Milan - San Remo 2018

[jsem94]

I was screaming at my screen. VAI VINCENZO. VAI VINCENZO. So glad a meaningful attack on the Poggio, solo, actually made it. Great finale. Had to watch it on demand, thank god for Eurosport Player.

 

[Forever The Best]

Nibali! Nibali! Nibali! What a champion _O_
I never thought he would be able to win MSR, more so with this route. Wow

 

[RedheadDane]

Right, be honest with me here, people.
Who - of the 24 people who picked the other option - looked at the poll, and picked 'other' while thinking "Nibali!"?

 

[Climbing]

Re:

Right, be honest with me here, people.
Who - of the 24 people who picked the other option - looked at the poll, and picked 'other' while thinking "Nibali!"?

I did, absolutely, especially when it was known that would rain for the whole first part of the race.
Was more wishful thinking than anything else, but when I saw him after 5/6 hours always in the first part of the peloton and shouldering like a sprinter for positions, I knew he was feeling very good.
You could clearly see he couldn't wait for somebody to attack to get an excuse to go.
Still, had to have absolutely everything going his way to win it, but huge huge balls and pure class are undeniable.
What a rider!

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

Right, be honest with me here, people.
Who - of the 24 people who picked the other option - looked at the poll, and picked 'other' while thinking "Nibali!"?

How many of those thought "Hey I forgot to vote yesterday" right before that?

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Right, be honest with me here, people.
Who - of the 24 people who picked the other option - looked at the poll, and picked 'other' while thinking "Nibali!"?

How many of those thought "Hey I forgot to vote yesterday" right before that?

You're a mod. Do you have extra secret powers to check when the votes were cast?

 

[Tigerion]

Re: Re:

Right, be honest with me here, people.
Who - of the 24 people who picked the other option - looked at the poll, and picked 'other' while thinking "Nibali!"?

How many of those thought "Hey I forgot to vote yesterday" right before that?

Gold :lol:

 

[Eclipse]

In terms of route changes I don't think it is too needed. The winner is usually up in the air here and that's quite nice even if the action usually boils down to a much smaller window than other races. I think what's interesting for me after this race is whether or not we now see a few more people inclined to race it diferently having seen someone else actually pull off a successful solo attack on the Poggio again.

 

[King Boonen]

Re:

Right, be honest with me here, people.
Who - of the 24 people who picked the other option - looked at the poll, and picked 'other' while thinking "Nibali!"?

If Nibali is racing then he's always on my list of potential winners, but, honestly, I picked other because it's Milano-Sanremo.