Paris-Nice 2019 *SPOILERS*

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,978
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    From Cycling News:
    "There is still the chance for crosswinds today, but nothing like we've seen in the last two days"
    They should be just about hitting the more cross windy part now.
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    inseine wrote:
    From Cycling News:
    "There is still the chance for crosswinds today, but nothing like we've seen in the last two days"
    They should be just about hitting the more cross windy part now.

    Nah.
    I'm looking at the live centre as I type.
    43kph wind (great) but still out of the SSW (not great) and they still 90 odd kms to race, so still heading South.
    My best guess is that they make the turn to the SE at around 40kms to go. By which time (hopefully) the wind with have shifted a few points to the SW.

    Edit: Having said all of that, this is also from the race live centre:
    14.0°C | Sunny
    Windspeed: 22.0 km/h
    Crosswind from right
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    Cycling News:
    At last, the riders are into the second half of today's 200km stage. The gap to the two leaders is still nudging down, bit by bit. The headwind has now turned into a crosswind, coming from the right hand side, but no signs of echelons just yet.

    and Aru's abandonned
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,978
    Needs to be cross rail for full effecf
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    I think it's going to happen, but the best conditions come towards the end of the stage.
    Which is how we like it.

    Fabio Aru (UAE) has given up.

    82kms to go.
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I think it's going to happen, but the best conditions come towards the end of the stage.
    Which is how we like it.

    Fabio Aru (UAE) has given up.

    82kms to go.

    Given up sounds exactly what he's done. Commentators trying to be kind
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    so the temperature appears to be between 12 and 14degrees very few longs on show apart from Bernal when do you lot move to shorts.
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    47K to go gap coming down and only a minute now
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    44k and 40s coming down very quickly indeed
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,978
    You manning the klaxon vino?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    Massive pile up on a bridge.
    Half the peloton completely stuck. :)
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    You manning the klaxon vino?

    Im prevaricating at work.....

    missed the crash too
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    Well now we do have echelons of a sort.......
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Well now we do have echelons of a sort.......

    But sadly it seems to have slowed down a bit whilst they sort themselves out
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    24K to go and it looks like a road hogging club run. grouppo compacto
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    Bonus sprint about to be contested by Kwiatkowski, Lulu etc
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    Pah.
    Boring Sky dominating again. :P
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,924
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    so the temperature appears to be between 12 and 14degrees very few longs on show apart from Bernal when do you lot move to shorts.

    Racing in any weather (may wear leg warmers on the road if it's down in low single figures), training probably 15 degrees or above. I suspect among the pros you'll find those from Southern Europe wearing longs for much more of the season than the northerners.
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Pross wrote:
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    so the temperature appears to be between 12 and 14degrees very few longs on show apart from Bernal when do you lot move to shorts.

    Racing in any weather (may wear leg warmers on the road if it's down in low single figures), training probably 15 degrees or above. I suspect among the pros you'll find those from Southern Europe wearing longs for much more of the season than the northerners.
    Pretty much what i reckoned. I generally say legs out at 15degrees
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    13K to go and the wind is up and accross the road but club run continues for now
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    minor rider goes on his own the wrong way round the roundabout and then fell off lolol Seems ok fortunately
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    10k to go
    faster club run blocking the road
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    Here we go, it's Luke Rowe!
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Rowe is a monster!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    5 left!
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Bernal aka Timburtons skeleton is giving it large at the front @53K mph 3.5k to go
    Race splitting as sky GC climbers destroy the peloton HAHAHAHA Epic!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,901
    Meh, then the town arrives. :(
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Bernal and kwia looking after each other by smashing the peloton 2k to go
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    bernal getting swamped now

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