2016 Omloop het Nieuwsblad, Feb 27th, 200.8km, 1.HC

[Mr.White]

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That excuse of Boonen is pretty rediculous. He would have beaten Stannard in the sprint 9/10 times. No, Boonen decided to attack because he so much wanted to win the race he's never won. He didn't want to risk Terpstra og Vandenbergh attacking and Stannard not being able to bring them back.

Exactly.

Vandenbergh also rode like his mission was to make Boonen win the race, not Etixx. It was quite funny to see him react to Terpstra's attack immediately after Boonen was brought back.

And that was his mission indeed. Boonen didn't want to risk Terpstra's attack, and he forgot Stannard was not spent at all, heck he maybe even forget he was there

 

[DFA123]

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That excuse of Boonen is pretty rediculous. He would have beaten Stannard in the sprint 9/10 times. No, Boonen decided to attack because he so much wanted to win the race he's never won. He didn't want to risk Terpstra og Vandenbergh attacking and Stannard not being able to bring them back.

Exactly.

Vandenbergh also rode like his mission was to make Boonen win the race, not Etixx. It was quite funny to see him react to Terpstra's attack immediately after Boonen was brought back.

And that was his mission indeed. Boonen didn't want to risk Terpstra's attack, and he forgot Stannard was not spent at all, heck he maybe even forget he was there

Terpstra also did his best to make sure that Stybar - in the best form of his career - had very little chance in RVV or PR, by working to establish a break with both Kristoff and Degenkolb. Some team-mate he was last year.

 

[Taxus4a]

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You think Boonen would have collaborated if 3 Sky riders were there and himself alone like Stannard - It would never happen. Ettix problem was all 3 riders wanted to win, all 3 left it too late and all 3 burnt themselves out before the line. All they had to do was use two riders and have one sheltered from the wind like Stannard and the result would have been much different i'm sure.

The weirdest thing was seeing Boonen try to rejoin Stannard and Terpstra. Always about two seconds behind, he looks so uncomfortable and so spent, each painful pedal exaggerated by his bright white footwear.

The weirdest thing was Stijn closing the gap to Terpstra for Stannard.

Yes, they did some mistakes, but anyway Stannard was much more fresh when Etixx riders started to attack, althoug Boonen didnt work the previous Km to that.

Of course Stannad hadnt to collaborate. He id a perfect race and he was very strong.

I only said I dont considerer he humillated becouse the situation for Ettix wanst so perfect like 3 againts 1, the rest were close and were good riders.

 

[TommyPlus]

Enough crap about last year, who wins this year's edition? I want to wager. Maybe Vino?

 

[Kwibus]

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This is what he said last year:
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20150228_01554319
We hebben één fout gemaakt’, reageerde een duidelijk teleurgestelde Boonen. ‘We hadden nooit mogen beginnen aanvallen. We hadden gewoon naar de meet moeten blijven doorrijden en hadden moeten sprinten, dan was er geen probleem. We hebben het gewoon uit handen gegeven: we hebben chaos gecreëerd terwijl we de controle hadden. We moeten dit nog eens goed analyseren maar zo vroeg op het seizoen is het altijd moeilijk koersen.’

So I guess it was not really 'a decission', it was just that Terpstra (first attack) did not trust in Boonen's sprint based on his defeat in Qatar.

Or Boonen being an *ss last year saying it was Terpstra's fault while they pretty much agreed to attacking before the race if they ended up in this situation?
Or Boonen being diplomatic now taking away his fingerpointing at Terpstra, but that would be a bit late isn't it?

 

[Kwibus]

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That excuse of Boonen is pretty rediculous. He would have beaten Stannard in the sprint 9/10 times. No, Boonen decided to attack because he so much wanted to win the race he's never won. He didn't want to risk Terpstra og Vandenbergh attacking and Stannard not being able to bring them back.

Exactly.

Vandenbergh also rode like his mission was to make Boonen win the race, not Etixx. It was quite funny to see him react to Terpstra's attack immediately after Boonen was brought back.

And that was his mission indeed. Boonen didn't want to risk Terpstra's attack, and he forgot Stannard was not spent at all, heck he maybe even forget he was there

Terpstra also did his best to make sure that Stybar - in the best form of his career - had very little chance in RVV or PR, by working to establish a break with both Kristoff and Degenkolb. Some team-mate he was last year.

It's all Terpstra's fault. Always.
And yes Stybar was in monster form that's why he couldnt even follow Sagan and GVA.
Keep it real please.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Gilbert is eager to prove he still knows how to ride cobbles. And beating Valverde earlier this year, he sure is in good shape.

Don't forget he already won this race (his first big win), although the course was completely different back then.

 

[DFA123]

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That excuse of Boonen is pretty rediculous. He would have beaten Stannard in the sprint 9/10 times. No, Boonen decided to attack because he so much wanted to win the race he's never won. He didn't want to risk Terpstra og Vandenbergh attacking and Stannard not being able to bring them back.

Exactly.

Vandenbergh also rode like his mission was to make Boonen win the race, not Etixx. It was quite funny to see him react to Terpstra's attack immediately after Boonen was brought back.

