Tirreno-Adriatico 2025, March 10-16

[jono]

If people are expecting MVDP's pulls to be the difference in closing a 10+ second gap within a km or two, there is no chance he has anything left to sprint after that.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Yeah, MVDP was hiding on the descent and the flat but closed down the final Pidcock attack super easy and won the sprint by a couple of bike lengths. No way he was cooked, he just expected everyone to ride for him as usual.

 

[yaco]

Teams with multiple riders seem to have forgotten how to ride the final with a reduced peleton. Surely you need to have one rider sacrifice for the other. Not for the first time a solo rider has survived a final when this should not have occurred.

 

[Red Rick]

Teams with multiple riders seem to have forgotten how to ride the final with a reduced peleton. Surely you need to have one rider sacrifice for the other. Not for the first time a solo rider has survived a final when this should not have occurred.

Everyone knows Van der Poel cleans it up, and Van der Poel didn't have a teammate.

Besides, everyone could also see the motor in front of the break which is why they couldn't bridge the gap

 

[pastronef]

Yeah, MVDP was hiding on the descent and the flat but closed down the final Pidcock attack super easy and won the sprint by a couple of bike lengths. No way he was cooked, he just expected everyone to ride for him as usual.

very happy Dversnes held on and avoided a VDP win

 

[Netserk]

First breakaway winner since 2022 in PN/Tirreno.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

If people are expecting MVDP's pulls to be the difference in closing a 10+ second gap within a km or two, there is no chance he has anything left to sprint after that.

- Someone who didn't watch Amstel in 2019

 

[Netserk]

No 3k rule I assume, otherwise he could ride into the zone and 'have a mechanical' then, Remco style.

Like a pro, he knew that they saw him have the puncture before 3 km to go, so he deliberately dropped his chain. Champ.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Like a pro, he knew that they saw him have the puncture before 3 km to go, so he deliberately dropped his chain. Champ.

Are you sure he had a puncture? The only reason I ask is that when they came off the last hill, and rode onto the major road, he was at the back, but he took that turn as fast as the guys in front of him. and they were hauling a$$. Maybe he said later he had a puncture? If not, I think he actually had a drivetrain malfunction.

 

[Netserk]

Are you sure he had a puncture? The only reason I ask is that when they came off the last hill, and rode onto the major road, he was at the back, but he took that turn as fast as the guys in front of him. and they were hauling a$$. Maybe he said later he had a puncture? If not, I think he actually had a drivetrain malfunction.

Not absolutely sure, but it looked like a slow puncture where he had some sealant.

 

[tobydawq]

Are you sure he had a puncture? The only reason I ask is that when they came off the last hill, and rode onto the major road, he was at the back, but he took that turn as fast as the guys in front of him. and they were hauling a$$. Maybe he said later he had a puncture? If not, I think he actually had a drivetrain malfunction.

He definitely suddenly began to ride very slowly on the descent. It was an odd show by him all the final 15 kms. He also positioned himself at the very back of the bunch going in to the last climb. Quite odd, even with the headwind.

 

[jono]

- Someone who didn't watch Amstel in 2019

If Dversnes was dicking around trying to ride slower than another guy he was with, he also would have lost!

 

[Extinction]

Ganna didn't punture, but his chain dropped with 3 km to go, prior to that I think he just wanted a position on the descent further back. In any case, in the post-race interview he doesn't seem to know how to be simpatico, like De Nero on Letterman.

 

[tobydawq]

Ganna didn't punture, but his chain dropped with 3 km to go, prior to that I think he just wanted a position on the descent further back. In any case, in the post-race interview he doesn't seem to know how to be simpatico, like Di Nero on Letterman.

Yeah, he doesn't always come off great in his interviews. I half assumed it was because of his bad English, but is it the same in Italian?

 

[Extinction]

Yeah, he doesn't always come off great in his interviews. I half assumed it was because of his bad English, but is it the same in Italian?

The interview was in Italian and it's like, come on dude, lighten up a bit.

 

[Lequack]

How will anyone beat Ganna in Milan SanRemo in this form?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

The interview was in Italian and it's like, come on dude, lighten up a bit.

I didn't see it, what was the tennor of his statements?