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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

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Netserk said:
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.
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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.
 
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Pinot's goat said:
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.
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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.
 
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shalgo said:
Can Cyclingnews please not put "positive" and "testing" in the headline of an article? I think they are trying to cause heart attacks.

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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
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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.
 
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Logic-is-your-friend said:
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.
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That's even worse. Hope she recovers quickly.
 
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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.
 
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Eshnar said:
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.
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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.
 
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shalgo said:
Can Cyclingnews please not put "positive" and "testing" in the headline of an article? I think they are trying to cause heart attacks.

www.cyclingnews.com

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 www.cyclingnews.com
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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.
 
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Wvv said:
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.
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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.
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
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.
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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.
 
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Wvv said:
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.
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Those two things don't exclude each other.
 
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