Paris-Nice 2022 (03/06 - 03/13)

[sir fly]

No huge fireworks but pretty selective.
An attritional day.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Mayomaniac]

Franck Bonnamour has impressed me over the last year or so, a quality breakaway rider.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice post-race interview by McNulty, he looked and sounded a bit pooped out, but he seems like a generally nice and humble guy. Hope to see more victories from him.

 

[jaylew]

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Franck Bonnamour has impressed me over the last year or so, a quality breakaway rider.

But people say UNOx should go to the Tour instead

 

[RedheadDane]

Me, seeing that McNulty won: Oh, nice of Pogacar to let him... oh, wait... wrong race...

 

[jmdirt]

WOOHOO BMc!

 

[Sciatic]

Simon Yates must be the most random cyclist in the peloton.
In his day he can be very good TTer and the best climber.. When he is off, he can be terrible. Thing is you never know who is gonna show.

About Jumbo, completely expected performance 1-2 was pretty much locked for WVA and Roglic an Denis seemed to save himself (??) for the TT.

Sure it could tell you what it is but it still doesn’t mean you know what you get. It could sound amazing but actually taste awful and nothing like it sounded.

It also depended on the company making them—some included a map of what was in each square, others did not. At least that is as the case for that era.

 

[SHAD0W93]

It also depended on the company making them—some included a map of what was in each square, others did not. At least that is as the case for that era.

True but I meant they could tell you whatever flavor it is going to be and the flavor sounds good but you try it and it isn’t and not what you were expecting is what I meant.

 

[roundabout]

I'd rather have all fringe GC top-10 riders race like Martin than do nothing and try to lose the least amount of time possible once dropped.

 

[Sciatic]

True but I meant they could tell you whatever flavor it is going to be and the flavor sounds good but you try it and it isn’t and not what you were expecting is what I meant.

So true! It’s why I never liked gift boxes of chocolates that much!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

You can tell how a stage went when posters start discussing chocolates (not that there's anything wrong with that, good chocolate is just delicious)... are they discussing chocolates in the T-A thread as well? I haven't had time to catch up yet.

 

[Escarabajo]

I have such high expectations for Martinez. They should be careful with him. The only weak point is his descending skills. We'll see how he evolves this year.

 

[Red Rick]

It appears that my quest to find all the climbers better than Wout van Aert is not yet at an end

 

[Roku]

I think INEOS and Mitchelton missed a nice chance to dethrone Roglic today. I didn't expect Van Aert to be so bad, but it was obvious this team was vulnerable in the mountains and today was the hardest stage.

Last stage might be anoher chance but Turini (if ridden) is a great fit for Roglic.

 

[SHAD0W93]

You can tell how a stage went when posters start discussing chocolates (not that there's anything wrong with that, good chocolate is just delicious)... are they discussing chocolates in the T-A thread as well? I haven't had time to catch up yet.

Probably discussing pasta.

Is the forum super slow for anyone else?

 

[AlfaLum]

I think INEOS and Mitchelton missed a nice chance to dethrone Roglic today. I didn't expect Van Aert to be so bad, but it was obvious this team was vulnerable in the mountains and today was the hardest stage.

Last stage might be anoher chance but Turini (if ridden) is a great fit for Roglic.

Agreed. I had expected the Yates brothers and Quintana to try a bit more for sure. I think it was possible here to hurt Roglic.

Still the last stage could be the best opportunity, so we are up for an exciting weekend with this stage race.

 

[Lequack]

Some pics

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to McNulty for taking the win. Hard not to be happy he made it through.

As for Jumbo Visma. Dennis demonstrating how invaluable he already is for the team. As for the rest. I must say that i am a bit disappointed. First mountain stage and for your leader to get isolated in such way. Not cool.

Roglič luckily responded accordingly. Especially by closing that Martínez attack all by himself in a stomp fashion.

Rightful owner of the Yellow jersey.

 

[Red Rick]

Whats the Turini forecast like now?

 

[Bonimenier]

Whats the Turini forecast like now?

Still a good chance it snows saturday.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Still a good chance it snows saturday.

Probably RIP Turini 2022.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Probably RIP Turini 2022.

Why? Its finishing uphill. They better *** ride unless its -10 snowstorm

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Why? Its finishing uphill. They better *** ride unless its -10 snowstorm

You never know what the organizers will do.