Tirreno - Adriatico 2016 09/03/16 - 15/03/16 2.UWT

[carolina]

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I'm willing to take an avatar bet on Sagan vs Van Avermaet: I think that GVA will do a better time than Sagan today

well, I need an avatar and I think sagan will do better.

the only problem is that you have one of the best avatars in here and it would be a shame to change it. unless, of course, I find another ridiculous picture of tinkov.

You have yourself a bet my friend! For how long? I might even be nice and give you my avatar

time to find you a new avatar

how about until the end of paris-roubaix?

 

[KGB]

I just, so the only thing avarmaet needs to get 3 monuments this year is to work with sagan in an attack. They just can't be both second . Together, they might even not allow fabian to leave.

Btw, sagan went a little bit too early today. Just watched the last kms and he went from like 300m, 50m before finish he was done and that's exactly when Avarmaet went past him in like 3 pedal strokes. One could start wondering, if Sagan is not playing something(like hiding in WCH or in Montreal few years back). This one is fifth consecutive duel between those two with the same result(one was actually for second in Flanders last year) that I can remember. Last year it's obvious Greg had been stronger, but it's starting to be hard to believe, that the cards have changed so much for them. Earlier, there was no way Sagan would be outsprinted by Greg in such a way, now is basically obvious that Greg is the favourite. The hard to believe part is not that Greg won, but the way he won. It looked like Sagan never stood a chance, both in Omloop and today.

Soson will destroy him in ITT tomorrow

And he did in ITT,just needs little bit of luck.Good form but Cancellara form is really scary.Sagan if not any mechanical or health issue will do better classic this seson then last year.Just not sure how they want to beat Cancellara in Flanders)with his form.

 

[Carols]

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Kind of bizarre to see GVA with a trident. It's a shocker!!!

Why is that bizarre? In the past riders like Cancellara, Pozzato and Freire have won it.

That was before they made it into a tougher race in 2009 and the GC boys started showing up. Winners like Evans, Nibali, Contador, and Quintana. That is what we (I?) have come to expect from this race.

 

[plooton]

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Did enough to win

The ultimate statement

Yeah...well pity Sagan didn't do it then

Ok maybe GVA should have beaten Cancelera with one hand behind his back ...would that be BIG enough for you

Geez so much sour grapes on here when a rider wins a race to the best of his ability ,including winning a stage[/quote]


Maybe I used wrong expression, I didn't meant it ironically, just liked how simply put it was.

 

[Tonton]

Of all the names in the poll, Pinot beat everyone...but Vino .

 

[Jakub]

Such a shame that GvA has won, such a shame. But a good ITT from Sagan!

 

[del1962]

Ultimately the race was decided by TTT

 

[jaylew]

Always good to see GVA win, though I wouldn't have minded Sagan either.

Spartacus is crushing it this year. It's going to be hard on any of those 3 if they don't pick up a monument this year, though GVA is pretty much already guaranteed a successful season with this win and Omloop.

 

[May0maniac]

With a long, really hilly stage filled with steep walls, for example the one that we saw in 2013, instead of the cancelled MTF it would have been a very nice route.

 

[May0maniac]

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Van Avermaet x Sagan is a better love story than Casar x LLS.

Their fangirls (the have fangirls, right?) could write a fewn naughty fanfics, although Thomas X Gallopin has, IMO even more potential.

 

[johnymax]

In the spirit of fair play, Team LottoNL-Jumbo called Tirreno-Adriatico race organiser RCS Sport to report that it incorrectly clocked Tom Leezer in the final time trial stage today. It has placed him as fifth, but his time was incorrectly fast.

Sports Director Jan Boven timed a ride much slower than the time RCS Sport reported for the stage. Fabian Cancellara (Trek - Segafredo) won the time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) retained the overall lead.

“I followed Tom during his time trial and I measured a time that was 20 seconds slower than Maarten Tjallingii’s,” sports director Jan Boven said. “Because we want the sport to be as fair as possible, we called the jury to say that the result was incorrect.”

 

[Jagartrott]

GVA is turning into a winner. He always had the racing instinct to be were he ought to be (i.e. in the right attacks etc.), but now he can even refrain from attacking too much and wasting energy before the home stretch. Bodes well for the classics, though Cancellara is mighty impressive.

 

[Billie]

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In the spirit of fair play, Team LottoNL-Jumbo called Tirreno-Adriatico race organiser RCS Sport to report that it incorrectly clocked Tom Leezer in the final time trial stage today. It has placed him as fifth, but his time was incorrectly fast.

Sports Director Jan Boven timed a ride much slower than the time RCS Sport reported for the stage. Fabian Cancellara (Trek - Segafredo) won the time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) retained the overall lead.

“I followed Tom during his time trial and I measured a time that was 20 seconds slower than Maarten Tjallingii’s,” sports director Jan Boven said. “Because we want the sport to be as fair as possible, we called the jury to say that the result was incorrect.”

RCS at their best this week wow

 

[Baldinger]

I'll bet the same thing happened to Cancellara. Way too fast.

 

[DNP-Old]

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In the spirit of fair play, Team LottoNL-Jumbo called Tirreno-Adriatico race organiser RCS Sport to report that it incorrectly clocked Tom Leezer in the final time trial stage today. It has placed him as fifth, but his time was incorrectly fast.

