2021 World Championships in Flanders: Road Races

[Samu Cuenca]

Someone should attack now before too many riders get back on.

 

[Monte Serra]

Fischer-Black bringing Vollering back.

 

[BlueRoads]

Thank god everyone agreed my tip for the win needed to come back.

 

[Volderke]

a wise man (woman) once said: the finale only starts with 50K to go. Finally some action!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Ash splitting the pack, and this looks promising.

 

[meat puppet]

AvdB not looking too sharp today.

 

[Red Rick]

Very hard to get good seperation here.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Very hard to get good seperation here.

When you have been softpedaling the entire day, it's indeed hard to suddenly drop everyone.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

That's more like it!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Groups 1 and 2 going to come back together it seems. Pretty big gap back to group 3, though.

 

[BlueRoads]

Hm, riding over the pavement to avoid a crash, okay, but attacking over it... but neutralized anyway... but otherwise I think the jury should do something if the rule exists

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hm, riding over the pavement to avoid a crash, okay, but attacking over it... DQS?

No, she rides for Trek

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Cognitive dissonance city for me as Kasia chases down Cille

 

[limak_]

I'm afraid Niewiadoma is too active and spending too much energy on covering the attacks at this point of the race. I mean, it's Dutch and Italians thing to do it.

 

[yaco]

It's a limited parcours, however the women are making this race tough work

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'm afraid Niewiadoma is too active and spending too much energy on covering the attacks at this point of the race. I mean, it's Dutch and Italians thing to do it.

She's never quite grown out of that naïveté I think, she's always done way too much work in this kind of situation.

Movistar home cooking with Aalerud driving the Norsgaard group?

 

[postmanhat]

I had no idea Sina Frei rode on the road as well. Always good to have another rider to cheer for

 

[BlueRoads]

I'm afraid Niewiadoma is too active and spending too much energy on covering the attacks at this point of the race. I mean, it's Dutch and Italians thing to do it.

At the start of the race Rolf Aldag talked about how she needs to race by her gut feeling and making decisions in the situation... otherwise she's totally blocked... but that this doesn't always lead to the best decisions...
He sounded very respectful, but I could imagine that to be quite a clash, Niewiadoma and him, who's such an extremely sober character...

 

[Breezy1985]

AvdB not looking too sharp today.

How dare you. She looks perfect as always

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I am getting that sinking feeling that Deignan is going to win this. She looked so collected on that climb just now, but the main thing is going to be whether the climbs on this circuit are tough enough to make it a small group rather than teams being able to control it for a reduced bunch gallop where Bastianelli, Deignan, Vos, Rivera, Kopecky and co will be best placed you'd feel.

Edit: ooh, Arlenis Sierra is there too, that would be an intriguing prospective winner if ever there was one.

Edit2: Slow reaction to Marlen Reusser attacking, I would have thought people would have been onto her rear wheel in a split-second given how dangerous she could be with a gap. Very hard to pull somebody of her TT pedigree back.

 

[BlueRoads]

Lippert gave up the race, sick since yesterday... commentator says understandably they didn't tell people before the race - no I am totally not understanding.

 

[SafeBet]

Italy is riding for Balsamo, I think. Bastianelli, ELB and others covering all the moves but never cooperating.

 

[BlueRoads]

Italy is riding for Balsamo, I think. Bastianelli, ELB and others covering all the moves but never cooperating.

Yes, looks like it, although I don't understand. Balsamo could win this but the chance she doesn't is bigger I think.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The Italians should attack themselves, and the Brits shouldn't work at the front.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Great attack by García, and a bit surprising they they didn't respond to it immediately.