Spring Classics 2013 [R]

cn ticker


The absence of Le Manie will dramatically change the race. Riders like Sagan, Nibali, Cancellara will have wanted to shed the pure sprinters on the climb but now it's going to be impossible. There's still a number of capi before the line but Le Manie was crucial.

 

Cannonale, Lampre and Movistar riders have begun to come off the team buses and presumably make their way to the new start line. The riders will have roughly 130km of racing left
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And with that, I'm out for a couple hours.Cheers....and Happy St. Paddy's Day.

 

back in...just in time for the finish.

 

Last couple kms

Stannard attacks/closed down

Keeping an eye on Ciolek

EDIT: lol my feed is a minute or so back.

 

It's weird, CN ticker said Phiiney dropped out, but the Live feed said Phinney was there at the end. Will have to find out who it was.

Sagan 2nd

 

Cancellara was third with Chavanel in fourth.

 

from CN

The BMC rider coming back was key there because all the riders in the lead group looked over their shoulders and then opened up the sprint. Ciolek kept his head though and waited behind Sagan.

The BMC rider coming back was Taylor Phinney. Race radio had said he'd abandoned during the race but they also said the same about Chavanel too.

 

For those who were not paying attention to stage 6 at T-A
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324532004578358780883339720.html

 

Start list for tomorrow's Dwars door Vlaanderen
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/dwars-door-vlaanderen-a-travers-la-flandre-2013/start-list

 

A bit scary for Jack Bauer today. He was taken to the hospital and quickly released. Seems to be ok.

 

E3 today. Let's see if Mr. Boonen is recovering his form.

 

And there goes Spartacus.


These 'super teams' have cancelled each other out and Cancellara has taken advantage.

 

Due to weather, they are shortening tomorrow's Gent-Wevelgem by about 45 kms. Expect more changes as well, such as reducing the circuits on the Cassleberg.

 

Trying to pick up an English feed and currently relying on a French one and CN ticker.

Looks like the peloton let a group of big named riders go.

here are some of the names
Boonen, Cavendish, Stybar, Kwiatkowski (OPQ), Eisel, Hayman, Sutton (SKY), Greipel, Henderson, Willems, Sieberg (LTB), Boom, Wynants (BLA), Blythe, Oss, Phinney (BMC), Sagan (CAN), Fischer (FDJ), Kuschynski, Paolini (KAT), Amador (MOV), Breschel, Morkov (TST), Fouchard (COF), and Cousin (EUC).

Not sure if Cancellara has bridged over to that group yet.

 

and though Dan Martn looks likely to win the overall GC at Volta/Catalunya

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In contrast to the strong performance from the team in the Vuelta a Catalunya the Garmin-Sharp team isn’t going too well in the spring classics. At the chilly start in Deinze team director Eric Van Lancker informed Cyclingnews that the team ran out of luck.
“David Millar is ill and doesn’t start. Martijn Maaskant injured his knee and lacks competition. Nick Nuyens abandoned the E3 Harelbeke and will probably be out for the rest of the spring classics too. We’ll have to count on Tyler Farrar and Johan Vansummeren. These are not the best races for Sebastien Rosseler either and Andries Klier is our road captain but we can’t expect him to ride the finale,” Van Lancker told Cyclingnews.


Ouch! But, as expected. That's Garmin in the Spring.

 

90km left and the peloton is spread out and in echelons

Who is where is very hard to tell at the moment.

 

Ladagnous, Flecha and Bazayev current race leaders with just over a minute.