Strade Bianche 2026, March 7, one-day race

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The best of the rest (2nd place behind Teddy or sensational winner)

  • Pidcock

    Votes: 21 21.4%
  • Del Toro

    Votes: 32 32.7%
  • Healy

    Votes: 4 4.1%
  • Seixas

    Votes: 27 27.6%
  • Van Aert

    Votes: 3 3.1%
  • Simmons

    Votes: 4 4.1%
  • Carapaz

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Jorgenson

    Votes: 4 4.1%
  • another guy

    Votes: 3 3.1%

  • Total voters
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Sep 4, 2017
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They might, but it's hardly ever been tried before (which baffles me). Seeing UAE aren't particularly impressive when it comes to tactics, they might completely botch it.
And even though Pog might bridge it on his own, I agree that it's at least worth trying for once.
Lombardia 2024 had a strong breakaway but Pogacar just mowed them all down and the gaps in that race were enormous.
 
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Sep 26, 2020
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Hope Pog has a bad season. Just to get some new faces in the mix. Good race no matter what.

He's already changed his hair so the face could be next on the list.

So is Paul Sixass the favorite?

If he's really the Messiah, then I expect him to perform a miracle or two this season, like turning Jay Vine into water or something.
 
Sep 5, 2016
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When Pogi and Toro had worked together for a while, Toro got tired and Pogi waited for him until Toro couldn't hang on
This is more of what happened, Pog brainwashed Del Toro into the breakaway idea, Del Toro had trained, drank coffee, hung around, ate with Pogacar before Worlds and maybe he got it in his mind, I am this good, Pog says and acts like I am...but in real life Isaac couldn't hold the wheel, was in danger of blowing up, he backed down a few watts, settled in and got a decent result.
There are a couple of guys with results, Jan Christen and Florian Vermeersch both are quality, can they win the race? Who knows, but if they go up front and act like it other teams need to respect and do some chasing..
In my opinion, EF has two good plays in Richard Carapaz and Ben Healy, team and both guys are due.
Race might be hotter pace than expected earlier, don't know if average speed will be up a bit just because more pavement and little less gravel.
Same thing with Quinn Simmons, he will be chased and his crazy, scattergun style is known so if he takes a flyer, teams will send chasers for him to drag along like unwanted train cars. Plenty of good quality riders, sort of weird that Pogacar crashed at Strade, crashed at TDF and fell a few other times, but because he popped up it's not widely discussed characteristic of last years racing.
 
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There can only be one Tommy V. tbo and he's not in the game any more. Then again would love to see a situation so serious in a race that Pogi shouts and throws the bottle down the way Tommy did! :D Wasn't fakie.
 

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