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It's on!UAE enlisted Jan Polanc today.
Could've been fatal for Bora...^^Wrong profile.
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It's something like 1,8 km at 7%.In theory, isn't Capo Berta the steepest and most puncheur-friendly climb in the race?
Of course, I'm not which side they are using.
Everyone knows Mollema is the best. Someone should tell Trek.
SKA? Laporte? Ganna? Philipsen?outsiders: Trentin, Stuyven, Sagan, Jakobsen, GVA?
He's supposed to be starting but says his knee isn't fully recovered from his crash in SB.I thought Mohoric was riding though. Is he sick? He's always pretty good in Sanremo.
I would prefer route changes before the Capi, at the top of my list would be the reintroduction of Le Mànie (and Bric Berton), alternatively to go over Colle San Bernardo. A symbolic added distance that would make the total length over 300 km would be welcome too.Pog can certainly sit in a small final group, but can he win the sprint in a group like this? I don't think he will have the acceleration on Poggio to get away alone. 35 km/h plus on Poggio is far from the same as 20 km/h in the long mountain climbs in GTs and one-week races.
Would like to see once what Van der Poel in absolute peak shape could do on Poggio. How much time could he gain before the descent?
Edit: Must point out, as I do every year, that I still want to see how it would effect the race if they did some minor route changes. Especially substituting Cipressa with Pompeiana.
Girmay, Kristoff, Bennett, Nizzolo, Sagan, Bouhanni, Hayter, Viviani, Matthews, Stuyven, Cosnefrey. The list of outsiders is pretty long..SKA? Laporte? Ganna? Philipsen?
I thought Mohoric was riding though. Is he sick? He's always pretty good in Sanremo.
Would that mean that you reach the coast via San Bernardo instead of Turchino?I would prefer route changes before the Capi, at the top of my list would be the reintroduction of Le Mànie (and Bric Berton), alternatively to go over Colle San Bernardo. A symbolic added distance that would make the total length over 300 km would be welcome too.
The problem I have with Pompeiana righe bfore the Poggio is that it reduces the chances of sprinters surviving to less than 1%.Would that mean that you reach the coast via San Bernardo instead of Turchino?
I would prefer that they added a possible point of attack before Poggio. Cipressa is to easy and the gradients to gentle to fulfil that purpose. Pompeiana would mean that the flat section before Poggio is reduced from 9 to about 4,5 km and the steepest part of Pompeiana is about 9-10 % over 400m, making it a much more suitable climb to attack than Cipressa.
Girmay, Kristoff, Bennett, Nizzolo, Sagan, Bouhanni, Hayter, Viviani, Matthews, Stuyven, Cosnefrey. The list of outsiders is pretty long..
Yep, it reduces their chances. But right now the events of the race is extremely predictable. There will be a big attack at the top of Poggio, and all the suspense is if this attack is caught or not. So we're talking about the last 2-3 km of Poggio, the descent and then the last flat 2,5km with a possibility of action. Adding Pompeiana would possibly making it more unpredictable.The problem I have with Pompeiana righe bfore the Poggio is that it reduces the chances of sprinters surviving to less than 1%.
And having sprinters in the mix is one of the things I really like about Sanremo.
BTW Trentin is not riding.So no Alafpolak, MVP, Asgreen, remco, Mohoric, Colbrelli, Naesen, Pedersen
Bug guns that are present: Poggy Merckx, Roglic, WVA, Pidcock, Ewan
outsiders: Trentin, Stuyven, Sagan, Jakobsen, GVA?
Yes.Would that mean that you reach the coast via San Bernardo instead of Turchino?
I would prefer that they added a possible point of attack before Poggio. Cipressa is to easy and the gradients to gentle to fulfil that purpose. Pompeiana would mean that the flat section before Poggio is reduced from 9 to about 4,5 km and the steepest part of Pompeiana is about 9-10 % over 400m, making it a much more suitable climb to attack than Cipressa.