Should Milan-San Remo 2013 be Cancelled?

[Miburo]

No Le manie now... Is it still worth it?

I think we should still have it, just for the sake of the fans. Whoever wins this one still really deserves it in these conditions but yea not really MSR anymore.

 

[Eshnar]

it's not a Sanremo anymore, but not because of the cancellation of Le Manie... it's because it lacks half of the lenght

 

[cineteq]

The conditions make the race very tough regardless, YES go ahead with it.

 

[Miburo]

it's not a Sanremo anymore, but not because of the cancellation of Le Manie... it's because it lacks half of the lenght

Yea true, the lack of 50 km wasn't so so bad but now without le manie and the distance...

 

[spalco]

No, but it shouldn't be called Milan-San Remo anymore and the winner shouldn't be considered a winner of Milan San remo.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Any race is better than no race.

 

[Ferminal]

I demand a Cancellara neutralisation.

 

[cineteq]

The purists are having a hard time with this.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nah! Seems organizers have found a way to have a race under safe conditions.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Let's cancel. It's just not MSR if they leave out a climb which has been in this historic race for 5 whole years. The first 97 editions weren't valid without it.

 

[Ferminal]

Let's cancel. It's just not MSR if they leave out a climb which has been in this historic race for 5 whole years. The first 97 editions weren't valid without it.

Le Manie is the reason?

 

[Roderick]

Let's cancel. It's just not MSR if they leave out a climb which has been in this historic race for 5 whole years. The first 97 editions weren't valid without it.

It's not really about cancelling Turchino and Le Manie, but about the lack of KM

 

[LaFlorecita]

No, but it shouldn't be called Milan-San Remo anymore and the winner shouldn't be considered a winner of Milan San remo.

This pretty much. This race isn't MSR anymore

 

[Eshnar]

Let's cancel. It's just not MSR if they leave out a climb which has been in this historic race for 5 whole years. The first 97 editions weren't valid without it.

Who cares of Le Manie.
This race has already been split in two halves. Riders will now race for 120 kms or so. This is just a farce.
I'm not saying it will be a bad race, probably the weather will make it hard enough, but it really isn't a monument. Whoever wins today will not have won a MSR, even tho it will result as such.

 

[Afrank]

No, don't cancel it. A lot of riders have been preparing specifically for this race. But it's definitely not the same race anymore.

They should have just made them ride through the snow. That would have been an epic and deserving win!

 

[cineteq]

Who cares of Le Manie.
This race has already been split in two halves. Riders will now race for 120 kms or so. This is just a farce.
I'm not saying it will be a bad race, probably the weather will make it hard enough, but it really isn't a monument. Whoever wins today will not have won a MSR, even tho it will result as such.

Who cares if it's a monument or not. We want to see a race, that's the bottom line.

 

[Eshnar]

Who cares if it's a monument or not. We want to see a race, that's the bottom line.

Let's call it another way then.

 

[cineteq]

Let's call it another way then.

Why? It is what it is. How about "MSR under extreme weather conditions"?

 

[Eshnar]

Why? It is what it is. How about "MSR under extreme weather conditions"?

because it is not a MSR.
It's a Milano-Ovada / Cogoleto - Sanremo.

 

[cineteq]

because it is not a MSR.
It's a Milano-Ovada / Cogoleto - Sanremo.

It started in Milano and it will end in San Remo, so yes, it can be called MSR.

 

[Eshnar]

It started in Milano and it will end in San Remo, so yes, it can be called MSR.

It started in Cogoleto.
Milano - Ovada was stage 1.

 

[jens_attacks]

it's a very though race,don't be ridiculous
even better for us,they will go super hard on cipressa and poggio
the show must go on

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Whilst we're at it, shall we declare the P-R not a real P-R if we don't get some rain? How about the TdF not a real one without going through a field of sunflowers. Ridiculous. The winner this year will have had to face to different challenges to usual, but no less demanding.

 

[El Pistolero]

Whilst we're at it, shall we declare the P-R not a real P-R if we don't get some rain? How about the TdF not a real one without going through a field of sunflowers. Ridiculous. The winner this year will have had to face to different challenges to usual, but no less demanding.

Since when is P-R characterized by rain? It's characterized by its brutal cobblestone sectors. Paris-Roubaix is more characterized by a Dust Bowl than by rain.

 

[Roderick]

Since when is P-R characterized by rain? It's characterized by its brutal cobblestone sectors.

But Milan - San Remo isn't characterized by Le Manie and Turchino. It is characterized by it's lenght. And that's the problem now