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

[nuvolablu]

More teams are now working for Sagan-GVA

 

[Laplaz]

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Kristoff seems strong.

edit: LAplaz beat me to it

 

[Irondan]

Finally BMC take up the chase...

Weird that it took them this long.

 

[BigMac]

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More teams are now working for Sagan-GVA

What do you mean working for Sagan and GVA?

 

[sir fly]

Now, it's just a question of where Gilbert will get off.
Might be related to the gap to the peloton.

 

[Forever The Best]

Lovely race once again.
Boonen <3
Gilbert <3

 

[TomLPC]

"Take 100% care of John"

How about a false pace, maybe disrupt things a bit for your lad up the road

 

[Ikbengodniet]

Lotto Soudal colouring another spring classic this year.

 

[deValtos]

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I hate that the minor teams are working in the peloton

This. Astana and Willier. Pathetic.

This is sarcastic right?

I can never tell.

 

[portugal11]

Noooo!!! Phil, stop working!!! Stuyven ftw

 

[Alexandre B.]

Stuyven is not working.

 

[Irondan]

Sep Vanmarke still in the race? Anyone know?

 

[portugal11]

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Sep Vanmarke still in the race? Anyone know?

In the front group

 

[Forever The Best]

Vanmarcke is in the Gilbert group if I am not mistaken.

 

[Irondan]

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Sep Vanmarke still in the race? Anyone know?

In the front group

Ahhh, okay thanks. I didn't see him there.

 

[TomLPC]

"Luck counts for an awful lot"

Piss off Carlton it was a great move

 

[Red Rick]

Somebody buy Nibali out of his contract before nuking that team

 

[Andro]

Finally it looks like a decent pace in the peloton. Took BMC long enough to wake up.

 

[togo95]

BMC riders at the front of the peloton don't seems to be pulling much, weird.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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"Luck counts for an awful lot"

Piss off Carlton it was a great move

From the man who just before the move said Gilbert and Boonen were "former teammates planning an alliance".

 

[sir fly]

Kelly thinking wishfully...
The race is decided, I'd say.
Gilbert can solo it from as far out as anybody, and Boonen will be there to police.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Sep Vanmarke still in the race? Anyone know?

In the front group

Thats actually very impressive. He was part of the crucial break in the Ronde and PR last year and now could be in the crucial break again.

 

[portugal11]

I will have a heart attack if gilbert don't stop working!!!
He is underestimating the likes of sep and stuyven

 

[Andro]

Eddy Boss sighting at the front of the peloton!

 

[Valv.Piti]

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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).

Well, +15 or even 20 riders in the finish after Kwaremont + Paterberg combo is pretty disappointing isn't it?