Strade Bianche 2014, March 8th, 1.1

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I think cannodale are going to mess this up with both their leaders

no problem though if you still have Gatto to win

 

[jens_attacks]

bradley wiggins will win this bike race.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

bradley wiggins will win this bike race.

and monkeys have learned the chinese alphabet

 

[jens_attacks]

and monkeys have learned the chinese alphabet

a future roubaix winner can take the win here easily

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

why? roubaix has as much to do with this race as a TDF mountain stage has to do with a dutch echelon stage

The sterrato is really uncomparable with cobbles. It's more of a normal hilly race than anything else.

 

[Netserk]

How many normal hilly races has Canc won?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

How many normal hilly races has Canc won?

I would consider RVV hilly.

 

[Netserk]

I would consider RVV hilly.

That has cobbles.

why? roubaix has as much to do with this race as a TDF mountain stage has to do with a dutch echelon stage

The sterrato is really uncomparable with cobbles. It's more of a normal hilly race than anything else.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

And San Remo, and (even in 2009), tour de Suisse. And T-A.

 

[Jancouver]

Samu FTW.
Well, probably not but good to see him back!

 

[Jspear]

and monkeys have learned the chinese alphabet

I was thinking the same thing. You just said it in such an elegant manner!

 

[Rollthedice]

What about Valverde?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

@netserk: oh I dunno, Cancellara won this thing called the Tour de Suisse, yeah they scrapped the mountains, but kept the hills. Also a thing called the Tirreno Adriatico with in it the Montelupone, but yeah, does a 20% steep thing really count as a hill? Guess not..
Nope, Cancellara never won a hilly race or stage race

 

[Eshnar]

@netserk: oh I dunno, Cancellara won this thing called the Tour de Suisse, yeah they scrapped the mountains, but kept the hills. Also a thing called the Tirreno Adriatico with in it the Montelupone, but yeah, does a 20% steep thing really count as a hill? Guess not..
Nope, Cancellara never won a hilly race or stage race

well he won those stage races by defending on the hills and winning thanks to the ITT right?
What about one-day races?
Anyway, personally I think the SB is an hybrid between RVV and AGR. It's neither of them though. And yes, sterrato is no cobbles, just as much as it is no tarmac.

 

[ILovecycling]

a future roubaix winner can take the win here easily

Yeah Sagan is an obvious favourite for Strade

 

[RiccoDinko]

ULISSI Diego
#1


Cannondale
1.MOSER Moreno [new]
2.BETTIOL Alberto [new]
3.BODNAR Maciej [new]
4.GATTO Oscar [new]
5.KOREN Kristjan [new]
6.KRIZEK Matthias [new]
7.MARANGONI Alan [new]
8.SAGAN Peter [new]


Androni Giocattoli
11.PELLIZOTTI Franco [new]
12.BANDIERA Marco [new]
13.BELLETTI Manuel [new]
14.FACCHINI Patrick [new]
15.HOOGERLAND Johnny [new]
16.PARRINELLO Antonio [new]
17.ROSA Diego [new]
18.ZORDAN Andrea [new]


Astana Pro Team
21.IGLINSKIY Maxim [new]
22.AGNOLI Valerio [new]
23.ARU Fabio [new]
24.GRIVKO Andriy [new]
25.GUARNIERI Jacopo [new]
26.KESSIAKOFF Fredrik [new]
27.LUTSENKO Aleksey [new]
28.TIRALONGO Paolo [new]



Bardiani - CSF
31.BOEM Nicola
32.CANOLA Marco
33.BARBIN Enrico
34.COLEDAN Marco
35.COLONNA Paolo
36.FORTIN Filippo
37.DE IESO Donato
38.RUFFONI Nicola


BMC Racing Team
41.EVANS Cadel [new]
42.ATAPUMA John Darwin [new]
43.QUINZIATO Manuel [new]
44.MORABITO Steve [new]
45.NERZ Dominik [new]
46.SCHAR Michael [new]
47.SáNCHEZ Samuel [new]
48.WARBASSE Larry [new]


Team Colombia
51.RUBIANO Miguel Angel
52.DíAZ Edward Fabián
53.DUARTE Fabio
55.PANTANO Jarlinson
56.PANTOJA Darwin Ferney
57.PAREDES Jonathan
58.TORRES Rodolfo Andres



IAM Cycling
61.LöFKVIST Thomas
62.BRANDLE Matthias
63.ELMIGER Martin
64.AREGGER Marcel
65.HOLLENSTEIN Reto
66.LANG Pirmin
67.LARSSON Gustav Erik
68.SCHELLING Patrick


Lampre - Merida
71.CUNEGO Damiano
72.BONIFAZIO Niccolo
73.CIMOLAI Davide
74.DODI Luca
75.PALINI Andrea
76.MORI Manuele
77.POZZATO Filippo
78.ULISSI Diego


