Chicchi seems to be in very good shape.

Handzame Classic (194.5 km) (1.1)

1	Francesco Chicchi	ITA	OmegaPharma - Quick Step	4h10'00"
2	Marcel Kittel	GER	Project 1t4i
3	Adam Blythe	GBR	BMC Racing Team
4	Guillaume Boivin	CAN	SpiderTech powered by C10
5	Kenny van Hummel	NED	Vacansoleil - DCM
6	Graeme Brown	AUS	Rabobank
7	Gediminas Bagdonas	LTU	An Post - Sean Kelly
8	Boy van Poppel	NED	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
9	Kenny Dehaes	BEL	Lotto - Belisol
10	Nikolai Trussov	RUS	RusVelo

Istrian Spring Trophy, Stage 1: Umag - Labin (159 km) (2.2)

Obviously I didn't see the sprint, but I'm still surprised that an averagely fast sprinter like Chicchi (no offence) managed to beat Kittel in a sprint...

Kittel twittered afterwards that Omega Pharma had a great tactic to beat him.
They send one rider to the front with a small "attack" and Kittel had to start his sprint with 350m.
When he lost some of his speed Chicci was able to oversprint him.

Is it still so that Chichi doesn't survive a speed-bump?

Otherwise his shape for the season won't really matter, because there arent many pancake-flat stages.

To be honest I think Chicchi got enough of wins this season to satisfy him ( comapred to 2011 ) He got 5 wins and already improved his CQ ranking from last year. Next stage this month he could pick up wins in KBC-Driedaagse De Panne -Koksijde and next month in pancake flat Scheldeprijs, Grand Prix Pino Cerami and if he goes then in Tour of Turkey which has lots of flat stages as well. He will definitely have chances to even better this result, quite impressive so far, as the rest of OPQS in those smaller races.

Okay I am done

MSR started, let the best man win

Obviously the first group already had success. 5min advance for them.

Dmitriy Gruzdev (AST)

Juan Pablo Suarez (COL)

Angelo Pagani (COG)

Juan Jose Oroz (EUS)

Pierpaolo de Negri (FAR)

Cheng Ji (PRO)

Michael Morkov (SAX)

Oleg Berdos (UNA)

Vegard Sakte Laengen (TT1)

Hope for a great race today, would be lovely to see one like last year's.

I've put $5 down on Sagan at 6:1 odds and $5 on Goss at 19:1. I think Sagan will win it, but those are some good odds for someone like Goss.

I have a feeling that there will be anu upset, some kind of late break will succeed, maybe the likes of Cunego or Gerrans, or another Puncheur like that.

Nice to see Stake Laengen in the breakaway, hopefully they can last a while, and get some TV-time.

This should be an epic classic, just like last year. Hopefully we'll see some aggressive racing, and I've got a feeling Nibali will win it, from an attack on the descent of Cipressa or Poggio.

Milan San Remo is more than just an other race! Thread: pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thr...pid=489899

It deserves a thread really, Just as any other major classic. P-R, RVV, LBL, Lombardia.

Technically, we don't call those "major classics" but "monuments".

hehe, i'm mixing dutch and english once again or in PCM classique _majeur in the editor

Classic Loire Atlantique (184.8 km) (1.1)

1	Florian Vachon	FRA	Bretagne - Schuller	4h33'40"
2	Mirko Selvaggi	ITA	Vacansoleil - DCM
3	Sébastien Delfosse	BEL	Landbouwkrediet - Euphony	16"
4	Davy Commeyne	BEL	Landbouwkrediet - Euphony	17"
5	Romain Feillu	FRA	Vacansoleil - DCM	17"
6	Pieter Jacobs	BEL	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	20"
7	Laszlo Bodrogi	FRA	Team Type 1 - Sanofi	24"
8	Filippo Fortin	ITA	Team Type 1 - Sanofi	24"
9	Tom Van Asbroeck	BEL	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	24"
10	Wouter Mol	NED	Vacansoleil - DCM	24"

Istrian Spring Trophy - Istarsko Proljece, Stage 2: Vrsar - Motovun (157 km) (2.2)

Good ride for Eibegger. I hope sometime soon he gets back into a bigger continental or WT team.

Demare wins GP Cholet - Pays De Loire, the boy is on fire.

1.				DEMARE Arnaud		FDJ
2.				MANGEL Laurent		SAU
3.				DELAGE Mickael		FDJ

La Roue Tarangelle (192 km) (1.2)

GP San Giuseppe (1.2)


Istrian Spring Trophy - Istarsko Proljece, Stage 3: Pazin - Umag (169 km) (2.2)


Istrian Spring Trophy - Istarsko Proljece, General Classification (2.2)

Tour de Normandie, Stage 1: Saint-Lô I.T.T. (3.4 km) (2.2)