Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 March 9-15

[Didinho]

Roglic starts his negative split. Be very scared.

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic starts his negative split. Be very scared.

Beware the femtostomp

 

[Squire]

Are we getting AI captions now?

"The town retains remnants of its medieval walls, enclosing a charming historic center that evokes the atmosphere of bygone eras."

 

[Extinction]

The Wind-up has begun.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Are we getting AI captions now?

"The town retains remnants of its medieval walls, enclosing a charming historic center that evokes the atmosphere of bygone eras."

Could be, it certainly reads a bit dead. Where is it coming from?

 

[Extinction]

You need cold blood to remain ahead without losing position, as a leader. Think about it over 3 weeks. It's adds up.

 

[Potomac]

It was probably bland written in Italian then auto translated to English.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Gravel section coming up in 5kms or so.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pray4Rog

 

[dercuforever]

If Roglic doesnt fall today he will not fall this year

 

[Berniece]

It's busy, but not crazy busy. A lot of riders don't intent to go for victory or GC it seems

 

[Squire]

You need cold blood to remain ahead without losing position, as a leader. Think about it over 3 weeks. It's adds up.

This stage is particularly insane though. When the sterrato starts, we will have had ~10km of intense fighting for position.

 

[dercuforever]

No puncture for Wout yet ?

 

[Salvarani]

Im nervous

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You need cold blood to remain ahead without losing position, as a leader. Think about it over 3 weeks. It's adds up.

You're not allowed to talk about blood manipulation in this part of the forum

Del Toro is allegedly feeling a bit under the weather, but if it's true then it didn't hold him back much yesterday.

 

[Samamba]

Holy that Bardiani rider

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So who wins? Van der Poel, Del Toro, Roglic, Tiberi, Van Aert? The finale has too much elevation gain to be perfect for MVP so explosive climbers should also have chances. Should be interesting. My prediction is Del Toro.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I think he's ok, knew he was about to go so jumped onto the grass

 

[Salvarani]

He looks alright

Scary crash

 

[Berniece]

RBH and Roglic a bit too far back

EDIT: Nevermind, here they come

 

[Tim Cahill]

Extraordinarily rare Primoz Roglic move up at right time

 

[Extinction]

Mamma mia

 

[Heston]

Van der Poel perfect positioning

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nothing happened....

 

[RedheadDane]

Corner just fine.
Some riders decided to hold a little protest against the new tarmac, and rode onto some gravel left at the side.