Sports Director Jan Boven timed a ride much slower than the time RCS Sport reported for the stage. Fabian Cancellara (Trek - Segafredo) won the time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) retained the overall lead.

“I followed Tom during his time trial and I measured a time that was 20 seconds slower than Maarten Tjallingii’s,” sports director Jan Boven said. “Because we want the sport to be as fair as possible, we called the jury to say that the result was incorrect.”

Wtf.

They just got free WorldTour points and didn't take them.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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In the spirit of fair play, Team LottoNL-Jumbo called Tirreno-Adriatico race organiser RCS Sport to report that it incorrectly clocked Tom Leezer in the final time trial stage today. It has placed him as fifth, but his time was incorrectly fast.

Sports Director Jan Boven timed a ride much slower than the time RCS Sport reported for the stage. Fabian Cancellara (Trek - Segafredo) won the time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) retained the overall lead.

“I followed Tom during his time trial and I measured a time that was 20 seconds slower than Maarten Tjallingii’s,” sports director Jan Boven said. “Because we want the sport to be as fair as possible, we called the jury to say that the result was incorrect.”

Wtf.

They just got free WorldTour points and didn't take them.

Only one WorldTour point.

 

[DNP-Old]

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In the spirit of fair play, Team LottoNL-Jumbo called Tirreno-Adriatico race organiser RCS Sport to report that it incorrectly clocked Tom Leezer in the final time trial stage today. It has placed him as fifth, but his time was incorrectly fast.

Sports Director Jan Boven timed a ride much slower than the time RCS Sport reported for the stage. Fabian Cancellara (Trek - Segafredo) won the time trial in San Benedetto del Tronto and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) retained the overall lead.

“I followed Tom during his time trial and I measured a time that was 20 seconds slower than Maarten Tjallingii’s,” sports director Jan Boven said. “Because we want the sport to be as fair as possible, we called the jury to say that the result was incorrect.”

Wtf.

They just got free WorldTour points and didn't take them.

Only one WorldTour point.

Marginal gains!

 

[GuyIncognito]

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I'm willing to take an avatar bet on Sagan vs Van Avermaet: I think that GVA will do a better time than Sagan today

well, I need an avatar and I think sagan will do better.

the only problem is that you have one of the best avatars in here and it would be a shame to change it. unless, of course, I find another ridiculous picture of tinkov.

You have yourself a bet my friend! For how long? I might even be nice and give you my avatar

time to find you a new avatar

how about until the end of paris-roubaix?

Let's be very very cruel to Hugo Koblet. Until Sagan wins a monument.

 

[Jancouver]

If Sagan is second in every race until he win Flanders or Roubaix, I'm OK with that.

... btw maybe a short sprint for the finish at the end of the TT would earn him the overall today?

 

[jaylew]

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Every single race that GVA won where Sagan was also competing, Sagan got 2nd. (literally every single race!)

Wow, nice find. I wasn't sure exactly what you meant so I had to look it up. GVA has 26 wins as a pro, but Sagan was only on the start list for 5 of them, every single one of which he finished 2nd.

 

[stephens]

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Ultimately the race was decided by TTT

The race was decided by Van Avermaet sitting on the back of the breakaway on stage 6 and not doing a single turn, so that he'd be fresh enough to outsprint Sagan (who did pull the group) and collect the bonus seconds that allowed him to win the overall. Yes, it's a win, but I won't forget how he won it. Not cool.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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I'm willing to take an avatar bet on Sagan vs Van Avermaet: I think that GVA will do a better time than Sagan today

well, I need an avatar and I think sagan will do better.

the only problem is that you have one of the best avatars in here and it would be a shame to change it. unless, of course, I find another ridiculous picture of tinkov.

You have yourself a bet my friend! For how long? I might even be nice and give you my avatar

time to find you a new avatar

how about until the end of paris-roubaix?

Let's be very very cruel to Hugo Koblet. Until Sagan wins a monument.

Well, I've already started to like this one, so I wouldn't even mind

 

[Jakub]

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Ultimately the race was decided by TTT

The race was decided by Van Avermaet sitting on the back of the breakaway on stage 6 and not doing a single turn, so that he'd be fresh enough to outsprint Sagan (who did pull the group) and collect the bonus seconds that allowed him to win the overall. Yes, it's a win, but I won't forget how he won it. Not cool.

Exacty, but GvA was never cool and he never will be cool. Hopefully it was his last win ever

 

[jaylew]

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Ultimately the race was decided by TTT

The race was decided by Van Avermaet sitting on the back of the breakaway on stage 6 and not doing a single turn, so that he'd be fresh enough to outsprint Sagan (who did pull the group) and collect the bonus seconds that allowed him to win the overall. Yes, it's a win, but I won't forget how he won it. Not cool.

Exacty, but GvA was never cool and he never will be cool. Hopefully it was his last win ever

GVA is class. This is going to be his year

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Ultimately the race was decided by TTT

The race was decided by Van Avermaet sitting on the back of the breakaway on stage 6 and not doing a single turn, so that he'd be fresh enough to outsprint Sagan (who did pull the group) and collect the bonus seconds that allowed him to win the overall. Yes, it's a win, but I won't forget how he won it. Not cool.

Exacty, but GvA was never cool and he never will be cool. Hopefully it was his last win ever

GVA is class. This is going to be his year

Exactly. He's gonna have a massive year. Not really sure why someone dislikes him. He's a very entertaining rider.