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

[jens_attacks]

the sure thing is that they will go full gas up le manie. otherwise the pure sprinters can easily win this

 

[trevim]

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

Probably....

 

[greenedge]

Unless if someone makes the race really hard i shall say Cav, Sagan, Greipel or Goss are the big favourites now.

 

[burning]

Couldnt they alternate the route like in 2001?

 

[Galic Ho]

So the pictures are spot on? It's snowing pretty heavy (or moderately by European standards) and they've cut part of the race out?

Can we have another poll on who will win now? This has got to change the predictions on who will win. Sure Sagan is a good rider in crap weather, but he isn't alone. Hushovd and Cancellara just went up a notch in my book.

 

[jens_attacks]

peloton taking huge time to the breakaway,only 9 minutes now. at ovada there will probably be less than 6

 

[One Eyed Aussie]

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

Thanks, just saw some more pics on twitter. Cancel my cynicism.

 

[RHRH19861986]

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?

Your third sentence is the right one.

I just LOLed, imagining the car race within the bike race, through the Italian march snow. I think that would cause the next Italian cycling death by a rally after Ballerini.

 

[SafeBet]

It was not possible to race over there. Neutralization was the only reasonable solution.

 

[spalco]

It was not possible to race over there. Neutralization was the only reasonable solution.

But isn't it possible to ride over there? Or go around the mountain somehow?

 

[the asian]

Disappointed but seems like the correct decision.

Live coverage starts way too late

 

[HiCadence]

It was not possible to race over there. Neutralization was the only reasonable solution.

I bet they would have 30 years ago!

 

[hrotha]

What's not reasonable is that such a big race didn't have an alternative route planned in advance.

 

[Highlander]

Your third sentence is the right one.

I just LOLed, imagining the car race within the bike race, through the Italian march snow. I think that would cause the next Italian cycling death by a rally after Ballerini.

Thanks, this should be interesting for both the break and the peloton. Who knows what kind of legs anyone will have after sitting around for this long?

 

[jens_attacks]

on cipressa, light rain now. of course the photo is not from there

 

[pastronef]

But isn't it possible to ride over there? Or go around the mountain somehow?

the uphill section could be ridden. but not the downhill, everyboby would fall off their bikes.

the only solution would be close the autoroute to cars and ride on that

 

[luckyboy]

on cipressa, light rain now

huh cipressa?

 

[One Eyed Aussie]

I bet they would have 30 years ago!

That was my initial thought. Let everyone who doesn't like it drop out and we could have a peloton of ten.

 

[pastronef]

Posso dire che sarebbe stato impossibile transitare sul turchino in bicicletta. Hanno fatto il possibile. Ho visto 3 squadre di ****zaneve ma nevica troppo forte. Giusto salire in auto e riprendere ad arenzano. Più o meno 40 km di corsa in meno.


Cassani says it was not possible to race over Turchino, even with snow plow tractors, it was snowing too hard.

 

[ultimobici]

But isn't it possible to ride over there? Or go around the mountain somehow?

The route is over the Passo Turchino, it is the route around the mountain!
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Passo+Turchino,+Mele,+Province+of+Genoa,+Italy&hl=en&ll=44.457555,8.716965&spn=0.222508,0.528374&sll=51.528642,-0.101599&sspn=0.775763,2.113495&oq=passo+tur&hnear=Passo+del+Turchino&t=h&z=12

 

[jens_attacks]

huh cipressa?

from the comments on sp a zio ciclismo live ticker

 

[Kwibus]

huh cipressa?

Yes, that climb about 25 km from the finish.

 

[thirteen]

F*ck it....

just had to quote this because it sums up my feelings exactly

 

[luckyboy]

Yes, that climb about 25 km from the finish.

the riders are nowhere near it and that photo is flat road

ed: oh I see, the caption got edited before I posted

 

[ultimobici]

I bet they would have 30 years ago!

Can you imagine the lawsuits for loss of feeling in fingers etc?

They don't make riders like that anymore.