2015 Gent - Wevelgem, 29/03, 239km 1.UWT

[Pricey_sky]

This wind is unreal! Even big guys like Stannard are neatly being blown away!!!

 

[glassmoon]

i feel like i'm going to develop some neck pain from watching this

 

[infeXio]

They visibly lean into the wind to not get blown off their bikes, lol
Crazy conditions

 

[Kwibus]

lol. CARNAGE

 

[thequestionmark]

Wow. That's brutal. Really a question of surviving.

 

[infeXio]

Cavendish with a puncture... baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad timing

 

[Flamin]

Cav game over.

 

[SafeBet]

What a carnage, wow. Still 120km to go.

 

[Jagartrott]

Fantastic images of the echelons - wow!

 

[Netserk]

I <3 wind! _O_

 

[Pricey_sky]

Bad timing for Cav, however he's now getting shelter from the cars which isn't a bad thing at the moment especially if there's a regroup.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

EPIC

 

[Flamin]

Degenkolb not in the first group, but they will probably come back.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re:

EPIC

No chance for Cav.

Looks like bikes float:

But looks nasty out their:

 

[Kwibus]

They are only half way.. Oh dear.

 

[Flamin]

EBH blown into the fences apparantly, lol.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re:

EBH blown into the fences apparantly, lol.

What is funny about that?!

 

[Netserk]

That the wind is so strong that it can do that.

 

[thequestionmark]

Degenkolb's group has catched the leaders. Next group 40 seconds back.

 

[Netserk]

So Stybar, Maes, Ciolek, Breschel, Sagan, Vanmarcke, Tjallingii, Chavanel, GVA among those in the first group, right?

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re:

Degenkolb's group has catched the leaders. Next group 40 seconds back.

According to a dutch translation on google translate that group has 40 seconds on its pants.

 

[Vino's Mum]

A nice group now up front.

Kristoff/Degenkolb/Sagan/Ciolek

or, if it's ends up a different kind of race...

Stybar/Terpstra/Vanmarcke/Thomas

ftw!

 

[dicanio_michael]

Why are Stybar and Trentin pulling ? What tactic is that this time ?
They have Cavendish literally at the back, can't they just sit back and take a rest ?

 

[Flamin]

Re:

So Stybar, Maes, Ciolek, Breschel, Sagan, Vanmarcke, Tjallingii, Chavanel, GVA among those in the first group, right?

No GVA..

 

[thequestionmark]

I'm pretty sure there is a Giant rider in the front group. Haussler with a mechanical.