72nd Dwars Door Vlaanderen, 22nd March 2017, 204 km, WT

[Samamba]

I don't see anyone closing that gap.

 

[Netserk]

I expect Phil to reduce the group or even get away solo after Pater. He looks good.

 

[Leffe_Bruin]

Isnt there supposed to be a group with Gaviria, Stybar, Benoot and others in between the first group and the peloton?

 

[Scarponi]

Peloton doesn't exist anymore

 

[Samamba]

Peloton is done.

 

[markene2]

Lutsenko looks super strong today. Hope he dosent have to drag around breschel

 

[Scarponi]

I thought gutter riding was illegal ?

 

[frisenfruitig]

No idea what Lotto Soudal was thinking. They have Benoot, Roelandts, Debusschere and Maes yet they just sit around and hope Wallays will somehow win?

 

[Samamba]

Re:

No idea what Lotto Soudal was thinking. They have Benoot, Roelandts, Debusschere and Maes yet they just sit around and hope Wallays will somehow win?

Ridiculous indeed

 

[Netserk]

QS will end with at least 2 riders on the podium

 

[SafeBet]

Steppers destroying every group.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Re: Re:

No idea what Lotto Soudal was thinking. They have Benoot, Roelandts, Debusschere and Maes yet they just sit around and hope Wallays will somehow win?

Ridiculous indeed

And of course now Wallays is dropped :lol:. This is what incompetence looks like

 

[Ikbengodniet]

Lotto will chase the *** out of it now right?

 

[King Boonen]

Think I tuned in too late, although I'm purposefully avoiding some of the Flemish cobbled races so I don't get burned out by RVV.

 

[Scarponi]

Has luksenko ever ridden so strong on cobbles?

 

[Samamba]

Re:

Lotto will chase the **** out of it now right?

No, they're just not good enough, physically and tactically.

 

[Ikbengodniet]

Re:

Has luksenko ever ridden so strong on cobbles?

He was pretty good last year in de ronde.

 

[markene2]

Re:

Has luksenko ever ridden so strong on cobbles?

Yes. He really is a good on cobbles. Better than he is on just hilly courses

 

[Ikbengodniet]

What will Stybar and Terpstra do now?

 

[Scarponi]

Finally organisers have blocked the paths on the side of the cobbles

 

[Netserk]

Re:

What will Stybar and Terpstra do now?

Sit on and attack when the timing is right.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

Has luksenko ever ridden so strong on cobbles?

He was pretty good last year in de ronde.

And already in the 2015 RVV.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Vanmarcke still struggling with that injury apparently, not looking good. Lotto Soudal seem very weak. Benoot and Roelandts both got dropped when Stybar and Terpstra attacked. No idea what they are hoping to achieve in the next races when Sagan, GVA, Stuyven and Boonen will be there. Think they'll get utterly demolished tbh.

 

[Der Effe]

This is what you get when you add a crappy race (ie. kermiskoers) to the WT when there's already 3 million similar races the coming weeks. A boring race in which no one really cares to get the leaders back.

 

[SafeBet]

All of a sudden G3 has bridged to G2. They were one minute behind just 5 km ago according to GPS.