Recent content by Berflamand

I agree that Wout is more popular but I don't think the difference is that big. I think it's more that there's not really anybody who 'hates' Wout. Even more neutral fans don't mind Wout winning/having success, especially after all his bad luck the last few years. While with Remco it seems...

I hear and read a lot about the positioning into the 2nd Oude Kwaremont but are chances really that high that it's still a significant peloton by that point? I mean, the race looks plenty hard even before that. But honestly, I don't really remember how the race played out at that point the...

You're not wrong. I'll quote @Berniece's earlier post here and I think he got it quite right:

It's only closed for tourists and only today. The cobbles will be cleaned later today. The pro riders themselves are allowed to ride up the hill during their recons today, though most of them are having trouble on the slippery cobbles and have to walk anyway.

Having Van Aert in my team, the past week could have gone a lot better, especially in Gent-Wevelgem, but I really can't complain that much about DDV yesterday with Van Aert, Pithie and Laporte all in the top 10. Now if Evenepoel could win de Ronde and Van Aert Paris-Roubaix, that would be very...

Should they then not have all the more reason to file a complaint if they can prove it in Ganna's case? Since Zingle was actually disqualified.

Now please, please, please don't crash out of the race!

Do you think Oude Kwaremont is worse for him than de Koppenberg?

He's the biggest Belgian rider in the biggest Belgian race in the most cycling crazy country. Yeah, good luck holding that pressure off. :grimacing:

Yeah if it's only Stuyven I agree. I didn't watch the race live but didn't they lose a lot of domestiques to help/pace back Magnier after his bad luck/bike changes? If they still had Merlier in the peloton they probably don't do that and more domestiques might make it in the first peloton after...

You think MVDP would have pulled harder in that case and they would have stayed clear? I'll counter that with the assumption that Quick-Step would probably have had a few domestiques left in the group who could have helped pull the peloton back (assuming all other teams who worked this year...

Remco to RVV would be absolutely great news but I'm not counting my chickens just yet and I'll wait for the official confirmation. However, the fact that the rumour hasn't been debunked by now actually fills me with hope that they are at least considering it.

I'm really annoyed by Merlier's injury troubles. This is his dream race and the way the race played out, this could have actually been his best chance at victory but he couldn't even start the race.

6. Evenepoel Remco +1:38 37. Munton Byron +5:26 There's definitely progress! All jokes aside, this was about what I expected/hoped for after the crash. But it's unclear whether this is his actual level or whether he was hampered by the crash. I would hope that without the crash he could at...

I'm also not expecting much today. I'm still bummed out about that crash. I wanted to see where he stands in the mountains at this point but now we're probably not getting an accurate view. What's even worse is that his team won't get an accurate view either and if he tanks completely I guess...