54th Tirreno-Adriatico 13th-19th March 2019 *Spoilers*

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,342
    Seems very much like the definition of being a c*nt. :wink:
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Tomorrow's stage is very long and pretty lumpy at the end.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    BOTD: Nans Peters (Ag2r La Mondiale), Mirco Maestri (Bardiani-CSF), Marcu Burghardt (Bora-hansgrohe), Joey Rosskopf (CCC Team), Krists Neilands (Israel Cycling Academy), Luis Mas (Movistar), Giovanni Visconti (Neri-Selle Italia), Jenthe Biermans (Katusha-Alpecin), Rob Power (Team Sunweb), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo).
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Geraint Thomas has dropped out with "Stomach Issues". Presumably the same "stomach issues" which stopped me playing hockey this afternoon, and caused loads of people currently in Cardiff to miss work.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    RichN95 wrote:
    Geraint Thomas has dropped out with "Stomach Issues". Presumably the same "stomach issues" which stopped me playing hockey this afternoon, and caused loads of people currently in Cardiff to miss work.

    :lol: 8)
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    I'll say it again...

    G's finished.
    Half man, Half bike
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    4 riders crash in 4 seperate crashes on one descent. :?
    Jumbo's leader of the young riders jersey, du Plus and Tony Martin, Vuillemoz and Boswell.

    Astana being as classy as ever, pushing hard taking advantage of the carnage.
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  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,926
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Geraint Thomas has dropped out with "Stomach Issues". Presumably the same "stomach issues" which stopped me playing hockey this afternoon, and caused loads of people currently in Cardiff to miss work.



    :lol: 8)

    beautifully put.... :D Couldn't help but smile at that one.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    RichN95 wrote:
    Geraint Thomas has dropped out with "Stomach Issues". Presumably the same "stomach issues" which stopped me playing hockey this afternoon, and caused loads of people currently in Cardiff to miss work.

    Ha! Lovely stuff. :-)
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,327
    Ridgerider wrote:
    I'll say it again...

    G's finished.

    ... his first Peroni of the day?
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Ooh
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Last 20km was excellent there
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Lutsenko takes it
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  • wiznaeme
    wiznaeme Posts: 238
    Best stage win for a while. Great TV.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Last 20km was excellent there

    More like 40kms, I would say. At that point, all the big names were duking it out.
    Awesome stage, full of drama, with eventually the cream coming to the top.
    Everything the big Paris-Nice mountain failed to deliver.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    ^I’m sure, but I only watched last 20.

    For anyone who didn’t watch it you need to - fantastic drama.
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    Brilliant stage. What a win!
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Yes fantastic last 40k of the stage. Can't remember a race that good for some time.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    66 riders didn't make it to the circuit in time to avoid the leaders. They were given times calculated based on on when they reached the circuit, plus the slowest rider around the circuit's time.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    If yesterday's stage was hard....

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    The 180 kilometres route leads from Colli al Metauro to an uphill finish in Recanati. The climb to the line kicks up at 19%. The last 85 kilometres feature nine consecutive climbs. Following the first passage on the line the riders face three more laps of 22.8 kilometres. The route drops down to the first ascent, which is crested 7 kilometres before the kick up to the finish line.

    The climb to the line is especially demanding with ramps up to 19%. The first half slopes at 10.8% before it levels out to 3.3% in the second half. The length of the ‘Wall of Recanati’ is 3.6 kilometres.

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    Or if you prefer LB's graphics.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    The sizeable BOTD: Nico Denz (Ag2r La Mondiale), Daniel Oss (Bora-hansgrohe), Nathan Van Hooydonck (CCC Team), Ivan Rovny (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Tom Van Aesbrock (Education First), Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Soudal), Jorge Arcas (Movistar), Davide Gabburro, Edoardo Zardini (Neri-SelleItalia), Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), Julien Simon (Cofidis), Steve Morabito (Groupama-FDJ) & Giovanni Visconti (Neri-Selle Italia)
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,005
    Another great finale today, Astana again with Fuglesang followed by Yates and Roglic. GC very close with Yates-Roglic- fuglesang
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Another great finale today, Astana again with Fuglesang followed by Yates and Roglic. GC very close with Yates-Roglic- fuglesang

    Yates will have about about 25 seconds to defend in the tt. Is it right it's only 10k?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    gsk82 wrote:
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Another great finale today, Astana again with Fuglesang followed by Yates and Roglic. GC very close with Yates-Roglic- fuglesang

    Yates will have about about 25 seconds to defend in the tt. Is it right it's only 10k?
    This race has finished up with the exact same TT since 2011.
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  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,436
    Looks like there was 36 seconds between Yates and Roglic last year... could be tight
  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,604
    Viviani beaten by his own lead out. Allaphilipe takes the sprint. :D
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    Time for Viviani to change teams. Not a happy bunny as Alaphillipe pinches his train and the sprint win.
    Gaviria nowhere.
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Picked Sagan’s wheel, but he was going nowhere!
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    To be fair Viviani did come back and congratulate Alaphillipe
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,233
    inseine wrote:
    To be fair Viviani did come back and congratulate Alaphillipe
    Did you see that from the helicopter shot? Because the same one I saw had Viviani grip him with an overly hardy handshake followed by a very pursed lip congratulations. Much like you might congratulate your ex (who you’re still in love with) and her new fella, when they announce they’re pregnant...

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