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Milan San Remo

  • 22-03-2015 12:00pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭


    Live on Eurosport from 13:30

    Finish line has been moved to the historically favoured Via Roma which is 1km nearer the foot of the Poggio. This increases the chances of an escape over the Poggio and daring descent making it to the finish line without being brought back by the sprinters teams.

    La Manie is absent from the race for the 2nd year in a row. We can see from this chart that it really changed the race dynamic when it was in place, and it has likely been removed to keep the sprinters interest. La Manie years in grey.

    Apparently there is a headwind up the Poggio which might well keep a lid of the attacks, and its also fairly breezy along the coast.

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    At nearly 300km in length it is the longest of the Monuments.

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    Odds

    Alexander Kristoff 5
    Peter Sagan 6
    Mark Cavendish 7
    Fabian Cancellara 9
    John Degenkolb 14
    Michael Matthews 14
    Juan Jose Lobato 16
    Greg Van Avermaet 18
    Zdenek Stybar 22
    Ben Swift 25
    Michal Kwiatkowski 28
    Philippe Gilbert 33
    Nacer Bouhanni 33
    Andre Greipel 25
    Alejandro Valverde 50
    Davide Cimolai 66
    Gerald Ciolek 50
    Heinrich Haussler 66


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus




  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,256 Mod ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    There was a great tweet yesterday from Oleg Tinkoff to Fabian Cancellara saying to watch out for him as he is an old fox, Cancellara just replied
    @olegtinkov i am not a old fox... I am #Spartacus.... Class


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭DominoDub


    Looking forward to see how Sam Bennett gets on on his Debut ...hope he can last the 300KM Distance and the climbs ..if he can stay near the front he will always be a contender (now @66/1 was @100/1 )


  • Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭whacker00


    Matt Stephens seems to be getting a lot of the big events now for commentating, haven't heard Kirby in a while has he been demoted, and also it seems no Kelly which is a pity


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭DominoDub


    Getting to like Matt ..on Eurosport ..but I was already a fan of his from the GCN YouTube Channel.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,557 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Wasn't sure which day this race was on and set a recording for yesterday.
    After hitting the road at 5am, riding 200kms up North and getting home after 9pm, I sat down to watch the race. Fell asleep and woke up with the race finished, so went to bed.
    Only this morning when I played the recording again did I cop it was last years race. I was so shattered I never even noticed watching teams that no longer exist. When Nibali made a break I thought he tried this last year and he's doing it again.:o


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    delightful looking day for it. They really should hold the race in Ireland where the weather is glorious :D

    Wheres Kelly on the commentary today?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Just paid Eurosport a year's subscription. Looks like they're really flying along now, some nasty looking falls. Has Sam Bennett any kind of realistic chance, anyone reckon?
    A 3 man Sky train powering along!


  • Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭blobbie


    Ouch


  • Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 74,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    No spoiler tags required - this is a one-day race


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  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Ah poor Bono


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    why does the 1st guy in the train lead the line from one side of the road to the other?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Looking good for Sagan as of now with Kristoff struggling at the back.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    getting interesting now


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    cioleks not a happy bunny

    kwiatoski gone aswell


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    who won?


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    degenkolb


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    great recovery from kristoff


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    degenkolb, kristoff, matthews, sagan


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Stonking last hour there. Great ride by G Thomas, surely Kristoff lost through being at the front from too far out. Come to think of it - not that it's particularly a surprise - after Sky's prominent aggressive riding, Ben Swift nowhere in the sprint.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 20,026 ✭✭✭✭neris


    pelevin wrote: »
    Stonking last hour there. Great ride by G Thomas, surely Kristoff lost through being at the front from too far out.

    thought paulini might have taken him a few meters on before he pulled back but say the 2 of them were shagged by the last few hundred meters


  • Registered Users Posts: 391 ✭✭XtotheZ


    neris wrote: »
    thought paulini might have taken him a few meters on before he pulled back but say the 2 of them were shagged by the last few hundred meters

    he did go from 1.5 out and if he could he would of


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭MPFG


    Well sky really made that a race ...but didn't benefit form it ....managed to drop pure sprinters or at least tire them out though...No CAV, Demare, Greipel

    Suited Degenkolb & Matthews and Kristoff did very well to recover before end ...
    SKY might have been better riding for Thomas
    Sagan not on podium...yikes


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    MPFG wrote: »
    Well sky really made that a race ...but didn't benefit form it ....managed to drop pure sprinters or at least tire them out though...No CAV, Demare, Greipel

    Suited Degenkolb & Matthews and Kristoff did very well to recover before end ...
    SKY might have been better riding for Thomas
    Sagan not on podium...yikes

    I think it must be written into Thomas's contract to be a sacrificial lamb in the classics for riders with less chances.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭MPFG


    pelevin wrote: »
    I think it must be written into Thomas's contract to be a sacrificial lamb in the classics for riders with less chances.

    Thomas is riding amazingly this year ...hope he leads in one of the classics

    Tinkov having meltdown and calling Matti Breschel stupid on twitter


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,442 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Sam came in 78th @ 5 minutes. Goal achieved for him to finish, having never raced this distance before. There will be other chances for him.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭marvin80


    Degenkolb tipped by Sean Kelly during the week:

    https://www.seankellycycling.com/blog/milan-san-remo


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    marvin80 wrote: »
    Degenkolb tipped by Sean Kelly during the week:

    https://www.seankellycycling.com/blog/milan-san-remo

    why wasnt kelly commentating. always tune in when he is but he wasnt today. not on eurosport anyway. the other guy wasnt bad. but still, cant beat kelly


  • Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭Craig06


    When are etixx gonna fix the problem with the stupid groupset


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭nak


    Roquentin wrote: »
    why wasnt kelly commentating. always tune in when he is but he wasnt today. not on eurosport anyway. the other guy wasnt bad. but still, cant beat kelly

    Kelly was at a Chain Reaction sportive in Belfast.


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