53rd Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var (2.1) // 19th of February - 21st of February 2021

[tobydawq]

Meanwhile, turns out the Bird had not quite gone missing after all.

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Neither had Herrada who got another top 10.

Also, pretty impressive by Laporte to be up there in a finale which was too tough for Greg.

 

[RedheadDane]

Neither had Herrada who got another top 10.

Herrada already featured in the during the broadcast on-the-screen top-10, so that was known already.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pidcock not exactly putting the world ablaze, contrary to what some experts like wielerflits predicted (top 3). Ben Tulett though, 2 years younger, is not fooling around. Only 13 seconds down in GC.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Hart, Molard, Madouas, Vuillermoz, Brambilla and De la Cruz among those on the attack on the first categorised climb.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bernard, Brambilla, Clarke, De La Cruz, El Fares, Felline, Geoghegan Hart, Houle, Izagirre, Janssens, Madouas, Molard, Pacher, Pérez, Peters, Tusveld and Vuillermoz lead the peloton by just over a minute.

 

[RedheadDane]

Oh... I was wondering why I couldn't remember seeing Heinschke and Vandenabeele on the DSM WorldTeam roster; coz they aren't actually on the WorldTeam squad! The bringing riders from devo teams over thing.

 

[roundabout]

It's looking quite good for the front group, but the question is how long will Armirail and Madouas last

 

[Netserk]

It's looking quite good for the front group, but the question is how long will Armirail and Madouas last

Surely, they won't have to last long; Madone is coming soon.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think they just took more turns coming down that mountain, than the guys doing UAE Tour did for their entire stage.

 

[tobydawq]

Brambilla is turning the time back to 2016.

 

[TomLPC]

Come on Nairo dust these fools

 

[Netserk]

Can't wait to have Madone raced again (and again!). Maybe in the penultimate or very last stage of Paris--Nice. And when the Tour wants a GC stage finishing in Nice.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So many cars...

 

[Netserk]

So many cars...

Clearly visible before coming up, so not really dangerous.

 

[TomLPC]

Izaguirre fancy taking a pull or two or is he just nackered?

Edit: Nevermind, dropped.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

If the top two finish together, Madouas wins.
And as I type it, Brambilla realises it.

 

[RedheadDane]

Brambilla leaving Madouas in the dust.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is some day of racing. This is about to be a proper upset too.

 

[Netserk]

Good game, Groupama.

 

[johnymax]

Brambilla showing his 2016 Strade Bianche form.

 

[TomLPC]

Really interesting dynamics, this could still all come back together, Brambilla is starting to labour.

 

[RedheadDane]

A wild O'Connor appears in the Tao-group! After a bit of a crash from Madouas.

And Brambilla is being a naughty boy.

 

[saganftw]

brambilla dont care about them kids

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And Brambilla is being a naughty boy.

Well, he is not the Messiah.

 

[postmanhat]

Can't remember seeing anyone enjoying turning themselves inside out, as much as Brambilla here