Adriatica Ionica Race 2018 (2.1)

[fauniera]

Giau

 

[fauniera]

Sosa, Ciccone, Arslanov and Ravasi in the lead.

3 km to go.

 

[DNP-Old]

Go Ramiro!

 

[DNP-Old]

He has 20 seconds, that should be good enough.

 

[Laplaz]

Sosaaa! Ravasi to win the GC?

 

[fauniera]

Stupid TTT yet again.

Need to say it again. What a *** stupid idea to ruin this nice race with a *** team time trial.

 

[DNP-Old]

Sosa is the new leader as well!

 

[DNP-Old]

The big boss is a happy man.

 

[Laplaz]

I fear Sosa will go to Sky next year

 

[fauniera]

GC

1. Sosa
2. Ravasi + 0:08
3. Ciccone + 0:41

 

[DNP-Old]

Re:

I fear Sosa will go to Sky next year

He won't. Unless they pay, he'll be staying with Androni for another year and make his Giro-debut.

 

[May0maniac]

Here's the official video with the mighty silverfox Savio on commentary (the other guy's pretty bad):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcRROj-SoC4

 

[DNP-Old]

 

[SafeBet]

Those are some big gaps.

 

[May0maniac]

Carboni did a great job as a climbing domestique, dropped everyone but Sosa, Ciccone, Ravasi and Arslanov, Hermans had some trouble when he pulled, but was able to close the gap right after Carboni had finished his job.

 

[Blanco]

Re:

Those are some big gaps.

Giau is a serious mountain

 

[Escarabajo]

Sosa again!
1 more year for this prospect. Or maybe somebody pays. Might not be a big salary he is earning in 2019.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re:

Sosa again!
1 more year for this prospect. Or maybe somebody pays. Might not be a big salary he is earning in 2019.

It might be worth paying not so much because he will already be a world beater next year but just to get a jump on the frenzied crowd fighting for his signature in a year’s time. Depending on how much blood Savio wants of course.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

Here's the official video with the mighty silverfox Savio on commentary (the other guy's pretty bad):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcRROj-SoC4

Nice, anyone who has an idea of the ascent time up Giau? Can it be compared to 2016 or 2012 in any way?

 

[Frankschleck]

If the little prince doesn't join a break this race, I will be crushed :/

 

[Laplaz]

Cunego to attack on the first of the two dirt road sections today and to win the whole thing.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

Cunego to attack on the first of the two dirt road sections today and to win the whole thing.

 

[Laplaz]

Re: Re:

Cunego to attack on the first of the two dirt road sections today and to win the whole thing.

Unfortunately didn't happen
Viviani with another win instead

 

[Valv.Piti]

What happened to Cavendish? Just bad?

 

[TheArt]

Re:

What happened to Cavendish? Just bad?

Mark Renshaw – Rider
The 2 sections of dirt really bust the race up quite a bit. The gravel was pretty loose, so coming off the dirt the peloton was only about 50 guys. We were still alright with 4 guys for the sprint, and we had actually rode the stage well. Nic rode the front all the day to ensure a sprint and Jay and Ryan controlled through the dirt. Reinie took us into the last corner and I started my sprint with around 350m to the line. I ended up having to go all the way to line as Cav wasn’t able to get through the final corner still on my wheel, so I ended 5th. I’ve been a bit banged up since crashing in Slovenia but today was the first day I started to feel somewhat good again, which is positive.