Tirreno Adriatico route revealed

[Velolover2]

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Do you think that heavy rain and lots of attacking could create gaps like that stage with Nibali, Sagan and Purito in 2013 or is it not hard enough?

I guess it can happen... but most likely not. Especially with a proper MTF the following day.

I think you are right about that. Stage 4 should have been stage 5 and vice versa. But if it's 8% for over 2k, it's stil a lot. Same with the Trevi climb just before. Definitely not Cavendish's cup of tea.

For Nibali, it could be the perfect warm-up stage for Milano-Sanremo.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Stage 6 looks like a 5% rise or so to Cepagati, and it's such a disappointing stage considering the wealth of oppurtuntities there.

Well that climb is rather 7 km's long with an average of 1.5%. So it will be a simple sprint. The only rider who could have problems here is Kittel and you can hardly design a stage in that area on which Kittel wouldnt have problems.

 

[May0maniac]

Meh, worst Tirreno Adriatico route in recent years.

 

[Oliver]

Nibali will be very motivated to show something, so he'll be a clear favorite.

Stage 2 is something for Matthews & Kwiatkowski I guess.

 

[Ferminal]

I don't mind it but nothing on the glory days of 2009-2013.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Meh, worst Tirreno Adriatico route in recent years.

It is clearly better than this year's, huh? I think its a decent route

 

[Velolover2]

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Nibali will be very motivated to show something, so he'll be a clear favorite.

Stage 2 is something for Matthews & Kwiatkowski I guess.

Let's hope it's harder than that. Otherwise, there will only be one fun stage.

 

[Velolover2]

http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/matthews_targets_sanremo_and_amstel_in_2016/#PUPmc3WGc3mJ3z6y.97

And Matthews is riding Paris-Nice instead. But for let's hope the stage is somewhat harder than that. Nothing is more boring than when hilly stages ends in reduced bunch sprints ala Matthews and Gerrans.

 

[jsem94]

PN route is so much better this time around...

 

[May0maniac]

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Meh, worst Tirreno Adriatico route in recent years.

It is clearly better than this year's, huh? I think its a decent route

I don't know, it was a bad route by Tirreno Adriatico standarts, but the stage that Poels won wasn't bad and the first version of that stage was even better, I don't think that the new route has 2 stages that are better than that stage + Terminillo.

 

[Gigs_98]

Btw, don't you think 33 ITT kilometers are too much for this race. There is only one mountain stage and you can hardly do a long range attack there. A rider like Quintana would hardly have a chance against a rider like Froome. Sky just has to control the first half of the climb and its already impossible to get the time Froome would get in the ITT's, on the second half. I generally like races with lots of TTing but these races also should have a few really hard multi climbs stages and not only one, with a very hard mtf.

 

[May0maniac]

We only have 10.1km of ITT, the 22.7km long time trial is a TTT.
I've always disliked TTTs, but I don't know if this one will decide the race.

 

[Gigs_98]

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We only have 10.1km of ITT, the 22.7km long time trial is a TTT.
I've always disliked TTTs, but I don't know if this one will decide the race.

Oh, got that wrong. However 22.7 kilometers of TTT also aren't an indication for a very good route.

 

[Velolover2]

Dumoulin's best chance to win a stage race btw.

 

[staubsauger]

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Dumoulin's best chance to win a stage race btw.

As long as Giant does well in the ttt.

 

[Velolover2]

The finale climb of stage 2 which is followed by some false downhill and a uphill drag in the final metres. Could be better than we think. I think Brullnux is right. This stage will be between the hardier puncheurs like Valverde, Purito, Dan Martin and Kwiatkowski. No way Sagan is surviving this because there is going to be a lot of attacks.

It's like 8% for 3k.

 

[Velolover2]

Stage 4 also had the potential be awesome if it was held after stage 5 on a rainy day. Perfect warm-up for Nibali who is riding Milano-Sanremo.

Not a stage for Kittel and Cavendish.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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We only have 10.1km of ITT, the 22.7km long time trial is a TTT.
I've always disliked TTTs, but I don't know if this one will decide the race.

Oh, got that wrong. However 22.7 kilometers of TTT also aren't an indication for a very good route.

Rather 20 than 10, at least some riders will be at a deficit and have to make up for it. I dont think the route is bad. Only 2 stages for the sprinters, 2 for the puncheurs, one for the climbers and the two time trials. However, we can all agree that Paris-Nice is a better route, but that route is also quite exceptional compared to what we expect in that race.

 

[magnolia]

Good stages this year.