March 19: Milan - San Remo 2011 298km

[luckyboy]

Woah, 2'12"

 

[The Hitch]

Oooh. Edvald in front group. This could be his day.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

i don't like when people go around insulting people like that

+1 - save it for proven dopers.

 

[roundabout]

Front: Cancellera, Haussler, Gilbert, Boonen, Ballan, Greipel, Petacchi, Boassen Hagen, Bennati, O'Grady, Pozzato...

You can add Goss

 

[TourOfSardinia]

OF & TF both in the 2nd group and Rabobank ready to pull.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If he can't win with this sort of leg up he really should start to worry.

If Gilbert goes then Greipel shouldn't worry; it's the best card Lotto have - Greipel needn't do any work because nobody wants to let Gilbert go, but they won't want to drag Greipel to the line either. It's just whether or not he can make it over the climbs.

 

[Cobblestoned]

pozatto for the win, if he is in the front group, I guess he is though.

Was thinking about him winning yesterday, because he didn't show anything in recent weeks.

Freire tactics

 

[jens_attacks]

this time the race will explode on cipressa.expect another 30% of favs to be dropped.ballan,gillbert big favourites but nibali will take it.

so farrar-hushovd-cav-freire bye bye.bad day for vaughters

 

[maltiv]

EBH is in the main group, looking fairly lonely with no teammates near him. Things are looking good for him though, with many of the faster sprinters than him already being dropped.

Seriously though, screw BMC. Half the peloton falls and they decide to hit the front. What a honorable tactic. Not like they will win anyway. And no ACF, I don't care!

 

[Andy99]

You can add Goss

Fair Enough, I'd not seen him, but presumed he must have been with HTC not working behind...

 

[woodie]

i don't like when people go around insulting people like that

Especially when they have probably never met the person and only know what the press has printed

 

[Parrulo]

It's the Leopard way.

You're making a false deduction anyway.

I said it was disappointing - I didn't ask for a mulligan.

you pretty much did. when you said it was disappointing that some favorites got left behind so early in the race. so to please you they should all be there in the last 500 meters what would make the 297.5 k's of racing before that boring

 

[Moondance]

Ouch.... Front group is very thin, and looking thinner every time we get an aerial shot.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

You can add Goss

and looks like no Oscarito, Hushovd or Farrar in front group

 

[The Hitch]

You can add Goss

Goss is in the front group?

 

[pedaling squares]

My girlfriend needed me a few minutes ago...

Well that was fast.

Basically a split in the bunch. Hushovd, Farrar, Cav, Goss, Friere are 2 mins back of the others. Haussler, Pozz, Griepel, Canc, Gilbert still in it.

 

[goggalor]

Seriously though, screw BMC. Half the peloton falls and they decide to hit the front. What a honorable tactic. Not like they will win anyway. And no ACF, I don't care!

That's racing.

Really, it's how it should be IMO.

 

[Andy99]

Still might come together though. None of the big hitters in the front group are going to do a tap on the front....they will run out of riders to pull it along soon...

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

If Gilbert goes then Greipel shouldn't worry; it's the best card Lotto have - Greipel needn't do any work because nobody wants to let Gilbert go, but they won't want to drag Greipel to the line either. It's just whether or not he can make it over the climbs.

Sort of - given the other riders in the group I would be careful talking of Griepel as a given for any sprint - if I was riding for another team in that front group, Griepel would not be the 1st person I was worried about dragging to the line.

 

[Mellow Velo]

A bit useful this. The smaller group holding the gap on the bunch.
I'm surprised Cancellara hasn't sat on the front and told BMC and Katusha to sit up, so as they can all catch up.

 

[luckyboy]

Really kinda sucks that the crash is gonna be the deciding factor for Freire, Hushovd..

 

[goggalor]

Euskaltel driving the second group now. Uhhhh....

 

[sublimit]

A Goss, Sagan, Haussler, Boasson Hagen showdown by the looks of things unless the Italians tear it to bits on the Poggio

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Goss is in the front group?

eurosport was sayin no goss in front group, in fact no HTC

 

[auscyclefan94]

EBH is in the main group, looking fairly lonely with no teammates near him. Things are looking good for him though, with many of the faster sprinters than him already being dropped.

Seriously though, screw BMC. Half the peloton falls and they decide to hit the front. What a honorable tactic. Not like they will win anyway. And no ACF, I don't care!

They were alrady on the front pushing the pace. Thor, Cav and others should of been up the front.