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

[Irondan]

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Win this Gilbert. For the race.

For the King!

 

[trucido]

Anyone but Terpstra...

 

[bigcog]

33s gap 3k to go, come on Gilbert

 

[Rollthedice]

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Im not sure Gilbert wouldve won without the crash. GVA lost at least 10 seconds to the crash, and more seconds lost to the absence of Sagan and Naessen from the group

Van Baarle was at 48s at some point and he was behind the Sagan group. So yeah, think it would have been close.

Omg Pippo in the chase group!!

I feared this would happen. Diminishing the most legendary performance I've seen, oh well.

The race is over when it's over, it is obvious that without the crash they would've caught Gilbert. But this is racing and chapeau Phil.

 

[pink_jersey]

The race is done. He had 2 bad km's when he lost 15s but it's ok now.

 

[Red Rick]

And the what-ifs will cause trolling for ages to come

 

[Jelantik]

2000 m... come gilbert... come on....

 

[BigMac]

Great win. I'm over the moon for Philippe.

 

[portugal11]

Gva and sagan lost the tace in muur

 

[bigcog]

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Actually I said earlier Gil would've won anyways even if Sagan had not crashed .... now I'm not so sure.

Irrelevant as he did crash.

 

[Gigs_98]

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

If would lose this it would be both incredibly sad and incredibly funny. It would surely be the biggest Quick Step Fail in the history of the team. And that says a lot :lol:

 

[Andro]

Definitely looking like they would have caught him without the crash.

Still a fantastic win though.

 

[spalco]

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Actually I said earlier Gil would've won anyways even if Sagan had not crashed .... now I'm not so sure.

Yeah. A lot of people here (including me) were premature about that...

 

[saganftw]

seems like the nighmare is not gonna happen

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Cancellara would be proud

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Disgusting commentating on Sporza. Not caring about the team car putting Gilbert out of the wind while they where furious in G-W about Sagan and Terpstra getting a tow.

Exactly what I thought as well.

 

[WheelofGear]

I think Gilbert has this.

GVA needs to rest so he can beat Terpstra in the sprint.

 

[Irondan]

He got this...

 

[Forever The Best]

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Hmmm I thought Gilbert had won already even before the crash, when they weren't closing the gap on the Kwaremont, but it looks like I was wrong.

Indeed. Gilbert lost big time since Kwaremont.

 

[Irondan]

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Cancellara would be proud

yes!

 

[Gloin22]

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Disgusting commentating on Sporza. Not caring about the team car putting Gilbert out of the wind while they where furious in G-W about Sagan and Terpstra getting a tow.

Exactly what I thought as well.

nationalistic commentators? what even never heard this happen before

 

[loge1884]

what a win .... 55km of TTing .... EPIC to say the least ....

(only flaw: it's a win for Quick Step ....)

 

[sir fly]

Epic edition!
Iconic victory!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Great race with a solid level of drama as it should be.

Aggressive tactics by HotSteppers slammed GVA and Sagan in the defensive leading Sagan to make a simple mistake on the cobbles.

Very good win for Gilbert. Lets see what he can do in PR.

 

[carolina]

gilbert is absolutely amazing!