Open Thread: Milano-Sanremo

It's Milano-Sanremo Friday! I have a course post on the way. And there's lots of news circulating around the internets. Consider this thread the place for all Milano-Sanremo news.
I'll start with two tidbits:
Lance Armstrong, who rode Milano-Sanremo last year, will not take the start tomorrow. His reason? Acute gastro-intestinal distress. The stomach virus, always the bestest of excuses.
Hennie Kuiper, meanwhile, has picked Lars Boom of Rabobank as tomorrow's winner. Bold call, since Boom will ride La Primavera for the first time tomorrow.
In slightly un-related news - or at least, news unrelated to Milano-Sanremo, Heinrich Haussler will miss the Spring Classics due to his knee injury. Bah knee injuries! Hopefully, Barbie will be back in action before too long!
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Barbie will miss ALL the spring classics?! Bah indeed, poor thing.
It must be majope and her unicorn.
That's really rough,
Was he meant to be riding any GTs this year? Although he couldn’t replace a win at Flanders with any other result.
I know its been suggested here that the Poggio and Cipressa would be his undoing....
and it’s probably true, but I’m still curious if Theo Bos will be in attendence. Anybody know?
"Oooh God...if there IS one, save my soul...if I HAVE one." -Eugen Weber
Actually Xavier Florencio was replacing Haussler
Dom replaced Martin Reimer who was in no shape
"Cofidis Keukeleire in revelation set off a seat and made the job off." Oh Google translator...
by Vlaanderen90 on Mar 19, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Hennie Kuiper
Major one-day wins
1975 – WC
1981 – Ronde + Lombardia
1983- P-R
1985 – MSR
I’d say the guy knows what he is talking about…
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
The one title I don't see on an otherwise impressive palmares is "Nationalist to a fault"
I think he’s suggesting more that he’d like to see LB win, not that he is really the fav. Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge Boom advocate as my comments and posts here should testify, but does he really think EBH is going to get beat by a fish out of water ?
"Oooh God...if there IS one, save my soul...if I HAVE one." -Eugen Weber
by Koppenberg34 on Mar 19, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
You are all right of course.
I just wanted to bask in the memory of Dutch cyclists winning monuments frequently. Ah, those good old days…
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
I wouldn't put it past Boom actually
hes shown versatility in his young road racing career, and maybe he creates a surprise if he gets in an elite group, and pulls off a daring attack towards the end. Thats especially if some of the sprinters get dropped of the organization tails off. Not the likeliest of scenarios, but you never know how it’ll go sometimes.
AH-HA!! I should of got that. Dang.
I feel like I do every time I see my Trivia Monday Quiz score.
"Oooh God...if there IS one, save my soul...if I HAVE one." -Eugen Weber
by Koppenberg34 on Mar 19, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh no. Sadness for Barbie Barbie.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
ah that is so awesome
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Ouch indeed.
He was probably the most bankable guy on my team.
But seriously, I wonder what he can ride this year now. I can’t see much consolation available.
worlds?
plus there’s always those rainy tour stages.
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Yeah a tour stage would be one of the nicest things he could win.
He’s not going to be riding the worlds though, is he? Because he’s not German anymore, and he’s not Australian yet, or something. Maybe someone better informed can clarify that. Paris-Tours he could try, too. The real late season prize would be Lombardy, I suppose, but I don’t know if anyone would fancy him much for that. Probably the same could have been said about Gilbert, though: he wasn’t considered that type of rider.
I think
He switched from German to Oz in time to ride the upcoming worlds. But I could be wrong.
"The road is our agony, but also our daily bread; and at night, when it is deserted and the moon glistens on the asphalt, the ridiculous dreams of racers like us pass up and down it."
--Dino Buzzati
I read something fairly recently where he said he still hadn't made the decision
and would decide later in the season. The sticking point is having to give up his German citizenship.
Of course, it seems he’ll have some time off now to think about it…
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Not me!
And yes, if you thought I was too big to revel in the disappointment of others, you’re sorely mistaken.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
We all know you didn't have him last year Chris...
So we know where it is coming from.
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
somebody help me out here
I’ve always had a bad habbit of over-analyzing things, but is that like his ghost (HH)? Or perhaps he’s been visited by “the ghost of classics future” and shown his fate? Ooooor…… is he depicted as like a messiah type of figure….aka “he has risen!”? btw: I’d love to know the other names on the tombstones, the one’s we can’t see.
"Oooh God...if there IS one, save my soul...if I HAVE one." -Eugen Weber
Short version it's the Graveyard of Classics Dreams.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
That was fun, thanks
there were a couple of editions I’d not yet seen – very entertaining indeed. I’m a little shocked that I was actually pretty close with the “ghost of classics future” guess!
"Oooh God...if there IS one, save my soul...if I HAVE one." -Eugen Weber
by Koppenberg34 on Mar 19, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
From Cervelo website
Cervélo TestTeam rider Heinrich Haussler will be out of competition until he fully recovers from the knee problem that has plagued him since a crash in the Volta ao Algarve. After initial treatment and recovery, he crashed again in Paris-Nice, suffering another contusion of the same knee. “Heinrich has a contusion of the left knee, with injury of the quadriceps tendon,” said Dr. Andreas Goesele, the team’s Chief Medical Officer. “We are performing intensive treatments every day, involving both physiotherapy and osteopathy. At the moment, we do not know when he will return to racing, but the most important thing is that he heals completely. In elite sport you have to be completely fit to perform well.”