And that was his mission indeed. Boonen didn't want to risk Terpstra's attack, and he forgot Stannard was not spent at all, heck he maybe even forget he was there

Terpstra also did his best to make sure that Stybar - in the best form of his career - had very little chance in RVV or PR, by working to establish a break with both Kristoff and Degenkolb. Some team-mate he was last year.

It's all Terpstra's fault. Always.
And yes Stybar was in monster form that's why he couldnt even follow Sagan and GVA.
Keep it real please.

It's not always Terpstra's fault, just most of the time. Because 100% of the time he rides only for himself.

 

[Kwibus]

I'm not going to deny Terpstra is a selfish rider, but the Stybar comment was just wrong.
If I was Terpstra I wouldve raced with Kristoff as well. Force other teams to chase while his teammates could rest and besides that I think most people expected him to drop Kristoff, but Niki and most of us were wrong. Kristoff was just mighty strong.

When the chase exploded on the Paterberg and none of his teammates were chasing him and he didnt drop Kristoff he was f*ck*d.

 

[vedrafjord]

Etixx should sit down and watch the 2001 Paris-Roubaix when Domo knobbled Hincapie very methodically and got the 1-2-3.

 

[DFA123]

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I'm not going to deny Terpstra is a selfish rider, but the Stybar comment was just wrong.
If I was Terpstra I wouldve raced with Kristoff as well. Force other teams to chase while his teammates could rest and besides that I think most people expected him to drop Kristoff, but Niki and most of us were wrong. Kristoff was just mighty strong.

When the chase exploded on the Paterberg and none of his teammates were chasing him and he didnt drop Kristoff he was f*ck*d.

Stybar was more in Paris Roubaix, when Terpstra should have worked with him to drop Degenkolb, rather than seemingly working with Degenkolb to help himself.

Yeah, in RVV after the Paterberg he should have just sat up and not worked with Kristoff. He'd actually have had a reasonable chance of winning from a group of four - because the other three would all just look at each other. Also, Stybar may have got back on and then it would have been an open finish. He continued to ride, knowing that the best he could get was second place. That's disappointing.

 

[Jspear]

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Enough crap about last year, who wins this year's edition? I want to wager. Maybe Vino?

I'm really hoping they make it hard and find a way to drop Kristoff. Imo he's the top favorite. But I'll say GVA wins after getting in a breakaway with three ettix riders.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I'm backing Benoot for this one.

 

[Taxus4a]

Difficult to point a favourite, but I think GVA

 

[Arredondo]

Watch out for Gatto. If Sagan is giving the green light, he can win it.

 

[jens_attacks]

Untouchable war machines for me

 

[blackcat]

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Seems like Vanmarcke isn't racing either? That startlist seems a bit suspect

I tipped him to make a breakout this season too, p'raps waiting to throw down the hammer at E3

Also like Jens Keukeleire for a big podium

 

[Mr.White]

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I'm not going to deny Terpstra is a selfish rider, but the Stybar comment was just wrong.
If I was Terpstra I wouldve raced with Kristoff as well. Force other teams to chase while his teammates could rest and besides that I think most people expected him to drop Kristoff, but Niki and most of us were wrong. Kristoff was just mighty strong.

When the chase exploded on the Paterberg and none of his teammates were chasing him and he didnt drop Kristoff he was f*ck*d.

Stybar was more in Paris Roubaix, when Terpstra should have worked with him to drop Degenkolb, rather than seemingly working with Degenkolb to help himself.

Yeah, in RVV after the Paterberg he should have just sat up and not worked with Kristoff. He'd actually have had a reasonable chance of winning from a group of four - because the other three would all just look at each other. Also, Stybar may have got back on and then it would have been an open finish. He continued to ride, knowing that the best he could get was second place. That's disappointing.

2nd place for Stybar in RVV would be huge! And by the way there were at least 4 guys stronger than him, 2 or 3 faster than him, so it would be really strange to work for Stybar in such circumstances

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Its going to be GvA versus the Hotsteppers.

The Unpredictable vs Anarchy and Chaos.

 

[Flamin]

Man, I'm so excited. As often the case with this race, I have no idea who will win. Which is what makes it so great.

 

[May0maniac]

Tommeke FTW!

 

[tomorrow]

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Watch out for Gatto. If Sagan is giving the green light, he can win it.

Hopefully, this time he would start braking soon enough

 

[manafana]

lets go belgium racing love it

 

[Kwibus]

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Man, I'm so excited. As often the case with this race, I have no idea who will win. Which is what makes it so great.

Indeed. Usually the favourites don't win this race, but a 2nd tier cobbled rider does. So let's seewho gets it this time.

Nice sunny weather, max 7celsius and wind up to 24km/h.
Has it ever turned into a bunch sprint?

 

[TommyPlus]

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Man, I'm so excited. As often the case with this race, I have no idea who will win. Which is what makes it so great.

Indeed. Usually the favourites don't win this race, but a 2nd tier cobbled rider does. So let's seewho gets it this time.

Nice sunny weather, max 7celsius and wind up to 24km/h.
Has it ever turned into a bunch sprint?

I remember Hushovd winning a sprint a few years back