Tirreno Adriatico, 6-10 March 2013 [Spoilers]

[smutchin]

Cav let himself get blocked out again. Quite unlike him.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Cav let himself get blocked out again. Quite unlike him.

Was it just his fault this time?

 

[Radchenister]

Let's see what Cav' says today then!?

 

[raindog]

Cav had nowhere to go - fantastic Sagan!!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

He may got second anyway, which will keep him in the overall lead for now.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Sagan, Cav, Greipel

 

[Noodley]

Sagan certainly has a lot of tricks in his bag of trickery - beating Cav and Griepel with relative ease appears to be one of them!

 

[thom]

OPQS had a massive lead out (5 men) before bad positioning at that corner saw Cav (& Goss) having to chase through the field.
You kind of feel Cav still had plenty of opportunity & resources to marshall. Sagan just outwitted him - surfing seems a good description given the weather...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Sagan certainly has a lot of tricks in his bag of trickery - beating Cav and Griepel with relative ease appears to be one of them!

Pretty damn impressive - although I did say earlier that I thought the finishing circuit etc. was more suited to him today than to the pure sprinters.

 

[Radchenister]

For what it's worth, looked squarely like Sagan's to me, if it was the other way round no-one would expect any moaning IMO .

 

[Nearly there]

I think cav would have destroyed that lot if he'd not got himself blocked in to come around the outside at the last second and get 2nd suggests so

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I think cav would have destroyed that lot if he'd not got himself blocked in to come around the outside at the last second and get 2nd suggests so

That's sprinting and usually Cav is the best at finding his way out of tight situations. Not today.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Cav let himself get blocked out again. Quite unlike him.

Looking at the overhead shot there looked plenty of room for him, he just got beat. Another 20 metres he may well have won.

 

[thom]

Another 20 metres he may well have won.

Perhaps but it's not like they decide where the line will be at the last minute ;-)

Goss might have be World Champion in 2011 with another 20m

 

[smutchin]

That's sprinting and usually Cav is the best at finding his way out of tight situations. Not today.

Exactly. He makes a habit out of being in the right place at the right time.