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

[Hellyea]

Sagan or Kwiatek.

 

[Netserk]

Bardet, Landa, Aru, Yates, Uran, maybe Thomas.

 

[KTBFFH]

I think it's too steep for G. It can be similar to Peyragudes finish. I can see Bardet, Uran and Landa fighting for the win but I'm not sure about Aru form.

 

[dick the quick]

Some pics of the road just before the finish line (inside last 500 metres) - the gradients are brutal (links only, I had some technical problems with posting images):

https://www.google.pl/maps/@42.8784...54.169815&pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.pl/maps/@42.8784...4!1sg5f6Wkr3VSNMF-GZD5J4Bw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.pl/maps/@42.8791...4!1s6Ip7yuJJomykRqMtUWzG9w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.pl/maps/@42.8795...4!1sPZy4oJAZcKQVn28nxlOYcQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Koronin]

TY for the links of the finishing gradient of the road. (Don't worry about the links, I can't get pictures to post at all.)

 

[Laplaz]

I think Bardet is the strongest on this kind of finish tomorrow

 

[portugal11]

tomorrow all eyes on froome

 

[rick james]

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tomorrow all eyes on froome

really? you're the only one to bring his name up! more to cycling than Chris froome

 

[The Barb]

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I think Bardet is the strongest on this kind of finish tomorrow

I think I agree, so long as it's as hard as suggested. Otherwise Kwiatkowski.

 

[Kazistuta]

What about Superman Lopez? If this is Landa territory, it's certainly Lopez' as well.

 

[Jagartrott]

And Benoot? Closed a 30 second gap to Bardet almost exclusively on one steep dirt road section in Strade. Be interesting to see if he has what it takes here.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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And Benoot? Closed a 30 second gap to Bardet almost exclusively on one steep dirt road section in Strade. Be interesting to see if he has what it takes here.

Yea I'm rooting for

 

[fauniera]

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What about Superman Lopez? If this is Landa territory, it's certainly Lopez' as well.

It sure is.

 

[Blanco]

I would say Landa, Lopez, Yates, Uran, and Bardet of the climbers (I won't include Froome, although if everything is normal he would be a serious contender), and only Ulissi and Benoot of the puncheurs.

 

[tomorrow]

today, it should be for the climber, but as I guess the wall is not very known, it might very difficult to time the attack, and it might end up being ridden very conservatively and in relatively slow pace, which would then favour the punchers. Not knowing every spot of the climb, also some second tier punchers might have a chance.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Break

 

[Red Rick]

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today, it should be for the climber, but as I guess the wall is not very known, it might very difficult to time the attack, and it might end up being ridden very conservatively and in relatively slow pace, which would then favour the punchers. Not knowing every spot of the climb, also some second tier punchers might have a chance.

They're climbing it once before the finish, the steepest part is right to the finish, so I imagine it will be paced by a domestique until the last pitch

 

[fauniera]

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They're climbing it once before the finish, the steepest part is right to the finish, so I imagine it will be paced by a domestique until the last pitch

Not sure about that. Lopez and Bardet need to make time up in gc, so they might try earlier.

 

[fauniera]

 

[Netserk]

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What about Superman Lopez? If this is Landa territory, it's certainly Lopez' as well.

Yeah, but Landa has actually won on very short climbs, the shortest climb Lopez has done well on are Green Mountain and Superga. In the Vuelta last year, he didn't perform very well on the short and sharp climbs throughout the whole race.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

a 3km steep climb, just like Cumbre del Sol. Perfect for Froome

 

[DNP-Old]

Re: Re:

What about Superman Lopez? If this is Landa territory, it's certainly Lopez' as well.

Yeah, but Landa has actually won on very short climbs, the shortest climb Lopez has done well on are Green Mountain and Superga. In the Vuelta last year, he didn't perform very well on the short and sharp climbs throughout the whole race.

He beat Moreno back in 2015 on Pineda de la Sierra.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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a 3km steep climb, just like Cumbre del Sol. Perfect for Froome

TS Eliot

Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”
Time to turn back and descend the stair,
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair —
(They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”)
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin —
(They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”)
Do I dare
Disturb the universe?

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

What about Superman Lopez? If this is Landa territory, it's certainly Lopez' as well.

Yeah, but Landa has actually won on very short climbs, the shortest climb Lopez has done well on are Green Mountain and Superga. In the Vuelta last year, he didn't perform very well on the short and sharp climbs throughout the whole race.

He beat Moreno back in 2015 on Pineda de la Sierra.

What are the stats for that climb?

 

[ice&fire]

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a 3km steep climb, just like Cumbre del Sol. Perfect for Froome

Froome could only win Cumbre del Sol because the man in your avatar wasn't racing