Tirreno-Adriatico, March 7-13, 2.UWT

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

Adam Yates is not in the first group apparently, the rest of the big guns should be there.

RAI confrim the Adam Yates was in the crash

Nice
That will teach him to stop sitting in the back all of the time

Shameless.

It came across pretty shameless, but I was just referring to him getting caught up behind the crash (thats what happened right?). Obviously not hoping he got hurt or anything like that.
Its just a matter of time when he will lose time in important races, better do it now. Its damn annoying to watch.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Give Kittel the space and he's still the best

 

[Laplaz]

Kwait training to win this years Sanremo in a bunch sprint

 

[Jagartrott]

Kwiato, WTF?

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Re: Re:

Adam Yates is not in the first group apparently, the rest of the big guns should be there.

RAI confrim the Adam Yates was in the crash

Nice
That will teach him to stop sitting in the back all of the time

Shameless.

It came across pretty shameless, but I was just referring to him getting caught up behind the crash (thats what happened right?). Obviously not hoping he got hurt or anything like that.
Its just a matter of time when he will lose time in important races, better do it now. Its damn annoying to watch.

Part of the reason there are so many crashes is because everybody is fighting to be near the front. It's a catch-22 situation.

 

[May0maniac]

Kittel just needs a long train with a few rouleurs that take command earlier and keep him up there, Haller and Zabel have the power to finish the job.
That finishing circuit was rather pointless, too often we get nothing but crashes when we see them after a flat stage, the TdS for example if famous for having pretty risky circuits on sprint stages.

 

[Krokro]

Kwiato 4th? That guy never stops delivering :lol:

Besides A.Yates, any other GC contender caught in this crash?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

Thats a good point, but I cant help but think its extremely nonchalant and arrogant to ride the way he does.

 

[Laplaz]

Bevin new leader of GC?

 

[Alexandre B.]

Is it me or was Sagan a bit dangerous in that sprint?

 

[rick james]

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Is it me or was Sagan a bit dangerous in that sprint?

don't be daft, Sagan can do no wrong

 

[Netserk]

Re:

Is it me or was Sagan a bit dangerous in that sprint?

Just you. He fought for position, and while using his physique I didn't really see anything that either wasn't a respond in kind or fairly safe. Certainly not anything you wouldn't see from someone like Freire.

 

[DFA123]

Kwiato 4th? That guy never stops delivering :lol:

Besides A.Yates, any other GC contender caught in this crash?

Kwiat sharpening up his sprint for MSR I guess.

 

[DNP-Old]

Roglic lost time. That's him probably done for the GC.

 

[yaco]

The last circuit was sketchy but A.Yates was too far back - Expect Dirk Provin to come out blazing Between A.Yates positioning and Ewan's disappointing sprint - Will say that the finish for MS was all about Ewan, so maybe Yates has a get out of jail card and as we saw with Chaves being at the front doesn't always save you.

 

[can3478]

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[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Roglic lost time. That's him probably done for the GC.

He was already done after the poor TTT

 

[classicomano]

Ewan's sprinting style is the dumbest thing ever in cycling, but it looks even worse when he tries to accelerate like today but right away come to almost a complete stand still and gets swallowed by the bunch. Made me laugh though.

 

[SafeBet]

Re:

From QS twitter, "Caught in the crash, @BobJungels lost contact with the peloton"

But didn't lose time according to the results.

 

[May0maniac]

I just saw that Spilak lost 1min, that sucks. His team did a decent TTT, even if they were a bit all over the place near the end.

 

[Sestriere]

Re: Re:

From QS twitter, "Caught in the crash, @BobJungels lost contact with the peloton"

But didn't lose time according to the results.

Their Twitter also said that he and Gilbert made a big effort to get back in touch.

 

[yaco]

Apparently, Yates was held up by the crash,then someone rode into his back wheel which caused a mechanical and then he swapped wheels with Durbridge - Disappointing because allegedly he's in good form but at least he can go stage hunting.

 

[KTBFFH]

I'm curious about Landa performance tomorrow. I hope he can repeat what he did in Burgos last year when he won first stage and in Andalucia this year when Wellens was better than him. This kind of attack at the beginning of climb is probably the only way for him to gain a time and try to win the GC or at least finish on the podium.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Who are the favorites for tomorrow? Punchers or Climbers and if punchers are the favorite for tomorrow I really want to see what Venturini can do!

 

[tobydawq]

Climbers. The finishing climb is steeper and longer than Mur de Huy.