2013 Milan-San Remo, 17 March (298km)

[Eshnar]

COMUNICAZIONE UFFICIALE: gara neutralizzata a partire da Ovada, la corsa riprenderà regolarmente ad Arenzano.

race is neutralized from ovada to arenzano

snowing a lot

F*ck it....

 

[jens_attacks]

from ovada to arrenzano they will go by cars
they will time the gap in ovada and will start with the same gap in arrenzano
basically 40 kms less

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Neutralised.

What does that mean in practice: they still have to ride, but at the speed of the slowest?

Can riders lose time at all this side of the bottom of the mountain?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

from ovada to arrenzano they will go by cars
they will time the gap in ovada and will start with the same gap in arrenzano

Does that mean they will be riding way ahead of schedule? TV coverage?

 

[jens_attacks]

Does that mean they will be riding way ahead of schedule? TV coverage?

i think so.it will mess up the tv schedules pretty bad

 

[Ferminal]

Shortest monument ever?

 

[Panda Claws]

is this the first time you watch MSR?

It is the first time I watch anything before the Turchino

 

[jens_attacks]

can't they do cipressa 4x times?

 

[ultimobici]

Does that mean they will be riding way ahead of schedule? TV coverage?

Doubtful, as the rime to do 40km by bike in normal conditions will likely be no different to that taken to transfer to the the cars & travel over the pass in bad conditions. If anything there'll be a delay I suspect.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

It's just 40kms. If anything, they'll be behind the schedule.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

i think so.it will mess up the tv schedules pretty bad

Doubt it.

they're cutting 46km so circa 1 hour.

I very much doubt they will be able to stop, get organised, get on buses, drive over there, unload, faff about and get started much quicker than that.

 

[jens_attacks]

seems like sky don't have a pullman in san remo

#marginal gains

 

[jens_attacks]

Doubt it.

they're cutting 46km so circa 1 hour.

I very much doubt they will be able to stop, get organised, get on buses, drive over there, unload, faff about and get started much quicker than that.

on second thoughts,you're probably right.there will be some problems there

 

[Bavarianrider]

Ohhhhhh my godness it really doesn't get more pathetic then this

 

[One Eyed Aussie]

Passo del Turchino

It might be snowing but the road looks clear enough. What's the problem?

 

[ultimobici]

It might be snowing but the road looks clear enough. What's the problem?

That's the autostrada. The race climbs the Strada Statale, so it is likely to be worse.

 

[jens_attacks]

campo ligure

 

[Dazed and Confused]

campo ligure

No chance of racing here. Really tough, but the neutralization is the right decision.

Small break ahead, but it could help them a bit.

 

[spalco]

Shuttle buses? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Who came up with that?

It almost doesn't matter to me anymore who wins after that, there'll always be an asterisk beside this year's race in my mind.

 

[Kwibus]

campo ligure

Nooooo we want rain, not snow!

 

[gruppeto993]

on second thoughts,you're probably right.there will be some problems there

yeah how will they get about 198 riders and their bikes from A to B? are they going to cram 8 riders into two team cars?!

 

[trevim]

Fuc*** weather. It's been raining in Portugal for months now, races cancelled in Belgium and now even on the italian seaside, in mid-March (!), there's snow. It's a pity really

 

[Kwibus]

Shuttle buses? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Who came up with that?

It almost doesn't matter to me anymore who wins after that, there'll always be an asterisk beside this year's race in my mind.

Indeed they better find a way to make an ectra loop somewhere.

 

[Kwibus]

Fuc*** weather. It's been raining in Portugal for months now, races cancelled in Belgium and now even on the italian seaside, in mid-March (!), there's snow. It's a pity really

And by the time P-R comes itwill probably be 20celsius and sunny :/

 

[Highlander]

How will they even be able to keep the same gap? A break of only 6 riders will obviously be able to get on and off the busses quicker than the entire peloton. Will the break have to wait at the new starting point for the rest of the riders to arrive and then ride off and after about 11-12 minutes, they start everyone else?