Giro d’Abruzzo 9 to 12 April 2024 (2.1)

[tobydawq]

Ulissi's ambition seems to be to do well on home ground.
Those places oltre la frontiera don't count much.

Yet he is the only rider to have won WT races on four different continents.

 

[Netserk]

Yet he is the only rider to have won WT races on four different continents.

You don’t count Worlds?

 

[tobydawq]

You don’t count Worlds?

Yeah, I probably do at times, though it isn't strictly WorldTour. I actually did just trawl through Sagan's win list to check he hadn't won in Asia and saw the Doha win but decided to not edit my post.

Good thing I can rely on you

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Does Italy stop in San Lorenzo al Mare at the foot of Cipressa for him?

Judging by the poster's username, he may still think that land is part of the Kingdom of Sardinia

 

[Landeirovic]

Who wins stage today?

 

[Rob5091]

Who wins stage today?

One of the UAE guys would be a safe bet.
They're off in Italy and young Christen (there must be a YMCA gag there somewhere) is in the break of 5.

 

[AmRacer]

Giro d’Absurdo?

 

[Salvarani]

Pretty strong break for this race.

 

[search]

yeah, one or two guys more wouldn't hurt, but 2-3-4 in GC all got a team mate in there, so Astana probably can't expect much help from anyone.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

And 5th & 6th

How many teammates in the break for the GC Top 10?

Rnk.	Rider	Team	#
1	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana Qazaqstan Team
2	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	1
3	VOISARD Yannis	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1
4	BENNETT George	Israel - Premier Tech	1
5	ULISSI Diego	UAE Team Emirates	1
6	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	1
7	DOUBLE Paul	Team Polti Kometa
8	BRENNER Marco	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1
9	CARBONI Giovanni	JCL Team UKYO
10	CHRISTEN Jan	UAE Team Emirates	1

Technically, I guess Christen doesn't have a teammate in the break.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

No panic, Astana team is absolutely stacked and will have no problem controlling this race today.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

No panic, Astana team is absolutely stacked and will have no problem controlling this race today.

Considering that the gap is below a minute now, they're doing fine.

What happens if/when Yates, Ulissi and Sivakov start attacking is, of course, another matter.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Considering that the gap is below a minute now, they're doing fine.

What happens if/when Yates, Ulissi and Sivakov start attacking is, of course, another matter.

I'm sure Astana can rely on UAE to help them chase those kinds of attacks

 

[scribers]

Vino himself will emerge from the shrubbery somewhere up the road and solo to victory!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ulissi has been a poor bike handler/bad at positioning himself/a bad descender since the junior and u23 days. In a long one day race he just wastes too much time fighting for position.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Vino himself will emerge from the shrubbery somewhere up the road and solo to victory!

Nico Vino?

 

[scribers]

I’d imagine the racing is pretty good right about now. Before it is set to be broadcast (at least from where I can see it)

 

[Landeirovic]

58km to go. Torres pulling. Peloton 25 riders.

 

[Netserk]

Only Tudor chasing, no Astana riders in the peloton.

 

[Earns1985]

Don´t get the UAE strategy here..

Why is Sivakov riding now with Lutsenko?

 

[Netserk]

Sivakov says (loudly) in the radio that he wants the stage win and that they shouldn't pull behind (they never did).

 

[Landeirovic]

Don´t get the UAE strategy here..

Here we go again... if you have not the leggs? There is 0 strategy than!

 

[scribers]

Virtual podium on the road

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Sivakov says (loudly) in the radio that he wants the stage win and that they shouldn't pull behind (they never did).

They should start pulling out of spite. Also, how will he beat Lutsenko?

 

[Netserk]

They should start pulling out of spite. Also, how will he beat Lutsenko?

Christen only just now got back to the peloton, before that they only had Ulissi and Yates in the group.