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The Sixth Monument* TODAY! (not sunday).
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*(pending confirmation under the 'f72-Chipper Classification, 2021 commission')
@ddraver
The Sixth Monument* TODAY! (not sunday).
@Cramon
@cyclingnews
@pezcycling
Coverage in all the usual places. Wine & Food - anything Tuscan! (and God damn you really can't miss in Tuscany). Tuscan Pecorino, truffles, Cannellini Beans, Cantucci cooked in and drunk with Chianti
Male Favourites - Cyclocross Riders, Sub-favourites - Road Riders!
Female Favourites - Dutch Riders, Sub favourites - the other Dutch riders
@pezcycling
*(pending confirmation under the 'f72-Chipper Classification, 2021 commission')
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Weather reports inconclusive. Some predict showers, some don't. Anyone got something reliable?Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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The best of the three monuments, looking forward to seeing how Pidders gets on - if he gets to the end with the bigger boys I reckon he could be the Kwiatkowski to their Sagan.0
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"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Came on to ask just this!No_Ta_Doctor said:Weather reports inconclusive. Some predict showers, some don't. Anyone got something reliable?
Certainly for Siena the BBC and Google etc. are saying v low chance of rain.0 -
Are we expecting the finish around 3? Seems to be my guess from the TV schedules?0
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Women's live coverage has just started... Looks a bit grey but not rainy so far, quite a lot of blue sky in fact. Hard to tell how much breeze there is, trees do seem to be moving a little but that might be the camera bike's gimble on the fritz...
GCN has sound issues againMathieu van der Poel switches bikes for Strade Bianche after Le Samyn cockpit malfunction
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Ellen van Dijk, Madie Garcia, Chantal Blaak and 5 others have a good gap over the rest.
The 2 big dutchies are missing for once
18 to go and they re all pulling back now. Gaps are smaller than the commentators made it sound. Vos and Koepcky make it across but groups are separated by just 10s of metres at the momentWe're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Camera work covering the women's race isn't great and I can't quite put my finger on why.
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
re coverage - groups all over the place and only one (I think) helicopter means lots of relying on motos, who are struggling to get stable shots on the rougher sections where the actions coming.
Felt like the first group decided to stop trying to hold off the chasers and rest up for a few seconds before it kicks off again.1 -
12 to go
MV and AvV get a gap over the others on the super steep (?final) gravel climb
Looks like Kopecky has a puncture rather than a blow up unfortunately.
Nobody with team mates I think
11 to go,
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That 18% section that Vos and AVV went on is utterly brutal. Lots of damage done shortly beforehand, too - there was a sharp right hander followed by a nasty little climb, and at least a couple of riders didn't anticipate the gear shift.0
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Seeing Vos and AvV side by side really shows the difference in style, doesn't it?0
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Comes back together - Vos doesn't want to work, AvV can't shake her.0
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The biggest hitters seem to be content to mark each other for now as smaller attacks go and come back. If anyone has decent legs they might catch them napping between here and the last km or so.0
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Vandenbroek-Blaak goes off now, followed by Longo-Borghini. Nobody seems to want to take the chase up behind...0
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Cockpit fmlddraver said:Women's live coverage has just started... Looks a bit grey but not rainy so far, quite a lot of blue sky in fact. Hard to tell how much breeze there is, trees do seem to be moving a little but that might be the camera bike's gimble on the fritz...
GCN has sound issues againMathieu van der Poel switches bikes for Strade Bianche after Le Samyn cockpit malfunction
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Cavalli out of the group, trying to chase them down. Her legs have looked good today0
