8 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
9 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky
10 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott
11 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott
12 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
13 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
14 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
15 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
16 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott
17 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Emirates
18 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
19 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
20 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini0 -
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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Here's a podium from about ten years or more agoRick Chasey wrote:It's not like kiwa is new to racing with Sagan...
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I love Sagan. Just wanted to share that.0
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Sagan just went a bit too early. I think he could have won even from the front if he delayed his sprint slightly.0
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no that's them just won monument number 2Blazing Saddles wrote:Did Sky just win a monument?
The vitamins will be popping tonight!0 -
Yeah, I thought the chase must've been much closer when I saw that.bobmcstuff wrote:Alaphilippe was shaking his head in the run up - did he think they would get caught or did he know he couldn't win?
Great finish.0 -
Topper harley wrote:
no that's them just won monument number 2Blazing Saddles wrote:Did Sky just win a monument?
The vitamins will be popping tonight!
Two of the last three"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
TheBigBean wrote:Sagan just went a bit too early. I think he could have won even from the front if he delayed his sprint slightly.
I feel like he opened up early to try and catch them by surprise, and the gap that he opened suggests that it did. Just that bit too far to hold though.
I'd be interested to hear Cavendish's view on the finish, actually - he's pretty good at describing the nuances of wind, gradient etc and the way that they sometimes conspire to bugger up the cues that riders rely on - just to learn if there's anything that might have prompted Sagan to misjudge that moment to go.0 -
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Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
Such a shame he wasn't commentating today. It would have been worth it to see if he got all excited at there being an Aussie bloke called Clarke in the break and assume it was 'Si'0 -
The Kwiato bashing on the comments on various cycling news pages is ridiculous. This was literally no different to the thousands of breakaway finishes that have gone before it, but because its Sagan people lose their minds.0
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AK_jnr wrote:The Kwiato bashing on the comments on various cycling news pages is ridiculous. This was literally no different to the thousands of breakaway finishes that have gone before it, but because its Sagan people lose their minds.
I was going to post pretty much the same thing. The world is full of idiots, apparently Kwia is a 'wheelsucker' (have these people never seen Valverde race )
One of the articles even states that Alaphillipe did turns on the front while Kwia sat in! :roll:0 -
The Boonen v Cancellara of the next generation those two.
Alaphilippe is the real deal. 24 and he's already been within a hair's breadth of wining Liege and MSR.
We'll look back at that break in 10 years time and say that was a seriously heavyweight group.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:Imagine that race without Sagan.
Doesn't bare thinking about.
Second that - until his attack it was looking like possibly the worst edition of MSR on record. I didn't even realise they were so close to the top of the Poggio because there had been so little action I assumed there must still be more to come.
For me it was disappointing Nibali has finally accepted he has no chance - if long range attacks never even look like succeeding then nobody will try and the race will be that much poorer as a result. I don't know what the answer is but they can't rely on Sagan to make the race every year.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
If Gilbert can knock out a 4 minute box hill (same height, length and steepness as the Poggio), Gilbert can knock out a proper attack that gives him a touch & go advantage over the top.
If he stopped playing silly buggers.0 -
I'm not entirely sure where they are meant to be doing their turns at the front. The descent of the Poggio ends only 2.2km from the finish. There's only about a 1-1.5 kilometres where riders can contribute.NorvernRob wrote:AK_jnr wrote:The Kwiato bashing on the comments on various cycling news pages is ridiculous. This was literally no different to the thousands of breakaway finishes that have gone before it, but because its Sagan people lose their minds.
I was going to post pretty much the same thing. The world is full of idiots, apparently Kwia is a 'wheelsucker' (have these people never seen Valverde race )
One of the articles even states that Alaphillipe did turns on the front while Kwia sat in! :roll:Twitter: @RichN950 -
