Paris Nice 2018
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INRG preview indicates this could be a corker based on the parcours.0
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Bardet racing Tirreno-Adriatico instead this year.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:
They will still be skiing then, so the access roads will have been cleared provided they don't happen to get a storm at the same time.
Even if the snowline has risen a bit by then, the lifts would still be running (their website says the area is open till 25th March). So maybe a bit surprising because of logistics etc. as well as the potential for snow, especially since stage 7 will be a Saturday (the 10th, I think?) when the access roads are normally busy.0 -
Which Sky helper will be winning this in 2018 then? Sebastian Henau? Ian Boswell? Owain Doull?"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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gsk82 wrote:Which Sky helper will be winning this in 2018 then? Sebastian Henau? Ian Boswell? Owain Doull?
Boswell has bozzed off to Katusha.
Sergio or Geraint again, unless Froome is banned and G is off for the Giro again, in which case he may do T-A.0 -
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bobmcstuff wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:
They will still be skiing then, so the access roads will have been cleared provided they don't happen to get a storm at the same time.
Even if the snowline has risen a bit by then, the lifts would still be running (their website says the area is open till 25th March). So maybe a bit surprising because of logistics etc. as well as the potential for snow, especially since stage 7 will be a Saturday (the 10th, I think?) when the access roads are normally busy.
Given how far South it is, it shouldn't be a problem in March, unless they have exceptional weather.
As for being a bold move, they climbed higher in 2013.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:bobmcstuff wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:
They will still be skiing then, so the access roads will have been cleared provided they don't happen to get a storm at the same time.
Even if the snowline has risen a bit by then, the lifts would still be running (their website says the area is open till 25th March). So maybe a bit surprising because of logistics etc. as well as the potential for snow, especially since stage 7 will be a Saturday (the 10th, I think?) when the access roads are normally busy.
Given how far South it is, it shouldn't be a problem in March, unless they have exceptional weather.
As for being a bold move, they climbed higher in 2013.
No, I'm sure the road will most likely be clear. Just using a ski access road on a Saturday during ski season seems like it would impact the ski area (transfers etc.) quite a lot.0 -
Might as well stick these here.
Tirreno Adriatico route now announced.
The pointy bits.
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"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:Might as well stick these here.
Tirreno Adriatico route now announced.
The pointy bits.
Stage 3:-
Stage 4:-
Stage 5:-
Quite TT-heavy. And looks like Froome and Dumo are riding. Not sure there’s enough hillage for anyone else to challenge either or both of those.0
