Trofeo Laigueglia 61 st edition 28 February 2024

[Samamba]

Ayuso group not that far back.

 

[Didinho]

Capo Mele. Is that one of the Sanremo Capi?

 

[SafeBet]

Capo Mele. Is that one of the Sanremo Capi?

Yes but from the other side.

 

[Didinho]

Yes but from the other side.

Thanks. Was already thinking why Sanremo never thought of putting the next climb in.

 

[SafeBet]

Thanks. Was already thinking why Sanremo never thought of putting the next climb in.

Finding hard climbs in the area will never be a problem. Depends how hard they wanna make the Sanremo route.

 

[DNP-Old]

Louis Barre bridging?

 

[Brullnux]

Finding hard climbs in the area will never be a problem. Depends how hard they wanna make the Sanremo route.

Weirdly the past few years have created the opposite problem to the definite mass sprint years a decade or so ago. It seems that the same people who win/podium MSR win/podium Amstel, so is it worth making it harder anyway?

 

[SafeBet]

Louis Barre bridging?

RAI says it's him.

 

[DNP-Old]

RAI says it's him.

Any indication from RAI what the distance is to the Ayuso group? Barre obviously given at 9 seconds.

Edit: never mind, 26 seconds.

 

[Samamba]

Christen doesn't seem to confident on the descent. But Martinez can't ride on his own to the finish I think.

 

[DNP-Old]

Jan descending like Wiggins.

 

[Samamba]

Lol Christen is a horrible descender

 

[DNP-Old]

Losing a descent to 23 kg Lenny is embarrassing, ngl.

 

[Tim Cahill]

That was a great move from Martinez, showed a bit of weakness to get Christen on the front to bury himself with an attack then went over the top of the climb.

 

[Samamba]

But there's no way Martinez can hold them off if they work together behind

 

[Landeirovic]

Lol Christen is a horrible descender

strange for a mountainbiker etc

 

[SafeBet]

But there's no way Martinez can hold them off if they work together behind

Vendrame is there so the others might not wanna work with him. Let's see.

 

[search]

But there's no way Martinez can hold them off if they work together behind

but maybe they won't, with Vendrame in there

edit: looks like Scaroni is willing to work. Astana needs those points.

 

[DNP-Old]

Jan isn't too far behind, he can still come back. He should comfortably be the favourite in a sprint between the two.

 

[Rob5091]

Go Lenny!

 

[Samamba]

Jan isn't too far behind, he can still come back. He should comfortably be the favourite in a sprint.

Yeah he's coming back. Martinez just doesn't have the power to do this. Last 2.5km is also full headwind.

It's a bit sad for Lenny, he deserves the win, but I just don't think he can do it in races like this. I mean it's always going to be really hard when you weigh 50kilo

Anyways, he actually looks really strong so who knows Christen cracks.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Gaps growing I think, looked more like 10 seconds

 

[Samamba]

Christen caught. It's 1v4.

Actually impressed with Martinez.

 

[Didinho]

4 vs 1. But the motard is doing his fair share of the work.

 

[DNP-Old]

Yeah he's coming back. Martinez just doesn't have the power to do this. Last 2.5km is also full headwind.

It's a bit sad for Lenny, he deserved the win, but I just don't think he can do it in races like this. I mean it's always going to be really hard when you weigh 50kilo

Anyways, he actually looks really strong so who knows Christen cracks.

I remember Lenny went toe to toe with Uijtdebroeks everyday in Valromey, only to get absolutely fried alive on the more shallow gradients to Plan d'Hotonnes. *** was really funny.