2018 Strade Bianche, Siena › Siena (184k) -1.UWT, *Spoilers*

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Milton50 wrote:
    What beast Benoot is
    Hardman. Shorts and short sleeves too.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    15 seconds...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Benoot is making contact
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Amazing effort by Benoot!
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Power & Visconti caught Serry, Benoot catches Bardet & van Aert
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Sagan seems to have dropped Kwiato and Valverde. Too little too late though
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    I still can't see anyone living with Bardet on the final climb if they stay away, or even if the chase trio catches them.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    edited March 2018
    There's a last section - 1.1km - of gravel left. Got to see Bennot and van Aert try and lose Bardet there.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Power is a good name for a cyclist. I don't know what the R is for so I'm going to assume his name is Raw Power.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Power is a good name for a cyclist. I don't know what the R is for so I'm going to assume his name is Raw Power.

    No I’ve got that one copyrighted ;-)
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Benoot goes
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Benoot goes!
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    How on earth is he in short bibs and bare arms?

    Look how red his arms are? Ouch.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Van Aert on the rivet.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Visconti & Power getting caught by... Valverde? & others
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Benoot has a small gap
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Benoot is a monster.

    Literally riding through mud.

    This is good!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Jesus, Benoot got a big big gap there.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Benoot has 16".
    Correlation is not causation.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Gap getting bigger with each peddle stroke! Has he got it?
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Benoot's desperate to get to the end and into the warm!
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Benoot should have it, but final climb could still catch him out like Brambilla in 2016 when Cancellara and Stybar blew by him at the very very end.
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Stybar is with the Visconti/Power group and it's either Valverde or Amadour (think the latter)
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Tiesj has 24" now.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Benoot has 23" with 8.2 to go
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    30"
    Could still blow on the final climb
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    This is fantastic to watch. Benoot looks hard as nails.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    A proper Belgian cyclist
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Stybar is the new Simon Gerrans.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Crazy hard ride from Benoot.
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