Tirreno - Adriatico 2021, March 10 - March 16

[Samu Cuenca]

Just looking forward to see who GCN picks as their race experts.
I mean, I'msure they can find someone who once went for a swim in the Adriatic Sea!

Maybe they'll find a Dutchman by the name of Adrie Atico

 

[Escarabajo]

Where is Hindley BTW?
I thought he was doing the Giro this year?

 

[Bonimenier]

Where is Hindley BTW?
I thought he was doing the Giro this year?

Currently somewhere in between Paris and Nice

 

[RedheadDane]

Currently somewhere in between Paris and Nice

A qualified guess would be Gien.

 

[Escarabajo]

Currently somewhere in between Paris and Nice

Lol. I missed that. Thanks.
I guess he doesn't get mentioned a lot. Not sure if his result from the Giro is being looked at with a major grain of salt.

 

[Bonimenier]

Lol. I missed that. Thanks.
I guess he doesn't get mentioned a lot. Not sure if his result from the Giro is being looked at with a major grain of salt.

I think we have to. It's hard to imagine any of the 3 guys on the podium of the Giro last year really competing for another grand tour victory for me. Doesn't take away they did great last year.

 

[topcat]

Lol. I missed that. Thanks.
I guess he doesn't get mentioned a lot. Not sure if his result from the Giro is being looked at with a major grain of salt.

Fuglsang's sixth place was the only expected thing about the giro and the only thing likely to be repeated if he'd only give up the one day races.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Looks like a very interesting race, lots of great names, good parcours. Pogacar or Bernal will win it IMO.

 

[Escarabajo]

MVDP to hang to the middle of the Prati di Tivo and then sprint like he did in Strade's finale and let the momentum take him to victory for the Stage and the Tirreno!!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

sorry to disappoint but 1) he cant do that, 2 ) he wont even try (already stated he isnt going for gc)

 

[Escarabajo]

No Dani Martinez in Tirreno. The selections are getting skinnier and skinnier. Maybe because of the reduced racing.

 

[OlavEH]

Stage 5 looks really good when looking at the detailed profile. Quite similar to the Recanati stage in 2019 won by Fuglsang, a stage that was truly great and one of the best stages I've seen in a one-week race. These kind of stages should rather be the focus of PN and TA instead of 12-15 km MTFs like Prati di Tivo and the Mercantour climbs in PN.

 

[Gregor_Slovenia]

Well, the man to beat is definitely Pogi..This weather suits him much more than heat in UAE, even though he won it by a margin, so I do not see guys capable of beating him.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, the man to beat is definitely Pogi..This weather suits him much more than heat in UAE, even though he won it by a margin, so I do not see guys capable of beating him.

You also didn't see VDP winning Strade, yet here we are...

 

[tobydawq]

You also didn't see VDP winning Strade, yet here we are...

This prediction seems a bit more sensible, though.

But Bernal beat Pogacar Saturday and it will be another nice battle of the two last Tour champs, I think.

 

[Gregor_Slovenia]

Well yes, for MVDP and Strade I had image of 2019 WC Road Race in my mind, where it all seems to be in hands of MVDP taking a win, and than boom-he just cracked. I had feeling he's gonna crack in Strade, but we can see he is on much higher level now.

For Tirreno, I do not know. Bernal has to be at least 45 seconds ahead of Pogačar for final time trial if he wants to beat Pogi. Which I do not know, seeing Pogačar being dropped on a long climbs, huh, bad dreams possibly. I think Pogačar will hold on to every pace on climbs. We could see GP Lunigiano that Bernal has a good punch in the moment, but he is missing holding on to a very high steady pace on a climb..My opinion, we will see.

 

[tobydawq]

Well yes, for MVDP and Strade I had image of 2019 WC Road Race in my mind, where it all seems to be in hands of MVDP taking a win, and than boom-he just cracked. I had feeling he's gonna crack in Strade, but we can see he is on much higher level now.

For Tirreno, I do not know. Bernal has to be at least 45 seconds ahead of Pogačar for final time trial if he wants to beat Pogi. Which I do not know, seeing Pogačar being dropped on a long climbs, huh, bad dreams possibly. I think Pogačar will hold on to every pace on climbs. We could see GP Lunigiano that Bernal has a good punch in the moment, but he is missing holding on to a very high steady pace on a climb..My opinion, we will see.

He just got a hunger-knock in 2019 Worlds, it's really not about what level he was at.

Also, GP Lunigiano? There is a special thread for made-up races, that a lot of posters are adamant to keep alive.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Also, GP Lunigiano? There is a special thread for made-up races, that a lot of posters are adamant to keep alive.

It must be a hybrid of GP di Lugano and GP (Industria & Artigianato) di Larciano.

 

[Gregor_Slovenia]

Trofeo Laigueglia

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

2019 yorkshire indeed had nothing to do with VDP's level. He was probably the strongest rider on the day (but still with the risk of losing to Pedersen in the sprint i think) until he forgot to eat.

 

[Publiuszam]

Hey...cut him some slack..gp Lugano sounds eyetalian eneough with the "o"..maybe he forgot the spelling and want to make it extra eyetalian. Though it is in Switzerland.

 

[tobydawq]

Hey...cut him some slack..gp Lugano sounds eyetalian eneough with the "o"..maybe he forgot the spelling and want to make it extra eyetalian. Though it is in Switzerland.

Also, it wasn't that race he was talking about, as he himself has clarified.

 

[topcat]

He just got a hunger-knock in 2019 Worlds, it's really not about what level he was at.

Also, GP Lunigiano? There is a special thread for made-up races, that a lot of posters are adamant to keep alive.

Thread's dead. There's just a few mindless zombies wandering around there now. Meanwhile, back at the bag ...

 

[RedheadDane]

Thread's dead. There's just a few mindless zombies wandering around there now. Meanwhile, back at the bag ...

Thread is not dead. Thread shall never die. We shall never move along.

 

[saganftw]

with TT as last stage, Pogacar must be the favourite to win overall,it will also look like his UAE win, he might not be the strongest climber but good enough to hang around and possibly mug someone at the finish line

curious about van aert, he wanted to go for gc but how is he gonna be able to handle those pogacar/bernal accelerations