'Dale Posted March 18, 2021 Share The first Monument of the season is upon us. After last year’s edition was moved to August (thanks COVID!) Milan-San Remo is back in its traditional March timeslot. Here’s what you should know ahead of Saturday’s 112th edition of ‘La Classicissima’. ☕️ https://cyclingtips.com/2021/03/preview-your-guide-to-the-2021-milan-san-remo/ lechatnoir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted March 18, 2021 Share I see DSTv has ditched this too. Up to last year, they were quite good covering most races and certainly all the single day races. F.......K the results of people voting with feet and wallets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted March 18, 2021 Share Did anyone watch Nokere Koerse yesterday? I love it when the underdogs win - pity about Cav hitting the deck 6km from the finish. Would have been interesting to see how his sprint form is... Long Wheel Base and kosmonooit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsw Posted March 18, 2021 Share Did anyone watch Nokere Koerse yesterday? I love it when the underdogs win - pity about Cav hitting the deck 6km from the finish. Would have been interesting to see how his sprint form is... I watched the last hour or so. The roads and cobbles were quite treacherous, there were always going to be crashes. I also hope to see a race where Cav will be in a position to sprint for the win.. even if only for old times sake as this season will probably be his last. Eldron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted March 18, 2021 Share MSR Cross tailwind apparently at the finalè that may favourite Poggio attackers ???? No rain, sunny ???? Moscon out Can Ganna surprize ???????? Frosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted March 18, 2021 Share Lekka highlights The winner’s leg speed ???? peetwindhoek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsw Posted March 18, 2021 Share Mathieu van der Poel on Milan- San Remo: "The first 150 to 200 kilometres are just riding in a bunch and trying not to fall asleep, so it's not really my favourite kind of racing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mntboy Posted March 19, 2021 Share Still hoping that PhilGil will be able to add MSR to his palmares but that boat has probably already sailed. Frosty, Jakkals. and Underachiever 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted March 19, 2021 Share Still hoping that PhilGil will be able to add MSR to his palmares but that boat has probably already sailed.Heart agrees completely. Head:The 3 Amigos will want to go hard on the 2nd half of the Poggio. As soon as one of them launches, the other two will follow. MvdP wins the sprint in this scenario. Things will be too hectic on the Cipressa and the Poggio for Sam Bennett to hang on. If he somehow makes it within touching distance of a compact main group, he will smoke them all for the win. Only way anyone else wins this is if they attack on or after the Cipressa and there is a disorganised/disrupted chase. This is where Gilbert has his opportunity, maybe he takes people like Gogl, Betiol, Pederson with him to stay away and then outfoxes them in the finish. Mntboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakkals. Posted March 19, 2021 Share Id love for the guy to add MSR to his list of achievements. these are soooo much better Edited March 19, 2021 by Jakkals. Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underachiever Posted March 19, 2021 Share the results of people voting with feet and wallets. DSTv stepped up... MSR live from 10h30-18h30... dsw and Long Wheel Base 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedal menace Posted March 19, 2021 Share DSTv stepped up... MSR live from 10h30-18h30...Cool - but was planning to watch on GCN+ anyway - perfect alternative to the garbage DSTV dishes out daily at a gezillionth of the price. Since it is ad free - No Marriot ad every 3 minutes - I might just still do that Edited March 19, 2021 by pedal menace Frosty, Vetplant and Gen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted March 19, 2021 Share Heart agrees completely. Head:The 3 Amigos will want to go hard on the 2nd half of the Poggio. As soon as one of them launches, the other two will follow. MvdP wins the sprint in this scenario. Things will be too hectic on the Cipressa and the Poggio for Sam Bennett to hang on. If he somehow makes it within touching distance of a compact main group, he will smoke them all for the win. Only way anyone else wins this is if they attack on or after the Cipressa and there is a disorganised/disrupted chase. This is where Gilbert has his opportunity, maybe he takes people like Gogl, Betiol, Pederson with him to stay away and then outfoxes them in the finish. Fascinating this... considering all the permutations. my thoughts are that anyone going to the line in a break with any of the top 3 will be aiming at being fresh as a daisy when they get there and will back their sprint against a fatigued JA/MvA/VDP. Then again, a fatigued VDP can honk out 1300W, so there's that. And JA has that wicked mobile-chicane-move, so always dangerous there. And WvA can seemingly claw his way onto any wheel, and can probably claw his way away from any wheel too. I doubt the big 3 will get to the line alone, but if they did... Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_ Posted March 19, 2021 Share DSTv stepped up... MSR live from 10h30-18h30... Really? oh yay! I checked the supersport website earlier this morning and didn't see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_ Posted March 19, 2021 Share Fascinating this... considering all the permutations. my thoughts are that anyone going to the line in a break with any of the top 3 will be aiming at being fresh as a daisy when they get there and will back their sprint against a fatigued JA/MvA/VDP. Then again, a fatigued VDP can honk out 1300W, so there's that. And JA has that wicked mobile-chicane-move, so always dangerous there. And WvA can seemingly claw his way onto any wheel, and can probably claw his way away from any wheel too. I doubt the big 3 will get to the line alone, but if they did... This must be the cyborg Mathieu van Aert I've heard about. Built to end all cycling. Underachiever, Long Wheel Base, Vetplant and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted March 19, 2021 Share And JA has that wicked mobile-chicane-move, so always dangerous there. Like when he chicaned into a motorbike? Priceless move. Underachiever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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