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Itzulia Basque Country

by Dr Winston
Sat, Apr 06, 2019 11:34
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Yeah....time to go climbing and rolling. Fields are getting stronger and stronger, no idea where to even start to try and unpick this one after the TT...

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MinardiM189 replied to Dr Winston | 5 years ago
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Do you have a decent link for a preview Minardi?....I've only really looked at cyclingstages so far...and that's a bit thin...

I was looking at the RoadBook from the race website

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Dr Winston replied to MinardiM189 | 5 years ago
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MinardiM189 wrote:

Dr Winston wrote:

Do you have a decent link for a preview Minardi?....I've only really looked at cyclingstages so far...and that's a bit thin...

I was looking at the RoadBook from the race website

I'll look in the morning. On a crappy old Ipad at the moment with an operating system from 1978 I think....hard work.

Actually a lot of options in this race, we could easily call it right and get it wrong....so to speak.

What do you make of Pogacar and his TT abilities?....he did well last time...A one off?...He's intriguing me again.

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MinardiM189 replied to Dr Winston | 5 years ago
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Dr Winston wrote:

I'll look in the morning. On a crappy old Ipad at the moment with an operating system from 1978 I think....hard work.

Actually a lot of options in this race, we could easily call it right and get it wrong....so to speak.

What do you make of Pogacar and his TT abilities?....he did well last time...A one off?...He's intriguing me again.

I suspect he has been working on his ITT over the winter. He has probably done wind tuneel testing too and so a big improvement isn't a complete surprise.

Look at Bettiol in Tirreno-Adriatico.

Dan Martin could surprise tomorrow too, he has spent time in the wind tunnel this winter.

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Dr Winston replied to MinardiM189 | 5 years ago
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MinardiM189 wrote:

Dr Winston wrote:

I'll look in the morning. On a crappy old Ipad at the moment with an operating system from 1978 I think....hard work.

Actually a lot of options in this race, we could easily call it right and get it wrong....so to speak.

What do you make of Pogacar and his TT abilities?....he did well last time...A one off?...He's intriguing me again.

I suspect he has been working on his ITT over the winter. He has probably done wind tuneel testing too and so a big improvement isn't a complete surprise.

Look at Bettiol in Tirreno-Adriatico.

Dan Martin could surprise tomorrow too, he has spent time in the wind tunnel this winter.

Quite a few have upped their game. Fuglsang, Alaphillipe, Martinez, Yates and co all pulling rabbits out of hats...

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MinardiM189 | 5 years ago
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It is likely to be wet early in the week too, which always seems to play a part in Itzulia. It could come down to taking risks on a wet descent in the ITT.

Movistar are likely to be playing catch up after the ITT, which could make it interesting and Astana have a very strong team and are always likely to make things crazy. I'm really looking forard to this race.

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Dr Winston replied to MinardiM189 | 5 years ago
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MinardiM189 wrote:

It is likely to be wet early in the week too, which always seems to play a part in Itzulia. It could come down to taking risks on a wet descent in the ITT.

Movistar are likely to be playing catch up after the ITT, which could make it interesting and Astana have a very strong team and are always likely to make things crazy. I'm really looking forard to this race.

That opening TT is a good one...hard to call...and made even harder that there are quite a few climbers with a decent TT in their lockers now. Maybe just have to let the game unfold rather than planning anything.

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MinardiM189 replied to Dr Winston | 5 years ago
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Dr Winston wrote:

MinardiM189 wrote:

It is likely to be wet early in the week too, which always seems to play a part in Itzulia. It could come down to taking risks on a wet descent in the ITT.

Movistar are likely to be playing catch up after the ITT, which could make it interesting and Astana have a very strong team and are always likely to make things crazy. I'm really looking forard to this race.

That opening TT is a good one...hard to call...and made even harder that there are quite a few climbers with a decent TT in their lockers now. Maybe just have to let the game unfold rather than planning anything.

Looks a nicley balanced ITT - 6.3km flat, 2.3km steep hill, 3.1km fast technical descent

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