Milano - Sanremo 2023, one day monument, March 18

[gregrowlerson]

I had a prophetic dream. Magnus Cort will win MS after joining the early break and going solo on the Cipressa. Pogacar and Van Aert will reach the top of the Poggio six seconds behind him, but due to a lack of cooperation they won't close the gap.

1. Cort
2. Van Aert 2"
3. Pogacar
4. Philipsen 6"
5. Pedersen
6. Girmay
7. De Lie
8. Laporte
9. Démare
10. Alaphilippe

And when he went solo did he receive plenty of drafting assistance?

 

[Berniece]

Are you making everything from scratch?
It doesn't usually take 7 hours to make lasagna, does it?

Actual work from myself maybe 1-2h, but to get the best out of your tomato sauce you want it to cook for at least 4h, preferably I do it for 6.

Recipe? Or if that’s too much bother, give us a race prediction.

For lasagna I always go to Jamie Oliver's family style lasagna. He starts with some bacon which gives it an amazing flavour as well as old cheddar for the white sauce.

Also my prediction to stay a bit on topic This race is so unpredictable, I can see it happening that 3 riders finish together, as well as a group of 20 with Philipsen, De Lie and Ewan.

1. Philipsen
2. Ewan
3. WVA
4. Pedersen
5. Girmay
6. Pogacar
7. Laporte
8. MVDP
9. De Lie
10. Alaphilippe

 

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Star ratings from the papers today:

Gazzetta
*** ** Pogacar, van Aert
**** van der Poel
*** Pedersen, Alaphilippe, Mohoric, Ewan
** Ganna, Philipsen
* Girmay

Het Nieuwsblad
*** ** Pogacar
**** van Aert, van der Poel
*** Pedersen, Philipsen, Mohoric
** Stuyven, Alaphilippe, Ewan, Cort
* Turgis, de Lie, Ganna, Laporte, Girmay

Ouest France
*** ** Pogacar
**** Van Aert, Van der Poel
*** Alaphilippe, Pedersen
** De Lie, Mohoric, Philipsen, Girmay
* Cort, Laporte, Powless, Demare, Turgis, Kwiatkowski

 

[Lequack]

Imagine Pog being favorite on a flat stage, which this would be classified as in a GT.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar 5-star? Wow. He seems to be the favourite in all races he takes part. Then again, in this race there's really no favourite (20 or so guys can realistically win it) and I rate WVA and MVP's chances as high as Pog's if not higher.

 

[DNP-Old]

Star ratings from the papers today:

Gazzetta
*** ** Pogacar, van Aert
**** van der Poel
*** Pedersen, Alaphilippe, Mohoric, Ewan
** Ganna, Philipsen
* Girmay

Het Nieuwsblad
*** ** Pogacar
**** van Aert, van der Poel
*** Pedersen, Philipsen, Mohoric
** Stuyven, Alaphilippe, Ewan, Cort
* Turgis, de Lie, Ganna, Laporte, Girmay

Ouest France
*** ** Pogacar
**** Van Aert, Van der Poel
*** Alaphilippe, Pedersen
** De Lie, Mohoric, Philipsen, Girmay
* Cort, Laporte, Powless, Demare, Turgis, Kwiatkowski

Feltet:
* Wout van Aert
**** Mads Pedersen, Biniam Girmay
*** Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar, Jasper Philipsen, Arnaud De Lie, Matej Mohoric
** Caleb Ewan, Filippo Ganna, Christophe Laporte, Valentin Madouas, Julian Alaphilippe, Søren Kragh, Alberto Bettiol, Magnus Cort, Alex Aranburu, Benoit Cosnefroy, Kasper Asgreen, Arnaud Demare, Jhonatan Narvaez, Neilson Powless, Jasper Stuyven, Giacomo Nizzolo
* Quinten Hermans, Pello Bilbao, Andrea Vendrame, Magnus Sheffield, Anthony Turgis, Fernando Gaviria, Michal Kwiatkowski, Matis Louvel, Gonzalo Serrano, Sep Vanmarcke, Fred Wright, Davide Ballerini, Simone Consonni, Maxim Van Gils, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Danny van Poppel, Bryan Coquard, Sam Bennett, Jonathan Milan, Damiano Caruso, Peter Sagan, Mikkel Honoré, Lorenzo Rota, Tim Wellens, Diego Ulissi, Corbin Strong, Florian Senechal, Luka Mezgec, Jenthe Biermans, Matteo Sobrero, Kevin Geniets, Warren Barguil, Gianni Vermeersch, Gianluca Brambilla, Stan Dewulf, Benjamin Thomas, Jan Tratnik

The Questionable Hairline, aka Emil Axelgaard, is so afraid of not having named the winner that he’s gone over to name riders who aren’t participating. The entire peloton a star, why not?

 

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The Questionable Hairline, aka Emil Axelgaard, is so afraid of not having named a rider that he’s gone over to name riders who aren’t participating.

yeah, same as his previews, those lists are way too long. I still think the way Het Nieuwsblad does it (only one guy with 5 stars, down to five with one) is the best one, even if it's obviously often difficult to single out a sole favourite.

