II Lombardia (contains unmasked spoilers)

bazermc

Otherwise known as the Tour of Lombardy, the last big race of the year. Bring it on.

ROK ON

I really fancy Gilbert for this for old times sake. Sagan has no chance in this.

The leading group will be JRod, Valverde, Gilbert, Aru and the usual Crew Contador is gunning for points but he has never really performed at one day classics.

trh

The route is very different from 2013 & 2012. Also Rodriguez didn't look great last week - so I think three in a row is beyond him.

Maybe martin can turn around a terrible year? Been v close in the past.

MPFG

Dan Martin or J-Rod I suppose

TheBlaaMan

Sagan isn't taking part.
Always a great race, I reckon Gilbert is ideal for this finish, maybe Dan will go for it...
Inrng has a good preview http://inrng.com/2014/10/il-lombardia-preview-2014/

letape

I agree that all the usual suspects are the clear favourites but I would think Kwiatkowski has a chance assuming he has recovered from last week.

MPFG

Some saying Kwiatkowski has done alot of publicity and events in last week and may be tired

I woud like to see a good race with lots of attacks and maybe (if not Dan/Philip) and outsider win

Darkglasses

Carlton Kirby likes Kelderman at 300/1, and I'm a sucker for an outrageous e/w. Hesjedal at 80/1 also worth an e/w punt I think.

Kwiatkowski is now of course cursed with that rainbow jersey.

Darkglasses

Haha, Kelderman's been reduced to 100/1 since that post. You have to be so quick!

MPFG

Good job Carlton Kirby is not doing the commentary becasue he would spend all day going on and on about Kelderman

dastardly00

** live coverage on Eurosport1 at 2pm **

letape

dastardly00 wrote: »

** live coverage on Eurosport1 at 2pm **

Any chance it's also on the web?

Darkglasses

Tiziano Dall'Antonio, Francesco Gavazzi, Jeremy Roy, Jan Polanc, Andrea Fedi, Sergio Paulinho, Paul Voss and Mathias Brändle are the breakaway. They have 5'50 over the peloton. Movistar leading the chase, less than 100km to go.

Glass Prison 1214

Hopefully Dan has the form he did at the start of La Vuelta, a win would turn his season around.

dastardly00

letape wrote: »

Any chance it's also on the web?

Yeah, probably live on the Eurosport player :P

dastardly00

Coverage has started on Eurosport.

71.5km left. The breakaway have a lead of 4 minutes and 8 seconds.

Darkglasses

Deignan attacks from the peloton

dastardly00

Is Dan still in the peloton? I'm presuming he is.

pelevin

Why is Gerrans not riding in this? - assuming I'm right that he isn't riding it.

Darkglasses

pelevin wrote: »

Why is Gerrans not riding in this? - assuming I'm right that he isn't riding it.

Everybody needs a rest, and he's won enough this year already! It's Alba's turn by rights

dastardly00

Gerrans seems to have only entered Il Lombardia twice in his career, and he was a DNF both times.

dastardly00

Mollema has gone on the attack with Peter Weening.... Could be an interesting move with less than 40km to go.

dastardly00

The Garmin-Sharp team are starting to move towards the front of the peloton. Hopefully it's a sign that Dan is feeling good.

pelevin

Seems odd to me a rider who's won LBL, was racing in very good form the Worlds the week before, opting out.

dastardly00

JC Peraud has launched an attack now.

drogdub

Great, Ryder goes to the front, must mean Dan is feeling strong

dastardly00

10km to go. Weening, Konig, and Hermans have about a 30 second lead.

dastardly00

Kwiatkowski is gone.
World Champion's curse.

griffin100

drogdub wrote: »

Great, Ryder goes to the front, must mean Dan is feeling strong

Fingers crossed a panda appears from the crowd.

dastardly00

Dan Martin still in the peloton along with Hesjedal and Slagter.

Pudsy33

Dan there, come on!

griffin100

Go on Dan......

griffin100

Oh you beaut......Dan you legend !!

Inquitus

Woot!

dastardly00

Yes yes yes!!!!!

ednwireland

gwan dan

Daroxtar

Woo hoo!! Gwaaan Dan

Dcully

Yesss well timed Dan

Glass Prison 1214

DAN WINS!

Iranoutofideas

YOU BEAUTY!

The tax man

What a move....Chapeau Dan.:)

sullzz

Perfect timing Danny boy

albert kidd

great finish by dan..delighted for him.

luapenak

Oh yes, makes it look so easy

funnights74

Mighty stuff, he was motoring...

letape

Fantastic finish from Dan - so happy for him

Darkglasses

Delighted for him, makes up for a pretty miserable year!

dastardly00

He really timed that attack perfectly.

Pudsy33

He absolutely destroyed them! I'm buzzing

mistermatthew

Now that was an attack. Absolute commitment. He was flying by the time he went past Gilbert.

Picture perfect move. No one was catching onto that wheel.

drogdub

Get in. One of the best racing brains in the peloton.