Tirreno - Adriatico 2021, March 10 - March 16

[Lequack]

Stage 4 Highlights (03:24 English) — Velon

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSvY-v5XGjQ&feature=emb_title

22 Big Photos from Stage 4 (descriptions to come) — rcs/corvos/bettini

2021 tirreno-adriatico photos stage-04

 

[Escarabajo]

A stage with less kilometers..... and maybe a different wind direction.

On every mountain from January to October!

 

[Escarabajo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1370853714953711616

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1370853714953711616?s=19

That is 2 minutes right there. It didn't look fast from the TV. It wasn't like Pantani, Virenque and company in Alpe D'Huez but times are being broken almost in every race. This reminds me of the year when the changed the swimsuits in swimming. Extra buoyant forces acting on the bodies!

Oh well, let's enjoy.

 

[Blanco]

A stage with less kilometers..... and maybe a different wind direction.

And maybe not...

 

[hayneplane]

It's 20 km from the finish. Steep enough to cause elite selection, and then plenty of road left to attack on. Heck, he could even attack before that climb. Everyone will look at Pogi and expect him to chase, if his teammates are not on a super day.

Certainly potential for a major ambush like the year Nibali turned the tables on Froome with the help of peak Sagan after Froome had finished off a dominant Team Sky effort on the MTF only for the whole team to go missing in action on the sawtooth terrain.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I see the bookies have MVDP as favourite tomorrow but he struggled a lot on the Saturnia stage that Woods won last year at Tirreno which involved a similar climb to the one they are riding tomorrow.

completely different form levels.

This 1.5km climb is a 5 min effort. This is well within reach. If it was 10/15 minute effort it would be a problem.

 

[shalgo]

Can Cyclingnews please not put "positive" and "testing" in the headline of an article? I think they are trying to cause heart attacks.

Bernal and Thomas positive about future goals after testing day at Tirreno-Adriatico

Ineos Grenadiers pair finished 11th and 12th after attacking on Prati di Tivo

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Can Cyclingnews please not put "positive" and "testing" in the headline of an article? I think they are trying to cause heart attacks.

Bernal and Thomas positive about future goals after testing day at Tirreno-Adriatico

Ineos Grenadiers pair finished 11th and 12th after attacking on Prati di Tivo

www.cyclingnews.com

Sporza did the same thing last week with a headline, a Belgian sprinter "was in tears" because "she tested positive"... and she couldn't participate in the semi-finals. She tested positive for Corona (but you had to read the article for that). They did change the title after i sent them a friendly message.

 

[Koronin]

Sporza did the same thing last week with a headline, a Belgian sprinter "was in tears" because "she tested positive"... and she couldn't participate in the semi-finals. She tested positive for Corona (but you had to read the article for that). They did change the title after i sent them a friendly message.

That's even worse. Hope she recovers quickly.

 

[SafeBet]

Strong winds forecasted for today.
There might be showers in the afternoon.

 

[tobydawq]

That's even worse. Hope she recovers quickly.

I doubt it is for her.

 

[Wvv]

My gut feeling says Wout will lose more time on Pogacar today. From a Belgian point of view, of course I hope I'm wrong. After such a display he belongs on the final podium at least.

 

[Extinction]

sky train all the way until 3 km to go, then various attacks. Looked like a pretty fast climb to me. I guess the tempo of the train wasn't as fast as they sold it.

These are the times for Prati di Tivo as reported in la Gazzetta dello Sport this morning:

Nibali 2012: 38:58
Froome 2013: 38:23 (Nibali: 38:33 in 3rd)
Pogacar 2021: 36:07 (Nibali: 37:33 in 16th)

Apart from the fact that Pogacar smashed Froome's 2013 time (the year he would go on to "vroom, vroom" up Mont Ventoux at the Tour), even Nibali's time for 16th place yesterday was better than Froome in 2013. What does it mean? The level of performance by the 22 year-old Slovenian is just extra-terrestrial (as it used to be said in the 90s) and that the top riders are all riding considerably faster.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Can Cyclingnews please not put "positive" and "testing" in the headline of an article? I think they are trying to cause heart attacks.

Bernal and Thomas positive about future goals after testing day at Tirreno-Adriatico

Ineos Grenadiers pair finished 11th and 12th after attacking on Prati di Tivo

www.cyclingnews.com

the word 'positive' is too negative when it come to cycling
when i see the word positive in the site, automatically the question pops up in my mind "who?" Its more like clickbait.

 

[Zoef-Lightning]

And maybe not...

The stage at least was shorter. And don't forget, the bikes have improved the last years.

 

[Zoef-Lightning]

My gut feeling says Wout will lose more time on Pogacar today. From a Belgian point of view, of course I hope I'm wrong. After such a display he belongs on the final podium at least.

If Bernal and co attack on the steep hills, well before the line, Van Aert could suffer a bad day. Pogacar will not attack that early. I think he will attack on the penultimate climb of Castelfidardo, at 20/25 km from the finish. To increase his lead in view of the last two stages.

 

[Bolder]

completely different form levels.

This 1.5km climb is a 5 min effort. This is well within reach. If it was 10/15 minute effort it would be a problem.

MvDP pulled the plug early yesterday so he should have more left than Wout/Alaf today.

I do think that Mathieu can climb a bit more than he's shown, but he probably realizes there's no point when it's not going to pay off. If he can go anaerobic for 15 minutes on a CX lap or two, he can surely do it on a climb. Because of his weight there might be a percentage where he struggles (7 pct+, perhaps) but I could see him hanging in on a typical Cat 2, say 6 km at 6-7 percent.

 

[Lequack]

Chris Horner on stage 4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STWE2_A24CA

 

[rghysens]

My gut feeling says Wout will lose more time on Pogacar today. From a Belgian point of view, of course I hope I'm wrong. After such a display he belongs on the final podium at least.

Those two things don't exclude each other.

 

[Red Rick]

Strong winds forecasted for today.
There might be showers in the afternoon.

Which direction?

 

[rghysens]

Which direction?

probably any direction that is needed to put out some remarkable performances.

 

[gregrowlerson]

probably any direction that is needed to put out some remarkable performances.

Record headwind. Record time.

"The headwind cooled the muscles of the hot riders significantly, and well, you saw the results. Nothing else to see here."

 

[SafeBet]

Which direction?

West, so likely cross wind until they reach the circuit.

 

[Eshnar]

first hour at 57.4 kph

 

[Eshnar]

Apparently we have a breakaway

Ballerini
Bilbao
Ganna
Rickaert
Stannard