Tirreno-Adriatico 2012 Stage 6: Offida-Offida, 181km

[taiwan]

A hilly circuit, not bad for a break, but there are riders closer to the GC who'll be interested, so the real action might happen in the final kms. Scarponi will undoubtedly be involved, trying to salvage something now that the GC win is out of reach. Di Luca is a good shout though, as he apparently has good form, but was set back by a crash in the previous stage. Visconti may well have been targetting this stage. Sagan is probably worth a mention too, if he hasn't been slapped on the wrists by his team. Rodriguez is another rider who might have a go at this, even if his climbing is sub optimal at the moment.

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Top ten of comparable stages in previous editions:

2011:

EVANS Cadel BMC 4h37'58"
VISCONTI Giovanni FAR
SCARPONI Michele LAM
NIBALI Vincenzo LIQ
BASSO Ivan LIQ
POELS Wout VCD
GARZELLI Stefano ASA
GESINK Robert RAB
GILBERT Philippe OLO
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto RSH

2010:

IGNATIEV Mikhail KAT 3h18'09"
GARZELLI Stefano ASA 05"
EVANS Cadel BMC 05"
GESINK Robert RAB 07"
VAUGRENARD Beno?t FDJ 07"
SCARPONI Michele AND 07"
ROGERS Michael THR 07"
GAVAZZI Francesco LAM 09"
POZZOVIVO Domenico COG 11"
URAN URAN Rigoberto GCE 11"

2009:

SCARPONI Michele SDA 6h36'11"
GARZELLI Stefano ASA 01"
BASSO Ivan LIQ 03"
DI LUCA Danilo LPR 01'09"
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin GCE 01'11"
EL FARES Julien COF 01'15"
REBELLIN Davide SDA 01'15"
MAZZANTI Luca KAT 01'15"
L?FKVIST Thomas THR 01'15"
PIETROPOLLI Daniele LPR 01'15"

 

[taiwan]

OK I give up. How do you delete a redundant thread again?

 

[Froome19]

There's already a thread for this but this one is more detailed.
Sagan saved his energy today (I only heard rumours of his working for Nibali on the descent) and i would feel pretty nervous if I was the DS of liquigas tomorow, it would be hard to stop him going for the win.
EBH hasnt really shown much climbing form but he is evidently in good form never the less, if he looks at the route and thinks he can go for it he will try and could be a big favorite, if not dont be suprised to see him finish in the grupetto with the rest of the san remo top 10 (bar sagan)