Il Lombardia 2023 **spoilers**

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,445
    Roglic gets back on.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,445
    Think Bagioli got second, toss up between Simon Yates, Roglic and Vlasov for third.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,378
    Dan Lloyd just said Pog has won 5 of his last 9 monuments!
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,445
    Roglic third, less PTP carnage than anticipated.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,868
    Hey BR crew, was out most of the day, going to try and catch up today.

    Can anyone give me an indication from how far out to watch it please?

    Probably have a couple of hours, though could stretch further if it's a real humdinger.

    Thanks!
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 26,951
    edited October 2023
    Last 30-40 kms should suffice, unless you watch for the scenery. 😉
    Can't remember the precise point.
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,868
    Thanks, I'll go for my usual 45 in that case :-)
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,313
    Whoever was DSing in the car, the whole team - and obviously Pogacar - deserve all the plaudits for that display…
    And Adam Yates pretty much pinning everyone to the road on those last climbs before Pog slipped away was an end of season treat…
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,533
    Has Roglic (or the other chasers) said anything about how he let Pog go? Just too cooked after coming back up?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,584
    Pog is so good over 250km
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,445
    rick_chasey said:

    Pog is so good over 250km

    Yesterday's race was 238 kms.
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,170
    Good to see a race won on the descent - not unlike when he won Strade, where he attacked on a downhill section of gravel.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,584
    andyp said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Pog is so good over 250km

    Yesterday's race was 238 kms.
    More meat for the argument it’s the lowliest of the monuments
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,868
    What an enjoyable last 45k.

    LOVED Hatch's line.

    "No fairytale ending for Pinot, but then again, that's the Pinot way isn't it"
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  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 825
    Disappointed they didn't go with: in future, the winner may be the goat, but Pinot will herd the goat.
    Probably more Carlton's territory.
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  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,638
    Nah, that would be cobblers
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,941
    It was amazing that he seemed to suffer from cramp and yet still pulled out time on the chasers. Was that all for the cameras?
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,454
    No, for one thing cramps aren't always the same. I've cramped in races and been able to ride out the cramp and even put out very good power on the climb immediately after. Another time I needed to get off the bike and pause for a very long time and just barely limped to the finish line.

    Adam Yates also attacked on the flat immediately after the cramp pictures (or it looked that way at least) and that caused everyone to speed up and then immediately shift to group 2 syndrome after which resulted in a net time loss.
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