2013 Pro-cycling season thread

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also if sky's all about the little things, how comes no one went out and scouted route, looked at past ones and discussed/tweaked the gear set up..

“When the rain started to fall, the gradients of 30% were hard to get up. I heard Contador say that, when he climbed out of the saddle, his back wheel slipped. I rode in the saddle all the time and, in the end, I got away with Vincenzo [Nibali] and stayed away to the finish line.”

Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/14120/Sagan-says-nothing-is-certain-in-relation-to-Milan-Sanremo.aspx#ixzz2NJtYRLJQ

Sagan. http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/14120/Sagan-says-nothing-is-certain-in-relation-to-Milan-Sanremo.aspx

Froome was running 36-28. But because of the rain and wet climb he couldn't stand and was over geared. He also says he didn't have the legs in teh end.
Sky will have known exactly what to expect up that climb. Froome just didn't have the legs.

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