2012 Baby Giro, Dombrowski wins, then Aru 2nd, then Zakarin, now with Katusha I think. He had already been popped for steroids at 19 and suspended for 2 years. They get started early over there....

Sorry. I'm jaded. Shaking my head ruefully over here.

Isn't it a bit premature to call Wiggins a classics specialist yet? I mean he bulked up a bit and was what 9th? at last years paris roubaix but just because people keep mentioning him in their favorite list doesnt say sooo much until he gets a bit closer to a podium finish. Having said that its great to see a tour winner *trying* to become a specialist, even though with wiggins I just see it as a way to kill some time until the Olympics next year.

totally tongue in cheek. to be a little bit nerdy, it's as if Sky riders are the cycling equivalent of pluripotent stem cells as those are the types of cells that can become any sort of cell: moldable to be shaped into whatever Sky sees fit. It's more the other way of turning people having no climbing backgrounds (Froome and Thomas) into riders who beat up veritable climbers...

http://deadspin.com/...auses-bro-1691200464

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completely scary. there's another thread about it here http://forum.slowtwitch.com/..._reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

i'm just surprised there haven't been more incidents like this

Anybody see the finish today? Not the best positioning in the last K and still eked out a respectable finish. Now, we could look at it in a glass half full way and say he blew another chance but I guess that's bike racing. From where he was he came very close to the top spot today.

I think the glass is both half full and half empty. On one hand, Sagan/Saxo shat the bed on the positioning after miles and miles of work on the front which undoubtedley cost them the win (no way GVA is faster than Sagan straight out).

On the other hand, Sagan looks like he is entering beast mode this week both today and in the TT. He is all over that bike, accelerating like an animal and looks hungry. I think he has had some kindly inspiration from Mr. Tinkoff after so many near misses. I think he is on track.

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I wouldn't want Tinkoff saying shit to me if I have been working as hard as Sagan to win. He's like a Russian George Steinbrenner. Horse's ass.

GvA* is now off the snide, winning the stage. He must be Sky high right now, like in the ozone.

on an "uphill sprint" i'm not as sure.



Greg van Ozonemat or Greg Vaminolat?

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GvA looked good for the win. I was expecting him to be passed before the line.

Does anyone know if Boonen is confirmed out for the rest of the spring?

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this is exciting at Paris Nice. Skybots can't descend in the rain

For a while at least. Dislocated shoulder and broken elbow.

That was odd to see Porte slid out then Thomas after? Could it be tire compound not grippy in wet conditions? Seems just the two of them out of the bunch that crashed...

Sky neglected to use a water-proofing compound on their skybots, thus when it rains, the rain damages skybots, and skybots lose control of their bikes

See also, Wiggins, Bradley at the 2013 Giro

Porte was leaning right and his inside pedal was being pushed which seemed to slide his rear wheel. He's probably not completely used to his micro gains. I mean, incremental. My bad.

They need inclemental gains.

Ftw

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golf clap

Welp
They got the inclemental gain.

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I think you mean inclinemental

So next question is, who's gonna come out of the Tirreno sick? That weather they've had yesterday and today sure can't be good.

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Fabian will def whine about it he he he

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Right on cue.

"Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) also vented his anger, tweeting: “This has nothing to do with fun. Hope all the riders are safe arrived #TirrenoAdriatico” and “The winner had not this condition like this riders there must be a change for some rules #weatherCondition #rules”"

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cancellara-speaks-out-for-the-peloton-after-snow-hits-tirreno-adriatico

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What's the weather looking like for MSR? Today sure was a good day for my boy :).

People put their picks together yet or are we waiting for the fallout from this week? What's the deadline?