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Sagan must be favorite but watch out for Gilbert, Greipel, Cav & Paolini. Heart wants Ciolek to repeat but I think it's unlikely unless the weather is dreadful.

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So hard to call.

Whoever is in the final selection over the Poggio....

 

 

GO SAGAAAAAN

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'Dale, will there be DSTV coverage tomorrow?

 

I haven't seen a thing.

There was a post earlier about RAI.

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Its more exciting on RAI with Italian commentary. If you know most of the riders you catch on pretty quickly whats happening.

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I just checked the weather for the race tomorrow. Looks like there will be less chance of rain. More importantly, the latest forecast has a headwind all the way down the coastline.

 

When they reach the Cipressa, the headwind is forecast to be 20 - 35 km/h.

 

Shaping up to be a traditional sprint finish - generally not much chance of a breakaway staying away in a headwind, esp. one that is 130km long.

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'Dale, will there be DSTV coverage tomorrow?

 

DSTV channel 430 RAI from 16h05 SA time.

 

Check www.steephill.tv for live streaming before that on various (free!)channels!

 

Enjoy!Is going to be classic Classic!

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With about 175km to go, there is a breakaway of 7 riders who have a lead of around 10 min on the peloton:

 

Matteo Bono (Lampre Merida), Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp), Nicola Boem (Bardiani), Antonio Parrinello (Androni Giocattoli), Maarten Tjallingii (Belkin), Jan Barta (Netapp-Endura) and Marc de Maar (UnitedHealthCare).

 

They've just reached the lower slopes of the Passo del Turchino, a long 25km climb with a maximum gradient of 6.8%. It was at the top of this climb last year that the riders got into their team buses with ice-encrusted helmets ahead of the shuttle to the coast.

 

Apparently the weather is really ***. Thunderstorms at the moment with reports of hail on the Turchino as well.

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