Tirreno-Adriatico 2025, March 10-16

[Berniece]

How well do you think Ganna will do in the GC here? The parcours are so easy so that he might as well give the GC a run.

He'll lose the jersey in stage 6, but I find it hard to guess if he will still finish in the top 10.

 

[Red Rick]

Ganna shouldn't even waste energy on TA GC.

Try to win tomorrow, after that all the balls on the Poggio

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Ganna shouldn't even waste energy on TA GC.

Try to win tomorrow, after that all the balls on the Poggio

I kind of agree, but on the other hand Tirreno is a big race. And it's in his home country. He might even podium the damn thing if he goes for it.

 

[tobydawq]

Ganna shouldn't even waste energy on TA GC.

Try to win tomorrow, after that all the balls on the Poggio

Is it really that much energy he'll lose? It's a question of pushing on one climb one day versus not doing it.

 

[Red Rick]

Is it really that much energy he'll lose? It's a question of pushing on one climb one day versus not doing it.

Don't know how much, but I think there's been a consistent pattern of riders who go balls to the wall in Tirreno/Paris Nice underperforming in Sanremo.

 

[Netserk]

Maybe Ganna told them that he was super strong and that was the reason to remove the penultimate climb in stage 6 and change the order of the climbs for stage 5.

 

[tobydawq]

Don't know how much, but I think there's been a consistent pattern of riders who go balls to the wall in Tirreno/Paris Nice underperforming in Sanremo.

I think the 2021 Tirreno is what scares in that regard and that was an outlier in terms of craziness. Ganna doesn't have to do anything close to that.

It's almost as if they designed the parcours so that he might try for GC.

 

[Red Rick]

I think the 2021 Tirreno is what scares in that regard and that was an outlier in terms of craziness. Ganna doesn't have to do anything close to that.

It's almost as if they designed the parcours so that he might try for GC.

Van Aert in 2022 climbed better on Col d'Eze than on the Poggio. And that was with taking the mountain days mostly off.

 

[KZD]

Milan was a class apart today, great work from Lidl-Trek to set him up.

 

[Brullnux]

Isn't stage six an 8km MTF at 8%? Ganna would have to pretty deep to hold onto a GC group

 

[Lequack]

Milan for tomorrow?

 

[wirral]

Milan for tomorrow?

Surely not. They need to dislodge him on the steeper bits and hope his team doesn't drag him back on the shallower bits.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Surely not. They need to dislodge him on the steeper bits and hope his team doesn't drag him back on the shallower bits.

What team would be interested in 1). riding the peloton to shreds in 1,5 kilometers, and subsequently 2). ride it all the way to the line? I think there are no such teams.

This is even in the hypothetical they are able to drop Milan like a stone, who, time and time again, has shown he can climb rather well despite his enormous frame.

 

[Boes]

looks like an MVP stage to me.

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1899744462286344625

View: https://x.com/TirrenAdriatico/status/1899744462286344625

 

[Rob5091]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1899744462286344625

View: https://x.com/TirrenAdriatico/status/1899744462286344625

How's the weather? There was mentioned that some rain was on the way.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

It‘s going to be a bit crosswindy and it will rain through most of the stage, it will be a tough day.

 

[YavorD]

Not even a break..
They're strolling, aren't they?

 

[Berniece]

Not even a break..
They're strolling, aren't they?

Average of 35.6km/h

 

[yaco]

This will be long day. Rain, cold and a long stage make for an unpleasant combination.

 

[tobydawq]

240 k's in the rain, no extreme wetness protocol envoked. I'm impressed.

 

[Lequack]

Not even a break..
They're strolling, aren't they?

You'd think they want to finish it as soon as possible.

 

[Rob5091]

It'll be a long wet day in the peloton today. If there were any long descents then voices might have been raised.

 

[Netserk]

So slow that the two races could finish at the same time.

 

[tobydawq]

It'll be a long wet day in the peloton today. If there were any long descents then voices might have been raised.

Yeah, I think it might be the longest day measured in time at all for a pro race this year. It's incredible how slow they're going.