02/10 - Milano-Torino (193.5 km)

[Roude Leiw]

Good to see he will be racing here and at Lombardia, Would be cool to see him pull off a decent performance. Have my doubts that he will do anything though.

Actually he seems to have already abandoned….

 

[search]

he did not start, yep

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

he did not start, yep

That's annoying, presumably won't bother with lombardia either.

 

[theyoungest]

Andy Schleck will ride this and Lombardy. Said a while ago that he hopes to end the season on a good note. Was fine in Colorado but abandoned in Canada, with no explanation given by the team. Little racing due to lack of funding for the team

He got dropped in both races, due to not being good enough. At least he was of value in the pre-race press conference, and during the race when the cameras registered his every fart.

 

[search]

That's annoying, presumably won't bother with lombardia either.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schleck-out-of-milano-torino-with-sinus-infection

 

[Tom T.]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schleck-out-of-milano-torino-with-sinus-infection

Andy's got to catch up on his drinking.

 

[willbick]

seems schleck is finished as a top level rider. Makes you wonder how he ever started but thats for another forum

 

[Contadoraus Schlecks]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schleck-out-of-milano-torino-with-sinus-infection

Thanks for confirming

 

[DenisMenchov]

Any info from the race itself?

No TV coverage I assume?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

about 20km left, Thurau alone in front with a minute or so.

ticker here:

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?page=news&cod=62484&tp=n

 

[LaFlorecita]

Well that was weird. I was following the race on twitter and with 1 km to go Majka, Pellizotti and Pozzovivo had 15". Then Contador attacked with Valverde and Moreno it said and then Ulissi came out of nowhere to grab the win

 

[Ruudz0r]

yup thats what the ticker said.

Ore 15.18 Triangolo rosso. 15" per il terzetto al comando.

Ore 15.19 Tenta l'allungo Pozzovivo, ma gli altri due non gli lasciano ****io.

Ore 15.20 Scatta Contador, che insieme a Valverde e Moreno Fernandez si riporta sui tre al comando.

Sei in testa, allunga Fernandez ma non c'è niente da fare.

Attacca Ulissi, che va a vincere!

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Majka second, it appears.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Moreno third

 

[Ruudz0r]

CyclingUpdates‏@CyclingUptodate
#MilanoTorino
1. Diego Ulissi
2. Rafal Majka
3. Daniel Moreno
4. Domenico Pozzovivo
5. Alberto Contador

 

[Ruudz0r]

CyclingUpdates‏@CyclingUptodate
#MilanoTorino Top 10
1 Ulissi
2 Majka
3 Moreno
4 Pozzovivo
5 Contador
6 Valverde
7 Finetto
8 Voeckler
9 Rabottini
10 Pellizotti

 

[fraserhughes]

#MilanoTorino Top 10
8 Voeckler

wft

Break remnant? Wouldn't expect him to be up there on a MTF

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

wft

Break remnant? Wouldn't expect him to be up there on a MTF

The guy who finished in front of him is more of a surprise.

 

[Lanark]

wft

Break remnant? Wouldn't expect him to be up there on a MTF

Why not? Superga isn't a mountain anyway, but the guy finished top-4 in the Tour, and won tough mountain stages. He's probably a better climber than Ulissi.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Why not? Superga isn't a mountain anyway, but the guy finished top-4 in the Tour, and won tough mountain stages. He's probably a better climber than Ulissi.

5km at 9% isn't a mountain?

 

[fraserhughes]

Why not? Superga isn't a mountain anyway, but the guy finished top-4 in the Tour, and won tough mountain stages. He's probably a better climber than Ulissi.

I guess I always think of him as an attacking breakaway rider that likes mountainous terrain rather than an explosive climber one would expect to find in the top 10 on a mountain (or hill if you prefer) top finish.

 

[fraserhughes]

The guy who finished in front of him is more of a surprise.

Had to look him but fair point!

 

[Ruudz0r]

The guy who finished in front of him is more of a surprise.

Is he? Look at his palmares from 2008 (the italian races at the end of the year). In 2009 he was good aswell at the end of the year, although the results show it not as much as the ones from 2008. Then in 2010 he did the Vuelta as a domestic, and got 6th in Piemonte after the Vuelta. In 2011 he again had decents results at the end of the year (not as good as before though). In 2012 he didnt have a team, and he did some mountainbiking.
Now in 2013 he is again strong at the end of the year 17th Agostini, 14th in Memorial Marco Pantani (terrain doesnt suit him), 5th in stage 1 of Settimina Lombarda, 16th in stage 2 and 2nd in stage 3, 9th overall. Then he took 8th in Costa Degli Etruschi after a strong race.

 

[Afrank]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schleck-out-of-milano-torino-with-sinus-infection

Too bad, although not that surprising. Got to look to next year for Schleck.

Anyways, nice win for Ulissi. Nice result for Majka as well, was Contador doing any work to help him get up there? Or were they both targeting high results?

Contador seems to have decent form based on his 5th, hopefully he can do something at Lombardia.

 

[roundabout]

Is he? Look at his palmares from 2008 (the italian races at the end of the year). In 2009 he was good aswell at the end of the year, although the results show it not as much as the ones from 2008. Then in 2010 he did the Vuelta as a domestic, and got 6th in Piemonte after the Vuelta. In 2011 he again had decents results at the end of the year (not as good as before though). In 2012 he didnt have a team, and he did some mountainbiking.
Now in 2013 he is again strong at the end of the year 17th Agostini, 14th in Memorial Marco Pantani (terrain doesnt suit him), 5th in stage 1 of Settimina Lombarda, 16th in stage 2 and 2nd in stage 3, 9th overall. Then he took 8th in Costa Degli Etruschi after a strong race.

He is a good 1-day racer, but I always thought of him as a good finisher who can get over hills.

Getting a 7th on this finish in this company is a very good result for him.