2023 Brabantse Pijl, April 12th

[glassmoon]

Lol

 

[Didinho]

Cavagna gonna get SQS' best result in a race with cobbles this season

To early.

 

[Red Rick]

Let's just say if I tried to beat the better sprinter, I would too wait until the flat sprint to attack him.

 

[Valv.Piti]

That was Mikel Landa-esque. Man oh man, that wasn't a pretty sprint.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

AG2R rode the perfect race, they have a good shot at Amstel... for the second place behind Pogacar.

 

[RedheadDane]

Guess it wasn't just for tactical reasons Healy was on the wheel for most of the finale.
And a wild Cosnefroy appearing.

 

[Samamba]

AG2R is nowhere all season and then in Laigueglia and now Brabantse Pijl they destroy everyone. Like 30% of their points come from 2 races.

 

[theyoungest]

Okay turns out Healy really can't sprint. In that case, why not try an attack on that final climb.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Victory for Flash Godon.

 

[fbjim]

I was wondering if Healy was just "pure" wheelsucking because I'm not familiar with either rider's kick but looks like there was a good reason he didn't want to take a pull, hah

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Okay turns out Healy really can't sprint. In that case, why not try an attack on that final climb.

He had to dig deep in the final 50 metres of the final Moskesstraat to hang on, probably didn't have anything left.

 

[Didinho]

Healy felt he was done. Tried everything but Godon too strong in the end.

 

[fbjim]

in fairness to Healy he was doing a lot (possibly too much?) work earlier to get that group clear

 

[tobydawq]

AG2R is nowhere all season and then in Laigueglia and now Brabantse Pijl they destroy everyone. Like 30% of their points come from 2 races.

Yeah, I was gonna say the same. Three wins, two of them in 1.Pro races where they have two guys on the podium.

 

[tobydawq]

in fairness to Healy he was doing a lot (possibly too much?) work earlier to get that group clear

There was nothing unfair about what he did. Great to see someone play the game after a lot of races (read: cobbled monuments) where everybody seems to be more concerned about not being accused of wheelsucking than trying to win.

 

[theyoungest]

He had to dig deep in the final 50 metres of the final Moskesstraat to hang on, probably didn't have anything left.

That was a cobbled climb, which probably favoured the bigger rider a bit more. But yeah, mostly it looked like he burned his matches a little too early.

 

[fbjim]

There was nothing unfair about what he did. Great to see someone play the game after a lot of races (read: cobbled monuments) where everybody seems to be more concerned about not being accused of wheelsucking than trying to win.

Oh yeah, I mean more him not attacking on the last climb. Probably just emptied the tank a bit.

 

[jaylew]

I guess the bookies knew what they were talking about re: Healy.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Healy was done, he'd tried to distance Godon on most of the climbs to be fair and had been attacking for a long time, nothing else to do at that point but sit on and hope to get lucky at the end.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Frankly I expected more from Bagioli.
Zingle finishing 5th explains why Cofidis were working behind.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I guess the bookies knew what they were talking about re: Healy.

Clearly not, as he got beaten by a rider with worse (or better, depending how you look at it) odds!

I'm kidding. Impressive ride.

 

[Bolder]

These are the kind of races that Godon is built for. He's not quite good enough to win a full on WT classic tho. Looks like Cosnefroy may have been the strongest in the whole race but either way a good result for Ag2r.

Once again, Cavagna attacks at the wrong time.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Dorian Godon for taking the win.

That was a stomp.

 

[DNP-Old]

These are the kind of races that Godon is built for. He's not quite good enough to win a full on WT classic tho. Looks like Cosnefroy may have been the strongest in the whole race but either way a good result for Ag2r.

Once again, Cavagna attacks at the wrong time.

So when should he have attacked?

 

[Red Rick]

Expected De Lie to at least get 1st from the bunch tbh.