Strade Bianche on Saturday [Now with discussion & spoilers]

[MattTuck]

Who do you guys like?

Will Sagan deliver the goods for his new team?

[45K10]

I would like to see Sagan get the win. He has a pretty good team (Bennati & Krueziger) with him this year so we will see what happens.

[Uncle Jam's Army]

I'd like for it to be Fabian, for old times sake. But I fear his better days may be behind him.

[ceolwulf]

I'm going to go out on a very shaky limb and say Gerrans

[Plum Hill]

Any internet coverage?

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by Uncle Jam's Army

I'd like for it to be Fabian, for old times sake. But I fear his better days may be behind him.

Strade Bianche seems to have become a climber's race to some degree. And I think that MSR has moved in the same direction by adding some superfluous hills.

We'll see.

[Uncle Jam's Army]

Originally Posted by MattTuck

Strade Bianche seems to have become a climber's race to some degree. And I think that MSR has moved in the same direction by adding some superfluous hills.

We'll see.

It's very much still the same race he has won twice before, with the same hard finish to Piazza del Campo. He's just not the same old Fabian anymore.

[thwart]

Is Gilbert in? He's in good form, and IIRC has won this in the past.

[Uncle Jam's Army]

Originally Posted by thwart

Is Gilbert in? He's in good form, and IIRC has won this in the past.

I haven't seen a start list. But Gilbert is a good pick.

[choke]

If he's there....Kwiatkowski.

Though I have more interest in the women's race.

[carlineng]

Gilbert nearly fended off a horde of 3 fully-stacked lead-out trains at the end of Kuurne. Plus he shines on those short steep climbs. I gotta go with the former world champ!

[MattTuck]

Incomplete start list

Kwiatkowski had a great year in 2014... curse of the rainbow jersey this year?

I don't see him on the start list, or any official announcement on the team site. They do seem to indicate that Uran and Stybar will be there.

This is from Kwiatkowski's twitter feed...
https://twitter.com/michalkwiatek/st...17309166911488

Last long ride in #Calpe before more important races. No trainnigbuddies, just me and my #Tarmac #kwiato

Cool black WC kit.

[Lovetoclimb]

A Stybar/Sagan breakaway would just blow my socks clean off.

[rrudoff]

There is a short wrap of on BeIN at 10 pm PDT Saturday. Not live, but something.

[b021c]

I'm hoping for a Stybar, Gilbert & Sagan podium