Milan-Sanremo 2018 ***spoilers***

[smutchin]

Mind games are starting ahead of saturday’s race..
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/peter-sagan-and-kwiatkowski-in-a-war-of-words-before-milan-san-remo/

 

[Crackle]

Cutting response from Kwiatkowski

"Sometimes you don't win the races by being strongest, but you need to be the smartest,"

Followed by a mike drop. I think he wins that war of words.

 

[smutchin]

Excellent! Let's hope the actual race is this exciting.

Kwiatkowski and Sagan both look in superb form so should both be there at the business end of the race again.

 

[Adam4868]

Looking forward to this race,I've a lot of time for Kwiatowski.He has to be one of the best all round riders there is,and humble with it !

 

[rich p]

I hope it rains all day so I don't have any couch potato guilt.

 

[brommers]

I hope it rains all day so I don't have any couch potato guilt.

There's nothing more satisfying than taking your Missus for a two-hour trek around Tesco on a Saturday afternoon.

 

[Andrew Br]

There's nothing more satisfying than taking your Missus for a two-hour trek around Tesco on a Saturday afternoon.

Does Rich know that you take his wife to Tesco on Saturdays ?

As for the race, this is one that I find it hard to get in to and I'm not sure why.
I'm working Saturday (not at Tesco) so I'll be watching the catch-up on Eurosport when I get home.
I'd like Gilbert to win as part of his "win all 5 Monuments" but I'm not optimistic for his chances.

 

[smutchin]

I'd have liked to see Bardet lining up for this one after his recent performances. No chance in a bunch sprint finish but if he could attack on the Poggio and stay away on the descent... Maybe!

 

[brommers]

I looked at his twitter site - he's a bit of a wag.

 

[smutchin]

Surprised to see Matthews starting - just a few weeks since his shoulder fracture. Nails.

And Cav riding with broken ribs. Nutter.

 

[smutchin]

Off the Cipressa now. Pace really hotting up... FDJ obviously fancy Demare’s chances.

 

[roadrash]

Greipel doing well still at the front of the group, after a fall in the feed zone

 

[smutchin]

Lots and lots of big names still in the mix. Is it going to explode on the Poggio?

 

[roadrash]

oh that looks nasty for cav

 

[smutchin]

Cav down!

That looked nasty.