The Classics

['Dale]

89km remaining from 175km

 

In the men's race, meanwhile, the break is on the sixth sector of mud road at Pieve a Salti, with a buffer in excess of five minutes over the main peloton.

['Dale]

Yet again

Whoever crests that final climb has the win

Especially on the slippery stones

['Dale]

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A major split has occurred on this sixth sector of dirt road, with a group of 15 or so riders - among them Peter Sagan - moving clear of a fragmented peloton. Vincenzo Nibali is among the riders in the third group on the road, but we understand that the race has splintered into pieces.

['Dale]

Sagz

Stybar

Who else will relish the conditions with the wet gravel roads

[Gen]

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A major split has occurred on this sixth sector of dirt road, with a group of 15 or so riders - among them Peter Sagan - moving clear of a fragmented peloton. Vincenzo Nibali is among the riders in the third group on the road, but we understand that the race has splintered into pieces.

And we have to watch replays of the flippen cricket till we get coverage..

['Dale]

The beauty of Strade Bianche, of course, is that these gravel roads are slung along the Chianti hills, and hence there is scarcely a metre of flat along the route, which dips and rises throughout the day as it doubles back towards Siena.

[Jakkals.]

En quikstep is on the floor again????

[Jakkals.]

Kom Stybar!!!

[Gen]

Ag nooit

 

SAGAN has had to retire..he is ill

 

https://twitter.com/BORAhansgrohe/status/838009776713973760

 

Unfortunately @petosagan had to retire from the #stradebianche. He wasn't feeling well but still wanted to race as much as he could

[shaper]

Just gone live on Eurosport 2

[Cav']

Ag nooit

SAGAN has had to retire..he is illhttps://twitter.com/BORAhansgrohe/status/838009776713973760

Unfortunately @petosagan had to retire from the #stradebianche. He wasn't feeling well but still wanted to race as much as he could

That's unfortunate.

[Cav']

That chase is strong.

['Dale]

Meanwhile, Frapporti has been dropped by the break and trails by 1:15. Stybar and the growing chase group are 2:15 down.

[Cav']

Thank God the P&P show isn't commentating on the DSTV broadcast.

[Gen]

Go Stuyven or Stybar [emoji123]

 

OR Benoot[emoji123]

 

 

No wait

 

Also go Dumoulin

Edited March 4, 2017 by Gen

['Dale]

Lotto Soudal are now setting the pace in the chasing group, which is around 20 riders strong. Tiesj Benoot is among their number, hence the Belgian squad's efforts. Others in the group include Van Avermaet, Stybar, Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), Luke Durbridge (Orica-Scott) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky).