2017 Tour of Flanders / Ronde Van Vlaanderen - April 2, 260k

[Andro]

Where the hell are BMC? They're not pulling at all.

 

[Flamin]

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Won't be sad if Van Avermaet stupidly lose this.

He has been extremely negative in his words during the week.

What did he say?

"I feel like it's my turn to win the race"
"I won't attack before the Oude Kwaremont"

Negative racing in his words.

What

 

[PremierAndrew]

Gap pretty much a minute now, this is possible for Gilbert

 

[Irondan]

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Won't be sad if Van Avermaet stupidly lose this.

He has been extremely negative in his words during the week.

What did he say?

"I feel like it's my turn to win the race"
"I won't attack before the Oude Kwaremont"

Negative racing in his words.

I don't see what's wrong with that.

He's a competitor, what do you expect him to say?

 

[sir fly]

This is enough for the guys who know the roads.

 

[Velolover2]

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Game over for sagan and gva.

Not 100% but chasing 3 steppers is difficult.

 

[portugal11]

Gilbert has everything to win this race

 

[Flamin]

Not over yet. Too many teams missed the first group.

 

[WheelofGear]

Gilbert working too much. He is faster than Boonen these days.

 

[TommyGun]

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Gap pretty much a minute now, this is possible for Gilbert

If they maintain the gap until Oude Kwaremont (around 30km to go), then it should be good

 

[Valv.Piti]

The more Gilbert works, the better he gets in a long race.

 

[Laplaz]

Kristoff looks strong.

 

[Akuryo]

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Gilbert working too much. He is faster than Boonen these days.

And Trentin is even faster than both ...

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Kristoff seems strong.

edit: LAplaz beat me to it

 

[Mr.White]

Sagan and GVA underestimated the Muur. Boonen downplayed it's importance in the race few days ago, and then attack on it. Brilliant!

 

[WheelofGear]

Sprinters like Coquard and Molodo are dangerous for the other riders in the break.

 

[Keram]

Re: 2017 Tour of Flanders / Ronde Van Vlaanderen - April 2,

This move is dangerous as hell. PR 2016 all over again. Its really exciting though.

 

[Dragontearz]

Gap constantly growing.

 

[TomLPC]

Where the *** are bmc, lotto

Get it together lads

 

[Velolover2]

Baharin chasing.. Wtf is BMC doing?

 

[Gigs_98]

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This really is PR 2016 all over again.

 

[Red Rick]

I hate that the minor teams are working in the peloton

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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Lol. Bunch sprint in thd womens race

Really good race to get to that point though. Sure, if you only see the last 5 mins it looks lame to see it finish in a bunch kick, but it was a very good race and got to that point with a real tough battle. Last three climbs were really tough and hard-fought, although I wanted the quartet to stay away.

And if the racing is becoming less selective among the women's races, in some respects it's a good thing because it's showing that more of the péloton can handle the difficulty and we can get tougher races rather than some of the patronizing parcours the women's péloton has been given in the past (note: not by Flanders Classics, this route is beefed up a little from last year. But distances are getting longer and the decisiveness of small obstacles is getting less as professionalism improves).

 

[Andro]

The chase in the peloton seems really weak. There should be plenty of teams to take part in the chasing.

 

[Laplaz]

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I hate that the minor teams are working in the peloton

This. Astana and Willier. Pathetic.