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Watching Milan San Remo on EuroSport - miserable conditions, cold and wet as hell, had to bus around snowy roads on mountain incl tunnel and Manie climb, riders abandoning right and left. At 7% body fat, I can only imagine how frozen they are. OPQS has lost all contenders except . . . Cavendish (possibly growing up in the Isle of Mans, having a bit more BF, and considerably less body surface area, is a good thing today) but he only has two teammates to pace him. Boonen, Goss, Chavenel out. Break being pulled back pretty steadily.

[add] Break hitting the first climb now, remember Turchino and Manie were eliminated. With fewer climbs this year, seems the teams not riding for a sprinter should attack hard. Sky, Cannondale, etc.

[add] Great ride by Ciolek! I guess Chavanel didn't abandon after all. I had to leave for a while and missed everything from the first climb to the start of Poggio.

:-(