Tirreno Adriatico, 6-10 March 2013 [Spoilers]

[smutchin]

Lionel Birnie has been talking of Sky's tactics as "catenaccio cycling", with Brailsford the Helenio Herrera of cycling.

I guess that makes Nibali its Johan Cruyff.

(Apologies to non-football fans who don't get the reference.)

 

[smutchin]

Is Nibali doing the Giro or the Tour this year ?

Giro according to this:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...-battle-bradley-wiggins-in-giro-d-italia.html

Mind you, the same piece also says he's out of the running to defend his Tirreno-Adriatico title, so I'm not sure how far we can trust it.

 

[Crackle]

Tomorrows stage is pan flat

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/2011/en/stage_7.shtml

Last year, Nibali lost only 20 seconds to Cancellara, coming in ninth. Barring mechanical, crash or other, I'd say he's got it. Can Froome stay 2nd?

 

[beastie]

Tomorrows stage is pan flat

http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/TirrenoAdriatico/2011/en/stage_7.shtml

Last year, Nibali lost only 20 seconds to Cancellara, coming in ninth. Barring mechanical, crash or other, I'd say he's got it. Can Froome stay 2nd?

You would expect Froome to take some time out of Bubbles and a little out of Contador. Rodriguez to shell a bucket. What a top ride by Nibali that was.

 

[tigger]

Looking forward to seeing the highlights tonight!

 

[smutchin]

Froome is surely a good enough time triallist to make sure of 2nd place, but is Rodriguez good enough to make sure of third? I suspect not.

 

[smutchin]

http://www.teamsky.com/gallery/0,27401,28563_8557595,00.html

My legs hurt just looking at the pics.

 

[Buddfox]

http://www.teamsky.com/gallery/0,27401,28563_8557595,00.html

My legs hurt just looking at the pics.

Ooof.... it's really been an entertaining event this year

 

[jdtate101]

Damn that looked just too steep. Kinda reminded me of the old footage of the Koppenburg when riders just fell off the bikes and nearly everyone walked it up.

 

[smutchin]

Massive hat to Taylor Phinney - carried on alone for 130km after his grupetto abandoned, only to find out he'd finished outside the time limit.

 

[line71]

Brilliant race today,thoroughly enjoyed the steep hills,cant understand how Sagan recovered to win the stage as yesterday was a hilly race aswell,maybe these sorts of courses with numerous short punchy inclines suit him as opposed to long drawn out mountain inclines
Nibali should hold on tomorrow,Froome will probably take 15 -20 seconds off him though

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Froome says he was overgeared, too cold and not wearing enough - and he just didn't have the legs to follow Nibali today:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/froome-admits-minor-mistakes-cost-him-tirreno-adriatico

 

[rich p]

attention to detail? (lack of)
marginal losses.

I'm sort of glad Sky aren't going to win everything and that a proper aggressive rider won the stage (and the overall)

 

[raindog]

I'm sort of glad Sky aren't going to win everything and that a proper aggressive rider won the stage (and the overall)

+1

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Lionel Birnie has been talking of Sky's tactics as "catenaccio cycling", with Brailsford the Helenio Herrera of cycling.

I guess that makes Nibali its Johan Cruyff.

(Apologies to non-football fans who don't get the reference.)

that went wooooosh over my head that.