 

[Red Rick]

Feltet:
* Wout van Aert
**** Mads Pedersen, Biniam Girmay
*** Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar, Jasper Philipsen, Arnaud De Lie, Matej Mohoric
** Caleb Ewan, Filippo Ganna, Christophe Laporte, Valentin Madouas, Julian Alaphilippe, Søren Kragh, Alberto Bettiol, Magnus Cort, Alex Aranburu, Benoit Cosnefroy, Kasper Asgreen, Arnaud Demare, Jhonatan Narvaez, Neilson Powless, Jasper Stuyven, Giacomo Nizzolo
* Quinten Hermans, Pello Bilbao, Andrea Vendrame, Magnus Sheffield, Anthony Turgis, Fernando Gaviria, Michal Kwiatkowski, Matis Louvel, Gonzalo Serrano, Sep Vanmarcke, Fred Wright, Davide Ballerini, Simone Consonni, Maxim Van Gils, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Danny van Poppel, Bryan Coquard, Sam Bennett, Jonathan Milan, Damiano Caruso, Peter Sagan, Mikkel Honoré, Lorenzo Rota, Tim Wellens, Diego Ulissi, Corbin Strong, Florian Senechal, Luka Mezgec, Jenthe Biermans, Matteo Sobrero, Kevin Geniets, Warren Barguil, Gianni Vermeersch, Gianluca Brambilla, Stan Dewulf, Benjamin Thomas, Jan Tratnik

The Questionable Hairline, aka Emil Axelgaard, is so afraid of not having named the winner that he’s gone over to name riders who aren’t participating. The entire peloton a star, why not?

Pogacar 3 star favorite in 5 star system seems about right.

The fact that the guy everyone is looking at can be a 3 star favorite can only happen in Sanremo.

Love this race.

 

[BR2]

Feltet:
* Wout van Aert
**** Mads Pedersen, Biniam Girmay
*** Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar, Jasper Philipsen, Arnaud De Lie, Matej Mohoric
** Caleb Ewan, Filippo Ganna, Christophe Laporte, Valentin Madouas, Julian Alaphilippe, Søren Kragh, Alberto Bettiol, Magnus Cort, Alex Aranburu, Benoit Cosnefroy, Kasper Asgreen, Arnaud Demare, Jhonatan Narvaez, Neilson Powless, Jasper Stuyven, Giacomo Nizzolo
* Quinten Hermans, Pello Bilbao, Andrea Vendrame, Magnus Sheffield, Anthony Turgis, Fernando Gaviria, Michal Kwiatkowski, Matis Louvel, Gonzalo Serrano, Sep Vanmarcke, Fred Wright, Davide Ballerini, Simone Consonni, Maxim Van Gils, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Danny van Poppel, Bryan Coquard, Sam Bennett, Jonathan Milan, Damiano Caruso, Peter Sagan, Mikkel Honoré, Lorenzo Rota, Tim Wellens, Diego Ulissi, Corbin Strong, Florian Senechal, Luka Mezgec, Jenthe Biermans, Matteo Sobrero, Kevin Geniets, Warren Barguil, Gianni Vermeersch, Gianluca Brambilla, Stan Dewulf, Benjamin Thomas, Jan Tratnik

The Questionable Hairline, aka Emil Axelgaard, is so afraid of not having named the winner that he’s gone over to name riders who aren’t participating. The entire peloton a star, why not?

I like the rating, but it is silly to name half the startlist nonetheless.

 

[RedheadDane]

yeah, same as his previews, those lists are way too long.

The previews get funny when he sometimes mentions a rider, only to immediately point out that he's not gonna win.

 

[Orbit501]

Nielson Powless ftw today.

 

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View: https://youtu.be/DA-Ix0m05pw?t=70

 

[Salvarani]

Looks like Pog might have crashed before the race has started. He seems in good spirits though. Some dirt on his shoulder. Doesnt look hurt.

 

[DNP-Old]

Looks like Pog might have crashed before the race has started. He seems in good spirits though. Some dirt on his shoulder. Doesnt look hurt.

Also a testament to how little he crashes.

 

[Billie]

Looks like Pog might have crashed before the race has started. He seems in good spirits though. Some dirt on his shoulder. Doesnt look hurt.

He also was the first to crash in flanders last year. Ready to make a show.

 

[Red Rick]

Also a testament to how little he crashes.

"It's a testament how little he crashes that he just crashed"

 

[gregrowlerson]

"It's a testament how little he crashes that he just crashed"

rEmCo is better than Pog!

 

[Orbit501]

Can anyone remember an edition of MSR that Alessandro Tonelli has ridden and NOT been on the break?


Let's not forget last year's effort too when he led everyone onto the Poggio.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

View: https://youtu.be/DA-Ix0m05pw?t=70

In recent years, Degenkolb has gotten the body fat percentage of a real WT pro cyclist.

In his fastest years, he was chubby…

Interesting conflict for male chubby pros: maybe their partner (wife/boyfriend-husband) wants them chubbier, but usually they‘re faster when skinnier…

 

[nightowl]

Have to love stringing the peloton out with 275km to go for a bit of a laugh

 

[Red Rick]

One underrated aspect of tailwind, it makes the overall race harder. Riders may actually have to do over 100W in the first hours as drafting effects are a bit less.

 

[Aimar16]

What's the point of a long race if they're just going at a pensioner pace?

 

[Salvarani]

Lots of people out by the road so far! Beautiful to see.

 

[Red Rick]

What's the point of a long race if they're just going at a pensioner pace?

PCS liveticker says they're going 48kph average?

 

[topcat]

Maas has a 3 minute lead on Pogacar …