Recent content by Berflamand

Tim Van Dijke still taking time on the better climbers in the second group so far. Crazy ride by him and his brother.

I'll allow it.

Tim and Mick have surely earned their bitterballen and an extra glass of milk this evening. Throw in a large bratwurst for Nico as well.

If they're coming close to cars then surely the cars will be pulled back in this situation no? These are gaps because of echelons, not because of a crash or other incident.

Yeah, probably babysitting VPP. Van Lerberghe also barely misses any echelon unless he has to work for dropped teammates.

1 out of 39 riders right now. :grimacing: With 29 riders at the start (most of every country) that is indeed remarkably low. Although Belgium, usually known for their echelon skills, also only has 2 riders (out of a total of 20) in the first group.

I'm pretty sure KoopaCycling is referring to the UAE Tour this year.

Sporza is reporting today that he wanted to attack with Van Dijke (or join in the attack) when Van Dijke bridged to MVDP and Vermeersch but he had a flat tire right at that moment. So at least it doesn't look like the bad result was due to a lack of legs.

I'm disappointed. I don't know what went wrong but way more worrying is that the team (and Remco) themselves don't seem to know what went wrong. It's clear that they didn't expect these results at all. For all his early season wins, I feel like the only really 'impressive' moment (according...

Herregodts was able to get into the (provisional) top 10 with a time gap to Remco you might have reasonably expected before the race so I don't think the conditions have worsened that much.

Yeah it doesn't look like an unbeatable benchmark. Tarling should be able to go faster and perhaps Hayter can come quite close as well.

I think you've made your point by now.

65kg is not a confirmed number by himself or his team. It's Belgian newspaper HLN who is saying 'according to our info he's weighing 65kg'. While they are more right than wrong when it comes to info about Remco (they seem to have good inside info), they don't always get it right. So I wouldn't...

Can we expect some action today even before the climbs? This is wat Berniece's AI wrote in the opening post about this stage: "The first 100 kilometers passing through Algorfa, Guardamar del Segura, and Santa Pola are susceptible to crosswinds and high speeds, potentially thinning the pack...

I have all of Evenepoel, Vlasov and Vacek in my team. While this is the best possible result on the day, the neutralization is (at least potentially) very bad with regards to the GC situation and prospects. But maybe they do it all over again on Saturday and the three of them ride into the...