Tirreno-Adriatico 2025, March 10-16

[Berniece]

What an anticlimax with a Kooij win

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Wow, what a sprint-

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Magnier and Van der Poel in perfect position but neither had much left in that sprint.

 

[Rob5091]

Kooij takes it!

 

[Netserk]

Good for the breakaway riders to get caught when they wouldn't pull with Healy.

 

[jono]

Magnier and Van der Poel in perfect position but neither had much left in that sprint.

Turns out it helps to be an actual field sprinter in a field sprint.

 

[tobydawq]

All Dutch top 3.

The big win for Pluimers is just around the corner.

He might be relegated here, though.

 

[Salvarani]

Triple for the Netherlands

 

[Brullnux]

Maestri somehow fifth

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Turns out it helps to be an actual field sprinter in a field sprint.

Van der Poel has won sprints on the rare occasion he bothers with them and Magnier definitely is a sprinter...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Mirco maestri moral winner

 

[Berniece]

Magnier and Van der Poel in perfect position but neither had much left in that sprint.

I think Magnier doesn't have the power yet after a long and/or hard race. Probably has to do with being 20 years old.

MVDP blew his shot when trying to attack

 

[jono]

Van der Poel has won sprints on the rare occasion he bothers with them and Magnier definitely is a sprinter...

Neither on the level of Kooij.

 

[Red Rick]

Kooij masterclass

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I think Magnier doesn't have the power yet after a long and/or hard race. Probably has to do with being 20 years old.

Won the sprint for second in Plouay last year, that's a 260k race.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Neither on the level of Kooij.

But normally speaking both definitely faster than Pluimers.

 

[Brullnux]

This race has massively exceeded expectations so far. Admittedly, expectations were low, but there's been good action and hopefully it continues for the next two days

 

[Heston]

Pluimers will podium in San Remo

 

[Berflamand]

I think Magnier doesn't have the power yet after a long and/or hard race. Probably has to do with being 20 years old.

MVDP blew his shot when trying to attack

Magnier would definitely have been a lot closer and possibly have won if he hadn't helped pace Landa back. But I do like that he did help and that the team/he was still strong enough to set it up for a sprint in the end.

Kooij got lucky with Landa's puncture because without that puncture he (and Magnier) probably never even make it back to the front and if they somehow did Magnier would still have been fresh as well.

But that's racing and in the end he was the fastest so fair play.

 

[YavorD]

Pluimers will podium in San Remo

At this point probably 15 people are podiuming San Remo.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

At this point probably 15 people are podiuming San Remo.

Isn't that every year when we're a week away from Sanremo? That's the beauty of the race, so many people who can do something compared to the other monuments (especially now that the aliens have taken tactics out of the cobbles).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It sounds like I didn't miss anything. Just a normal sprint stage won by one of the faster riders.

 

[Berniece]

The big win for Pluimers is just around the corner.

He might be relegated here, though.

He should, but not sure if Decathlon wants to put in the effort to contest that after this hard stage. They maybe just want to go to the hotel as quickly as possible.

 

[Netserk]

In the end, no changes in GC. It really looked bad for Geesus, but he was resurrected!

 

[Red Rick]

Isn't that every year when we're a week away from Sanremo? That's the beauty of the race, so many people who can do something compared to the other monuments (especially now that the aliens have taken tactics out of the cobbles).

I honestly don't understand why you wouldn't sandbag the hell out of it before Sanremo, as it is the one race where a anothers split second decision may make or break your own race.