57th De Brabantse Pijl, 12th April (1.HC, 197km)

[GraftPunk]

Can someone please give PhilGil his morning coffee?

Edit: maybe a gift to Vakoc?

 

[woodburn]

Wellens.

 

[Velolover2]

Very well-deserved.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Colbrelli with an amazing win.

 

[LosBrolin]

Sonnnyyyy what a beast!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

What a thriller! Thankfully, Colbrelli took it

 

[Josh Homme]

What a beast Colbrelli.

 

[DFA123]

There can't be many more deserved wins than that in the last few years. Certainly not by a 'sprinter'.

 

[therhodeo]

Re:

Very well-deserved.

Indeed.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Well played Colbrelli.

I'm so glad Matthews won the peloton sprint for nothing. He had done absolutely zero work or attack. What a coward.

 

[Akuryo]

Congrats to Colbrelli, Vakoc also seems to bei in nice form once again.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

One of the most dominant wins of the year. Great race by Colbrelli. And great race overall.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Really nice race overall too.

 

[GraftPunk]

Geez, that was a bit beast-mode...

 

[Arredondo]

Sonny will be the man to beat at the Amstel!

 

[El Pistolero]

Pathetic racing by Gilbert. Why did he even bother starting here? He let every single attack go.

Very boring race as well, only Colbrelli deserved to win here.

Matthews again does absolutely nothing except a sprint near the end.

 

[Ricco']

Matthews was super strong today but the others decided to do a negative race, not working with him.

 

[DFA123]

Colbrelli found himself in the 'Sagan position' today. By far the strongest sprinter on paper in a reduced group, so had to shoulder most of the work. Which he did, and still absolutely bossed the sprint. A superb ride.

 

[Jspear]

Very deserving winner.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Re:

Really nice race overall too.

Thought it was pretty boring compared to the cobbled classics tbh. Well deserved win for Colbrelli though. Looked like Gilbert didn't really feel like attacking with Matthews glued to his wheel

 

[therhodeo]

Matthews rides like a coward for a team who rides like cowards.

 

[Arredondo]

Re:

Pathetic racing by Gilbert. Why did he even bother starting here? He let every single attack go.

Very boring race as well, only Colbrelli deserved to win here.

Matthews again does absolutely nothing except a sprint near the end.

It was a great race. You're just way too obsessed with guys like Matthews. Forget him.

If you didn't enjoy this race, i don't know what you rank as a 'entertaining race'. These races are not comparable to the races we have had the past weeks.

 

[Alexandre B.]

It was absolutely astonishing.

Coquard attacks. Gasparotto, strong Colbrelli's teammate, tries to shut it down with Matthews glued to his wheel.
Coquard is caught by Gasparotto, with Matthews in his wheel.
Matthews does nothing.

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

Really nice race overall too.

Thought it was pretty boring compared to the cobbled classics tbh. Well deserved win for Colbrelli though. Looked like Gilbert didn't really feel like attacking with Matthews glued to his wheel

Yeah but it is never really as good. This was really fun though, and one of the better editions.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Colbrelli should learn to bluff a bit more though. When you make it super obvious that you're feeling really good, you shouldn't be surprised if your opponents stop co-operating with you.