Have you noticed that... ?

[Montepaschi Strade Bianche]

Have you noticed that...

Milan - San Remo
1. Mark Cavendish, GBR has run the Tirreno-Adriatico

Tour of Flanders
1. Stijn Devolder, BEL has run the Tirreno-Adriatico

Ghent - Wevelgem
1. Evald Boasson-Hagen, NOR has run the Tirreno-Adriatico

Paris - Roubaix
1. Tom Boonen, BEL has run the Tirreno-Adriatico

Amstel Gold Race
1. Sergei Ivanov, RUS has run the Tirreno-Adriatico

Fleche Wallonne
1. Davide Rebellin, ITA has run the Tirreno-Adriatico

Liege - Bastogne - Liege
1. Andy Schleck, LUX has run the Tirreno-Adriatico

is it only a case or not... ?

 

[ingsve]

One explaination could be that T-A is a run up to Milano - San Remo so alot of classics riders went there...

 

[RDV4ROUBAIX]

is it only a case or not... ?

Not. Tirreno–Adriatico has been the mandatory early season warm up for the Spring Classics protagonists since it's inception into the calender.

Have you noticed that Michele Scarponi has won nothing since winning Tirreno?

 

[Zoncolan]

Not. Tirreno–Adriatico has been the mandatory early season warm up for the Spring Classics protagonists since it's inception into the calender.

Have you noticed that Michele Scarponi has won nothing since winning Tirreno?

Have you noticed that Scarponi was forced to ride for Rebellin in every race he stood a chance of winning?
Not without logic though, given Rebellin's results in those races.

 

[RDV4ROUBAIX]

+ 1

.....results, yes. And since Rebellin is retiring after this year. I'm sure Scarponi is glad to play domestique this spring. Hopefully Scarponi will have stage win at the Giro this year.

 

[Giro d'Italia 2009]

+ 1

.....results, yes. And since Rebellin is retiring after this year. I'm sure Scarponi is glad to play domestique this spring. Hopefully Scarponi will have stage win at the Giro this year.

You are wrong... Rebellin has told last week he will ride one or two years again...
however nowadays I think that Tirreno Adriatico is so much better than Paris-Nice with regard to the quality of the riders...

 

[RDV4ROUBAIX]

Sweet. I've always liked Rebellin. He's always been a lead by example, let my riding do the talking kind of guy. That's great news.

 

[bianchigirl]

T-A sets riders up for the Classics - the riders who did well in P-N will be shining come the Grand Tours. Saying this race is better than that race misses the point that all races have their own particular rationale and are capable of producing great racing regardless of whether, on paper, their field was better than that of another race.

 

[RDV4ROUBAIX]

I think Giro's comment about T-A being a better race in terms of quality of riders than P-N might have had more to do with Nationalism than anything else. One of my suppliers is Italian, and believe you me, I get an earful every week.