64th E3 Saxo Bank Classic: 25 March, 2022

[Ilmaestro99]

Wout peaking too early as usual. No way he podiums in de ronde

 

[Salvarani]

Wout peaking too early as usual. No way he podiums in de ronde

MVDP will drop him

 

[Tim Cahill]

Mohoric racing for 3rd, it's over this

 

[wheresmybrakes]

The way the illness is going round the riders at the moment, it could be a toss up on who is gonna take part, never mind who the favourites could be.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

So ES switches to Catalunya, thanks. Back to GCN.

 

[tobydawq]

Very unfortunate development, I must say. Why, oh why must Laporte suddenly be so good?

 

[Escarabajo]

I still don't know who is going to win?

 

[Sciatic]

In 2 weeks

"It hink de Ronde is too much of a gem to gift"

what do I know?

 

[JosefK]

It's looking like a Jumbo stomp.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Why, oh why must Laporte suddenly be so good?

Wrong subforum.

 

[Netserk]

Very unfortunate development, I must say. Why, oh why must Laporte suddenly be so good?

To be fair, he was in the right position for Paterberg. I don't know what Asgreen was doing there.

 

[Velolover2]

Looks like they are racing for third now tbh.

Girmay should be the most happy. The bronze is looking safe against a bunch of rouleurs.

 

[RedheadDane]

That talk in the beginning of the thread, about us Danes being... slightly spoiled these days.

A few years ago, the thought of a Dane top-10ing in a race like this would have been !
Now... it's kinda disappointing...

 

[tobydawq]

To be fair, he was in the right position for Paterberg. I don't know what Asgreen was doing there.

He was in 4th position (Asgreen), he just couldn't go as fast.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

This race… …it sucks

 

[TourOfSardinia]

These long solo duolo attacks.

 

[AlfaLum]

Looks like they are racing for third now tbh.

Girmay should be the most happy. The bronze is looking safe against a bunch of rouleurs.

With two teams with two riders and in a classic I think it is far from safe for Ghirmay yet.

 

[sir fly]

We really need today's absentees to have reasonably exciting Ronde.
Display of power is impressive, but we've seen it few times already this year.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I really hope laporte beats the Belgian pozzato

 

[tobydawq]

Looks like they are racing for third now tbh.

Girmay should be the most happy. The bronze is looking safe against a bunch of rouleurs.

Yeah, Asgreen proved himself to be a Landa like sprinter last year in De Ronde.

 

[Netserk]

He was in 4th position (Asgreen), he just couldn't go as fast.

Okay, I'll clearly have to rewatch that moment.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Catalonia time I think, at least there's a decent probability of the race leader being attacked by his own teammates there.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

To be fair, he was in the right position for Paterberg. I don't know what Asgreen was doing there.

Asgreen was at the back of the peloton about 1km before that climb and couldn't move up in time. Ghirmay was third wheel and he let it go and since the climb was essentially a narrow strip of tarmac as there were no barricades it was impossible to pass without going onto cobbles. Bit of a major mistake from Asgreen.

 

[Netserk]

This race… …it sucks

Did you watch it from Taaienberg to Paterberg as well? It has been solid.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The fact that we're reduced to discussing third place behind two riders from the same team with half an hour to go in a big classic says it all really. This sport is dying incredibly fast, can't imagine viewership numbers will stay at their current levels for too much longer when things are unprecedentedly predictable.