Milano - Sanremo changes route!

[ILovecycling]

If we add Ks (flat) between the hills at the business end it would be even worse. That would guarantee a bunch sprint. We wanna avoid giving the sprinter too much recovery time and space.

Mid section is where things are needed to avoid messing with the race concept while allowing for tiring a few riders. Just adding flat ks mid section is also meaningless imo.

Most pros can sit on a bike for 10 hours these days.

Man,i dont know...i think it could help,sprinters wont make it back to the bunch after dropping, if peloton rides hard of course.hard to say

 

[Hugo87]

Hope riders and weather make it a really hard race, otherwise sadly will be a boring fest.

 

[jaylew]

Cav is now racing as well.

 

[Netserk]

Cav is now racing as well.

Bah, I hope he'll get dropped, so Boonen can sprint for himself.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cav is now racing as well.

yep, it was bound to happen.
Steppers tactic might get us somewhere.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Would have won last year if it wasn't for Chavanel's pointless attack meaning the team couldn't pull the break back.

 

[theyoungest]

Would have won last year if it wasn't for Chavanel's pointless attack meaning the team couldn't pull the break back.

Did Cav have any teammates in the group behind?

 

[Netserk]

Did Cav have any teammates in the group behind?

No.
10 char

 

[jaylew]

Bah, I hope he'll get dropped, so Boonen can sprint for himself.

If a sprinter is going to win, I'm rooting for the Gorilla.

 

[winkybiker]

Bah, I hope he'll get dropped, so Boonen can sprint for himself.

Surely they'll try to get Boonen up the road in a small group (hopefully without Sagan from their perspective). If the peloton wants to chase and drag Cav back up before the finish, well they'll have to deal with the (potential) consequences of that. I think Cav being in the race is a positive for OPQS, and even for Boonen.

 

[Netserk]

Surely they'll try to get Boonen up the road in a small group (hopefully without Sagan from their perspective). If the peloton wants to chase and drag Cav back up before the finish, well they'll have to deal with the (potential) consequences of that. I think Cav being in the race is a positive for OPQS, and even for Boonen.

No way that will happen. Boonen won't be among the 20 strongest on Poggio. His chance is to be the strongest at the end of the race when it's decided in a sprint.

 

[Boardslide]

No.
10 char

No because half the team refused to carry on after the break because of the cold & that included Boonen

 

[Boardslide]

Did Cav have any teammates in the group behind?

No because half the team refused to carry on after the break because of the cold & that included Boonen

 

[winkybiker]

No way that will happen. Boonen won't be among the 20 strongest on Poggio. His chance is to be the strongest at the end of the race when it's decided in a sprint.

We'll see. You're right that he won't be in the strongest group on the climbs. That's why he has to be away earlier in a smaller group and hold off the chasers who might be reluctant to bring Cav back into play.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Ok, but still Boonen will be better on the hills than Cav, peloton or not.
It is hard to see past Sagan on this one, although it is a bit unclear how good he is atm.

Still hope Greipel will get this.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Le Manie back?

http://www.ivg.it/2014/03/frana-tra-spotorno-e-noli-la-milano-sanremo-potrebbe-tornare-sulle-manie/

 

[barmaher]

This is getting ridiculous.

 

[SafeBet]

There has been a landslip in the town of Noli. Road is considered dangerous at the moment, so unless they have some crazy plan B in store, which I doubt, they'll have to bring Le Manie back.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

There has been a landslip in the town of Noli. Road is considered dangerous at the moment, so unless they have some crazy plan B in store, which I doubt, they'll have to bring Le Manie back.

In all the mess, I'm happy to see Le Manie back.

 

[icefire]

RCS should throw away the road book and ask the riders to follow the motos.

 

[Amsterdam]

Kwiatkowski said he probably rides Milano - San Remo.

 

[Netserk]

Kwiatkowski said he probably rides Milano - San Remo.

Weird that it wasn't on his original schedule with the harder route, but now with the easy one. :O

 

[gerundium]

Weird that it wasn't on his original schedule with the harder route, but now with the easy one. :O

I think he wants to capitalize on his amazing early season form now that he has the chance.

 

[scholar]

Weird that it wasn't on his original schedule with the harder route, but now with the easy one. :O

And for himself? Or for Boonen, Cavendish, Meersman, Tersptra, or even Štybar? I'm wetting my lips already.

 

[Afrank]

Le Manie back?

http://www.ivg.it/2014/03/frana-tra-spotorno-e-noli-la-milano-sanremo-potrebbe-tornare-sulle-manie/

At this rate we won't know the official route until the morning of.

Really hope Le Manie get's brought back, at this point the best decision would be to just stick with the same route we've had the last couple years instead of looking to find some way to change it. Besides, it offers a nice balance between different types of riders.