36th Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali; 23rd to 27th of March 2021

[Mayomaniac]

Yep... hyped for the young guns... but bummed we probably won't be able to see this on tv (or anywhere). Van Wilder will come in with only one and a half a racedays thanks to DSM's grandiose planning. So i don't know if he'll be up there already. If he had done Var and Provence like he was supposed to, i'd have put him among the GC favorites. Now i don't really know.

I would also imagine Foss would like to show himself and make a statement in this line-up with a few of the much younger guys that he beat in l'Avenir 2 years ago, like Vansevenant, Van Wilder and Jorgenson. My guess would be a few of those guys have already eclipsed old man Foss. Also interested in seeing Brenner, Tiberi, Ayuso, Vandenabeele, Fancellu, Vermaerke, Alba, Rubio and Leemreize and see how they stack up. I'm probably forgetting a few.

Davide Rebellin

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Davide Rebellin

I was talking about guys under 80.

 

[Nirvana]

it's a race I personally always particularly liked for the odd podium gifts, by the way:

I'm afraid that mortadella company is not a race sponsor anymore, though.

I remember mortadellas given as trophies also at a fall race a couple of years ago (maybe Emila or Beghelli).

Anyway also Tour de Suisse favour a lot "gastronomic" trophies.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hmm... it appears that the Jumbo-Visma lineup, rather than being the WorldTeam, with some "visitors" from the development team, is rather the development team, with some "visitors" from the WorldTeam, and not-Chris-Harper being the "old" guy:


Team Jumbo-Visma

• HESSMANN Michel
• FISHER-BLACK Finn
• PLUIMERS Rick
• LEEMREIZE Gijs
• VINGEGAARD Jonas
• VAN DIJKE Mick

 

[search]

seems like they are still lining up as the World Tour Team - but probably mainly for advertising reasons. UCI rules would allow both, Devo Team +2 WT riders, same as WT Team +4 Devo riders, resulting in the same line-up in this case

 

[RedheadDane]

seems like they are still lining up as the World Tour Team - but probably mainly for advertising reasons. UCI rules would allow both, Devo Team +2 WT riders, same as WT Team +4 Devo riders, resulting in the same line-up in this case

Oh, I figured that the team the majory of the lineup came from would count as be considered the starting team.

 

[Bushman]

Vingegaard with a nice opportunity of winning his first stage race as a pro. Should be one of the best climbers in the race, the punchy stages should suit him well as seen by his performances in Tour de Pologne and Tour of Denmark and he did a very, very decent tt in UAE a month ago. The only problem is that he has yet to show the consistency required to contend for gc.

 

[yaco]

Coppi Bartali has a TTT which usually has an impact on the final GC.

 

[SafeBet]

Curious to see Ineos roster. There aren't many scenarios where they don't have at least two guys who could win the whole thing.

Ineos: Seb Henao, Moscon, Sosa, Swift, Rodriguez, Dunbar, Hayter.

They start with 7 riders, while some other WT teams have 5 or 6, which could make a difference in the TTT.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Vingegaard with a nice opportunity of winning his first stage race as a pro. Should be one of the best climbers in the race, the punchy stages should suit him well as seen by his performances in Tour de Pologne and Tour of Denmark and he did a very, very decent tt in UAE a month ago. The only problem is that he has yet to show the consistency required to contend for gc.

Plenty of young promising climbers present though. The TTT could be a deciding factor as well.

 

[Wvv]

Apparently, when Rebellin became a pro rider, 89% of this peloton wasn't even born yet.

 

[SafeBet]

ISN has a sneaky good team for the TTT. They might even win it if all of them are in shape.

 

[BlueRoads]

Gianni Moscon didn't start.

 

[SafeBet]

Gianni Moscon didn't start.

So they are not starting with 7 riders after all.

 

[SafeBet]

Less than 50 km to go in stage 1a. Break of 2 riders (Radice and Zandri), peloton only a minute behind.

Also, this is the first pro race with both Ethan and Leo Hayter competing.

 

[WKA311]

Hopefully Mayrhofer can show himself in the sprints here.

 

[SafeBet]

Kuba Mareczko wins the bunch sprint.

1. Mareczko
2. Cavendish
3. Mayrhofer cc @WKA311

 

[Mayomaniac]

Kuba owning the Manx manlet, nice!

 

[Wvv]

Ouch, poor Mark. Ofc Kuba is really fast after an easy stage, but I granted Cave the win.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ouch, poor Mark. Ofc Kuba is really fast after an easy stage, but I granted Cave the win.

Jakub probably has the 2nd best acceleration behind Ewan, but he lacks everything else. Not great at positioning himself, can't climb to save his life and his attitude doesn't do him any favours. If it's in a smaller race without many big sprint trains he can give most guys a run for their money and Vini-Zabu actually did pretty well by signing a rouleur with a good sprint like Gradek alongside him to improve his sprint train. Cav did rather well in that smaller race in Belgium where he finished 2nd behind Melier, so he's not totally washed up.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1374354545816567810

View: https://twitter.com/EoloKometaTeam/status/1374354545816567810

 

[SafeBet]

Ineos with the best time so far: 11'44"
Qhubeka 11'58", Trek 11'59".

 

[SafeBet]

New fastest time by ISN: 11'36"

 

[RedheadDane]

New fastest time by ISN: 11'36"

They won. Astana second at one second, Quickstep third at another second.

 

[SafeBet]

ISN wins the TTT in 11'36"
Astana 11'37"
DQS 11'38"
TBE 11'42"
Ineos 11'44"
Jumbo 11'47"

Cav should get the leader's jersey, I think.