54th Tirreno-Adriatico 13th-19th March 2019 *Spoilers*
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Seems very much like the definition of being a c*nt.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230
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Tomorrow's stage is very long and pretty lumpy at the end.
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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)."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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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.
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I'll say it again...
G's finished.Half man, Half bike0 -
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."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
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.
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beautifully put.... Couldn't help but smile at that one.“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
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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. :-)Ben
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Ridgerider wrote:I'll say it again...
G's finished.
... his first Peroni of the day?Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
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Last 20km was excellent there0
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Best stage win for a while. Great TV.0
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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."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
^I’m sure, but I only watched last 20.
For anyone who didn’t watch it you need to - fantastic drama.0 -
Brilliant stage. What a win!Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.0 -
Yes fantastic last 40k of the stage. Can't remember a race that good for some time.0
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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."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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If yesterday's stage was hard....
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.
Or if you prefer LB's graphics.
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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)"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Another great finale today, Astana again with Fuglesang followed by Yates and Roglic. GC very close with Yates-Roglic- fuglesang0
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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?"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
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?Twitter: @RichN950 -
Looks like there was 36 seconds between Yates and Roglic last year... could be tight0
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Viviani beaten by his own lead out. Allaphilipe takes the sprint.2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0
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Time for Viviani to change teams. Not a happy bunny as Alaphillipe pinches his train and the sprint win.
Gaviria nowhere."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Picked Sagan’s wheel, but he was going nowhere!0
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inseine wrote:To be fair Viviani did come back and congratulate Alaphillipe0