Farby

So who do you think will win?

canam73

I'd like to see Sagan win something big.

DiabloScott

Mark, Fab, Oscar

Abu Jack

I'm pulling for Spartacus.

Farby

I'm pulling for Fab or Cav.

benlees

Wouldn't mind seeing Boasson Hagen win, but I suspect he is a team man to a fault. Cancellara is looking good as is Sagan.

diphthong

if he's racing? haussler.

canam73

I don't care if it's this race or whenever, I want to see Boasson Hagen and Sagan in a two man break just to see what would happen.

Giacomo 1 

I guess if it comes down to the sprinters, I'll go with Tyler Farrar to be in the mix. I 'd love to see him take out Cav in a sprint finish, especially here, where Cav is a favorite.

If the sprinters get held out, then it's Nibali for me...

UnsafeAlpine

I hope Quintero will be ok.

redtires

I'm pulling for Sean Kelly to come out of retirement and pull it off again....but then again, it is St. Patty's day!

alpha_bravo

This is really exciting, it's not at all how I saw it playing out.

Johnny Rebel

Cancellara is the strongest again, and 2nd again. Wheelsucked once more! Spartacus is the man.

Crash716

Nibali is a f'in ******…Sagan needs to go to another team.

lowlife1975

yah, fabian has no chance in that situation, lose a bunch sprint or lose a three man sprint because no one is willing to pull for the last 8k... and fabian is still strong enough to hold to bunch off. smart for gerrans, but weak sauce in my book. but a monument is a monument no matter how you manage it. terrible crash for boonen.

lowlife1975

totally, liquigas played it all wrong in the end. no way nibali wins a sprint against gerrans. liquigas should have lined everyone up and chased down fabian for sagan to take the bunch sprint.

alpha_bravo

It's a lose lose for Cancellara, but I honestly didn't think Gerrans could keep up with Nibali and Cancellara on the descent. With 1.5K to go it looked like Cancellara was going to shed them both. I'm impressed Gerrans was able to keep up with Cancellara.

alpha_bravo

Completely agree, this race is tailor made for Sagan and Liquigas managed to f' it all up.

Johnny Rebel

Fabian always has to do all the work. Weaksauce indeed.

I'm watching the Eurosport feed and they don't think it was Boonen who crashed. Hopefully the Colombian Quintero is OK.

Crash716

Nibabli is a selfish jerk….probably trying to payback Sagan for taking the win at tirreno and almost costing him GC

benlees

Yeah, he must get frustrated! Last years Roubaix case in point.

skyrider

how did liquigas play it wrong they put nibali in a position to win but didnt have the legs to finish. or should they have put sagan up front. to bad Sagan didnt come up to the 3 man break with nibali. Was last weeks racing too much for them.

canam73

I was watching a stream in Italian (which I don't speak), so I don't know what was going on exactly. But I believe the thought is that Liquigas could have reeled the break in to allow Sagan to contest a field sprint, but didn't in order to allow Nibali to try for the win, which he predictably came in 3rd out of 3 against stronger sprinters. But again, I don't know what the gap was at the bottom of the descent.

lowlife1975

the gap looked so close coming off the poggio hairpins... but its not a time to hesitate even for a second, given that you've got fabian driving at 100% up front. i think liquigas just had daniel oss, along with sagan, but between them and the katusha guys riding for freire, they should have been able to catch fabian. its a shame boonen got held up in a crash on the descent, he had a team mate on hand to help chase. a shoot out between freire, boonen, sagan, goss, ballan wouldv'e been more exciting than gerrans coming around predictably for the win.

Farby

It's a shame for Spartacus. To lose when he is so strong and always marked.