Tirreno - Adriatico Stage 6, P.S.Elpidio -> P.S.Elpidio, 209 kms (11/03/2013)

[jens_attacks]

well well i did manage to lose this.
from your comments, seems like it was epic. i'll watch it later

see the devil is not so black just like i told you. congrats to sagan, nibali(vino must be crazy happy) and all the champs. that's bike racing

 

[Kokoso]

well the rai radio said that kreuziger had returned to the group a long time even before final climb. he also had that flat tire a long time before that. at least 15-20 km I think

He had a second mechanical at the beginning of the climb. That's what you don't know.

 

[jens_attacks]

wow juanjo cobo 17th in gc. awesomeee!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Damn work... I miss the greatest stage.

Skyborg collapsed! Now we know their weak point. But unfortunately the TDF doesn't contain stages with 30% walls with steep downhills...

Also. Poels in the top 10. That's just ****ing awesome

 

[LaFlorecita]

wow juanjo cobo 17th in gc. awesomeee!

massive performance by el Bisonte

 

[Miburo]

I also missed this stage, that's my luck.

Yeah the tour has none of this stage and it won't rain for sure...

Nibali was awesome, purito's jump was impressive. Contador wasn't good enough and froome failed

 

[Afrank]

Damn work... I miss the greatest stage.

Skyborg collapsed! Now we know their weak point. But unfortunately the TDF doesn't contain stages with 30% walls with steep downhills...

Also. Poels in the top 10. That's just ****ing awesome

Poels was 13th, just outside the top 10. Still a great result though. He is making good progress forward.

Can't wait to see the stage later, it sounded epic.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Poels was 13th, just outside the top 10. Still a great result though. He is making good progress forward.

Can't wait to see the stage later, it sounded epic.

top 10 overall, use your brain it was pretty obvious i was talking overall

 

[cineteq]

Acquarone tweets Tirreno-Adriatico stage was too extreme.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/03/news/acquarone-tirreno-stage-6-went-too-far_277610

@f_cancellara
I have just to say todays stage has nothing to do with bike racing.all the steep climbs we done you find in the area.i call it #sadomaso

 

[Afrank]

top 10 overall, use your brain it was pretty obvious i was talking overall

My bad.
10 char

 

[Miburo]

Acquarone tweets Tirreno-Adriatico stage was too extreme.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/03/news/acquarone-tirreno-stage-6-went-too-far_277610

@f_cancellara
I have just to say todays stage has nothing to do with bike racing.all the steep climbs we done you find in the area.i call it #sadomaso

He should have stopped the race

 

[Der Effe]

Fabian cancellara ‏@f_cancellara
It shows lot of class @micacquarone talks about that they went wrong with todays stage.There are not meany raceorganizer like him#thanks

 

[cineteq]

He should have stopped the race

Michele Acquarone
@petosagan and @VincenzoNibali shone in a legendary stage. Many of you enjoyed it, but it was too much. We lost the right balance. #Tirreno

Oh well, so much for such a great stage. I guess we're back to Skyborg dominance.

 

[happytramp]

A bit off topic but a thought just hit me. How can Froome possibly win the Tour when Purito will just ride his train all the way to the last Km then jump him. Sky train benefits him more than anyone. No long range attacks or moves to cover.

 

[Duartista]

Pretty depressing to see those comments from Acquarone. If they think 3 hard stages in a row is too much, cut Prate de Tivo, not this.

 

[Parrulo]

as if purito was going to gain enough time to cover his losses over 80k of itt, particularly without time bonus

 

[Parrulo]

Pretty depressing to see those comments from Acquarone. If they think 3 hard stages in a row is too much, cut Prate de Tivo, not this.

indeed, pathetic from aquarone and from some riders

phinney has gained a new fan today, i will be cheering for him tomorrow

 

[theyoungest]

indeed, pathetic from aquarone and from some riders

phinney has gained a new fan today, i will be cheering for him tomorrow

You can't. He finished out of the time limit.

Pretty depressing to see those comments from Acquarone. If they think 3 hard stages in a row is too much, cut Prate de Tivo, not this.

Indeed. A mountain finish like that doesn't belong in Tirreno. And it provides boring racing in this Sky age.

 

[Cyivel]

indeed, pathetic from aquarone and from some riders

phinney has gained a new fan today, i will be cheering for him tomorrow

Cheering him doing what

 

[Winterfold]

27/30% - after those tough kms and climbing in that weather no wonder they were going sideways. That's about the limit of what you can actually ride up, pro on a compact or not.

While today's stage was great maybe that is a little bit on the sadistic side.

EDIT and now I see the pic of pro's walking - that is not right (except when 5 abreast on 1.5m wide sunken cobbles lane)

 

[happytramp]

as if purito was going to gain enough time to cover his losses over 80k of itt, particularly without time bonus

That answers my question then

 

[Parrulo]

if they let him start tomorrow stage ofc, that was already discussed a couple pages back. . .

anyway there are already some torrents for today's stage on cyclingtorrents in some pretty good quality

 

[Cyivel]

if they let him start tomorrow stage ofc, that was already discussed a couple pages back. . .

anyway there are already some torrents for today's stage on cyclingtorrents in some pretty good quality

I thought it was said he was eliminated?

I like him to be able to start as well

 

[Winterfold]

A bit off topic but a thought just hit me. How can Froome possibly win the Tour when Purito will just ride his train all the way to the last Km then jump him. Sky train benefits him more than anyone. No long range attacks or moves to cover.

By gaining 5 minutes on Purito in time trials?

 

[cineteq]

I thought it was said he was eliminated?

I like him to be able to start as well

He won't start. Those are the rules, he's accepted it. See Acqua & Taylor's tweets.