2016 Strade Bianche, March 5th, 176 km, 1.HC

[Dazed and Confused]

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The finish is predicted to be between 15h11 and 15h39 CET.

Hoping for 15:39 then.

Soft race or shite weather then.....

 

[Brullnux]

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The finish is predicted to be between 15h11 and 15h39 CET.

Hoping for 15:39 then.

Soft race or shite weather then.....

The latter...

 

[Jagartrott]

I can't see Kwiatkowski performing here, because he does not have the competitive kms in his legs compared to his main rivals. Should he top-5 here, that would be phenomenal - but I don't expect it really.

My guess is Sagan or GVA.

 

[Tonton]

Voted Valverde. Nibali place, Sagan show...

 

[Marco Pantani]

Hard to call a favourite, the racing will be great anyway.
Bring it on.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Forget abour rain / mud :
Gazzetta is reporting small earth tremors around the Siena area.
Damiano Cunego, Diego Ulissi & Vincenzo Nibali among those having felt them.
http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/04-03-2016/terremoto-senese-cunego-ho-sentito-due-scosse-strade-bianche-140891676134.shtml

 

[Brullnux]

I saw that. But it was 3.4 on the Richter scale. So basically nothing.

 

[Vesica]

Don't say that too loud in the Netherlands

 

[del1962]

Voted for van Avermaet suprised he is not higher in poll

 

[MatParker117]

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Exciting to see how Moscon does.

I imagine he will do great work for Kwaitowski.

 

[johnymax]

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Voted for van Avermaet suprised he is not higher in poll

Same here. I think he should be favourite no.1 if you consider current form, race profile, weather and history (second last year).

 

[Jancouver]

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Voted for van Avermaet suprised he is not higher in poll

Same here. I think he should be favourite no.1 if you consider current form, race profile, weather and history (second last year).

Obviously, many around here are always voting for their favorite riders so you have to take these polls with a grain of salt.

I can imagine if Contador was part of this poll he would be leading even though he is not even participating in this race.

 

[cineteq]

Sagan or Stybar, 'nuff said.

 

[Sasquatch]

Kennaugh!

 

[LugHugger]

Benoot

 

[meat puppet]

Stybar and GVA are the first tiers to me. Hopefully chaos reigns however and someone snatches a surprise victory

 

[SafeBet]

Not raining at the moment. Wind is pretty strong coming from the south: if it keeps up we're in for some crosswinds in the final 30-40 kms.

 

[Martin]

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Not raining at the moment. Wind is pretty strong coming from the south: if it keeps up we're in for some crosswinds in the final 30-40 kms.

Omg, this will be epic. A liitle bit of rain and winds? Cant wait for the live coverage!

 

[del1962]

Seems in the UK we are only getting highlights of this race

 

[Akuryo]

Stybar posted on Twitter that it is already raining at the start.

 

[DBotero]

I suppose Adam Yates is not riding this after all

 

[Rollthedice]

I suppose Adam Yates is not riding this after all

He'll be tomorrow at Larciano where he won last year. A quality line-up with Nibali, Uran, Visconti Ulissi.

 

[Gigs_98]

The start of the race was just posted on the strade bianche twitter side.
The street seems to be a bit wet but definitely no heavy raining. The worst case scenario would be a bit of rain now and nothing later, so the dirt roads are dry again when the riders arrive there because then it will be neither dusty nor muddy.

 

[Miburo]

Sagan gonna win this. He's gonna dominate the classics this year

 

[Billie]

Break:

Debusschere
Ligthart
Sergent
Van Asbroeck
Mrozek
Stacchiotti

Debusschere obviously most intresting name. Has a teammate aswell. He's also a true hardman that excels in bad weather.