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Milan San Remo 2012
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:07
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Deserves its own thread surely!
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:11
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Yep.
Cav looking very thin:
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| Wilier |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:13
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Agreed.
Here's my stars for today.
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Cavendish, Boonen, Sagan
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| Kami |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:14
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Ugh, not looking forward to a lead-out train starting after La Manie.
Hope the teams who have to (Quick-Step, Liquigas, BMC), make it a hard race.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:18
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Kami wrote:
Ugh, not looking forward to a lead-out train starting after La Manie.
Don't worry, Sky will stuff it up.
I'm hoping for a situation a bit like last year - a small group forming after the Poggio that takes it, after a lot of aggressive racing in the hour before that.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:23
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It's raining in San Remo! That's is going to make the descent very dangerous and exciting. Would expect a lot crashes and Nibali 'winning or crashing' with his crazy skills  It's 5 hours to dry up there for Cav
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| Wilier |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:28
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Why should a dangerous descent be exciting?  |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:31
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Kami wrote:
Ugh, not looking forward to a lead-out train starting after La Manie.
Seconded. I really, really hope Sky wont race like GB did in the worlds. Luckily we've got Liquigas and some other teams wanting a hard race.
My bet is on Sagan for the win, Goss-style. Can't see him getting dropped up the Poggio, while I do think many other sprinters will struggle.
I'm sure of one thing though - Gilbert wont be in the Top 10.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:40
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Wilier wrote:
Why should a dangerous descent be exciting?
That had a double meaning tbh, Cav isn't best descender in the peleton, those that are better than him will try to take risks and make the race more exciting at the end
Never in MSR I have seen a leadout train, even when he won in 2009 he didn't have one and Sky isn't strong enough here to do what they did at the Worlds. No Thomas, Froome and Wiggo to pull. And with Lofkvist sick at Tirreno and Puccio as a late replacement the squad isn't that strong to make such leadout. Cav, EBH and Lofo will have to race very tactically at the Poggio to stand a chance of winning.
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:46
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I hope not to see a royal sprint. I hope someone does a "scarponi" on Cipressa. Or a group of 15-10 men to sprint for victory.
But i fear a sky-monoploy all the way to San-Remo.
Oleg Berdos (Mol)
Pierpaolo De Negri (Ita)
Dmitri Groezdev (Kaz)
Cheng Ji (Chn)
Vegard Laengen (Noo)
Michael Mørkøv (Den)
Juan José Oroz (Spa)
Angelo Pagani (Ita)
Juan Pablo Suárez (Col)
Have over 13' to the bunch.
Turchino still to come.
Edited by sam1196 on 17-03-2012 11:47
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Posted on 25-11-2024 11:22
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| arthon |
Posted on 17-03-2012 11:53
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Any links to the Gazzetta live stream?
CountArach wrote:
I'm hoping for a situation a bit like last year - a small group forming after the Poggio that takes it, after a lot of aggressive racing in the hour before that.
Same.
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 17-03-2012 12:01
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Alakagom wrote:
Wilier wrote:
Why should a dangerous descent be exciting?
That had a double meaning tbh, Cav isn't best descender in the peleton, those that are better than him will try to take risks and make the race more exciting at the end
Never in MSR I have seen a leadout train, even when he won in 2009 he didn't have one and Sky isn't strong enough here to do what they did at the Worlds. No Thomas, Froome and Wiggo to pull. And with Lofkvist sick at Tirreno and Puccio as a late replacement the squad isn't that strong to make such leadout. Cav, EBH and Lofo will have to race very tactically at the Poggio to stand a chance of winning.
There have been lead out trains in MSR; to give one. Milram had one with Zabel and Petachi in 07 i think. But i also don't think Sky is going to win today. Or cav should do it on his own wich he had never done before in a 250+km race.
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 17-03-2012 12:03
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arthon wrote:
Any links to the Gazzetta live stream?
No live images from the race for another hour and a half i'm afraid.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 17-03-2012 12:23
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Alakagom wrote:
That had a double meaning tbh, Cav isn't best descender in the peleton, those that are better than him will try to take risks and make the race more exciting at the end
I'm not even British, but I think you underrate his descending skill a lot. Cav, like many sprinters (or grupetto rider) is a very skilled descender, but you rarely get to see it on television. Nothing like Moncoutié or Zülle for example. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 17-03-2012 12:42
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Cav isn't the best climber either . Look for him to not be at full strength in a small group sprint at the end.Why'll he won't get dropped, Liquigas will try to make him suffer on the Poggio. My bet for the race is Sagan. If a Sky rider wins, it will be Boassen Hagen.
Edited by baseballlover312 on 17-03-2012 12:43
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 17-03-2012 12:46
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Are we ignoring the fact that Cav has, in fact, won MSR before?
I think he can climb well enough when he wants to.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 17-03-2012 12:50
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rjc_43 wrote:
Are we ignoring the fact that Cav has, in fact, won MSR before?
I think he can climb well enough when he wants to.
It helps that almost nothing happened after the Cipressa.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 17-03-2012 13:04
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It's not like you need to be Pantani to survive the Poggio. Put someone to protect Cavendish and to keep him in the front and, unless there's some crazy racing, he should be able to stay in the peloton.
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 17-03-2012 13:07
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It could also crack on Le Manie. Liquigas shouldn't wait till Capi's and Poggio to eliminate Cav.
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| SotD |
Posted on 17-03-2012 13:08
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Can't seem to find the race anywhere. Can it really be that Eurosport wont show it? :-O
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