2018 Paris-Nice, 4/3-11/3

[Scarponi]

They are going to regret this

 

[tylervernon]

The announcers keep calling LL Sanchez as +1:00 but that is to the yellow jersey. I think he has like 20 seconds.

 

[SafeBet]

Re:

What are the GC teams doing. Giving a minute to Sanchez isn't the best idea...

But it's a very good idea for our entertainment in the next few days :razz:

 

[markene2]

Sanchez to win GC

 

[Salvarani]

Re:

What are the GC teams doing. Giving a minute to Sanchez isn't the best idea...

Not many of them will take much time in ITT either...

 

[tylervernon]

Ok I take that back. They do have a minute.

 

[Breh]

poor lulu

 

[spalco]

Interesting tactical situation here for the win.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Di Gregorio looks really awkward on his bike

 

[Scarponi]

Wow he was just so strong hivert

 

[Scarponi]

Time on the line ?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

Wow he was just so strong hivert

No surprise he won when Luis Leon towed him the last 3kms...

 

[skippo12]

Wheelsucker wins...Sanchez deserved the win but I guess he will be happy about the GC.

 

[Salvarani]

Re:

Wow he was just so strong hivert

More that he played it smart than being strong. Sanchez was tired from riding in front up the hill before the finish and having to close the gap to the attacks from Di Gregorio.

Looked like Sanchez was thinking about GC more than the stage.

 

[Netserk]

Nice, Hivert was ice-cold.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re: Re:

Wow he was just so strong hivert

No surprise he won when Luis Leon towed him the last 3kms...

And this sort of stage is tailormade for Hivert, whose only aim was the stage victory.

 

[Der Effe]

Wheelsucker wins...Sanchez deserved the win but I guess he will be happy about the GC.

Hivert pulled many times before the last few K and made an impressive jump to the front. He played it amazingly well.

 

[Laplaz]

Astana looked really strong today

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

GC

 

[Sestriere]

Alaphilippe too strong to win. Nobody could cooperate with him at the top of the hill.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

Astana looked really strong today

Strong team definitely, although I guess SKY would have had a few more riders and matched ther numbers in the decimated front group if Poels had not punctured. Things are looking very good for Luis Leon, considering he has one of the best climbers in the race as his domestique for the MTF

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

Alaphilippe too strong to win. Nobody could cooperate with him at the top of the hill.

he needs to learn how to bluff

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Wheelsucker wins...Sanchez deserved the win but I guess he will be happy about the GC.

Why did he deserve to win? Sanchez and Hivert had two different aims for the stage: Sanchez to gain time and Hivert to win the stage. Sanchez never cared about the stage win.

 

[Velolover2]

Paris-Nice never disappoints. There was even action on a somewhat easy stage like this. Of the pure sprinters, only Greipel ( !) survived.

Was Alaphilippe fearing Sanchéz as a GC treat? He was aggressive as fawk on the hill.

 

[Scarponi]

Re: Re:

Wow he was just so strong hivert

No surprise he won when Luis Leon towed him the last 3kms...

And that's cycling. Ones playing for the big boy prizes and the other the scraps