He looked like Jesus at the scourging pillar! And still mullered everyone. Shame he’s not doing Paris Nice or Tirreno. He could probably win both simultaneously. He’s such a great rider and he rides everything- true champion.
Yeah ok Adam. I mean if I was being harsh MSR is nothing like a Monument for the first 5 and a half hours or whatever, but ok …
I remember Kelly winning Paris Nice 7 years on the spin (Think his run was finally ended by Roche) It looked fucking freezing which is probably why he won it so often!
Yep I appreciate that but, lol, it’s length is all anyone (mostly) ever talks about. Let’s put it like this, it’s the only Monument I only ever watch the last hour of; the other 4 I’ll watch start to finish if I can.
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I know what you mean. It’s a long way off and much can happen before then, but it wouldn’t surprise me if some kind of arrangement was reached to allow free to air coverage of those 3 stages for UK viewers though.
Ooh, good call, thanks for the reminder. Should be a decent MSR preview tonight.
Hope so, but not sure I’m as confident as you - don’t think it’s steep enough for long enough.
It’s a fucking long race, as you know. 7 hours; just think he’ll have more in the tank after such a long time. It’s one thing climbing the Poggio and sprinting without 7 hours in the legs. Quite another with it.
Fair comment and agreed about the difference of doing it after so many km with so much fatigue in the legs (though with all those long flat sections, a lot of hiding can be done in the peleton!), and also agree about Ganna - been a long time fan of his since his track days.