Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 March 9-15

[Brullnux]

Van Aert's sprinting is diabolical. Pellizzari's allround development has been insane, hard to believe that he was a really onedimensional rider 18 months ago at Bardiani.

If you want to see how 'raw' Bardiani talent is, look at Pinarello's development after four months in a fairly average WT team – suddenly top 10 in medium mountain stages against actual WT opposition.

Some team should take a punt on Turconi at this point

 

[Tim Cahill]

10,4k to go you can see Roglic tell Pellizzari to calm down and save his energy for the sprint, passing on the ways

 

[CyclistAbi]

Still don't understand why Roglic didn't try at least once. Unless we assume it would've been fruitless anyway so he just cruises along, which is fair.

Experience.

 

[Red Rick]

Still don't understand why Roglic didn't try at least once. Unless we assume it would've been fruitless anyway so he just cruises along, which is fair.

I think it's that, and the legs were ***..

 

[CyclistAbi]

So now some real racing begins. RBH must be careful, on how they use their strength in numbers, otherwise del Toro might not crack. Stage 5 should already be an interesting one. As for Rogličes legs, interesting conundrum. Why would Rogla save so many bullets, not taking into an account he is third already and did 0 work.

 

[jono]

Watching that finale, MVDP was basically in the wind from 450m to go. He doesn't really spend any time in the wheel of Ganna/Vendrame after closing that gap.

With that sort of strength it's tough to imagine a tactical scenario where he doesn't win this one, even without a little help from Wout.

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

Easy now, throwing away a Giro win easily trumps anything anyone could ever do for Wout...

It wasn't because of team tactics

 

[Dazed and Confused]

An italian style jagged sawtooth profile called stage 5:

Power break almost for certain, but will it get controlled enough for a GC involved win?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Those are really tough final 100 kilometers.