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Title: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: andyoxon on 16 March, 2024, 07:48:34 am
Heads up. Today, 288km Pavia-Sanremo. Pog & VdP. 
https://www.milanosanremo.it/en/
Title: Re: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: Hot Flatus on 16 March, 2024, 08:31:06 am
Not wanting to spoil things for fans, but I've always found MSR spectacularly dull in terms of action and scenery.  Probably watch a bit of it anyway  :D
Title: Re: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: andyoxon on 16 March, 2024, 09:04:29 am
I'm off for a ride.  :)    Looks like coverage from the start.  Super Saturday as well... 

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Title: Re: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: drgannet on 16 March, 2024, 01:18:04 pm
Quote from: Hot Flatus on 16 March, 2024, 08:31:06 am
Not wanting to spoil things for fans, but I've always found MSR spectacularly dull in terms of action and scenery.  Probably watch a bit of it anyway  :D

Indeed. Last 40 km only!
Title: Re: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: andyoxon on 16 March, 2024, 01:30:02 pm
Cipressa...
Title: Re: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: andyoxon on 16 March, 2024, 01:40:59 pm
Tadej reckons he's 'going on Poggio'...
Title: Re: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: αdαmsκι on 16 March, 2024, 03:05:48 pm
Quote from: Hot Flatus on 16 March, 2024, 08:31:06 am
Not wanting to spoil things for fans, but I've always found MSR spectacularly dull in terms of action and scenery.

Whereas I love it for what it symbolises for me, which is the transition from Il Passo del Turchino to the down to the Ligurian sea representing the transition from winter to spring. In my mind this is the first day of spring.

And throughout the race there's a crescendo of tension and speed as the riders heads towards Cipressa and Poggio. It's like listening to Ravel's Boléro.

Not that I would want to watch all 290 km!
Title: Re: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 17 March, 2024, 09:07:26 am
I had much of it on my laptop whilst I was studying, so I could hear the commentary in the background but only switch to the images if I felt like it.  The Bolero analogy is very good.  There is also the poetic balance of predictability and unpredictability - you know exactly where it is going to happen - all the set pieces - and yet know nothing about the outcome - climber, rouleur, sprinter. 
Title: Re: Milano-Sanremo 2024
Post by: andyoxon on 17 March, 2024, 10:15:33 am
Good finish!
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