[SPOILER] Milan - San Remo. La classica di Primavera. 17th March - Spoilers

[Flying_Monkey]

Of course, there are still the Cipressa and the Poggio, so a Sagan or a Gilbert (or even a Nibali) could still break things up before it came down to a mass sprint...

 

[jifdave]

only 202km long now....

 

[Dave Davenport]

Well my Sunday cycling has been buggered up by the weather and now plan B (watching cycling on TV whilst drinking beer) is going the same way!

 

[edindave]

Someone tell Eurosport to press stop on You've Been Framed and put the race back on!

 

[Basil.B]

Just been looking at David Millar's Twitter pics.
Glad I haven't got to ride in those conditions!

 

[smutchin]

Daniel Friebe tipped Arthur Vichot for the win. But that was yesterday...

 

[smutchin]

He's also just tweeted that they should have recalculated the time gap after the restart using Duckworth-Lewis.

 

[SteelUn]

It's actually completely unfair - if the other teams had known that the two toughest climbs would be taken out, they would never have let a break get this far ahead. They could still chase them down, but even so...

This reminds me of the tacks on road incident in Tdf last year, when nobody stopped or slowed the breakaway either. Perhaps it is just part of the pros and cons of getting into a breakaway.

 

[PpPete]

Lars Bak....has a mudguard on his bike

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

With the equivalent of cricket's Duckworth-Lewis method, that 7:10 lead would have been reduced, I'm sure. But, along with 99% of the population, I have no idea how they calculate it.

 

[Trail Child]

They should have moved MSR here. At least the roads would be well plowed & salted. LOL

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

And then there were 5 - Fortin's dropped out of the lead group with under 5 mins advance. Cavendish, for some incomprehensible reason, is riding in shorts!

 

[Sittingduck]

Chavanel abandoned...

Edit: or not...

 

[rich p]

It's still pretty gruesome out there but I personally think, given the organisation, road closures and logistics that it's worth restructuring.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Cav has only 2 teammates left - I wonder if he's starting to think that the grass might not actually be greener at OPQS...