59th Itzulia Basque Country (2.UWT) 8 - 13 April

[TourOfSardinia]

Schachman dropping . . .
Update: Not!

 

[search]

Re:

Bikotz is a hard climb. I'm curious to see what Astana will do in this kind of weather.

Ion will stay in the peloton and I guess the Bird is for the next two stages. Lutsenko time?

home stage for Bilbao. He lives 20k away or so, knows the finish well, so I guess he'll go for it. A 10m gap over the top is enough to win, he said

 

[The Chicken]

need *** breaks for these conditions

 

[Pricey_sky]

Not sure why they decided to soft pedal the first half of that climb, could have put Schachmann under more pressure there.

 

[happytramp]

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need *** breaks for these conditions

They haven't been approved by the UCI... Apparently they're it's very painful for the riders.

 

[Velolover2]

Re: Re:

Bikotz is a hard climb. I'm curious to see what Astana will do in this kind of weather.

Ion will stay in the peloton and I guess the Bird is for the next two stages. Lutsenko time?

home stage for Bilbao. He lives 20k away or so, knows the finish well, so I guess he'll go for it. A 10m gap over the top is enough to win, he said

Ah, ok! Thanks for the information.

 

[Lequack]

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Also here is the weather for tomorrow's finish, it might be sunny!

 

[Pricey_sky]

Another crash, more favourites down.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Lutsenko just destroyed his entire team, by riding through the corner like a muppet :O

 

[markene2]

Argh Luts

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Nobody can claim Fuglsang is not prioritising his health, riding the final in full rain gear, incl. neck guard

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Wow, what happened to Martinez? - He was right there when Yates attacked, and now nowhere to be seen? :O

 

[TourOfSardinia]

yay Dan Martin

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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yay Dan Martin

Don't think it's him - Pogacar maybe?

 

[Pricey_sky]

That’s an impressive ride by Schachmann.

 

[Carols]

Schachman what amazing form!!! Chapeau sir!

 

[Laplaz]

Schachmann simpy amazing right now

 

[70kmph]

Vorsprung durch technik

 

[Alexandre B.]

Carlton Kirby can’t tell it’s Pogacar. Hilarious.

 

[Lequack]

Commentators mislabeling Tadej Pogacar with Dan Martin! Although to be fair the graphics kept showing him as Dan Martin as well, and they have a similar bobbing style when climbing so I'll forgive them.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

No way Schachmann is losing this race - stellar performance today.

BTW: STOP PRESS - Fuglsang beat someone on the line! :O

 

[PremierAndrew]

Schachmann is gonna be a big threat at LBL

 

[Samamba]

Pogacar, Hirschi, Madouas, Lambrecht. Youngsters on fire

 

[sir fly]

Schachmann continues where Alaphilippe stopped...
Looking very strong. Might be dropped on Arrate, but hold on to the overall, though. We'll see.

 

[SafeBet]

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No way Schachmann is losing this race - stellar performance today.

Easy there. Arrate is a different beast.