2019 Strade Bianche, March 9th, 184 km 1.WT

[Nirvana]

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On the FloBikes schedule for US viewers right now they're showing coverage from 6:25 am to 9:50 am Eastern time. I hope that's accurate.

One website has video times as - 13.00 GMT/14.00 CET/08.00 EST

but another has - Live video from 12:25pm CET (6:25am U.S. Eastern) so ...

(might be Rai & On Demand TV starts early to cover end of ladies race, Eurosport etc starts later)

12:25 i think is the women race looking at Eurosport schedule, the men one start from 14:00.

 

[tobydawq]

I can't wait to see Søren Kragh here. Considering how he did in Paris-Tours and his recent form he is definitely podium material.

 

[Lequack]

Geraint Thomas will win this race.

 

[Anderis]

Why is this race WT instead of Scheldeprijs? Travesty.

 

[Lequack]

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Why is this race WT instead of Scheldeprijs? Travesty.

Hm, an interesting race that is hard vs a sprint finish race? I wonder why.

 

[RedheadDane]

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I can't wait to see Søren Kragh here. Considering how he did in Paris-Tours and his recent form he is definitely podium material.

He's in the race? Cool!

 

[tobydawq]

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I can't wait to see Søren Kragh here. Considering how he did in Paris-Tours and his recent form he is definitely podium material.

He's in the race? Cool!

That was actually an assumption on my part. He went there last year. It wouldn't make sense not to go. But you never know.

 

[Bushman]

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I can't wait to see Søren Kragh here. Considering how he did in Paris-Tours and his recent form he is definitely podium material.

He's in the race? Cool!

That was actually an assumption on my part. He went there last year. It wouldn't make sense not to go. But you never know.

I think he intended to as well, but after skipping Omloop due to illness I’m not 100% sure

 

[jmdirt]

I agree with others, cool race! Stybar loves this race and is on good form so he should be a good bet, but also a marked man.

 

[postmanhat]

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But will they show us more than 90 minutes when we need three hours for all relevant action?

Nope.

UK Eurosport giving us just an hour. In order to please the millions of British ski-jumping fans

 

[myrideissteelerthanyours]

I enjoy watching this meme race for the random good early season form guys and the meme finish in a caste.

 

[Hellyea]

Who is gonna be the leader? Alaphilippe or Stybar?

 

[Akuryo]

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Who is gonna be the leader? Alaphilippe or Stybar?

The one who feels better at the end/is in the better group. Does not really matter at DQS.

 

[armchairclimber]

Wonder if Nibali will see this as his opportunity for a surprise win this year. He'll be a marked man at MSR. Schachmann is interesting and really interested to see how Pogacar goes here.

 

[Breh]

It's still not sure Benoot will defend his title because of the crash in den omloop

 

[Climbing]

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Wonder if Nibali will see this as his opportunity for a surprise win this year. He'll be a marked man at MSR. Schachmann is interesting and really interested to see how Pogacar goes here.

Nibali won't even finish with his current form... I guess he'll try something in MSR just for a show, that's it.
Stybar looks in good shape and is my main favorite for this.
Mostly I hope for long range action like last year, that was amazing.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Lutsenko ftw in celebration of the Vino 2010 stage win

 

[tobydawq]

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Lutsenko ftw in celebration of the Vino 2010 stage win

Isn't that memory a bit selective? Or just wrong, maybe...

 

[Jungle Cycle]

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Lutsenko ftw in celebration of the Vino 2010 stage win

Isn't that memory a bit selective? Or just wrong, maybe...

ok, he didn't win it but was fun just like Lutsenko can be...
to many options for winners. he is in excellent shape and looked(!?) very disappointed after the finished satarday. hope he will go for a payback

 

[RedheadDane]

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Lutsenko ftw in celebration of the Vino 2010 stage win

Isn't that memory a bit selective? Or just wrong, maybe...

ok, he didn't win it but was fun just like Lutsenko can be...
to many options for winners. he is in excellent shape and looked(!?) very disappointed after the finished satarday. hope he will go for a payback

So... Lutsenko to be… fun?

 

[Jungle Cycle]

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Lutsenko ftw in celebration of the Vino 2010 stage win

Isn't that memory a bit selective? Or just wrong, maybe...

ok, he didn't win it but was fun just like Lutsenko can be...
to many options for winners. he is in excellent shape and looked(!?) very disappointed after the finished satarday. hope he will go for a payback

So... Lutsenko to be… fun?

as much as the RAP...
it worked so well so far i wonder what will be next year? heavy metal? Disco?...

 

[tobydawq]

Sunweb have named their riders including the Kragh brothers and Robert Power who was top 7 last year.

They say Nikias Arndt is the captain. Who exactly are they thinking they might fool with such a statement?

 

[RedheadDane]

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Lutsenko ftw in celebration of the Vino 2010 stage win

Isn't that memory a bit selective? Or just wrong, maybe...

ok, he didn't win it but was fun just like Lutsenko can be...
to many options for winners. he is in excellent shape and looked(!?) very disappointed after the finished satarday. hope he will go for a payback

So... Lutsenko to be… fun?

as much as the RAP...
it worked so well so far i wonder what will be next year? heavy metal? Disco?...

Please, please, please! Tell me they aren't actually reading this forum! Might give them ideas.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

does anyone have a credible(!?) wether forecast for this one??

 

[christopherrowe]

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does anyone have a credible(!?) wether forecast for this one??

The premium AccuWeather app, which I've found to be highly reliable at least in Kentucky, has this for Saturday in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

High of 58 degrees Fahrenheit/14.4 degrees Celsius.
Partly Sunny.
Chance of precipitation, 3%.
Winds from the SSW, averaging 5 mph/8 kph with gusts to 8 mph/12.9 kph.

Tomorrow they'll fine that down to an hour by hour forecast, but that only really gets accurate about 24 hours out.