Strade Bianche 2024, March 2, one-day classic (men's)

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Rackham

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I have no idea what Sepp Kuss was doing in this race, especially as Paris-Nice starts tomorrow & Vingegaard is riding Tirreno.

It would have made more sense to split their GT winners between the one week WT stage races & leave Strade to the one day specialists.
 
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Rackham said:
I have no idea what Sepp Kuss was doing in this race, especially as Paris-Nice starts tomorrow & Vingegaard is riding Tirreno.

It would have made more sense to split their GT winners between the one week WT stage races & leave Strade to the one day specialists.
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Kuss rides Catalunya and Itzulia. Wouldn't make sense to add Paris-Nice, and Catalunya is the spring stage race that suits him best.
 
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Netserk said:
Kuss rides Catalunya and Itzulia. Wouldn't make sense to add Paris-Nice, and Catalunya is the spring stage race that suits him best.
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Okay then. I hope he had fun getting blown off Pog's wheel & left behind in the mud today.

Seriously though, Strade is a very atypical race & not exactly useful for anything in terms of season planning. A lot was said after the TdF route presentation about Strade being a good prep for the gravel stage in July but IMO it's apples & oranges.

It seems like it was a massive waste of time for Kuss.
 
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Rackham said:
Okay then. I hope he had fun getting blown off Pog's wheel & left behind in the mud today.

Seriously though, Strade is a very atypical race & not exactly useful for anything in terms of season planning. A lot was said after the TdF route presentation about Strade being a good prep for the gravel stage in July but IMO it's apples & oranges.

It seems like it was a massive waste of time for Kuss.
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Kuss knows his place. First Remco and now Teddy.
 
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Rackham said:
Okay then. I hope he had fun getting blown off Pog's wheel & left behind in the mud today.

Seriously though, Strade is a very atypical race & not exactly useful for anything in terms of season planning. A lot was said after the TdF route presentation about Strade being a good prep for the gravel stage in July but IMO it's apples & oranges.

It seems like it was a massive waste of time for Kuss.
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Maybe he just wanted to give it a try? It’s not something that set back his training, and since Visma made him a GT winner maybe he gets more leeway to choose some of his schedule?
 
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This was probably the most impressive solo in a classic since Bernard Hinault in Liège 1980. The Frenchman did a 77 km solo through the snow. Hennie Kuiper finished second at 9'24". :openmouth:

Bettini in Zürich 2005 won by 2'57", which is thirteen seconds more than Pogacar today, but I don't know how long Bettini's solo was.

Pogacar did 81 km solo. Does anyone know of a longer successful solo in a classic?
 
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Strong opening to the 2024 season from Pogacar. I'm sure he and his team are happy with this dominant victory.

But from an entertainment point of view as far as Strade Bianche is concerned, this years rendition was subpar. Very bold from Pogacar to attack with 80 km remaining so kudos to him but with the way the other riders reacted I'm sure he attacks from 100 km next time.

I do not understand why they didn't even try to make a cohesive effort to bring him back. Spineless.

Lastly I'm surprised teams have yet to cooperate when it comes to dealing with the likes of Poga, Remco or MvP.
 
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Pantani_lives said:
This was probably the most impressive solo in a classic since Bernard Hinault in Liège 1980. The Frenchman did a 77 km solo through the snow. Hennie Kuiper finished second at 9'24". :openmouth:

Bettini in Zürich 2005 won by 2'57", which is thirteen seconds more than Pogacar today, but I don't know how long Bettini's solo was.

Pogacar did 81 km solo. Does anyone know of a longer successful solo in a classic?
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Valverde(!?) apparently did a 70km solo to win in Murica in 2017, putting 2 minutes into the group, can't seem to find footage of the race though.

Lutsenko 80km in Coppa Sabatini
 
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Pantani_lives said:
This was probably the most impressive solo in a classic since Bernard Hinault in Liège 1980. The Frenchman did a 77 km solo through the snow. Hennie Kuiper finished second at 9'24". :openmouth:

Bettini in Zürich 2005 won by 2'57", which is thirteen seconds more than Pogacar today, but I don't know how long Bettini's solo was.

Pogacar did 81 km solo. Does anyone know of a longer successful solo in a classic?
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2021 Paris-Roubaix was close.
 
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pelotonIQ said:
Strong opening to the 2024 season from Pogacar. I'm sure he and his team are happy with this dominant victory.

But from an entertainment point of view as far as Strade Bianche is concerned, this years rendition was subpar. Very bold from Pogacar to attack with 80 km remaining so kudos to him but with the way the other riders reacted I'm sure he attacks from 100 km next time.

I do not understand why they didn't even try to make a cohesive effort to bring him back. Spineless.

Lastly I'm surprised teams have yet to cooperate when it comes to dealing with the likes of Poga, Remco or MvP.
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He gave everyone the heads up where he was gonna attack.

Bad-ass and pure entertainment.
 
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Krzysztof_O said:
Even without Pog the gaps were significant. With him they were gigantic. With added distance and changing weather it was a true race of attrition, classy riders riding 3-5 minutes behind Pog looked very tired at the end.
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It seems like it was a hard race from the beginning.

When we hit the live pictures about 100k into the race I think they said they had been going at 40-41 km/h, which is pretty fast given the route and the climbs.

Pog only had Del Toro and Wellens left... when the next sector coming up was Monte Sante Marie. Wellens went to the front and just started do decimate the already small peloton, like a lead-out for Pog, and then he went on a bit of a slope half-way into Sante Marie. Gone immediately. The rest is history.
 
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Salvarani said:
It seems like it was a hard race from the beginning.

When we hit the live pictures about 100k into the race I think they said they had been going at 40-41 km/h, which is pretty fast given the route and the climbs.

Pog only had Del Toro and Wellens left... when the next sector coming up was Monte Sante Marie. Wellens went to the front and just started do decimate the already small peloton, like a lead-out for Pog, and then he went on a bit of a slope half-way into Sante Marie. Gone immediately. The rest is history.
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That's why I don't think the rest could've done much better in terms of chasing. They were already tired when Pog attacked (as Pidcock said). It was a demolition of epic proportions. An important factor was the weather - it was good for Pog and contributed to the magnitude of his win.
 
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Krzysztof_O said:
That's why I don't think the rest could do much better in terms of chasing. They were already more tired than Pog. It was a demolition of epic proportions. An important factor was the weather - it was good for Pog.
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Yes, but it was also planned to perfection by him and the team. He said he was gonna attack there. He knew his form and preparation/hard work put in during the winter must have been very good. He was confident in winning this one, no doubt about it.

That it rained was a nice touch, for him, but I dont think it was a huge factor in this win.

I think nobody beats Pog today and he knew that too.
 
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Didn't manage to watch the race live, but I did watch the replay, and wow what a race it was. Hats off to Pog for absolutely monster ride, although it did make the race a bit predictable in the end. But nonetheless, what a spectacular scenery, fans, just a wonderful race.

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