2012 Montepaschi Strade Bianche

[LaFlorecita]

Does anyone know who's commenting for Sporza?

 

[theyoungest]

Boonen isn't really specialized in Italian races anyway. He has only won one race on Italian soil in his entire career. When asked what the difference is between Italian and Flemish races he will always say Italian races explode in the final 10km while Flemish races already explode with 60km to go.

Yeah. I'm sure he was talking about Strade Bianche when he said that

 

[Kvinto]

Yeah. I'm sure he was talking about Strade Bianche when he said that

considering that he rides only SanRemo in Italy, i guess i know why he thinks so

 

[jens_attacks]

it looks like again,no rain

the race is on!
the speed of the first hour of race 44,20 km/h.

very good breakaway group,it will be a very fast race,no doubt

Fuggitivi

Pinotti (BMC), Corioni (Acqua e Sapone), Bozic (Astana), Marco Coledan (Colnago-CSF), Pantano e Suarez (Colombia-Coldeportes), Hulsmans (Farnese-Selle Italia), Graziato (Lampre-ISD), Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale), Silkeldam (1t4i), Hermans (Radioshack) e Bosisio (Utensilnord-Named).

1:05

peloton

live ticker here:
http://www.****iociclismo.it/?action=read&idnotizia=17620

s p a z i ociclismo

 

[Ney the Viking]

*sigh* eurosport 2 shows bundesliga all afternoon, no live cycling for me today. So many channels showing football, really bums me that they cant keep it clear of eurosport.

 

[El Pistolero]

considering that he rides only SanRemo in Italy, i guess i know why he thinks so

He also rides Tirreno-Adriatico sometimes. And it's generally true for a lot of Italian one day races. Strade Bianche doesn't start from 60km out. A big group is usually still together on a pretty selective course.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

suarez and pantano _O_

 

[theyoungest]

He also rides Tirreno-Adriatico sometimes. And it's generally true for a lot of Italian one day races. Strade Bianche doesn't start from 60km out. A big group is usually still together on a pretty selective course.

Boonen's comment simply doesn't apply to this race, and you know it. He probably said it when this race didn't even exist yet.

 

[Kvinto]

He also rides Tirreno-Adriatico sometimes. And it's generally true for a lot of Italian one day races. Strade Bianche doesn't start from 60km out. A big group is usually still together on a pretty selective course.

He rides Tirreno, but we are talking about one day races, ain't we?

That's the peloton who makes the race explode, the Italian races themselves are not to blame for this.

 

[jens_attacks]

someone is using a machine gun there,i think everyone had a flat tire lol

100 km to go

 

[El Pistolero]

He rides Tirreno, but we are talking about one day races, ain't we?

That's the peloton who makes the race explode, the Italian races themselves are not to blame for this.

I'm not criticizing anyone, it's a race mentality. You don't see the big favorites attacking from over 60km out in Italian races, while it's pretty common for the cobbled classics. I fail to see how it does not apply to this race. We won't see the winning move from 50km to go unless someone miscalculates and the break survives lol. Some big star Italians do have a race mentality of attacking far out from the finish though, Nibali for example. Bettini in the past with his crazy attacks sometimes. Pantani obviously, but that's not in one day races, but in Grand Tours. But he always deserves a mention.

Tirreno is THE stage race for one day racers.

 

[Kvinto]

I'm not criticizing anyone, it's a race mentality. You don't see the big favorites attacking from over 60km out in Italian races, while it's pretty common for the cobbled classis. I fail to see how it does not apply to this race. We won't see the winning move from 50km to go unless someone miscalculates and the break survives lol.

Tirreno is THE stage race for one day racers.

It's not quite you, it's Tom My point being that why doesn't Tom come to an Italian race with strong QST squad and explode it from 60km to go? IMO there are teams which are capable of doing this. I get what you're talking about but it's a tricky thing. It rather applies to the mentality of Italian peloton but not the races.

 

[El Pistolero]

It's not quite you, it's Tom My point being that why doesn't Tom come to an Italian race with strong QST squad and explode it from 60km to go? IMO there are teams which are capable of doing this. I get what you're talking about but it's a tricky thing. It rather applies to the mentality of Italian peloton but not the races.

Because Boonen rides in Paris-Nice instead of Tirreno-Adriatico. Like I said, he feels the Italian races aren't suited to him. I just gave an answer to your question of why he doesn't come.

 

[Andy99]

*sigh* eurosport 2 shows bundesliga all afternoon, no live cycling for me today. So many channels showing football, really bums me that they cant keep it clear of eurosport.

I feel your pain.

Still, you can view it here; http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/StradeBianche/it/

All Eurosport program guides do seem to show it as being on though!?

 

[Peccio89]

*sigh* eurosport 2 shows bundesliga all afternoon, no live cycling for me today. So many channels showing football, really bums me that they cant keep it clear of eurosport.

usually they show bundesliga on the eurosport 2 hd channel, while they broadcast other programs on the eurosport 2 non hd channel( at least that is what they do in Italy) .

 

[Andy99]

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[Ruudz0r]

suarez and pantano _O_

Suarez is already back in the peleton for like an hour, he had a puncture.

 

[jens_attacks]

we'll just see the last 40 km live it seems,they went fast

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

suarez is already back in the peleton for like an hour, he had a puncture.

.........

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

we'll just see the last 40 km live it seems,they went fast

yeah and almost all the dirtroads are done then

 

[jens_attacks]

chaos on the roads,something happened with pozzato,hope he didn't crash again because he would waste too many invitations

 

[ak-zaaf]

Ah well, in Italy they only really race in the last 10 km anyway

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Ah well, in Italy they only really race in the last 10 km anyway

since the 2000s yes. that's also why all the italian classics have basically died now

 

[jens_attacks]

kreuziger and nibali go

ballan was the guy shredding the peloton in pieces

 

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