14th Binck Banck Tour , 13-19 August (2.UWT)

[Robert5091]

Stage 4 Blankenberge to Ardooie (165.4 k or 166.3 ?!) (http://www.golazo.com/parcours/wp-c...Blankenberge-Ardooie-16-08-2018-BBT-05-07.pdf says 166.3 km)

Starts 1 m over sea level ... mmm ... hope the tide's out!

 

[Tim Booth]

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Stage 4 Blankenberge to Ardooie (165.4 k or 166.3 ?!) (http://www.golazo.com/parcours/wp-c...Blankenberge-Ardooie-16-08-2018-BBT-05-07.pdf says 166.3 km)

Starts 1 m over sea level ... mmm ... hope the tide's out!

166.3
http://www.sport.be/live/nl/wielrennen/binckbanktour/2018/statstage.html?Stage_ID=1530

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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A thing I didn't realise before:

The entire podium of the stage is of riders outside of the WorldTour. Does anybody know if that has ever happened before?

Check stage 10 of the 2015 Giro

Good catch. And, it's not even unlikely, that it would have been 1-2-3-4 that day, if Oscar Gatto hadn't had his mechanical, that sent him back to the peloton

 

[RedheadDane]

Re:

Stage 4 Blankenberge to Ardooie (165.4 k or 166.3 ?!) (http://www.golazo.com/parcours/wp-c...Blankenberge-Ardooie-16-08-2018-BBT-05-07.pdf says 166.3 km)

Starts 1 m over sea level ... mmm ... hope the tide's out!

Start it just as the tide is about to come in.
"Better hurry up, boys."

 

[Kwibus]

I think that about 20% of the Netherlands is below sealevel.

I live about 3 meters below sealevel.

In dikes we trust I guess

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Boring stages eh ?

 

[tobydawq]

Amateur hour at Verandas Willems. Why the hell is De Bondt pulling when they try to close the gap?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Btw Jakobsen is sick and didn't start

 

[Flamin]

Just stay in the peloton and pull for your team mates if you want a sprint. This is just sad (from Juul Jensen).

 

[Gigs_98]

Meh, this could have been interesting if Jul Jensen had worked with valgren

 

[Gigs_98]

Trek apparently forgot they don't have a sprinter

 

[glassmoon]

lol

 

[Gigs_98]

Trek apparently forgot they don't have a sprinter

Oh boy, I should not have written this

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gigs

Nice attack by Stuyven

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Jasper takes it from a solo!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Well done by Trek!

 

[Laplaz]

Yeeeeeaaah! Great win by Stuyven, this guy deserved this so much

 

[tobydawq]

Trek apparently forgot they don't have a sprinter

Oh boy, I should not have written this

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Kafviar]

Trek apparently forgot they don't have a sprinter

That was a really nice attack!

 

[Gigs_98]

BTW, the amount of races where Ewan wins the sprint but there is a solo rider in front who wins the race is absolutely ridiculous

 

[RedheadDane]

Trek apparently forgot they don't have a sprinter

Or maybe they knew exactly that they don't have a sprinter, so they set up that sneaky attack by Stuyven.

 

[Gigs_98]

Trek apparently forgot they don't have a sprinter

Or maybe they knew exactly that they don't have a sprinter, so they set up that sneaky attack by Stuyven.

Prffff, nonsense

 

[infeXio]

Trek apparently forgot they don't have a sprinter

Or maybe they knew exactly that they don't have a sprinter, so they set up that sneaky attack by Stuyven.

You think....?

 

[movingtarget]

Very well executed win.

 

[Flamin]

Brilliantly executed plan from Trek. Stuyven very much earned that one, and nice to see how he immediately goes looking for his team mates after the finish.