2017 Tirreno-Adriatico, March 8-14, WT

[portugal11]

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GVA ftw

No chance.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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GVA ftw

No chance.

Sagan doesn't stand a chance, but I wouldnt be surprised if GVA made it deep into the final. My pick is Kwito or Yates.

 

[Red Rick]

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I have missed such a stage in T-A, they need to have a muro-stage every year. And they need to bring Purito Rodriguez out of retirement.

Not just in T-A. These stages are too few and far inbetween in the Giro as well.

 

[spalco]

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Here is the confirmation in CN:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quintana-overcomes-bronchitis-to-dominate-at-tirreno-adriatico/

Call me stubborn but I have heard these explanations too many times from riders. It doesn't mean they are not true. Just that we don't know when they are true or just exaggerated.

Eh. Obviously Quintana didn't have actual influenza, but endurance athletes do often get sick, especially when it's cold outside.

And some sniffles or light bronchitis that wouldn't keep you or me from going to work, could obviously make a difference on performance in a cycling race.

 

[del1962]

After riding round the hills of the North of England the Yates brother probably think these muros are just false flats

 

[Netserk]

 

[saganftw]

i go with daniel moreno, quintana will control the favourites around him and moreno will sneak into attack, there will be nobody left to chase him down

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Fabio Aru DNS
tracheobronchite
http://www.gazzetta.it/TirrenoAdriatico/12-03-2017/tirreno-adriatico-si-ritira-fabio-aru-19050869732.shtml
(italiano)

 

[Billie]

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GVA ftw

No chance.

Sagan doesn't stand a chance, but I wouldnt be surprised if GVA made it deep into the final. My pick is Kwito or Yates.

Sagan has won in Chieti. This isn't too hard

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Cummings wins.

 

[Red Rick]

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GVA ftw

No chance.

Sagan doesn't stand a chance, but I wouldnt be surprised if GVA made it deep into the final. My pick is Kwito or Yates.

Sagan has won in Chieti. This isn't too hard

A different time
A different Sagan

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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GVA ftw

No chance.

Sagan doesn't stand a chance, but I wouldnt be surprised if GVA made it deep into the final. My pick is Kwito or Yates.

Sagan has won in Chieti. This isn't too hard

A different time
A different Sagan

But this Sagan is the best we've seen.

 

[Netserk]

Also the heaviest?

 

[Laplaz]

Break:
Alexis Gougeard (Ag2r La Mondiale), Davide Ballerini (Androni - Sidermec), Moreno Moser (Astana), Maxime Monfort (Lotto-Soudal), Marco Canola (Nippo-Fantini), Niki Terpstra (QuickStep Floors), Steve Cummings e Scott Thwaites (Dimension Data), Maurits Lammertink (Team Katusha - Alpecin), Gianni Moscon (Sky), Filippo Ganna (UAE Team Emirates)

 

[Red Rick]

This Sagan is the best rouleur Sagan we've seen. Which matters a lot more to him as he's not doing the Ardennes anyway and a WC with steep hills is way out of sight.

 

[Eshnar]

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Whats up with Thomas???

Froome 2

He will be a tough cookie for the Giro

id say this climb sort of suited him a bit, the steep stuff in the giro will be his downfall

Most of the climbs in the Giro aren't very steep though this year right? Lots of 4-6% average gradients if I remember right.

nope, you don't remember right. Only a couple of final climbs are like that.

 

[Mr.White]

I have a feeling Thomas will try again, to gain some time if possible, but I doubt he can do anything on these Muros. Yates should try to distance the TT-ists (Castro, Dennis, Dumoulin), he could in fact win this stage. Also Dani Moreno could do well if he's in form, as well as Kwiatkowski if he can hang on the last Muro

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I think actually Dumoulin himself will try and attack himself again.

 

[Ricco']

No Eurosport live coverage? Ffs...

 

[Red Rick]

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I think actually Dumoulin himself will try and attack himself again.

Yeah I think so too. Dumoulin is pretty damn good at hard races like this, unless when the efforts get too explosive.

 

[Keram]

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This Sagan is the best rouleur Sagan we've seen. Which matters a lot more to him as he's not doing the Ardennes anyway and a WC with steep hills is way out of sight.

I think he is still beast at short steep hills as he allways was. This is too much for Sagan though. The distance of the hills is good but he would need lower gradients. That numbers are crazy.

 

[frisenfruitig]

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No Eurosport live coverage? Ffs...

Should be plenty of streams available, no worries

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Uhmmmm Sporza ticker says that Yates dropped? What? If that's true he must've gotten ill overnight or something.

 

[Irondan]

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No Eurosport live coverage? Ffs...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/PdcNDvTM6DX

 

[nuvolablu]

Small groups everywhere... Quintana dropped