Tirreno-Adriatico 2019, March 13-19

[Lequack]

Yeah the 2019 Adam is something else. Throw all the previous results into the bin.

 

[Blanco]

Re: Re:

Good day for the top 3 in GC - Have 30 riders contesting the final in the upcoming stages which means tyhe shouldn't lose any time before the final ITT and maybe one can pinch bonus seconds.

Lol no chance. Have you seen the profiles. There will be gaps at the top. Not big gaps but riders will lose time. Even among the favourites.

I suspect the profiles aren't as hard as expected - There will be minimal gaps if riders are at their level.

Very wrong.

 

[search]

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Context matters. Has Adam ever had the lead and riding this impressive before an ITT like this? He might perform better than usual.

he also was the best on both hill top finishes last year (although finishing 2nd behind Roglic in the 1st one, who attacked early on). Sure there is a chance, but I'd think Roglic is still the favorite to take the overall

 

[Broccolidwarf]

DD in the break today

That is possibly the first positive TV time their jersey gets this year, as they have spent every race so far at the back of the peloton....

..... it seems like a team with no direction and a complete lack of coherent team tactics.

 

[topt]

are there bonus seconds also in the TT tomorrow ?

 

[search]

no, there are not. In fact, UCI rules don't even allow time bonuses to be awarded in time trial stages

 

[DNP-Old]

Julian is a god.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

wolf pack again

 

[Red Rick]

What the hell was that.

 

[Rollthedice]

Now I have seen it all.

 

[DNP-Old]

Consonni is awful as a lead-out, he needs to go.

 

[shalgo]

Alaphilippe solidifying the Bettini comparisons.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Hahaha dafuq...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Alexandre B.]

Whoever is on Richeze's wheel win.

That was Viviani's mistake.

 

[jaylew]

That was a weird sprint.

 

[Baldinger]

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Whoever is on Richeze's wheel win.

That was Viviani's mistake.

Didn't look like a mistake to me. More like a weird plan successfully executed.

 

[JosephK]

Another feather in Ala's already heavily feathered cap.

 

[Screecher]

QS is just too strong, Bora and UAE can't compete with that. QS could lead out pretty much anyone on their team and they'd have a good chance of winning.

 

[PeterB]

When you expect the lead out to drop out and they surprise you by sprinting for themselves

 

[JosephK]

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Yeah the 2019 Adam is something else. Throw all the previous results into the bin.

Yes. Adam's emergence is looking a lot like Simon's last year. Remember Simon's dramatic time-trialing improvement last year?

 

[PeterB]

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Whoever is on Richeze's wheel win.

That was Viviani's mistake.

Didn't look like a mistake to me. More like a weird plan successfully executed.

Did you see Viviani's initial reaction after crossing the finish line? That did not seem like celebration.

 

[Lequack]

Re: Re:

Yeah the 2019 Adam is something else. Throw all the previous results into the bin.

Yes. Adam's emergence is looking a lot like Simon's last year. Remember Simon's dramatic time-trialing improvement last year?

I mostly remember how dominant he was in the Giro before those final few days. Literally jumped away from Dumoulin, Froome and others like he was on a training ride, Dumoulin then said noone even thought about following they were all at the max. Reminiscent of how Adam rode away from Roglic and others yesterday. So yeah, he's definitely not losing 25 sec in the TT.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wtf... Alaphilippe winning bunch sprints?

 

[yaco]

Viviani does have a habit of often following a key wheel, as opposed to his lead out train - It seems to work enough.