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Milan - San Remo

Well folks, as the dust settles on a cracking Paris Nice race the clock has started ticking for the Milan San Remo race.

Checked various web sites and can only find part team line ups listed so lets hope it's not a last minute thing.

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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aaus | 12 years ago
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My team is:

Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Daniel Oss (LIQ)
Peter Sagan (LIQ)
Tom Boonen (OPQ)
Fransesco Ginanni (ASA)
Luca Paolini (KAT)
Francesco Gavazzi (AST)
Danilo Napolitano (ASA)
Mathew Hayman (SKY)

Still I feel a little worried about taking Cancellara out for Cavendish.

Hoping for a bunch finish...  17

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ray silvester | 12 years ago
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So,as they cross halfway everyone in the break gets a bonus I presume?

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debbieg | 12 years ago
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looks like I've got 10 points in the bag already from my selection of Cheng  4

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Alan Tullett replied to TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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TERatcliffe26 wrote:
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TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Damn picked the wrong Euskatel rider for the break  2

The break by the way is Cheng Ji (Project 1t4i), Juan Pablo Suarez (Colombia-Coldeportes), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana), Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF), Vergard Stake Laengen (Team Type 1), Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel), Pierpaolo De Negri (Farnese Vini), Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank), Oleg Berdos (UtensilNord)

I nearly went for De Negri rather than the Euskatel rider but then changed my mind

This game frustrates at times

Only 'at times'??

Well it was all going well untill the last stage of the TDU.....

I see we have 5 riders in common for the race

My big risk was marcato for star rider and the pricey Brambilla for a DS (rather than a Cav type sprinter)....that combo will make or break the race for me in many repects. If one or both finish i high up then i should have a good score

Mar 17, 08:34 Arthur Vichot Manuel Belletti
Mar 17, 08:34 Gianluca Maggiore Elia Favilli
Mar 17, 08:34 Fabian Cancellara Tom Boonen

As you can see had a last minute change of mind about Boonen who seems to want to peak in about 2 weeks.

Brambilla 11th Stage 2 TA. Looked at a few riders from stage 2 & 3. There are cheaper ones who came higher up, but who knows? Those stages are the best indicator of form for MSR. Bonnet came 9th and is a fraction cheaper.
Marcato 6th in Omloop, could be interesting for the next couple of races. Not sure if MSR will suit him.

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TERatcliffe26 replied to Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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Alan Tullett wrote:
TERatcliffe26 wrote:
Alan Tullett wrote:
TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Damn picked the wrong Euskatel rider for the break  2

The break by the way is Cheng Ji (Project 1t4i), Juan Pablo Suarez (Colombia-Coldeportes), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana), Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF), Vergard Stake Laengen (Team Type 1), Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel), Pierpaolo De Negri (Farnese Vini), Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank), Oleg Berdos (UtensilNord)

I nearly went for De Negri rather than the Euskatel rider but then changed my mind

This game frustrates at times

Only 'at times'??

Well it was all going well untill the last stage of the TDU.....

I see we have 5 riders in common for the race

My big risk was marcato for star rider and the pricey Brambilla for a DS (rather than a Cav type sprinter)....that combo will make or break the race for me in many repects. If one or both finish i high up then i should have a good score

Mar 17, 08:34 Arthur Vichot Manuel Belletti
Mar 17, 08:34 Gianluca Maggiore Elia Favilli
Mar 17, 08:34 Fabian Cancellara Tom Boonen

As you can see had a last minute change of mind about Boonen who seems to want to peak in about 2 weeks.

Brambilla 11th Stage 2 TA. Looked at a few riders from stage 2 & 3. There are cheaper ones who came higher up, but who knows? Those stages are the best indicator of form for MSR. Bonnet came 9th and is a fraction cheaper.
Marcato 6th in Omloop, could be interesting for the next couple of races. Not sure if MSR will suit him.

Out of your last minute changes i would have kept favilli ratehr than maggiore...but who knows

Yeh i just thought with it being in Italy he may want to push for it. As for bonnet being a fraction cheaper it wouldnt really have helped anyway has i had 1.3 or something left anyway, just couldnt many otehr riders i fancied. As for marcato he has come in the top 20 here before, and if some sprinters are eliminated he could well be up there.

Its all about risk vs reward. if my team comes in and does well, i will steal a march on most others as i havn't cone for some of the safer bets that i could have

I still think Cav will win if he is there at the end, but i do fancy sagan if he isnt

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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Maggiore was a last minute pick due to running out of points, got 0.2 left. Main decision was Cancellara instead of Boonen. Could have had Favelli instead of Vichot but fancied one FDJ rider.

Be glad to see some actual racing now.

Hope Cav wins but they'll all be trying to kill him on the last climb. Hoping Cancellara, Sagan and Freire are in the front group and then Cav pips them at the post with Vichot 5th!! Watched Kelly catch Argentin this morning; that was a good finish!

Never seen this race before, only remember the Classics from Cycling Weekly in the mid-70s. Started the fantasy at the beginning of the Giro and got hooked.

The other teacher who does it in my school won the 5th stage of PN. Hope I can win a stage at some point, won 1 last year and =1st as well. 2nd this year is my best.

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arsene | 12 years ago
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Cavendish with problems at Le Manie!

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arsene | 12 years ago
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30 seconds behind the bunch now!

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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Doubting Cav will win now....

so a Friere win, followed by sagan and fabian, then florencio up there and the 5 points for being friere's team mate. Then marcato, brambilla and napalotinio being in the top 20

that would be perfect....

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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Not looking good for Cav, but it's still some way to go. Let's hope for a miracle.

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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4 riders with Cav now. Maybe not all lost yet.

Rider down is conscious now.

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keith roberts | 12 years ago
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cav going backwards!  20

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Strathlubnaig | 12 years ago
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Cav & Co call it a day...why oh why did I follow the sheep !

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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They've got the tactics to beat him every time now and any other sprinter like Farrar who can't climb well. Still, got 3 left in the front group.

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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Who do people think is going to win now. I'm going for EBH even though I don't have him.

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TheBigMong | 12 years ago
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Still can't figure out the Renshaw mystery. Road.cc greyed him out on my team yesterday, so I begrudgingly subbed in Greipel. Now it looks like Renshaw is racing after all?

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TheHatter replied to Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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Who do people think is going to win now. I'm going for EBH even though I don't have him.

Griepel - so why did I transfer him out last night?  102

hoping for Cancellara or Oss though

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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Gilbert down with some others.

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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Not loooking so good for my team, hope marcato and brambilla are in the lead group but i dont think they are

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TheHatter | 12 years ago
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go spartacus! - dont mess it up like last time

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TheHatter | 12 years ago
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think rabobank may pull then back for renshaw though

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TheHatter | 12 years ago
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damn cancellara pipped! Gerrans wins, Cacellara second Nibali third

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TERatcliffe26 | 12 years ago
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Wow Gerrans, gutted another messed up stage for me

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keith roberts | 12 years ago
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gerrans!

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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Who had Gerrans? Got 3 in the top 10 I think.

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JAndrewHill | 12 years ago
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another day then for me

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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BMC had a bad day! Gilbert and Van Avermaet down.

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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Provisional

Classicissima! (Top6)

1 Simon Gerrans
2 Fabian Cancellara
3 Vincenzo Nibali
4 Peter Sagan
5 John Degenkolb
6 Filippo Pozzato

2 and 4. Glad I swapped Boonen for Cancellara with 2 mins to go!

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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7 Óscar Freire
8 Alessandro Ballan
9 Daniel Osss
10 Daniele Bennati

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Alan Tullett | 12 years ago
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5 Italians in the top 10.

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