Paris-Nice 2019 *SPOILERS*

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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    BOOOOOM SAM BENNET

    What a finale absolutely brilliant viewing
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Bennett shows the value of sitting up, taking it easy and tootling home.
    None of today's podium were anywhere, yesterday.
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Agreed, Groenewegen was clearly in the red there.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ewen is not gonna get much better drop offs than that.
    _
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Ewen is not gonna get much better drop offs than that.

    He was probably knackered from playing echelons with the sky 3 not long before
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Either way.

    Groenewegen took a lot of wind in the final 1.5km and has to start way too far out.

    I’d be very disappointed if I was Lotto’s DS. With that drop off he really ought not be beaten by Bennett.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Time for the fast boys to move over as tomorrow's stage should see a shift in both focus and race leadership.

    Stage 4 - Vichy › Pélussin (210.5k)

    a00dc

    A bit more detail on the last 60kms of up and down.

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Larvely.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    How do we think this will play out over the next few days? Will the sky boys romp away or blow up after their efforts the last few days? Will Bardet actually win something? Is the big climb on Saturday tough enough to eliminate the likes of Jungels, LLS and Kwiatkowski?
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,576
    gsk82 wrote:
    How do we think this will play out over the next few days? Will the sky boys romp away or blow up after their efforts the last few days? Will Bardet actually win something? Is the big climb on Saturday tough enough to eliminate the likes of Jungels, LLS and Kwiatkowski?
    1. Don't know.
    2. Possibly.
    3. Maybe.
    4. Definitely, it's arguably the toughest summit finish ever to feature in Paris-Nice.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    I hope the race can keep this level of entertainment and drama going over the hillier stages to come.

    It's been pretty good so far. Mainly down to the weather but that's always part of the game in P-N.
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    I hope the race can keep this level of entertainment and drama going over the hillier stages to come.

    It's been pretty good so far. Mainly down to the weather but that's always part of the game in P-N.


    Def, ive really enjoyed watching Rowe in his element. mind you he's got a lot of racing in his legs already this year and it shows.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    What channel is it on? I am pretending to work from home and we have eurosport but not sky.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Shirley Basso wrote:
    What channel is it on? I am pretending to work from home and we have eurosport but not sky.


    Eurosport. It's started at 14.15 the last couple of days
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Big Break 6.40 up the road, including you know who. Olivier Le Gac is the virtual yellow
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    inseine wrote:
    Big Break 6.40 up the road, including you know who. Olivier Le Gac is the virtual yellow

    No, who? :P

    De Gendt, Pfingsten, Bernard, Le Gac, Le Turnier, De Marchi, Reza, Cort Nielsen, Ciccone, Gesbert, Gaudin, Grosu, Siskevicius are the guys in front.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    He’s a wasted engine isn’t he?
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I suggest folks go check out the Tirreno thread.......
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I suggest folks go check out the Tirreno thread.......

    i wonder if theres anything in the rules for that sort of thing
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    They were never going to catch the likes of de Gendt and di Marchi in the same breakaway.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Magnus Cort chalks up Astana's 900th win of the season....
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    That is quite a number of wins for 1 season
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Tomorrow's rather long time trial. Just what they need when the GC is already down to such slim pickings.

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,576
    I looked at the profile and thought "I can't believe there is such a massive hill in such a short TT", then looked at the elevation on the right and worked out it goes up about 80 metres in 2.5 kms.

    They'll barely notice it.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Sawyer's hill pretty much
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Tom Scully in the hot seat at the moment.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    andyp wrote:
    I looked at the profile and thought "I can't believe there is such a massive hill in such a short TT", then looked at the elevation on the right and worked out it goes up about 80 metres in 2.5 kms.

    They'll barely notice it.

    And yet the current leader is Simon Yates.....

    Nice photo.

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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Quintana set to lose a fair chunk
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Kwiatkowski a bit off the boil, Bardet poor as usual and Bernal doing a great ride.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    good negative split riding by Kwiatkowski.
    And Simon Yates has just shown he's going to win the Giro.
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