Competitive Cycling

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Top Ganna won the ITT in Tirreno-Adriatico yesterday and his team won the TTT today, with Josh Tarling dragging Oscar Onley round to what must be his best ever Time Trial and third on GC.

Meanwhile Juan Ayuso takes the overall lead and isn't falling out with his team mates.

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Meanwhile Juan Ayuso takes the overall lead and isn't falling out with his team mates.

Yet

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Meanwhile Juan Ayuso takes the overall lead and isn't falling out with his team mates.

Yet

Maybe he needs a bit of friction, crashed out today...

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Absolute carnage in Paris-Nice today.
A Red Bull TTT delivered Dungaree Lizard Lips to a probable GC victory.

Ayuso and McNulty out. Oscar Onley losing big time due to injuries from a crash, Tarling couldn't drag him back. At least Kévin "Hic" Vaucquelin managed to put time into Sticky Martinez and Wheelsuck Gaudu.

Six and a half minute separate the top ten. Bonkers.

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Whoever said TTTs were boring surely got it wrong.

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MvdP again in Tirreno-Adriatico. Poor old WvA hasb't beaten MvdP since 2023.

Pellizzari picked up bonus seconds to take over the Maglia Azurro from Del Toro, is he giving things away again?

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Wout van Who? 2nd fiddle, he should really avoid MvdP.

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Wout van Who? 2nd fiddle, he should really avoid MvdP.

I have to shout for Wout, the wife tells me to...

Lizard LIps has sewn up Paris-Nice, barring accidents. Ovwe 11 minutes seperate the top 10 now. After just five stages.
Hope Onley isn't suffering for his move to INEOS, but probably yesterday's crash, fell on his left buttock. Spaeaking from bitter experience I've struggled to walk the day after doing that.

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Del Toro regains the lead in Tirreno-Adriatico after Pellizzari fell away on the last climb. Del Toro is not yet the new Pogi. Couldn't bring back Michael Valgren from the breakaway.

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And in Paris-Nice stage win for Harold Tejada, to move him to top 10 on GC.
Klute Godon in second, Lewis Askey Third.

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Looks like Del Toro has sewn up Tirreno-Adriatico after today's stage win.

And Josh Tarling and Sam Watson deliver Klute Godon to a stage win in a much shortened Paris-Nice stage.

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As expected Isaac del Toro won Tirreno-Adriatico. Not too unexpectedly Jonathan Milan won the final stage for the third year in a row.

There was a distinct lack of Alien Abduction activity in Paris-Nice so Lizard Lips got a comfortable GC win. Unfortunately Sticky Martinez won the final stage.
Dani Martinez held on to his second place on GC, but had to cope with being taken out by a team mate.

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Tom Pidock won today's 150th anniversary of Milano-Torino. Got it right on the Superga climb, no Roglification of the race with Primoz in third.

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And Jasper "Don't call me Disaster" Philipsen won Nokere Koerse, making up for his crash last year.
Alec Segaert came so close after a late breakaway.

I think Ben "Who's your Father" Wiggins was the pluckiest Brit in 60th.

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Alec Segaert managed to win today from a breakaway of two in the Grand Prix de Denain, the mini Paris-Roubaix.

I like these cobbled races, fun to see people racing on the quality of roads that I ride on

Fred Wright pluckiest Brit back in 81st...