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

[maltiv]

If they don't adjust the gap to the breakaway, they'll stay away...

This is becoming an absolute joke to be honest

 

[spalco]

This is getting more and more absurd.

Cavendish for the win after all I suppose.

Congratulations to whoever wins this.

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Payed 20 times more than in 1988 and yet 20 times less balls.

 

[Lexman]

They are going to start at Finale Ligure, around 85km to the finish



They should cancel this all together, it is not MSR anymore

so those bunch of 6 riders with 7 minutes in advance might have a chance?

 

[kingjr]

Stop whining already, nobody forces you to watch this lmao

 

[phanatic]

Well at least Cav will beat Sagan now

 

[HiCadence]

Coverage just started on ES.

 

[Highlander]

I doubt that the breakaway will be able to sustain it after this forced break. With the loss of the Marnie, I'm assuming that this will end up just being a sprint finish and Cav will get to tell us how great he is. It does ruin my morning as I was looking forward to watching an exciting race in the comfort of my heated house.

 

[wwabbit]

Starting to look better and better for Cavendish...

 

[luckyboy]

Like Kuurne 2010?

I reckon 45 finishers.

they didn't stop to get on the bus in Kuurne

 

[Afrank]

Stop whining already, nobody forces you to watch this lmao

Who's whining? people are just expressing their disappointment at so much of the race being canceled, that's all. Nothing wrong with it.

 

[hrotha]

It won't be a traditional MSR, but it's still MSR. With the snow and the cold, we might see a Traksel take it.

 

[Ruudz0r]

koen de kort: It's snowing so much this could be biathlon. If so, can I be shot first?

 

[Trond Vidar]

Abandon Nordhaug

Nordhaug went down pretty hard 20km from the neutralized part with some other riders. He could not pedal with his left leg afterwords.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

@katushacycling
The race hasn't re-started yet: looks like some buses got lost! That's gonna be quite a day to remember..

 

[maltiv]

Too bad EBH chose this season to not train home in Norway at all. He's basically only been in Mallorca this year, so he's no more used to such conditions than most people!

Back in Norway, this would just be a typical training ride for him

 

[hrotha]

Hmm, apparently the weather closer to the finish line is fine enough. So with only 200 km this could be an easy one indeed. They should make them go around in circles or something to complete 250 km at the very least.

 

[pastronef]

RT @albertocelani: The race will start from Cogoleto not Finale as Rai said before,Race director just say #msr #cycling no Manie btw

 

[spalco]

The live pictures right now are incredibly exciting. Great job by the organisers.

 

[burning]

Hmm, apparently the weather closer to the finish line is fine enough. So with only 200 km this could be an easy one indeed. They should make them go around in circles or something to complete 250 km at the very least.

They should climb Passo Ghimbegna then Poggio to finish the race

 

[williamp78]

I doubt that the breakaway will be able to sustain it after this forced break. With the loss of the Marnie, I'm assuming that this will end up just being a sprint finish and Cav will get to tell us how great he is. It does ruin my morning as I was looking forward to watching an exciting race in the comfort of my heated house.

This was the first proper race of the season that I was going to be able to watch. Was really looking forward to it; i made sure i had nothing else to do today (which being in belfast was a big sacrifice on st paddys day), had any wee messages/chores needing done all done the day before. Just had lunch, have a nice cup of tea made but no racing to watch.

On the plus side, my twitter feed is entertaining me more than usual

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Rai saying restart in 15 mins

 

[hrotha]

They should climb Passo Ghimbegna then Poggio to finish the race

Apparently they won't do anything like that because they don't want to screw up the TV schedules

 

[spalco]

They should just make it a rally race to San Remo with the team buses.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Apparently they won't do anything like that because they don't want to screw up the TV schedules

and I'm guessing they don't have a magic legal right to demand extra road closures at the drop of a hat.