The Classics

[Frosty]

The speed at the back of the peloton

[Frosty]

Lost connection on the laptop, so having to make do with mobile app and no sound.

EF, with some funky looking shoe covers

[Frosty]

Final 3Km; a number of rainbow stripes on the sleeves in the battle, plus a few other older names.

 

 

[Frosty]

['Dale]

Interestingly, Fabio to represent the Wolf Pack at MSR after the rainbow jersey withdraws with bronchitis

Edited March 16, 2022 by 'Dale

['Dale]

Hmmm, The Pog to attack on the Pog-gio? 

[lechatnoir]

45 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

Hmmm, The Pog to attack on the Pog-gio? 

3.7km @3.7% seems easy, but done flat-out, it isn't. But these guys can manage that in their sleep at a billion watts and still recover in a moment. The best capable of doing so will win. 

i'm grudgingly putting my money on Ewan. i'm not a fan, but he's climbing better than most of the sprinters at the moment and MSR is a good opportunity for him. he's done well going to Lotto as orico-greenedge-jayco seem a bit wayward to me

[Eldron]

21 hours ago, Frosty said:

44Km to go, 1'24"for the break of 3

and then this interested stat

Well bowl my over with a feather - the the stat people DO know what they're talking about 🙂

Luckily Mørkøv can sprint AFTER he leads out and pin french boxers up against the barriers. Best lead out man in the world for the last few years! Super aware and constantly scanning and reacting. Amazing rider.

['Dale]

Go, Sagan Babes! 😈

['Dale]

I think UAE really want this one.

"The easiest Monument to race, the hardest one to win..." - Pieter Sagun

Edited March 17, 2022 by 'Dale

[Vetplant]

On 3/13/2022 at 8:22 PM, Vetplant said:

Pogi to go on the Poggio?! He is on ominous form and could do a "Nibali" on Saturday. 

 

4 hours ago, 'Dale said:

Hmmm, The Pog to attack on the Pog-gio? 

Oi, I'm going to have to enforce some royalties on that kind of blatant plagiarism...

But it does seem like an obvious prediction...

Question is: all the other teams know it is coming, what can they do about it?

TJV to drive an insane leadout into the bottom of the Poggio for WVA to try and put the Pog out of position? Can WvA follow him and close the inevitable gap at the top during the descent, like he did with Allaphillipe?

We are away for the weekend, in a location with VERY bad reception. But be sure, I'll make a plan to go hunt for cellphone reception at the opportune time. This fight is going to be great.

[Frosty]

The Classics are falling nicely into my race and family calendar, with the best being PR that doesn’t clash with the weekend away in Clarens (MalutiD90). PR is now a week later.

[Frosty]

4 hours ago, Eldron said:

Well bowl my over with a feather - the the stat people DO know what they're talking about 🙂

Luckily Mørkøv can sprint AFTER he leads out and pin french boxers up against the barriers. Best lead out man in the world for the last few years! Super aware and constantly scanning and reacting. Amazing rider.

Velon cc saw that too

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbLWffdq12L/?utm_medium=copy_link

Edited March 17, 2022 by Frosty

[lechatnoir]

4 hours ago, 'Dale said:

I think UAE really want this one.

"The easiest Monument to race, the hardest one to win..." - Pieter Sagun

yeah, and Merckx won 7x. jeepers

[S-Bike]

[Frosty]

On 3/17/2022 at 1:09 PM, lechatnoir said:

3.7km @3.7% seems easy, but done flat-out, it isn't. But these guys can manage that in their sleep at a billion watts and still recover in a moment. The best capable of doing so will win. 

i'm grudgingly putting my money on Ewan. i'm not a fan, but he's climbing better than most of the sprinters at the moment and MSR is a good opportunity for him. he's done well going to Lotto as orico-greenedge-jayco seem a bit wayward to me

Ewan is out (illness).

Edited March 18, 2022 by Frosty