Milan - San Remo predictions
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What's with the British press today ? Zero reports on MSR with one about Victoria farking Pendleton.
Kudos to Cavendish, but this is quite a puzzling one.
Cavendish suddenly gets the legs to win this. He has never shown any talent at climbing, has he?
Hausler comes from nothing last year to quite possibly the 2nd best sprinter on the planet. Astonishing progress.
Boonen not in shake up?
One half hearted break on the Poggia (sp?).
Anyhow, as I posted last year, M-SR is one hell of a bore-fest. For its sheer predictability year after year it should be it should be demoted from Classic status.
Cavendish suddenly gets the legs to win this. He has never shown any talent at climbing, has he?
Hausler comes from nothing last year to quite possibly the 2nd best sprinter on the planet. Astonishing progress.
Boonen not in shake up?
One half hearted break on the Poggia (sp?).
Anyhow, as I posted last year, M-SR is one hell of a bore-fest. For its sheer predictability year after year it should be it should be demoted from Classic status.
The hills arent that steep though as far as i can tell? Looking at previous results there often seem to be a lot of sprinters at the end. Having said that Cav does suffer on the climbs - it must have been an all-out effort to stay with the front group. I thought that he wouldnt have the finish left in him to win.wicklow200 said:
wicklow200 said:
Yes he has become a very good sprinter quite quickly but I'd say that leg speed can be acquired much quicker than endurance required for long races. He seems to benefit a lot from his history at the track (and maybe from the same substances the British track racers have for the past few years) and he obviously has a ton of talent. His burst of speed at the end of races is phenomenal. I didn't think he would have been mature enough for the classics like MSR for a few years but apparently he is. I can't however see such a leap in his progress to attribute that solely to something unnatural.
Hausler on the other hand I know nothing of.
wicklow200 said:
Cavendish now has two full years of toughening up under his belt. I thought it would be another year before he would challenge at Milan-Sanremo, but he's come through earlier. From what I've read the race wasn't hard enough on the Cipressa to smash the sprinters. There were plenty of them left in the lead group.
Haussler was recognised as being a potential gun. He has been hampered the last two years with falls, injury and illness.
Milan-Sanremo can have the most exciting last 25km of any classic IMO, and is often a smashfest on the Poggio. The tension from the Cipressa on must be unbearable if you are a favorite.
Glad to see yesterdays Guardian newspaper did have some coverage of the Cavendish win.
The article stated that several riders, and it mentioned Boonen, had said that the Poggio and Cipressa, would be Cavendish's undoing.
Cav said that not only was he delighted to win - but that he was also delighted to see Boonen "going backwards on the Poggio" !
The article stated that several riders, and it mentioned Boonen, had said that the Poggio and Cipressa, would be Cavendish's undoing.
Cav said that not only was he delighted to win - but that he was also delighted to see Boonen "going backwards on the Poggio" !
It is an astonishing win for Cavendish though.
He's the second youngest rider to ever win MSR at 23 years of age.
Merckx is the only rider to have won this race at a younger age.
I had a feeling that Cav might win this race when we were discussing potential winners although I wasn't 100% confident that he would win it.
He's the second youngest rider to ever win MSR at 23 years of age.
Merckx is the only rider to have won this race at a younger age.
I had a feeling that Cav might win this race when we were discussing potential winners although I wasn't 100% confident that he would win it.
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