115th Il Lombardia, 2021- Como - Bergamo 239km **Spoilers**

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  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 784
    They have just passed throughSan Pellegrino Terme, at the foot of the Zambla Alta climb, and famed for its mineral water. The mineral water company give an award each October to whom a panel of experts consider the best young chef of the year, and a book with one recipe from each of that year's 48 finalists, who come from all over the world, is also published.
    (It is also where I had one of the best Granita ices/sorbets I've ever had)

    And more sombrely, the small town, population around 4800, was also one of the worst Covid-hit places in the world. Alone in just the month of March 2020, about 50 people there died from Covid, not a high number in itself, but over 1% of the population.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Racing proper threatens to break out…
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Tullett, Sivakov, Bennett and Masnada go clear. The peloton chasing pretty hard behind. EF rider in the gap.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Looks like Powless.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Storer gets across too, but they've only 10 seconds or so.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Bennett is the anchor here
    Game over for the moment
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Hirschi shuts it down for UAE.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Now Tao has a go.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Right, now I'm sorted
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Big numbers still left in the peloton

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Only one major climb to follow.
    A bit underwhelming so far
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    It's very aggressive, doubt there will be many left at the top of the Ganda.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Simon Yates out the back.
  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    Effing motorbikes!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Lutsenko and Formolo were the two that crashed if anyone is interested.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    big group? just in hows it been?
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Here's the tempo bit. A couple of kms to the launch.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Thinning out now
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    he looks keen
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Remco out the back
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Peanut as well
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Pogacar goes all Tour de France mode as DQS and Jumbo just watch.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Roglic at the back of a group of 8 contenders.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Pogacar has 30s
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Vingegaard and..............Masnada going to have to do all the work.
    Game over I suspect.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    blazing_saddles said:

    Odd to be watching the roll out of Lomardia. Dan Lloyd and Rob Htach on comms again.
    Eurosport have played a blinder keeping Kirby away from the WCRR, Paris-Roubaix and now Lombardia.

    Are they easing him out as it moves more to GCN than ES? He seems to have been on less this season but that could just be me watching more races I don't normally see.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    As predicted.
    Masnada playing a blinder...............for Pogacar.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Some dodgy descending there from Pog.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    What's the weather like? There's a warning for the wind here in Venice (it's certainly been gusty once you get to the more open areas).
  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    Pross said:

    What's the weather like? There's a warning for the wind here in Venice (it's certainly been gusty once you get to the more open areas).

    Clear, sunny and looks pretty still

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