Milan - San Remo 2018

[TourOfSardinia]

Sagan again did everything wrong. Attack or wait. You can't wait on the poggio and then be the one who chases on the descent. You can't win like that.

may be he just didn't have the legs

Remember Vicenzo wants to take
his rainbow stripe this year

 

[classicomano]

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Did Trentin cost Ewan the win?

Yes, and lets all thank him for that.

 

[GraftPunk]

Now *that* was grinta. Hoping for Sagan, but that was a brave ride by the shark. Chapeau!

 

[DFA123]

Sagan again did everything wrong. Attack or wait. You can't wait on the poggio and then be the one who chases on the descent. You can't win like that.

may be he just didn't have the legs

Then don't chase on the flat. Hope Quickstep or some other team takes it up and you can contest the sprint. Chasing on the flat was a horrible thing to do tactically in that situation, with so many other sprinters still around.

 

[Rollthedice]

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When in peak shape, Nibs is the greatest rider of his generation for sure!

Grande Vincenzo!!

He is not yet in peak shape, that will happen after one month.

 

[Jagartrott]

Re: Re:

Did Trentin cost Ewan the win?

Yes, and lets all thank him for that.

Another reason why Nibali is a great.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re: Re:

Did Trentin cost Ewan the win?

Yes, and lets all thank him for that.

Caleb didn't complain at all
in the interview

 

[Screecher]

Sagan probably realized it wasn't going to be a win when Nibali had 12 seconds so he decided to put on a show. 2nd or 6th place makes no difference to him it seems. xD

 

[zapata]

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This finale shows why the parcours of this race shouldn't be altered. A monument where you don't know until the last second whether a multi-GT winner or a prolific sprinter is going to win - that's priceless. MSR always delivers. I love this race.

Fully agree! MSR is probably my favourite race, even though nothing really happens until the end..And Nibali is probably my favourite rider, every year l've been hoping he could win, in precisesely this manner!

 

[Baldinger]

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Did Trentin cost Ewan the win?

Could be.

When Cavendish took his tumble, he held back several Astana riders. With Valgren and Lutsenko in the peloton, things would have played out differently.

 

[Salvarani]

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Some of yall so fixated at Sagan not winning more than anything else. Yall are lame.

I suppose everyone should be used to it by now, given his record of just 1 win in 23 attempts at monuments.

Nibali, by contrast has won 3 of the last 5 monuments he's participated in. :surprised: He's probably actually better at classics these days than GTs.

No reason to just hate blatantly like a few does. Sagan has made half of those races great to watch and been close to win a few times now. Hopefully he will get to add a few wins to the list of the big races.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Alberto Contador
Enhorabuena @vincenzonibali ,premio a la valentía!!! #MilanoSanremo .Complementi capo!!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Did Trentin cost Ewan the win?

Yes, and lets all thank him for that.

Caleb didn't complain at all
in the interview

I like young Caleb

That was a very impressive sprint, he will win this race sooner or later
But what a win by Vincenzo

 

[El Pistolero]

Btw really impressed by Caleb Ewan, I didn't think he could be a contender for such a race, I clearly underestimated him.

 

[Irondan]

Looks like Demare made it over the Poggio fair and square this year, chapau.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Alberto Contador
Enhorabuena @vincenzonibali ,premio a la valentía!!! #MilanoSanremo .Complementi capo!!!

Wow
that is praise.

 

[deValtos]

I wish we'd get back to when riders would attack on the Cipressa even if futile.

While I am glad a sprinter didn't win it felt a bit of a dud edition to me. Everyone seems to think it was really great though so I'm a little confused.

 

[Koronin]

Sagan again did everything wrong. Attack or wait. You can't wait on the poggio and then be the one who chases on the descent. You can't win like that.

may be he just didn't have the legs

Remember Vicenzo wants to take
his rainbow stripe this year

He and Valverde are by far the biggest favorites for the rainbow jersey this year.

 

[mb2612]

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What's the last time a rider won consecutive monuments excluding cobbled doubles?

Kelly with the same double in 1991 and 1992?

 

[Mozart92]

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What's the last time a rider won consecutive monuments excluding cobbled doubles?

That's a good question. I think we need to go back to the eighties! XD It's very difficult to find a rider who can win Lombardia and then Sanremo. Liegi-Lombardia slightly easier but still, no one comes to my mind.

 

[Irondan]

Re: Re:

Did Trentin cost Ewan the win?

Yes, and lets all thank him for that.

Caleb didn't complain at all
in the interview

I like young Caleb

That was a very impressive sprint, he will win this race sooner or later
But what a win by Vincenzo

Yep, he's going to be winning sprints for a long time.

 

[Billie]

Who was the last rider to win from a solo from the poggio?

 

[Vroome.exe]

Good tactics by Quickstep. Mr. #StriveForFive not even an attack. Alaphilippe as well. Viviani went from 1st to 20th position in a sprint. Someone was notably missing for them..

 

[Irondan]

The Shark looks great on the top step of the podium, brings a tear to my eye..

 

[Mozart92]

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Who was the last rider to win from a solo from the poggio?

I can't think of one in the last 20 years.