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Mark Renshaw had an accident with a car. Will be out for 3 or more months with a fractured pelvis.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/mark-renshaw-suffers-fracture-hit-car-training-ride-401650/amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/mark-renshaw-suffers-fracture-hit-car-training-ride-401650/amp
I do not know if this has been reported in any language other than Spanish.
Omar Friar and his girlfriend were involved in a traffic accident on Sunday when they returned from the memorial Isabel Clavero of Las Rozas (Madrid). The Basque of Astana Pro Team has a fractured rib, and his girlfriend suffered 6 fractured ribs and a fractured vertebra and will be operated on.
https://www.ciclismoafondo.es/competicion/noticias-resultados-ciclismo/articulo/omar-fraile-y-su-novia-sufren-un-accidente-de-coche
Omar Friar and his girlfriend were involved in a traffic accident on Sunday when they returned from the memorial Isabel Clavero of Las Rozas (Madrid). The Basque of Astana Pro Team has a fractured rib, and his girlfriend suffered 6 fractured ribs and a fractured vertebra and will be operated on.
https://www.ciclismoafondo.es/competicion/noticias-resultados-ciclismo/articulo/omar-fraile-y-su-novia-sufren-un-accidente-de-coche
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https://twitter.com/AstanaTeam/status/1069652094590877697
https://twitter.com/AstanaTeam/status/1069652197238075400
Astana posted about it in their twitter account:Koronin said:
https://twitter.com/AstanaTeam/status/1069652094590877697
https://twitter.com/AstanaTeam/status/1069652197238075400
Samuele Manfredi, from the FDJ continue team, is in an induced coma after a serious training accident.
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To be clear, he was (or that's the info i read) hit in a traffic accident, during training.RedheadDane said:
Is he in any way related to the late Andrea Manfredi? Not a good time for being a Manfredi. :sad: Hope he recovers well.
Vuelta 2020 to start in Utrecht.
Stage 1. Utrecht TTT
Stage 2. Den Bosch - Utrecht
Stage 3. Breda - Breda.
As per usual from Dutch GT starts, don't expect anything but flat from the road stages. Given that city and provincial governments are paying for it, don't get your hopes up for the stage to Breda to go through Zeeland so we might get some echelon action.
Stage 1. Utrecht TTT
Stage 2. Den Bosch - Utrecht
Stage 3. Breda - Breda.
As per usual from Dutch GT starts, don't expect anything but flat from the road stages. Given that city and provincial governments are paying for it, don't get your hopes up for the stage to Breda to go through Zeeland so we might get some echelon action.
Tirreno-Adriatico 2019
http://www.tirrenoadriatico.it/en/percorso/
The route of the TTT is composed of two virtually straight sectors, rolling along the two lanes of the same road (Camaiore-Forte dei Marmi seafront). Halfway, the route takes a “square turn” around a block.
The stage starts uphill, taking in climbs up Montemagno and Pitoro over the first kilometres. A long flat stretch follows, leading all the way to the final undulations. The route passes through Castellina Marittima, Riparbella, Montecatini Val di Cecina and Volterra (taking in their respective climbs), up to the final ascent leading to Pomarance. The stage is made for finisseurs, and GC contenders should keep an eye on them.
The route is initially wavy, and becomes flatter and flatter as it approaches the finish. This long stage follows the constant undulations of the territory of Siena, including Passo del Rospatoio, enters Umbria through the Trasimeno plain and brushes by Assisi and Spello, all the way to the final sprint around the walls of Foligno.
This stage (and the next one as well) will be the hardest of the race. Starting from Foligno, the route follows a wavy but uncomplicated course and then brushes by Fossombrone. Here, the route takes in a series of walls, with more or less challenging gradients, on narrow roads across the Marches valleys, all the way to the double closing circuit, with a double pass over the Muro dei Cappuccini, just a few (5.7) kilometres away from the finish in Fossombrone.
The peloton will be confronted with the iconic “muri” of Recanati. Starting from Colli al Metauro and covering a semi-circuit through Saltara, Calcinelli and Lucrezia, the stage then follows a mostly flat route all the way to Recanati. Past Loreto, the route will take in 9 consecutive milder or steeper climbs, with a final 22.3-km circuit, to be covered 3 times, featuring two leg-sapping walls (especially the one that is closest to the finish, with gradients of around 18%).
