Episode Topics: Strade Bianche Race Preview. AG2R team shake up, Van Vleuten up to her usual tricks, Giro releases details of Sicilian opening stages, Sibiu Tour
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Strava:
Aaron - https://www.strava.com/athletes/777347
Sam - https://www.strava.com/athletes/150453
Strava…..Stats of the week!
Sam: 91 Miles, 4600 ft
Aaron: 256 Miles, 17,000 ft
Ride of the Week:
Sam - Silent Sunday
Aaron - Solo 73, 5k ft
Pro Cycling News:
AG2R in the midst of a shake up
Bardet rumored to Sunweb
Latour heading to Direct-Energie
GVA rumored to have offered his services
Skip this for now
Van Vleuten up to her usual tricks
Wins back to back to back races in Spain
RCS releases details of the opening of the Giro in Sicily
From Velonews: opening 15km TT, Stage 2 small punchy finish, Stage 3 finish atop Mt Etna.
Strade Bianche Preview:
184kms, 11 sections of white roads, final climb up through Siena hits 16%
Favorites: Alaphilippe, Sagan, MVdP, WVA, GVA, Gilbert, Fuglsang, Kwiatkowski, Benoot, Schachmann, Moscon, Nibali, Pogacar?
Italy to impose 14 day quarantine for riders who rode in Sibiu tour - No Strade
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/strade-bianche/2020/startlist/roster (https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/strade-bianche/2020/startlist/roster)
Women’s Strade - https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/anna-van-der-breggen (VAN DER BREGGEN Anna) https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/annemiek-van-vleuten (VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek) only notables on current startlist
Cycling News:
Race Coverage:
Sibiu Tour (The Bora Show)
Prologue - Nikodemus Holler wins, Kacper Walkowiak 2nd (CCC Dev), Konrad 15 seconds back, same time as Barbier which sets him up nicely for the overall and shows his TT form
Stage 1 - Konrad and Muhlberger go 1,2 uphill finish and the two clearly the strongest
Stage 2 - Ackermann outsprints Barbier
Stage 3a - ITT, Muhleberger too strong for his own good wins the TT over a minute on https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/matteo-badilatti (BADILATTI Matteo) (was 3rd in stage 1) and his teammate and leader Konrad. Also the margin was large enough to eliminate some riders due to the time cut, notably Barbier
Stage 3b - All Bora, Ackermann wins and Schwarzmann gets second, cool finish cobbled slight uphill through town - not even close for anyone else
Takeaways - Bora obviously the top team here against some lesser competition, that aside it looks like them and the other WT team ISN are coming into the season with good form
Clasica Femenina Navarra
- Van Vleuten solos, Longo Borghini finishes 1:14 behind (cool steep cobbled climb)
"At the moment when Elisa had a mechanical, we had around one and a half minutes, I was thinking should I stop or is it better to continue with a solid pace and hopefully she could come back.
"When I saw her coming, I waited for her and I was really happy we could ride together. That is not the way to drop someone or the way that you want to win. It felt like fair play and I am happy she came back," Van Vleuten said.
Yet it wasn't long before the world champion hit out on her own, and with just over 20km to go, the Alto del Perdón - 3.1km in length - was the end of Longo Borghini.
https://twitter.com/Vuelta_Navarra/status/1286698361609953287 (https://twitter.com/Vuelta_Navarra/status/1286698361609953287)
https://twitter.com/MitcheltonSCOTT/status/1286701176248061953 (https://twitter.com/MitcheltonSCOTT/status/1286701176248061953)
https://twitter.com/MitcheltonSCOTT/status/1286709495750696966 (https://twitter.com/MitcheltonSCOTT/status/1286709495750696966)...
