107th Milano - Sanremo, 19th March 2016, 291 km, WT

[Eshnar]

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Seems the diversion will NOT be neutralised.

no, it will be part of the race.

 

[Rollthedice]

So, is it now longer with 9k or about the same?

 

[Yingge]

About the same I suspect, as the Autostrada is shorter, but they add a bit on at the beginning.

 

[Eshnar]

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So, is it now longer with 9k or about the same?

2-3 kms more.

 

[VanBsr]

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So, is it now longer with 9k or about the same?

The race will be longer with 3k.

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

So, guys, will Sagan win alone or in a smallish group, or in a bunch sprint?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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So, guys, will Sagan win alone or in a smallish group, or in a bunch sprint?

Even if everyone else abandoned, I'm sure Sagan would find a way to finish second.

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

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So, guys, will Sagan win alone or in a smallish group, or in a bunch sprint?

Even if everyone else abandoned, I'm sure Sagan would find a way to finish second.

Pick a rider and let's do an avatar bet. I bet Sagan will end at least 3 places above your rider.

 

[Gigs_98]

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So, guys, will Sagan win alone or in a smallish group, or in a bunch sprint?

Even if everyone else abandoned, I'm sure Sagan would find a way to finish second.

Pick a rider and let's do an avatar bet. I bet Sagan will end at least 3 places above your rider.

I'm pretty sure cancellara will finish in the top 5 but I dont want to do an Avatar bet about it

 

[TMP402]

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So, is it now longer with 9k or about the same?

The race will be longer with 3k.

From the livefeed:

We now have official confirmation that this year's Milan-San Remo is 295km long. That is an additional 4 km due to the change in course.

 

[DNP-Old]

Dopo la modifica, i KM totali saranno 295

 

[SafeBet]

Sagan: "am I the favorite? Everybody's favorite. We'll see how many favorites are there after the Poggio."

 

[Spawn of e]

Sorry since I am sure this has been asked, but does anybody have a link to an English speaking stream? The Eurosport ones I have are not showing the race yet.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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So, guys, will Sagan win alone or in a smallish group, or in a bunch sprint?

Even if everyone else abandoned, I'm sure Sagan would find a way to finish second.

Pick a rider and let's do an avatar bet. I bet Sagan will end at least 3 places above your rider.

I have already lost an avatar bet, so I have to wear this one of the eternal second until the end of Paris-Roubaix Otherwise I would be happy to make a bet. Cancellara would be my pick as he should be a pretty big favorite to stay within three places of Sagan taking all scenarios into consideration.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Sorry since I am sure this has been asked, but does anybody have a link to an English speaking stream? The Eurosport ones I have are not showing the race yet.

I think the earliest tv coverage hasnt started yet. A countdown on cyclinghub says it will start in 20 minutes

 

[Spawn of e]

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Sorry since I am sure this has been asked, but does anybody have a link to an English speaking stream? The Eurosport ones I have are not showing the race yet.

I think the earliest tv coverage hasnt started yet. A countdown on cyclinghub says it will start in 20 minutes

Thanks.

 

[SafeBet]

Nibali: "I'm riding MSR because it's an amazing race, even if the route doesn't suit me much. There are many riders who can't wait for the sprint. Astana must be on the attack".

Colbrelli: "I have good legs after Tirreno. You have to race smartly, never wasting any energy. I'm confident."

 

[SafeBet]

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EDIT:
This looks serious

from what I read it looks like those were parked cars thankfully, but it seems 2 pedestrians were injured, one of them seriously

Update: no serious injury! Both the pedestrians are fine.

 

[luckyboy]

10 years since any Italian won Sanremo. Doubt today will see another one but it looks like Bonifazio is best equipped to do it in future. Maybe this year with a lot of luck (crashes to others)

http://inthedrops.net/2016/03/18/outsiders-at-their-own-race-milano-sanremo/

 

[Pantani_lives]

A

Let's take a look at the most important teams and divide them into three groups.

SPRINTER TEAMS:
Katusha - Kristoff
Orica - Matthews
Cofidis - Bouhanni
Dimension - Cavendish

IN BETWEEN TEAMS:
Tinkoff - Sagan
BMC - Van Avermaet
Ettix - Boonen, Stybar, Gaviria
Lampre - Ulissi

NON-SPRINTER TEAMS:
Trek - Cancellara
Astana - Nibali
Movistar - Valverde
Sky - Thomas, Stannard

 

[Carols]

Finally live streams, except on beIN where I subscribe

 

[Irondan]

http://cyclinghub.tv/livestream#sthash.lS8acYbj.dpbs

 

[pink_jersey]

Re: A

Let's take a look at the most important teams and divide them into three groups.

SPRINTER TEAMS:
Katusha - Kristoff
Orica - Matthews
Cofidis - Bouhanni
Dimension - Cavendish

IN BETWEEN TEAMS:
Tinkoff - Sagan
BMC - Van Avermaet
Ettix - Boonen, Stybar, Gaviria
Lampre - Ulissi

NON-SPRINTER TEAMS:
Trek - Cancellara
Astana - Nibali
Movistar - Valverde
Sky - Thomas, Stannard

More like:
SPRINTER TEAMS:
Katusha - Kristoff
Orica - Matthews
Cofidis - Bouhanni

IN BETWEEN TEAMS:
Tinkoff - Sagan
BMC - Van Avermaet
Ettix - Boonen, Stybar, Gaviria
Dimension Data - Boasson Hagen, Cavendish
Sky - Swift, Thomas
Trek - Cancellara, Bonifazio

NON-SPRINTER TEAMS:
Astana - Nibali
Movistar - Valverde

I'm pretty sure that Cancellara will not attack. He will follow, but not attack.
Nibali said that it's suicidal to attack at Cipressa...In this case I hope Astana will go nuclear on Cipressa and drop half the peloton. On Poggio you can't drop anyone.

 

[Carols]

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Finally live streams, except on beIN where I subscribe

For any other subscribers it is on channel 6 instead of 4 as scheduled....no commentary!

 

[rick james]

Weather looks stunning