Tirreno-Adriatico 2012 (07.03.-13.03.)

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Love these graphics that RCS do.

Lets have Purito Rodriguez FTW please. I hope Poels goes well again, and that Garzelli can go out with a bang.
 
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Parrulo said:
looks pretty good to me only thing i don't like is the TTT but if contador is there should make some interesting racing has he will need to regain time on evans

gotta love tirreno and how they wamr up the rider's engines on their way to M-SR with a 252k stage :p
Prati di Tivo will suffice.

What a crazy course, two real serious mountain stages! Suck it, Paris-Nice.
 
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Yeah, it's really great that they've made Chieti stage that long and with Passo Lanciano, it just can't be boring no matter that a stage with mtf features next day. TA designers are doing THE GREAT JOB once again!
 
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Prati di Tivo will suffice.

What a crazy course, two real serious mountain stages! Suck it, Paris-Nice.

shhh at least try to keep the suspense for the evans fans :p

i also love how the 252k stage doesn't end on a big mountain but on small steep hills from the looks of it.
 
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Oh, no. Is Bert riding? hope it stays close enough that the bonifications come into play.
 
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shhh at least try to keep the suspense for the evans fans :p

i also love how the 252k stage doesn't end on a big mountain but on small steep hills from the looks of it.
Finishes on the Via Salomone, that's where Scarponi won last year. Great finish.
 
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awesome awesome!

love it that someone in this world still has the balls to put 250 +km stages,passo lanciao,cool stage.

on prati di tivo,i already see the winner,basically that is the mountain of abruzzo.he will come and strike the peloton like a rocket.even contador won't do nothing about it.
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let's hope for another spectacular tirreno-adriatico.
 
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Cracking route. Where are all the "Paris-Nice is the best week long race on the calendar" folks now?
 
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But however fangirlish, she has a point. Contador is usually the man to beat in Paris-Nice, why should it be otherwise in a Tirreno which even seems to be changed to suit his characteristics, with a real MTF.

Scarponi will be good as well of course, but he's no match for El Pistolero (the rider I mean, not the forum poster).

Like when he almost did pass a totally wrecked AC in the Giro Queen stage`? :rolleyes:
 
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Like when he almost did pass a totally wrecked AC in the Giro Queen stage`? :rolleyes:

Well its nice to see a Cadel fan aknowledge that Scarponi does have some talent, I suppose:p

The argument so far has been that Scarponi is a poor man's Damiano Cunego and that him coming 2nd shows that the Giro had the worst lineup in GT history, and not one of the participants would have come top 20 in the Tour de France etc etc.

Its an interesting logic, that coming 10 s behind someone on 1 stage, while losing 2 minutes two days earlier and a minute the day before, makes you equal to them but I guess we are on the same page regarding our belief in Michelles abilities:)