Milano - Sanremo 2024, one day monument, March 16

[Ilmaestro99]

I will never forget, that beautiful period of 15 seconds, when I believed that Matteo sobrero was going to win Milano Sanremo with the perfect attack.

 

[RedheadDane]

As opposed the the well founded hope that the breakaway has had in this race every other year?

Completely hopeless.
"We're not even gonna get any TV time" hopeless.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I will never forget, that beautiful period of 15 seconds, when I believed that Matteo sobrero was going to win Milano Sanremo with the perfect attack.

The Great Fausto would've done it! Too bad he's dead since 1960.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I will never forget, that beautiful period of 15 seconds, when I believed that Matteo sobrero was going to win Milano Sanremo with the perfect attack.

He was looking behind too much instead of pushing the pedals, but he probably wouldn't have made it even if Pidcock hadn't started a long sprint.

 

[RedheadDane]

The Great Fausto would've done it! Too bad he's dead since 1960.

Maybe one year, Medium Fausto will get a chance.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

He was looking behind too much instead of pushing the pedals, but he probably wouldn't have made it even if Pidcock hadn't started a long sprint.

If I was off the front in the final kilometre at Sanremo I would probably do the same.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If I was off the front in the final kilometre at Sanremo I would probably do the same.

Colossal if.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I will never forget, that beautiful period of 15 seconds, when I believed that Matteo sobrero was going to win Milano Sanremo with the perfect attack.

You seem to remember it like it was yesterday.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The Great Fausto would've done it!

Our grande Fausto is back in training after his bronchitis from Tirreno adriatico. If Pogacar wants to go from the Turchino in 2025, he will have an ally in Fausto

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Colossal if.

True. I am a wheelsucker by nature.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Interesting! In 2022, Mohoric’s ride seemed crazy. Now almost all went substantially faster…

Yesterday's effort was similar to 2022. Except that 2022 had a slower pace at the beginning.

 

[proffate]

Pogacar could have won if it wasn't for MVDP I think. No one else bothered to respond. Same for Mohoric, he also could have won if not for Mathieu reeling him back in.

Pidcock would have caught him on the descent anyway. We know this because he did that. Mvdps surge didn't have anything to do with it.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pidcock would have caught him on the descent anyway. We know this because he did that. Mvdps surge didn't have anything to do with it.

Pidcock wouldn't have been a big problem in one-on-one sprint. Those guys who caught Pog later would. Maybe if Pidcock led the descent they would finish ahead of the chasing pack (but then Pidcock could've tried distancing Pog on the descent).

 

[Red Rick]

Yesterday's effort was similar to 2022. Except that 2022 had a slower pace at the beginning.

That makes no sense unless Mohoric stopped to take a piss on top of the Poggio in 2022.

 

[Tim Cahill]

VdP a little bit overrated on the descents, recall him being hard dropped on a mountain descent by Gijs Leemreize in the 2022 Giro, Stage 17 perhaps.

 

[Sciatic]

He was sick

Thanks

 

[Netserk]

That makes no sense unless Mohoric stopped to take a piss on top of the Poggio in 2022.

Don't trust Strava segments there. Use video and stopwatch.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1505879453276286980

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1505879453276286980

 

[Krzysztof_O]

VdP a little bit overrated on the descents, recall him being hard dropped on a mountain descent by Gijs Leemreize in the 2022 Giro, Stage 17 perhaps.

Or he was dead after climbing Giro mamooths and therefore had no legs and less focus. It's not necessarily his favorite environment.

 

[Red Rick]

Don't trust Strava segments there. Use video and stopwatch.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1505879453276286980

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1505879453276286980

Yeah that's what I figured. Looked like he was losing 1s per second at the start of that graph

 

[Sciatic]

4 minor, but unaddressed, issues from yesterday:

1) Was there ever an explanation of why Gemani dropped out of the breakaway? Kung couldn't cope without him? Rest of the break thought they wouldn't be given a chance with such a big threat up the road and bullied him into dropping?

2) Should RCS/RAI not hire somebody who actually speaks English to translate their tourist information at the bottom of the screen: they used a trained and very old fashioned tone.

3) How decisive was Pidcock's relieving himself at 17km to go?

4) Has any rider ever received such a disproportionate number of commentary mentions to impact on race as Luke Plapp? Was the TV producer a family member?

It was kind of hard to ignore Plapp since he was right in front of the camera every time they showed the back of the peloton.

 

[Sciatic]

That makes no sense unless Mohoric stopped to take a piss on top of the Poggio in 2022.

He was busy bunny hopping that sunken drain grate at the top of the Poggio. Quite memorable.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Don't trust Strava segments there. Use video and stopwatch.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1505879453276286980

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1505879453276286980

Nice find. Seems like old bad memories when multi-band GPS wasn't a thing. That's why you upgrade to Edge 840.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It was kind of hard to ignore Plapp since he was right in front of the camera every time they showed the back of the peloton.

They didn't really have to show the back of the peloton half of the times.

 

[Didinho]

Any news on Plapp? Did he finished the descent yet?

 

[Sciatic]

They didn't really have to show the back of the peloton half of the times.

True, but I didn’t think that was up to the commentators?