“I am glad that we know what the problem is and that it can be fixed. The classics time is the most important part of my season, and I am very disappointed, but I will come back when I am fully recovered—and I will come back stronger. This is just making me more focused,” said Haussler.
“We will miss Heinrich, but we still have a very strong classics team, and we will maintain our focus on these races,” said Sports Director Jean-Paul van Poppel. “In our goal races our riders have to be 100% fit.”
I haven’t seen predictions of how long he’s out for. What was the source for that?
"Today I was honked at...I caught up and made a great honking noise back...he caught up and said I'm gonna punch you in the face...I laughed."
~DZ
Well, De Ronde is ust over two weeks away.
It might be fair to assume that’s off, at least. Roubaix isn’t all that far off either, obviously.
quadriceps tendon eh?
If they aren’t giving any timeline then I suppose that he ruptured it? That’s a month at least or possibly two. Depending how bad rehab can take another two months after that, so four months total. That would put him at possibly missing the Tour at the extreme though its much more likely that his rehab will be shorter.
He will be available for interviews, no?
Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. Louis J. Helle, Jr.
Acute gastro-intestinal distress.
it’s the Kornhole’s comments that made LA sick to his stomach – maybe he’s flying back to give him a skinny bicyclist beat down…
Was he ever really racing there
shouldn’t he after all have flown out to Italy a few days ago or so to get over the jet-lag?
I think LA is training in France right now
Preparing for the Circuit de la Sarthe :)
by FrenchKheldar on Mar 19, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't he just do an interview
back in the US?
Yes, via the magic of cellular telephones
Jens Voigt doesn’t know where you live, but he knows exactly where you will die.
I know its a bit of a PdC faux-pas....but
since I don’t see anything else here about the San Dimas Stage Race this weekend, does anybody know if F Landis is supposed to ride? I live ten minutes from all three stages, and I wouldn’t mind seeing for myself if he’s as fat and drunk as people allege. If he’s there, I’d love to see him rise from his ashes like a great phoenix, and win the whole damn thing.
"Oooh God...if there IS one, save my soul...if I HAVE one." -Eugen Weber
aaannnddd we'd love to see
you’re post-race report. ;-P
"Italians often mock me for not enjoying tighter clothing" - willj
Yes, Landis is supposed to be at San Dimas
It would be super killer if you had the chance to go out there. Would love to see pics and such from that thing. Should be a nice weekend for it, anyway.
Apparently he's not any more
See the last comment on http://www.podiumcafe.com/2010/3/11/1368675/floyd-landis-to-ride-at-san-dimas
I saw him last week in Murrieta
he did a bunch of work in the Crit to bring back a good sized break, maybe 10, to give his guys a chance in the sprint. He didn’t look too fat or too drunk from where I was sitting.
Thank you for returning to my life cross season!
by australopithecine on Mar 19, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there a separate "predict the podium" thread coming?
I’m going for all B’s. Boonen, Boss Hog, Bettini.
Jens Voigt doesn’t know where you live, but he knows exactly where you will die.
I think you mean Bennati...
"Cofidis Keukeleire in revelation set off a seat and made the job off." Oh Google translator...
by Vlaanderen90 on Mar 19, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I think you are right
But it would be awesome of Bettini found a way to win out of retirement. I’m sure he’ll be near the finish line before any of the riders.
Jens Voigt doesn’t know where you live, but he knows exactly where you will die.
Cipo picks...
Well, everybody, really. But says, “The first name that comes to mind is Boasson Hagen.”
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Cipo says Hagen Das only because he's no longer on a strict training diet!
But seriously, he does make the sensible observation that Boonen. I also find that it interesting that he says Spartacus is not at the very top of his game right now. Finally, while giving a nod to all the Italian favorites—Pipo and Bennati—he goes with Petacchi as the best of the local talent.
rain possible
Per CN. Advantage Belgians? Re Cipo’s “tiger eye” comment, he needs to read majope’s article.
"The road is our agony, but also our daily bread; and at night, when it is deserted and the moon glistens on the asphalt, the ridiculous dreams of racers like us pass up and down it."
--Dino Buzzati
What, they race in the rain?
…kidding
…I wish I could say that I haven’t actually heard that before.
by JustJoshinYa on Mar 19, 2010 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
How funny will it be if Cav has truly been sandbagging and wins it AGAIN. Fooling everyone.
That’ll be the last time anyone buys into Cav’s “lack of ability to win.”
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
as a cav fan
i would find that hilarious. but i doubt it, sadly.
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
I'm a Cav fan also and would love it.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
here's hoping then!
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Stuey after a long Spartacus lead out in a break of about 20.
I’d enjoy that I think!!
errrr....am i supposed to sign this??
It would bring tears to my eyes ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I always seem to have a wee tear in my eye when Stuey wins something...funny that!
errrr....am i supposed to sign this??
Steady... we'll take it slow
but if FB’s lovely dream comes true, well then, all bets are off ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'

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