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

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Is Carlos Betancur the pregnant one in this analogy? :wink:
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    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...
    No, ground level camera , proper round the neck hug ( whether he meant it I have no idea).
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Very brief version....
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLowZJP5JLs
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    "The first plan was to do the sprint for Elia, but it wasn't an easy day and in the final Elia asked me if I wanted to do the sprint.‘
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    That did look like a very odd sprint, with the numbers that QS had so close to the end. Sagan was well out of position, sitting 2nd wheel very early, felt pretty underwhelming to be honest! On the back of this race so far, is there a clear favourite for MSR?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Basically the leadout was so strong.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    ShutupJens wrote:
    That did look like a very odd sprint, with the numbers that QS had so close to the end. Sagan was well out of position, sitting 2nd wheel very early, felt pretty underwhelming to be honest! On the back of this race so far, is there a clear favourite for MSR?

    Groenewegen & Bennet no?

    They’re the form sprinters.

    Of the non sprinters you’d say Alaphilippe
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    That did look like a very odd sprint, with the numbers that QS had so close to the end. Sagan was well out of position, sitting 2nd wheel very early, felt pretty underwhelming to be honest! On the back of this race so far, is there a clear favourite for MSR?

    Groenewegen & Bennet no?


    Groenewegen?
    Not on the evidence of his "climbing" in P-N.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Fair.
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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,798
    inseine wrote:
    "The first plan was to do the sprint for Elia, but it wasn't an easy day and in the final Elia asked me if I wanted to do the sprint.‘


    Watching Elia's reaction at the finish, I really believe that :lol:
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    inseine wrote:
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    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...
    No, ground level camera , proper round the neck hug ( whether he meant it I have no idea).

    .... whilst whispering in his ear....
    "You do know I am Italian, right? You know of the mafia, right? Well if you ever do that to me again, you will will be getting a visit, right?"
    :D
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Yates loses the GC by a single second to Roglic.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Campenaerts looking good for the hour record
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Fuglsang pointing out that they've put the wrong logo on the jersey

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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    Hah!
    They had to give him a blank one instead.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Ha that's brilliant. Good finish, the coverage added to the suspense - live time gaps meant that you could see the 25 seconds slipping away but having a clock saying to win he needs to get to the line in x amount of seconds was enthralling. Gutting as you saw the double zero, 10 metres in it

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