Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto (ITT) 9.3km

[royalpig180]

Stage:
Canc
Boom
Cuddles
Pinotti
Nibali

GC:
Cuddles
Basso
Nibali
Gesink
Scarponi

 

[skidmark]

thinking back - if he takes it out - will this Victory be Cadels biggest in terms of length? (ie. 7 day tour)
If so, wow... surprising.

I checked cq because I was curious, and I remembered him winning Coppi e Bartali (5 days) a few years ago but not anything else. Turns out he's won Romandie in 2006 (6 days), but the biggest win in terms of length has been the Tour of Austria (7 days), in both 2004 and 2001. Who knew? Well, now I do.

 

[Tuarts]

Why does T-A finish with an Epilogue?

A 9km straight doesn't even seem worth it...

 

[auscyclefan94]

I'm tempted to say Gilbert will surprise. He was top 10 in the pancake flat 45km in the Vuelta, a short out-and-back won't be anything he can't handle.

Will he be motivated to do a strong ride? This course doesn't suit him as it is about power not accelerations.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

This will definately be his biggest (not in terms of days, in terms of prestige) stage race win imo. Excellent win .

 

[Sasquatch]

I'm tempted to say Gilbert will surprise. He was top 10 in the pancake flat 45km in the Vuelta, a short out-and-back won't be anything he can't handle.

He has been working on his time trialing too.

$67 for the stage win. Damn, if Cancellara wasn't in there, I would be tempted. 9km flat suits Gilbert big time.

 

[Sasquatch]

This will definately be his biggest (not in terms of days, in terms of prestige) stage race win imo. Excellent win .

He will choke like he did in the 2008 Tour de France time trial. He will hand victory to one of the LeekyGasses.

 

[auscyclefan94]

He will choke like he did in the 2008 Tour de France time trial. He will hand victory to one of the LeekyGasses.

This will definately be his biggest (not in terms of days, in terms of prestige) stage race win imo. Excellent win .

You've been a very good sport, Timmy during Tirreno.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cancellara
Pinotti
Evans
Nibali
Boom

This is a power tt. Cancellara should win easily.

 

[Sasquatch]

1. Cancellara
2. Gilbert
3. Boom
4. Basso
5. Pinotti
6. Zabriskie
7. Evans
8. Nibali
9. Velits
10. Kiriyenka

Final GC

Ivan Basso
Cadel Evans 1 second
Vincenzo Nibali 5 seconds

 

[rxgqgxnyfz]

2. Gilbert
4. Basso

wut


wut

 

[Sasquatch]

wut


wut

Gilbert will come top 5 tonight.

 

[theyoungest]

By the way, am I safe to say Boom has not shown any potential yet again to ever be good in the longer classics?

No, you're not. In the hardest 240 km stage, the one Gilbert won, Boom was dropped just 20 k from the finish. He held on about as long as Langeveld. He is progressing, even from one day to the next.

Indeed. Funny, how Poels has evolved compared to Boom from their espoirs period. Right now, Boom is, overall, better, but I'm very much inclined to think Poels will become a better rider with a bigger palmares. He's also 2 years younger ofcourse

You might as well compare Boom to Andy Schleck, if you're going to compare him with Poels. He used to rival Schleck in climbing as well. And that comparison makes just as much sense.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

No, you're not. In the hardest 240 km stage, the one Gilbert won, Boom was dropped just 20 k from the finish. He held on about as long as Langeveld. He is progressing, even from one day to the next.


You might as well compare Boom to Andy Schleck, if you're going to compare him with Poels. He used to rival Schleck in climbing as well. And that comparison makes just as much sense.

220 km in a stagerace is nothing like 220 km in a one day race. in omloop he was out of energy after 180 km.

 

[theyoungest]

220 km in a stagerace is nothing like 220 km in a one day race. in omloop he was out of energy after 180 km.

I know, but in that case El Pistolero's point makes even less sense

But guys like Evans and Basso (and Gesink obviously) ran completely out of gas at the end, which suggests that the race had been quite hard.

 

[Jamsque]

thinking back - if he takes it out - will this Victory be Cadels biggest in terms of length? (ie. 7 day tour)
If so, wow... surprising.

I think so. This will be the best GC win of his career, in fact. In the past he's won Austria twice, Romandie once and the Settimana Internazionale once.

 

[Jan the Man]

1. Cancellara
2. Boom
3. Gustav Larsson
4. Marco Pinotti
5. Cadel Evans

 

[Ferminal]

Looks like a grey day.

 

[boomcie]

Does anyone have an idea whether Hushovd is going to go full throttle today? Cause if he does, he's gonna be close IMO. He really impressed me this week.

Apart from that, the usual suspects: Cance, Evans, Pinotti, Boom.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Does anyone have an idea whether Hushovd is going to go full throttle today? Cause if he does, he's gonna be close IMO. He really impressed me this week.

I've made him my pick on another forum, gambling he'll fancy this course and put down the power.
Given my luck, he'll promenade along the promenade.

 

[Anonymous]

apart from the usual suspects- I'm going to think outside the box and name this guy for the win....

Bert Grabsch

Looks more like Bert Fatsch

 

[Cobblestoned]

We also call him "brawn" ?.
Because he looks like a Presswurst or Weisswurst in his jersey.

 

[woodie]

When does the race start????

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

At 13:15 the first rider starts, at 15:34 top 10 starts.

 

[Anonymous]

At 13:15 the first rider starts, at 15:34 top 10 starts.

local time?