Movistar Team
81.VALVERDE Alejandro
82.AMADOR Andrey
83.CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
84.INTXAUSTI Beñat
85.LASTRAS Pablo
86.SüTTERLIN Jasha
87.VENTOSO Fran
88.SANZ Enrique



MTN - Qhubeka
91.GERDEMANN Linus [new]
92.JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques [new]
93.NIYONSHUTI Adrien [new]
94.PARDILLA Sergio [new]
95.RUSSOM Meron [new]
96.JIM Songezo [new]
97.TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel [new]
98.VAN NIEKERK Dennis [new]


Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
101.CAVENDISH Mark [new]
102.GOLAS Michal [new]
103.KWIATKOWSKI Michal [new]
104.PETACCHI Alessandro [new]
105.POELS Wout [new]
106.RENSHAW Mark [new]
107.TRENTIN Matteo [new]
108.URAN Rigoberto [new]


Team Giant-Shimano
111.BARGUIL Warren
112.DUMOULIN Tom
113.FROHLINGER Johannes
114.GESCHKE Simon
115.LUDVIGSSON Tobias
116.PETERSON Tom
117.PREIDLER Georg
118.STAMSNIJDER Tom



Team Katusha
121.KOLOBNEV Alexandr
122.BELKOV Maxim
123.GUSEV Vladimir
124.KUCHYNSKI Aliaksandr
125.PAOLINI Luca
126.SELIG Rüdiger
127.VICIOSO Ángel
128.VORGANOV Eduard


Team Sky
131.WIGGINS Bradley [new]
132.EARLE Nathan [new]
133.EISEL Bernhard [new]
134.CATALDO Dario [new]
135.PUCCIO Salvatore [new]
136.ROWE Luke [new]
137.STANNARD Ian [new]
138.BOSWELL Ian [new]


Tinkoff-Saxo
141.BENNATI Daniele [new]
142.BOARO Manuele [new]
143.JUUL-JENSEN Christopher [new]
144.KREUZIGER Roman [new]
145.PAULINHO Sérgio [new]
146.MøRKøV Michael [new]
147.ROCHE Nicolas [new]
148.TOSATTO Matteo [new]



Trek Factory Racing
151.CANCELLARA Fabian
152.ALAFACI Eugenio
153.IRIZAR Markel
154.POPOVYCH Yaroslav
155.ROULSTON Hayden
156.VOIGT Jens
157.WATSON Calvin
158.ZOIDL Riccardo


UnitedHealthcare
161.BAZZANA Alessandro [new]
162.DAY Benjamin [new]
163.DE MAAR Marc [new]
164.EUSER Lucas [new]
165.FRATTINI Davide [new]
166.JONES Chris [new]
167.MAASKANT Martijn [new]
168.REIJNEN Kiel [new]


Neri sottoli.it - Yello...
171.PONZI Simone [new]
172.CONTI Samuele [new]
173.FAILLI Francesco [new]
174.FEDI Andrea [new]
175.FINETTO Mauro [new]
176.RABOTTINI Matteo [new]
177.TABORRE Fabio [new]
178.TEDESCHI Mirko [new]

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sterrato needs none of the qualities you need on cobbled. Much more the qualities you need in downhills tho

 

[sir fly]

Sterrato needs none of the qualities you need on cobbled. Much more the qualities you need in downhills tho

There are similarities.
Riders have to be able to tolerate the stress that surface brings, and to know how to save the equipment.

 

[Sykhrzon]

What about Valverde?

I think he can podium.

Since the last climb is very steep, the final suits him very well. He is not a gravel and cobble-rider, but he is definitely a better all-rounder than most of the real climbers.

 

[manafana]

just watched the run in from 2013 has me excited already seriously good race.

 

[Jelantik]

bradley wiggins will win this bike race.

start brushing up your rain dance. Should be entertaining

 

[contessador]

lol...

If Sir Wiggo wins this race (in the rain) I have to replace my Nibali avatar for him

 

[mewmewmew13]

start brushing up your rain dance. Should be entertaining

hoping!
then watch Fabs pedal…

what's the weather report?

 

[Afrank]

hoping!
then watch Fabs pedal…

what's the weather report?

Via Barmaher

Weather is set fair this weekend. 15c and sunny.

Ain't that always how it is, when we want good weather it's bad to the point the race gets canceled or altered, when we want bad weather it's nice and sunny.

 

[Netserk]

@netserk: oh I dunno, Cancellara won this thing called the Tour de Suisse, yeah they scrapped the mountains, but kept the hills. Also a thing called the Tirreno Adriatico with in it the Montelupone, but yeah, does a 20% steep thing really count as a hill? Guess not..
Nope, Cancellara never won a hilly race or stage race

By the same logic, Contador is good on cobbles because he won a stage race including them. And the same for sterrato.

So Strade Bianche is just a normal hilly race, yet the only normal hilly race Cancellara have ever won, which he won twice (No, I don't consider M-SR or RVV normal hilly races).