13th Strade Bianche: Siena › Siena (184k) Saturday, 9th March 2019 *Spoilers*
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Van Aert blown - Alaphillipe and Fuglsang up the road...0
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Between these two now.It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0
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Si Clarke attacking the chase group- it's a good job Kirby isn't commentating!0
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Rob Hatch "if you haven't watched the women's race I'm not going to spoil it for you but....." Then spoils it. Prize throbbing pr*ck.0
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Gethinceri wrote:Rob Hatch "if you haven't watched the women's race I'm not going to spoil it for you but....." Then spoils it. Prize throbbing pr*ck.
To be fair, given the coverage they got from Rai, there wasn't much to spoil.
5 minutes in a you would have known."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:So we’re only getting the final 90 mins or so on TV.
Organisers can’t afford any more because they are showing a similar amount of the women’s and that has maxed out the budget (since TV relay is usually €€€€€€)
The women's coverage turns out to be a fiasco.
Way ahead of the fastest schedule, so less than the final 15kms live.
Plus Eurosport go straight to an ad break.
Shambles.
I missed it, but hadnt expected any better so not really bothered to check it out, the UCI had a live youtube feed I think, but theres 45mins of highlights later...which Rob Hatch seems to have helpfully tripped up on trying to promote with spoilers :roll:0 -
Fuglsang needs to go earlyIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0
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Van Aert is back under 15 seconds... but surely he'll be too knackered.0
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YAAAAAAAAWN."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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Quickstepped again. That was always on the cards. Fuglsang could maybe have gone a touch earlier but I think Alaphilippe had that all the way.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Good for my PTP but quickstep again, snooze.0
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Textbook from Alaphilippe. Gutsy from van Aert as well.It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0
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More Strade A-bit-wanky than Strade Bianche.
(yes I know its not pronounced Bianchi).0 -
The good news is that there isn't a big one day race next week for Deceuninck-QuickStep to win.
They'll have to make do with sharing half a dozen stages in France and Italy with Astana...."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Salsiccia1 wrote:Textbook from Alaphilippe. Gutsy from van Aert as well.0
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Maybe he would have won if he had used disc brakes like the other two0
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I don’t get the ‘yawn’ Quickstep comments ???? They are a team focussed on classic one day races, clearly they have a great early season training plan, their fan base in Belgium is a wonderful thing to be part of and a different rider wins each race they win. What’s not to like ?
Boring to me is the ‘stick insect’ and his compatriots turning a 3 week tour into a predictable bore fest.
Each to his own I guess.0 -
Shipley wrote:I don’t get the ‘yawn’ Quickstep comments ???? They are a team focussed on classic one day races, clearly they have a great early season training plan, their fan base in Belgium is a wonderful thing to be part of and a different rider wins each race they win. What’s not to like ?
Boring to me is the ‘stick insect’ and his compatriots turning a 3 week tour into a predictable bore fest.
Each to his own I guess.
They're turning the classics season into a predictable procession (I won't say bore fest).0 -
Shipley wrote:I don’t get the ‘yawn’ Quickstep comments ???? They are a team focussed on classic one day races, clearly they have a great early season training plan, their fan base in Belgium is a wonderful thing to be part of and a different rider wins each race they win. What’s not to like ?
Boring to me is the ‘stick insect’ and his compatriots turning a 3 week tour into a predictable bore fest.
Each to his own I guess.
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You do wonder how much energy Alaphilippe wastes with all that nervousnous.
Seemed a fast finish since it whittled down fast from the group on that long section.
I actually felt Fuglsang was the stronger of the two but he didn’t have the finish and he knew it. Thought he maximised his chances today. Top ride.
Tactically I would never underestimate the value of having decent team mates in the group behind.
Quick step were happy with the final selection of the 2/3 and that instantly means they get away as no one is gonna let Stybar get an easy ride.
No surprises who got 4th....
Had they not have been happy it’s very easy for their rider up front to say “I’ve got decent teammates in the group behind” and shut it all down.
In classics having multiple favourites is having all the aces. Gives so much tactical flexibility.0 -
How beautifully put0
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I mean if sky really wanted they could throw Rowe, Stannard, Thomas, Moscon, Kwiatkowski and van Baarle and they’d give QS a run for their money.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:
Tactically I would never underestimate the value of having decent team mates in the group behind.
Quick step were happy with the final selection of the 2/3 and that instantly means they get away as no one is gonna let Stybar get an easy ride.
No surprises who got 4th....
Had they not have been happy it’s very easy for their rider up front to say “I’ve got decent teammates in the group behind” and shut it all down.
In classics having multiple favourites is having all the aces. Gives so much tactical flexibility.Shipley wrote:How beautifully put
Except when it's Sky at the Tour, though.
Then it's boring, right?"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
They use a different tactic, right?
You need more domestiques over three weeks and your favourites need to actually be up there GC but I do maintain that if you can put egos aside and you rode a Tour with multiple leaders you could tactically destroy the opppsirion (like CSC once did).
But in a GT you need 2-3 riders who are at a high enough level that the physiology gap is small enough that tactics matter....0 -
Another way to look at the sky dominance boring, quick step not argument is the basic tactical premise that Sky shut the race down; Quick Step open it up.
It’s down to the format mainly and what tactics work best, but that’s the difference.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Another way to look at the sky dominance boring, quick step not argument is the basic tactical premise that Sky shut the race down; Quick Step open it up.
It’s down to the format mainly and what tactics work best, but that’s the difference.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Another way to look at the sky dominance boring, quick step not argument is the basic tactical premise that Sky shut the race down; Quick Step open it up.
You’ve paraphrased the full (more Zen) dictum: Sky shut the race down (unless you’re another Sky rider); Quick Step open it up (as long as you’re another Quick Step rider).0 -
OCDuPalais wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Another way to look at the sky dominance boring, quick step not argument is the basic tactical premise that Sky shut the race down; Quick Step open it up.
You’ve paraphrased the full (more Zen) dictum: Sky shut the race down (unless you’re another Sky rider); Quick Step open it up (as long as your another Quick Step rider).Twitter: @RichN950 -
RichN95 wrote:You’ve paraphrased the full (more Zen) dictum: Sky shut the race down (unless you’re another Sky rider); Quick Step open it up (as long as your another Quick Step rider).
Pretty much describes it exactly for me, but the quote comes from a sport where the championship is the be all and end all, whereas in cycling it's different strokes for different folks0