The Eroica is tomorrow

Bro Deal

Cool race. We need more like this one.

It's an RCS race too, so I guess Astana won't be there.

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Bro Deal

Start list. http://www.cyclingnews.com.au/road/...8/?id=startlist

Hard to pick this early in the season. I think I will go with O'Grady.

Too bad Hincapie is not racing this.

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Drongo

Ballan to win?

hawkeye87

I would have thought this would be a good race for George, too.

I would love for Stuey to kick some tail but I don't know if his physical or mental form is ready to win in a race yet.

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Bro Deal

I don't know who to pick, so I used my backup strategy: Pick the leader of CSC.

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Drongo

It has to be a lottery at this time of year. Elsewhere I posted Ignatiev and Cooke as possibilities. Cooke's early season form is normally pretty good, though I don't know how he's travelling this year.

kennf

No one for Simoni? Too early? (or late?)

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thunder

franzoi?

Powerful Pete

Both Ballan and Bettini have said that they were racing to win, although with Bettini's recent crash he may not be in the best of shape.

Ok, I go with Ballan then.

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lucybears

Cancellara
http://startlist.cyclingfever.com/s...tlijst&id=18726

Drongo

Results and report from CN here.

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4.34.41 (39.536 km/h)
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 0.15
4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld
6 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
7 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road
9 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.38
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 Cancellara wins a two-up sprint with Ballan. Hesjedal prominent.

Seems like it was a corker of a race.

Bro Deal

I picked the wrong CSC rider.

I wish the Giro would add a few flatish stages like this. Combined with a queen stage with a gravel climb it would make a sweet race.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Bro Deal

I stole these video links from DP.

http://www.dailymotion.com/search/eroica/v...7_eroica1_sport

http://www.dailymotion.com/search/eroica/v...i_eroica2_sport

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

TheDarkLord

Thanks Bro! I was a little surprised to see the poor quality of roads in some parts, but I guess it is normal.