Tirreno - Adriatico 2022 (7.03-13.03)

[Earns1985]

Yeah? That was one of Sagan's best ever wins, it doesn't mean the route is easy...

Even without Sagan the top 8 GC guys finished in the same time. So also this year we should not expect big time gaps between the favourites on this stage.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Finally we can see the dream battle we've always wanted, Eddy Merckx vs Simon Spilak !!!!

Truer words have never been spoken.

 

[Sciatic]

Yeah? That was one of Sagan's best ever wins, it doesn't mean the route is easy...

It’s a reminder of how amazing Sagan could be!

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

I hope Vingegaard and Evenepoel are strong in T-A, but, hey: let‘s be realistic. Tadej probably will be too strong.

Tadej, when it counts, is just one class above all others. I think it will be like this also in Tirreno…

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

ASO were reportedly unhappy because T-N was increasingly attracting the stronger field because it's much easier to combine it with Strade, that is less strongly the case now. It's a lose-lose for us as fans as the Strade field is not as good this year as a result and RCS got Milano-Torino the week before Sanremo as compensation, which they've proceeded to mutilate...

Wow, if this is correct that's some braindead decision making.

I mean, I understand that some people dislike the fact that T-N is becoming more popular than PN but surely to fix that you'd have to make PN work with a Strade participation and/or don't have both races "competing" with each other.
This "solution" only makes T-N slightly more popular but still the better race to combine with Strade and creates an even bigger overlap with PN which, if anything, damages PN even more.
And to add the icing on the cake it damages the Strade competition field with more riders skipping it.

 

[Big Doopie]

this could benefit from a 25km rolling TT instead of this "prologue".

however, i expect tadej to rule. it would be great if jonas and/or remco can make him work for it however.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Just imagine they are riding uphill, and Remco would drop Pogi… The forum would go crazy.

I think we all like Pogi (because you cannot really dislike him), but from time to time, I would like to see that one of the other strongmen (Primoz, Remco, Vingegaard, Adam Yates, Vlasov) makes him suffer a little bit on the climbs…

 

[Flurk1982]

If Remco has a 20 sec gap after the TT on pog he has a chance to win the GC. Remco still has to prove a lot but generally i think his climbing abilities are underestimated.

 

[KZD]

If Remco has a 20 sec gap after the TT on pog he has a chance to win the GC. Remco still has to prove a lot but generally i think his climbing abilities are underestimated.

I think that he will get that gap in the TT but he will likely be dropped by Pogačar on stage 6 final climb and likely lose more time in the descent and even on stage 5 there is no guarantee that he will be able to hold on.

 

[SafeBet]

If Remco has a 20 sec gap after the TT on pog he has a chance to win the GC. Remco still has to prove a lot but generally i think his climbing abilities are underestimated.

Remco could lose that gap to Pog just on time bonuses.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Remco could lose that gap to Pog just on time bonuses.

Yeah, one can expect Ala and Pog to fight for top spots and bonuses during hilly stages. This is his advantage: if he can't drop his rivals uphill he can count on his super-fast finish. Over the last year Tadej has won 7 (!) races/stages when finishing from a small group.

 

[tobydawq]

Wow, if this is correct that's some braindead decision making.

I mean, I understand that some people dislike the fact that T-N is becoming more popular than PN but surely to fix that you'd have to make PN work with a Strade participation and/or don't have both races "competing" with each other.
This "solution" only makes T-N slightly more popular but still the better race to combine with Strade and creates an even bigger overlap with PN which, if anything, damages PN even more.
And to add the icing on the cake it damages the Strade competition field with more riders skipping it.

What is T-N?

 

[Nirvana]

Even without Sagan the top 8 GC guys finished in the same time. So also this year we should not expect big time gaps between the favourites on this stage.

Depends on how they ride the whole stage, in 2017 no one tried anything outside some skirmish on the short wall and let Bora set the pace to preserve Sagan until the foot of the wall and not happy with that on the top of the wall they started to watch themselves allowing Sagan to catch back in the following short descent and then they let him go to the front to slow the pace down until the sprint. Just a bit more pace on the climbs before the wall or a bit more action in the final and you'll already see gaps opening up more, and in that type of stages there is always the action from far and carnage possibility even if putting it before the mountain stage reduces a lot that possibility because forces a lot more conservative approach.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

What is T-N?

Tirenno-Niceadriatico, I don’t know.

 

[RedheadDane]

What is T-N?

Tirreno-Nice of course!
"Paired with" the new P-A - Paris-Adriatico - race.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Tirreno-Nice of course!
"Paired with" the new P-A - Paris-Adriatico - race.

Schachmann will probably win both.

 

[Lequack]

Pogacar has just 2 days of rest after that monster effort in the Strade.

 

[Sciatic]

Pogacar has just 2 days of rest after that monster effort in the Strade.

Yeah, and it looked like he was trying to stretch out his back during those final Kms (of course I would be too). He may be feeling it more on Tuesday than he does today. Then again, he’s Pogacar.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah, and it looked like he was trying to stretch out his back during those final Kms (of course I would be too). He may be feeling it more on Tuesday than he does today. Then again, he’s Pogacar.

Pogacar was pretending to look human at the end of his Grand Bornand raid too, then he dropped everyone at will again the next day. He'll still win.

 

[Sciatic]

Pogacar was pretending to look human at the end of his Grand Bornand raid too, then he dropped everyone at will again the next day. He'll still win.

True!

 

[tobydawq]

Pogacar was pretending to look human at the end of his Grand Bornand raid too, then he dropped everyone at will again the next day. He'll still win.

What do you mean by pretending? Is it inconceivable that he has a limit?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar has just 2 days of rest after that monster effort in the Strade.

Yes. He'll probably feel it during the TT and first stages but should be ready to hammer in the Appenines (it's still one week away).

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

What is T-N?

Sorry T-A of course, overuse of abbreviations I guess.

 

[RedheadDane]

I... think we might have just witnessed a miracle! EF is not the last team to post their roster!

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar and Evenepoel have never competed against each other in a stage race so this Tirreno is crucial: whoever wins this duel will have a psychological advantage over the next 10 years.