Tirreno - Adriatico 2021, March 10 - March 16

[Bonimenier]

Tirreno-Adriatico, the Race of the Two Seas, brings the riders form the west to the east of Italy. Flat stages, hilly stages, a mountain stage and a time trial... something for every rider.
Who will follow up Simon Yates as the winner of this beautiful one week stagerace?

Tirreno Adriatico 2021 | Official website

Visit the official website of Tirreno Adriatico 2021 and discover all the latest updates and info on the route, teams plus the latest news.

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Preview statistics for Tirreno-Adriatico 2021

Top competitors for Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 are Tadej Pogačar, Wout van Aert and Jakob Fuglsang.

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The startlist is absolutely packed with all type of riders.
GC: Pogacar, Bernal, S. Yates, Quintana, Fuglsang, Pinot, Landa, Majka, Nibali, Almeida, Bardet, Alaphilippe, Higuita, van Aert(?), Thomas, Konrad, Woods,...
Sprinters: Ewan, Gaviria, Sagan, van Aert, Merlier, van der Poel, Ballerini, Viviani, Pasqualon, Bonifazio,...
TT: Ganna, van Aert, Thomas, Küng, Pogacar, Almeida,...
...and lots of other classic riders

Top competitors | ProCyclingStats

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[Bonimenier]

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Climbs

Stage 1
Pitoro

Stage 2
Chiusdino

Stage 3
Final drag to the finish line. It's very technical with a 120-degree curve at about 300m to go.

Stage 4
Forca di Arrone

Sella di Corno

Passo Capanelle

Prati di Tivo

Stage 5
Castelfidardo (finish) (5x)

Castelfidardo (GPM) (4x)

 

[tobydawq]

Let it be known that I have noticed the existence of this thread.

Also, Pogi will win in front of Bernal.

 

[SafeBet]

Let it be known that I have noticed the existence of this thread.

Didn't stop you from creating monsters before.

 

[RedheadDane]

Didn't stop you from creating monsters before.

The big question isn't whether he'd noticed it. But whether he'd noticed that he'd noticed it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Let it be known that I have noticed the existence of this thread.

Also, Pogi will win in front of Bernal.

Can we get a summary of the stage profiles? I'm not a fan of pictures.

 

[tobydawq]

Can we get a summary of the stage profiles? I'm not a fan of pictures.

It'll take a few hours to have as thorough a description as yesterday ready.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It'll take a few hours to have as thorough a description as yesterday ready.

Naturally. Rome wasn't built in a day.

 

[Publiuszam]

Bernal will be the obvious choice to win here. But come on eolo kometa!

 

[gerundium]

Looking forward to the stage 5. That course will absolutely wreck the field

 

[tobydawq]

What you've all been waiting for (I decided to not open a new thread, though):

Stage 1: Three early, tough climbs, then flat, no wind, normally sprint but who knows if the Strade guys drill it early? I do and say sprint.
Stage 2: Uphill finish but on a very gentle slope, no wind, puncheur finale (5 percent), Sagan to show the world that the new crop is better than him, me going to cry
Stage 3: A little bit hilly, a little bit flat, possible rain, flat sprint after a little bit of uphill, handle-able for most sprinters.
Stage 4: Tough MTF after a weak-ass HC climb, non-rain, non-wind, non-sprint, Wout for top 15, keeping alive his GC.
Stage 5: 14 hills in the final half, ridiculously tough stage, think Recanati-stage from 2019 but harder, if Strade guys want to play early, it could be the best stage all year.
Stage 6: Not typically Tirreno flat but flat enough for a sprint, one would think, but maybe some sprinters will be dropped.
Stage 7: We all know who's Ganna win here.

 

[RedheadDane]

What you've all been waiting for (I decided to not open a new thread, though):

Stage 1: Three early, tough climbs, then flat, no wind, normally sprint but who knows if the Strade guys drill it early? I do and say sprint.
Stage 2: Uphill finish but on a very gentle slope, no wind, puncheur finale (5 percent), Sagan to show the world that the new crop is better than him, me going to cry
Stage 3: A little bit hilly, a little bit flat, possible rain, flat sprint after a little bit of uphill, handle-able for most sprinters.
Stage 4: Tough MTF after a weak-ass HC climb, non-rain, non-wind, non-sprint, Wout for top 15, keeping alive his GC.
Stage 5: 14 hills in the final half, ridiculously tough stage, think Recanati-stage from 2019 but harder, if Strade guys want to play early, it could be the best stage all year.
Stage 6: Not typically Tirreno flat but flat enough for a sprint, one would think, but maybe some sprinters will be dropped.
Stage 7: We all know who's Ganna win here.

You do realise you're now legally required to do that for every race, right?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You do realise you're now legally required to do that for every race, right?

We demand them to be made for Scheldeprijs and the Tour of Guangxi!

 

[BlueRoads]

You do realise you're now legally required to do that for every race, right?

I wouldn't call it legally. But peer pressure is a thing.

 

[gregrowlerson]

You do realise you're now legally required to do that for every race, right?

Toby 'The Hitch' Dawq.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

good mix of flat sprints, hilly sprints and a mt stage and a short tt.

Be interesting to see if Van Aert can ride a GC. I think it will be hard since he's not completely in great shape yet.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

good mix of flat sprints, hilly sprints and a mt stage and a short tt.

Be interesting to see if Van Aert can ride a GC. I think it will be hard since he's not completely in great shape yet.

I think his shape is pretty good. He dropped Pogacar, who dominated the UAE tour, in the final km's of Strade. He wasn't able to follow the 3 best because he didn't have that acceleration yet, but it was his first race. I think a top 10 is possible. ITT is only 10k, but maybe he can snatch some boni seconds on top of that.

 

[Sciatic]

I’m confused—there’s only one TA thread?

 

[RedheadDane]

I’m confused—there’s only one TA thread?

Yeah... it's weird...

 

[tobydawq]

Ha
Ha
Ha

 

[BlueRoads]

Ha
Ha
Ha

Yeah, you will have to endure this for some more time now. But don't worry, the next big thing will happen when van der Poel wins Tirreno, and then you will be forgotten... if that's what you want...?

 

[tobydawq]

Yeah, you will have to endure this for some more time now. But don't worry, the next big thing will happen when van der Poel wins Tirreno, and then you will be forgotten... if that's what you want...?

I'll just open my own forum where nobody will tease me.

 

[BlueRoads]

I'll just open my own forum where nobody will tease me.

But we all love you! That's why we are teasing you. Otherwise we would just ignore you.
(Yeah, I know, I used to love Samu, but that was before he said he stuck needles into a Hodeg doll.)

 

[RedheadDane]

But we all love you! That's why we are teasing you. Otherwise we would just ignore you.
(Yeah, I know, I used to love Samu, but that was before he said he stuck needles into a Hodeg doll.)

You have a thing for those Danish boys?