The Grand Monument Elimination Game

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I feel like I can recite the commentary almost word for word and I dont even speak Italian
What's impossible to replicate when you watch a clip 4 years later knowing the results, is how much tension we all felt watching that, how exciting that finale was. One of my most memorable afternnoons watching racing. Grandissimo Vincenzo

It's why Sanremo might be my favourite race (I don't know for sure). Yes the whole race is 7 hours of nothing, yes is usually a bunch sprints, yes nothing happens on Cipressa, yes the 280km are dull and you have to find something to do with your Saturday (god forbid). But for that final 15 minutes the whole cycling world stops what its doing and is engrossed in that tactical battle up and over the poggio into Sanremo
 
What's impossible to replicate when you watch a clip 4 years later knowing the results, is how much tension we all felt watching that, how exciting that finale was. One of my most memorable afternnoons watching racing. Grandissimo Vincenzo

It's why Sanremo might be my favourite race (I don't know for sure). Yes the whole race is 7 hours of nothing, yes is usually a bunch sprints, yes nothing happens on Cipressa, yes the 280km are dull and you have to find something to do with your Saturday (god forbid). But for that final 15 minutes the whole cycling world stops what its doing and is engrossed in that tactical battle up and over the poggio into Sanremo

I agree (apart from feeling any tension when Nibali was away) a lot. It fortunately isn't usually a bunch sprint anymore.
 
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Man this is really tough for monuments. I honestly do have to look up some of them just to remind myself what happened at what race. Also, we don't have a current standing yet, right? Anyway:

Heal: Lombardia 2018
Hurt: LBL 2016
 
Man this is really tough for monuments. I honestly do have to look up some of them just to remind myself what happened at what race. Also, we don't have a current standing yet, right? Anyway:

Heal: Lombardia 2018
Hurt: LBL 2016
The first standings are on the OP, the standings won’t come out for about 6-7 hours after the vote reset due to me living in the US and not being awake during the early morning hours.
 
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Every couple of days I’ll post the standings not just on the OP, so here are the standings for today
2012 MSR-20
2012 RVV-18(-2)
2012 PR-20
2012 LBL-20
2012Lombardia-20
2013 MSR-19(+1)
2013 RVV-18(-2)
2013 PR-20
2013 LBL-20
2013 Lombardia-20
2014 MSR-20
2014 RVV-20
2014 PR-20
2014 LBL-15(+1)
2014 Lombardia-16(-2)
2015 MSR-18(-2)
2015 RVV-20
2015 PR-20
2015 LBL-20
2015 Lombardia-20
2016 MSR-14(-2)
2016 RVV-19(-1)
2016 PR-22
2016 LBL-20(-1)
2016 Lombardia-22(+2)
2017 MSR-20
2017 RVV-23
2017 PR-20
2017 LBL-20
2017 Lombardia-21(+1)
2018 MSR-22
2018 RVV-20
2018 PR-20
2018 LBL-18(-2)
2018 Lombardia-23(+1)
2019 MSR-20
2019 RVV-20
2019 PR-20
2019 LBL-18
2019 Lombardia-20
2020 MSR-20
2020 RVV-20
2020 LBL-19
2020 Lombardia-20
2021 MSR-21(
2021 RVV-20
2021 PR-21
2021 LBL-20
2021 Lombardia-19(+1)
 

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