Il Lombardia, 241KM, 13th October (WT)

[OlavEH]

Great race. Best one-day race of 2018, and a very well deserved winner.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

What a fabulous win by Pinot. He was the strongest by a distance.

Let me never hear any fool here ever say anything as stupid as “Nibali doesn’t care about podiums, only wins matter to him” ever again.

Everyone in the group bar Dan Martin and Pozzovivo deserved to lose for that chase. What the hell were they thinking?

 

[Põhja Konn]

Excellent race, excellent winner and an excellent way to take a second place. It has been quite a week to cap the season off with.

 

[Velolover2]

The two guys who made the winning move on the most iconic climb, Muro di Sormano, also finished 1st and 2nd. I couldn't be happier. They rode this race like the cobbled classics.

Now it's time that Côte de La Redoute gets honoured as well in Liege.

 

[Red Rick]

Told you guys Oomen would be great today.

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

The two guys who made the winning move on the most iconic climb, Muro di Sormano, also finished 1st and 2nd. I couldn't be happier. They rode this race like the cobbled classics.

Now it's time that Côte de La Redoute gets honoured as well in Liege.

It's basically the Italian mountain version of 2010 Vlaanderen in that regard

 

[Forever The Best]

Lombardia delivering once again. The Italian super champion making the winning move with Pinot and Roglic with 50 km to go and Pinot finally winning a big race and Nibali managing to finish second announcing his comeback.

 

[Alexandre B.]

The scene with Roy, Ladagnous and co. high-fiving Pinot with 150m to go is gold.

 

[skippo12]

Meh competition. Nibalis injury really destroyed the second part of the season. No real action in the Tour. Group sprint in the worlds and Pinot winning Lombardia.

 

[Carols]

Lombardia always delivers! This was a grand edition with awesome racing! Alas it also means the season is over I am sad about that......

 

[Red Rick]

Nibali got the standing ovation there

 

[zapata]

Bøy! I only watched from sormano, but that was the best edition of lombardia I can remember. Nibali by now is just about my all time favourite rider, so a bit disappointed that he couldn't follow pinot, but he almost made up for it by his f-u to the chasers.

 

[zapata]

Who, if any, was the last to win msr and gdl the same season, by the way? I'm assuming merckx or hinault or someone like that. It would have been quite a feat..crossing fingers for next year.

 

[zapata]

Re: Re:

What a champ Nibali is. Absolutely made a mockery of the chasers jumping the sorry lot of them

Lol, exactly!

 

[Climbing]

Couldn't catch the race live, but I'm very happy for both Pinot that really deserves a big win and for Nibali, because it meas he still has it!

 

[Red Rick]

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#iLombardia just explained to #InnsbruckTirol2018 where you have to put a 20% wall in the route.

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau Pinot & Nibs - 2 strongest riders today. Teuns to BM next year? Look out!

Seems like the camera strap is this years iconic item

 

[Jagartrott]

Re:

Everyone in the group bar Dan Martin and Pozzovivo deserved to lose for that chase. What the hell were they thinking?

They were dead, simple as that. In these long classics, the strongest usually end up in the front, and the chase usually doesn't catch up because they just don't have the legs. Bahrein also did excellent demotivational work there, that probably helped.

 

[RedheadDane]

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The scene with Roy, Ladagnous and co. high-fiving Pinot with 150m to go is gold.

What? I just thought it was some random spectators. :lol:

Such a shame Nibali didn't win, then it could have been Nibali in both ends of the result

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Everyone in the group bar Dan Martin and Pozzovivo deserved to lose for that chase. What the hell were they thinking?

They were dead, simple as that. In these long classics, the strongest usually end up in the front, and the chase usually doesn't catch up because they just don't have the legs. Bahrein also did excellent demotivational work there, that probably helped.

Pozzovivo was NIbali's teammate. He did his job. He's not really that useful to sit on somebody's wheel though, cause no matter how much he wheelsucks he will still lose the sprint.

 

[Jagartrott]

Well, yes, that's what I meant. BM did what they have do to, namely cover all moves and be in the wheel if somebody started pulling. It's also them being there that helped Nibali get away a second time.

 

[Benotti69]

Re:

Who, if any, was the last to win msr and gdl the same season, by the way? I'm assuming merckx or hinault or someone like that. It would have been quite a feat..crossing fingers for next year.

Merckx 1972

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

Everyone in the group bar Dan Martin and Pozzovivo deserved to lose for that chase. What the hell were they thinking?

They were dead, simple as that. In these long classics, the strongest usually end up in the front, and the chase usually doesn't catch up because they just don't have the legs. Bahrein also did excellent demotivational work there, that probably helped.

They were not all dead. Majka and Wellens got back to Martin, others then got back to the trio. If you can come back from being dropped, you could have done a turn. They weren’t as strong as Pinot, but that’s not the same as being unable to contribute to a group chase.

 

[Rollthedice]

Re: Re:

Everyone in the group bar Dan Martin and Pozzovivo deserved to lose for that chase. What the hell were they thinking?

They were dead, simple as that. In these long classics, the strongest usually end up in the front, and the chase usually doesn't catch up because they just don't have the legs. Bahrein also did excellent demotivational work there, that probably helped.

They were not all dead. Majka and Wellens got back to Martin, others then got back to the trio. If you can come back from being dropped, you could have done a turn. They weren’t as strong as Pinot, but that’s not the same as being unable to contribute to a group chase.

Nibali said post race he took a look at their faces, they looked dead alright so he attacked.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Funny, cause most riders would have looked at their power meters and thought to themselves they would blow going harder. Great to see racing instincs still is intact (in some of the peloton).