2016 La Flèche Wallonne - April 20th - 196k

[Rollthedice]

Re:

What's wrong with henao??

Nothing or everything.

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Midway through the race and no posts discussing it? It's FW alright.

 

[DNP-Old]

I feel robbed.

 

[Squirbos_19]

Break of the day:
Steve Cummings (Dimension Data), Koen Bouwman (LottoNL-Jumbo), Silvan Dillier (BMC), Vegard Stake Laengen (IAM), Kiel Reijnen (Trek-Segafredo), Matteo Bono (Lampre-Merida), Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Soudal), Sander Helven (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Mads Pedersen (Stolting Service Group), Quentin Pacher (Delko Marseille Provence KTM).

3mins ahead of peloton

 

[jaylew]

F***!
I really thought this was Henao's year to shine.

 

[Laplaz]

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Break of the day:
Steve Cummings (Dimension Data), Koen Bouwman (LottoNL-Jumbo), Silvan Dillier (BMC), Vegard Stake Laengen (IAM), Kiel Reijnen (Trek-Segafredo), Matteo Bono (Lampre-Merida), Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Soudal), Sander Helven (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Mads Pedersen (Stolting Service Group), Quentin Pacher (Delko Marseille Provence KTM).

3mins ahead of peloton

Some strong guys in it.

 

[Squire]

Bono seems to be in the break at every significant classic.

 

[HelloDolly]

Amased at the responses on here...

People are gutted for Heano and sorry that he is not riding which suggest that no one really cares about the fact that he is being INVESTIGATED and his performance may not be real

but hey lets not let that get in the way of bias favourites...if it was a another rider (not favoured on her esp a British rider) same people would be so eager to throw him under the bus

So few posters on this site have any credibility

( and that is said without any prejudiced against Heano )

 

[Eshnar]

The responses on here are because this is the PRR section. If you want to see people throwing him under the bus, there is a thread in the Clinic.

 

[SeriousSam]

You presume that being INVESTIGATED is the only type of evidence that could have one come to the conclusion that a performance is not 'real'. History strongly suggests this is not so, thus if we were to apply your test as to whether we can support a rider, we'd be left with a precious few to chose from.

 

[May0maniac]

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Bono seems to be in the break at every significant classic.

Usually he's in the MSR and in the LBL breakaway, in 2014 he spent well over 450km in the breakaway between those two races.

 

[jaylew]

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Amased at the responses on here...

People are gutted for Heano and sorry that he is not riding which suggest that no one really cares about the fact that he is being INVESTIGATED and his performance may not be real

but hey lets not let that get in the way of bias favourites...if it was a another rider (not favoured on her esp a British rider) same people would be so eager to throw him under the bus

So few posters on this site have any credibility

( and that is said without any prejudiced against Heano )

What a bunch of bs. You're making assumptions which aren't necessarily true. There have only been a few responses and yeah, people are upset he's rot racing, which is completely understandable. We want to see the the best riders in the best races and he was one of the favorites for today. I'm always disappointed and upset when a rider is pulled like this. I'm upset even when a rider actually fails a test. Of course I want riders who cheat to be caught but I don't want anyone to cheat, period, so even when I find out someone has outright failed a test it's upsetting. Additionally, I don't like the way these bp cases go down.

 

[HelloDolly]

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The responses on here are because this is the PRR section. If you want to see people throwing him under the bus, there is a thread in the Clinic.

I did say I no prejudice against Heano but I am not going to ignore that he is being investiaged either
That is the point ...

I am not discussing the investigation so don;t need to go to the clinic ...
Nor do I want to throw anyone under the bus but am aware how easily he would be if among certain riders

If a rider is being investigated surely the issue is not how awful it is that he wont win....

 

[Escarabajo]

I feel robbed!!

 

[Eshnar]

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The responses on here are because this is the PRR section. If you want to see people throwing him under the bus, there is a thread in the Clinic.

I did say I no prejudice against Heano but I am not going to ignore that he is being investiaged either
That is the point ...

I am not discussing the investigation so don;t need to go to the clinic ...
Nor do I want to throw anyone under the bus but am aware how easily he would be if among certain riders

If a rider is being investigated surely the issue is not how awful it is that he wont win....

The issue in the thread of the FW is that Henao is not in the race anymore. And that is a shame, for the sake of the race. For the rest, there are other threads

 

[saganftw]

you can feel dissapointed he was pulled and suspicious of his performances at the same time,its not mutualy exclusive

 

[Samamba]

Even Wellens is gonna wait till the Mur today

 

[HelloDolly]

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You presume that being INVESTIGATED is the only type of evidence that could have one come to the conclusion that a performance is not 'real'. History strongly suggests this is not so, thus if we were to apply your test as to whether we can support a rider, we'd be left with a precious few to chose from.

I didn't say that ..I never said his performance was unreal or otherwise or presumed being investiaged was any type of evidence ...can you point this out to me ??
I said being investigated is pertinent issue not being gutted on his being in a race

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

He probably realized that he could've won Sunday if he didn't attack. Too bad...

 

[hrotha]

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He probably realized that he could've won Sunday if he didn't attack. Too bad...

He's said the exact opposite, both regarding AGR and FW.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Always Frank Schleck

 

[Laplaz]

OMG poor Frank...

 

[Savant12]

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Always Frank Schleck

Time to join his younger brother in retirement.

 

[TMP402]

Only five pages in a thread of a WT race with only 32km to go! That says a lot.

 

[RedheadDane]

Strange watching a race with prober coverage and actual graphics...