104TH LIÈGE-BASTOGNE-LIÈGE 1.UWT April 22nd, 2018

[Zama_Olyas]

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Valverde getting another free ride to Ans and y'all wonder why I lost respect for the Ardennes peloton.

I always thought it was partly to do with politics, you being flandrian and all.

 

[tobydawq]

I have never seen a national championships' jersey be represented as poorly as the British has been by Cummings the last year.

I think his presence on the team is absolutely inexclicable in a race such as this.

How he never does anything but sit at the absolute last position in the bunch, living off his spring two years ago is disgraceful.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Extremely boring so far.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Can't wait for Dan Martin to get dropped on la redoute

? What's is wrong with Martin, in your opinion?

I don't dislike Martin but four days ago he got dropped on the penultimate ascent of the Mur. He just doesn't have the shape to win here right now but still UAE rides like they have the fahorite in their team again

Martin had just chased for a couple of km to get back after being stuck in a fall, so he had an excuse

 

[Valv.Piti]

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I have never seen a national championships' jersey be represented as poorly as the British has been by Cummings the last year.

I think his presence on the team is absolutely inexclicable in a race such as this.

How he never does anything but sit at the absolute last position in the bunch, living off his spring two years ago is disgraceful.

Yeah, Cummings is just... ugh, horrible teamplayer.

 

[alspacka]

Where are the peloton at folks?

 

[Rollthedice]

Meanwhile Sagan is cooking something. In the kitchen.

 

[Red Rick]

The terrain between the Ferme Libert and the bottom of La Redoute is the big problem of this race.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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The terrain between the Ferme Libert and the bottom of La Redoute is the big problem of this race.

As I said, its simply too easy of a course and with the horrible finish in Ans, its not really rocketscience to see why this race is so conservatively ridden. Even after La Redoute until Faucons sucks, this course just need to be a lot better thought out and make the difficulties come in quick succession if you want to see good racing in this race apart from the the last 15 km.

 

[rainman]

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Extremely boring so far.

Hatch trying to make it sound interesting is painful. Hopefully Nibali has a go on Redoute.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Extremely boring so far.

Hatch trying to make it sound interesting is painful. Hopefully Nibali has a go on Redoute.

Better than Kirby discussing food and his pet riders

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Hard not to fall asleep

 

[Velolover2]

It looks like La Redoute is getting misused once again.

 

[EroicaStradeBianche]

Until they'll keep Ans and Saint-Nicholas in the final it'll always be so boring, make the finish easier and make the central part harder

 

[Rollthedice]

It's quite an endurance afternoon here on the sofa.

 

[WheelofGear]

Matthews to win this.

Ala and Bala are dumb enough to wait for the final. They will regret it when their teams have towed Gerro 2.0 to the line.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Extremely boring so far.

Hatch trying to make it sound interesting is painful. Hopefully Nibali has a go on Redoute.

I hope Nibali will create some mess.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Matthews to win this.

Ala and Bala are dumb enough to wait for the final. They will regret it when their teams have towed Gerro 2.0 to the line.

The amount of sheer dumb luck in coincidental circumstances that allowed Gerrans to win will never happen again, much less this soon. If Matthews wins he might actually deserve it.

 

[Brullnux]

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Matthews to win this.

Ala and Bala are dumb enough to wait for the final. They will regret it when their teams have towed Gerro 2.0 to the line.

Did Matthews sleep with your girlfriend or something? Your hate for him is excessive

 

[Valv.Piti]

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Until they'll keep Ans and Saint-Nicholas in the final it'll always be so boring, make the finish easier and make the central part harder

Saint Nicholas is a problem as well

Lets see how the race will look when it heads back to Liege - hopefully it will be rejuvenated like Amstel which suddenly has become one of the best races of the season.

 

[Red Rick]

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Hard not to fall asleep

Luckily LBL is always on the same day as the ATP MC final

 

[GuyIncognito]

I'm watching 2 races at once. That's solved the boredom for me.

 

[Gigs_98]

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It's quite an endurance afternoon here on the sofa.

I think this is one of the days where the fans need more endurance than the athletes.

 

[hrotha]

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Matthews to win this.

Ala and Bala are dumb enough to wait for the final. They will regret it when their teams have towed Gerro 2.0 to the line.

Did Matthews sleep with your girlfriend or something? Your hate for him is excessive

It's justified. NEVER FORGET: https://www.ridemedia.com.au/interviews/michael-matthews-the-amstel-gold-race/

 

[Gigs_98]

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Matthews to win this.

Ala and Bala are dumb enough to wait for the final. They will regret it when their teams have towed Gerro 2.0 to the line.

Did Matthews sleep with your girlfriend or something? Your hate for him is excessive

It's justified. NEVER FORGET: https://www.ridemedia.com.au/interviews/michael-matthews-the-amstel-gold-race/

Yeah, that interview was incredibly stupid, but constantly comparing Matthews with Gerrans is just unfair