2024 European Championships in Heusden-Zolder/Hasselt (September 11-15) Discussion Thread For All Races

[Didinho]

Give us a royal sprint. Clearly no one thinking of attacking now with Cattaneo in front.

Pedersen and Consonni leading out Milan. Van Lerberghe for Merlier and Mathieu for Philipsen 😁

And Kristoff to win.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Italians are looking strong, but another 24km to go...

I give up, I have no idea what's going on in this race.

 

[Brullnux]

Give us a royal sprint. Clearly no one thinking of attacking now with Cattaneo in front.

Pedersen and Consonni leading out Milan. Van Lerberghe for Merlier and Mathieu for Philipsen 😁

And Kristoff to win.

What we all want to see is Philipsen and Merlier going elbow to elbow

 

[RedheadDane]

I cannot imagine this being a blue sprint for the race tomorrow otoh.

Italians doing their best to ensure it does indeed become a blue sprint.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

MVDP grew his hair out... I didn't even recognize him with all those blonde locks sticking out of his helmet.

14km to go

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Italians doing their best to ensure it does indeed become a blue sprint.

Huh?

 

[Didinho]

What we all want to see is Philipsen and Merlier going elbow to elbow

It’s gonna happen. They both have riders at their service for a sprint. Hope they don’t crash out each other lol.

Good thing: smaller peloton already.

 

[RedheadDane]

Huh?

Just quoting you. Dunno why you were talking about blue sprints...

 

[proffate]

What is gained from excluding the entire world sans Oceania from the Oceanic Championships? I do wonder so myself.

I think the answer is obvious but I'll still take the bait.

If you let the rest of the world compete at the Oceania championship then no Oceanic rider would ever feature in the races. This event gives riders from the area something to target, which helps to develop the sport. Hopefully one day cycling will become bigger in Oceania, and thus more diverse overall.

Can you say anything of these things about the Euros?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Danish attacks here. They're working hard for their leader, Lukas "cheater" Kloppenborg of Albania, who's hiding in a hedge close to the finish.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I think the answer is obvious but I'll still take the bait.

If you let the rest of the world compete at the Oceania championship then no Oceanic rider would ever feature in the races. This event gives riders from the area something to target, which helps to develop the sport. Hopefully one day cycling will become bigger in Oceania, and thus more diverse overall.

Can you say anything of these things about the Euros?

An Oceanian rider has won the most recent World Tour race and another has come Second in the Vuelta just a week ago.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Danish attacks helping the Dutch more than anything

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Danish attacks here. They're working hard for their leader, Lukas "cheater" Kloppenborg of Albania, who's hiding in a hedge close to the finish.

Must be, otherwise I'm not sure what Asgreen is aiming for.

 

[Salvarani]

Belgians seems a bit unorganized in the group at the moment

 

[Heston]

Strong attack, at least hes giving it a go

 

[RedheadDane]

A sane person would have given up long ago.
I don't Kasper Asgreen is sane...

 

[AmRacer]

Affini must hate the Danish

 

[Salvarani]

A sane person would have given up long ago.
I don't Kasper Asgreen is sane...

What is Kragh? Psychotic?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Milan has the 'gorilla riding a child's bike' look down, can see him from a mile away in the bunch, but he needs to start dressing like Caesar and ducking out of GC's shamelessly after 8 stages, only then will I be convinced.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sadly no one was ready to counter the SKAunter attack.

 

[RedheadDane]

What is Kragh? Psychotic?

He gave up this attempt quite quickly...
Sure... it was attempt number 1000...

 

[Didinho]

The 2 Belgian teams ready to move up.

 

[AmRacer]

Now we shall find out who's the fastest sprinter.

 

[Netserk]

The Blue train will boss it.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

This sprint will be wild