Tirreno-Adriatico 2019, March 13-19

[yaco]

Yates ITT skills - I want to see how Durbridge performs in the ITT - Had a surprise victory over Dennis in the Nationals, though he does prefer a longer ITT - Durbo does a top 5 and it could be due to more effective equipment.

 

[krakenKE]

LOL, congrats to Alaphilippe

 

[Red Rick]

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Wtf... Alaphilippe winning bunch sprints?

It was slightly uphill

 

[Wvv]

GVA had to launch from 500 meters, could've had a bigger shot at this if he was in a better position. But QuickStep was incredible again. If Alaphilippe didn't make it (and dragged Cimolai along that much), Viviani would've won it anyway.

 

[sir fly]

Alaphilippe getting ready for the weekend.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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

Something that ASO forgot for a few hours last week...

 

[Koronin]

Re: Re:

Wtf... Alaphilippe winning bunch sprints?

It was slightly uphill

Slightly uphill and chaotic.

 

[armchairclimber]

Gaviria finding more ways to lose.

 

[Lequack]

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Gaviria finding more ways to lose.

If he'd had Kristoff as his leadout it would be a perfect combination.

 

[DNP-Old]

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Gaviria finding more ways to lose.

If he'd had Kristoff as his leadout it would be a perfect combination.

I’m glad Kristoff will have lead out duties in TDF. Consonni seems too bothered with his own results. Matxin needs to put him in his place.

 

[Lequack]

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Alaphilippe getting ready for the weekend.

https://twitter.com/DanyProCycling/status/1107727575701430272

Also some watts:

 

[tobydawq]

Tomorrow's TT is really going to be something. Apart from some Sky guys, all the best TT'ers in the world are present in this race. My money is on Stefan Küng because I was shocked that Dennis didn't win the Australian Nationals.

 

[Jagartrott]

What about Campenaerts? He should be in quite good form.

 

[JosephK]

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What about Campenaerts? He should be in quite good form.

I am picking Yates. lol :lol:

 

[DNP-Old]

Ganna is in tremendous form too after the Worlds on the track. He mopped the floor with everyone earlier in Provence.

 

[search]

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Ganna is in tremendous form too after the Worlds on the track. He mopped the floor with everyone earlier in Provence.

as usual, at this time of the year, and he still didn't finish any better than 23rd and 28th so far .

But to be fair, the Pinarello is probably a better TT bike, and he should do a bit better at least.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Alaphilippe getting ready for the weekend.

https://twitter.com/DanyProCycling/status/1107727575701430272

Also some watts:

Interestingly low power numbers in fact, a sign of a messy approach and sprint. Also probably influenced by the slight gradient, forcing riders to sustain quite high power numbers in a way that made it hard to get the very high max power numbers you see when bunch sprinters really accelerate.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Fuglsang is such a question mark for me tomorrow, his TTs are hot and cold...... he looks in great shape, but would definitely prefer a more technical route.

I am also wondering what the short distance means, in terms of the specialists..... is it to their advantage or the contrary? - I should think the latter, as their speciality is maintaining high speed, for a long time...... But then, looking at the route, there are 3 corners on the entire route, the rest is dead straight and flat as a pancake..... which swings it back to the specialists.

Dennis, Dumoulin, Küng, Van Emden, Roglic and Campenaerts.

High danish hopes for the Kraghen and Mads P.

 

[Robert5091]

So QS sprinting against each other - who do they think they are, Cofidis?!

 

[Sestriere]

Lets hope a rider who actually completed the whole course and didn't skip the final two laps of stage 2 wins the TT.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Some of the early starters:
MARTIN Tony GER TJV 13:30:00
BOHLI Tom SUI UAD 13:36:00
CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL LTS 13:43:00
VAN EMDEN Jos NED TJV 13:50:00
GANNA Filippo ITA SKY 14:01:00
DENNIS Rohan AUS TBM 14:10:00

 

[Lequack]

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I still don't think how someone who goes full out can lose 25 seconds on a 10k course, even Quintana or Dan Martin. That's basically a prologue.

 

[tobydawq]

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I still don't think how someone who goes full out can lose 25 seconds on a 10k course, even Quintana or Dan Martin. That's basically a prologue.

They can, easily. Just look at previous results for this race.

An example: Last year, Landa lost 50 seconds to Kwiatkowski and Froome, 1:10 to Dennis. Before the stage, Landa was third on GC.

 

[Tim Booth]

 

[Jagartrott]

Campenaerts with a fast time. Wonder what the wind will do later on.