Despite a wavy and bumpy start, the stage is made for sprinters. Starting in Matelica, the route covers a short semi-circuit and then heads for Castelraimondo and San Severino Marche. After the Valico di Pietra Rossa climb, towards Cingoli, the route levels out and leads all the way to Jesi, to cover 3 laps of the final 12.3-km circuit.
Individual time trial of 10,050 m, on a route that mainly follows the final circuit of the conclusive stages of the late 90s and recent 2000s, and has been the same since 2015. The last 2.5 km are almost on straight ground.
http://www.tirrenoadriatico.it/en/percorso/
The route of the TTT is composed of two virtually straight sectors, rolling along the two lanes of the same road (Camaiore-Forte dei Marmi seafront). Halfway, the route takes a “square turn” around a block.
The stage starts uphill, taking in climbs up Montemagno and Pitoro over the first kilometres. A long flat stretch follows, leading all the way to the final undulations. The route passes through Castellina Marittima, Riparbella, Montecatini Val di Cecina and Volterra (taking in their respective climbs), up to the final ascent leading to Pomarance. The stage is made for finisseurs, and GC contenders should keep an eye on them.
The route is initially wavy, and becomes flatter and flatter as it approaches the finish. This long stage follows the constant undulations of the territory of Siena, including Passo del Rospatoio, enters Umbria through the Trasimeno plain and brushes by Assisi and Spello, all the way to the final sprint around the walls of Foligno.
This stage (and the next one as well) will be the hardest of the race. Starting from Foligno, the route follows a wavy but uncomplicated course and then brushes by Fossombrone. Here, the route takes in a series of walls, with more or less challenging gradients, on narrow roads across the Marches valleys, all the way to the double closing circuit, with a double pass over the Muro dei Cappuccini, just a few (5.7) kilometres away from the finish in Fossombrone.
The peloton will be confronted with the iconic “muri” of Recanati. Starting from Colli al Metauro and covering a semi-circuit through Saltara, Calcinelli and Lucrezia, the stage then follows a mostly flat route all the way to Recanati. Past Loreto, the route will take in 9 consecutive milder or steeper climbs, with a final 22.3-km circuit, to be covered 3 times, featuring two leg-sapping walls (especially the one that is closest to the finish, with gradients of around 18%).
Despite a wavy and bumpy start, the stage is made for sprinters. Starting in Matelica, the route covers a short semi-circuit and then heads for Castelraimondo and San Severino Marche. After the Valico di Pietra Rossa climb, towards Cingoli, the route levels out and leads all the way to Jesi, to cover 3 laps of the final 12.3-km circuit.
Individual time trial of 10,050 m, on a route that mainly follows the final circuit of the conclusive stages of the late 90s and recent 2000s, and has been the same since 2015. The last 2.5 km are almost on straight ground.
Amazing. Sagan should be in with a chance wrt GC.
Ok, not at all amazing. There are still four crappy stages but at least there is no silly mountaintop finish.
Ok, not at all amazing. There are still four crappy stages but at least there is no silly mountaintop finish.
Without the TTT it would be a decent route, having both an ITT and a horrible TTT in this race is just too much.
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Dumoulin would be the only challenger if he rides it, which I'm not sure he will.
Almost a free win for Kwiatkowski.tobydawq said:
Dumoulin would be the only challenger if he rides it, which I'm not sure he will.
The stage finishes are actually decent
Stage 2:
Stage 4:
Stage 5 will have this circuit 3.5 times, penultimate climb 3 times, the final one 4 times, a hard stage:
Source: Lasterketa Burua on Twitter
Stage 2:
Stage 4:
Stage 5 will have this circuit 3.5 times, penultimate climb 3 times, the final one 4 times, a hard stage:
Source: Lasterketa Burua on Twitter
I propose that we replace the first 5 road stages of the Giro with the road stages of Tirreno
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I have had to come to the conclusion that Kwiatkowski is overrated on murito's. Thomas vs Dumoulin if they both show up.
Maybe Roglic could be in the mix as well if LottoNL rides a good TTT.
Scrap that.Red Rick said:
I have had to come to the conclusion that Kwiatkowski is overrated on murito's. Thomas vs Dumoulin if they both show up.
Maybe Roglic could be in the mix as well if LottoNL rides a good TTT.
T-A might be Yates vs. Bernal as a warm-up to the Giro.
Moscon can win a race like this too.
Moscon can win a race like this too.
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It's almost tailor made for him.
But Bala should consider riding this combined with Strade Bianche and Milano-Sanremo.tobydawq said:
It's almost tailor made for him.
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