74th Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne: 27 February, 2022

[Netserk]

Getting stretched out and Pidcock forces it over the top.

 

[Salvarani]

Good racing!

 

[Netserk]

Speed has to stay high for lasting damage to be dealt. After Hotond, the peloton will only swell.

 

[Samamba]

Yeah bunchsprint coming up

 

[Netserk]

Ewan not exactly hiding himself.

 

[Salvarani]

Ewan looks easy, no problem

 

[RedheadDane]

New front group in the women's race. Biggest names being:

Wiebes, Kopecky, Norsgaard (don't be confused by the graphics saying 'Bjerg', her husband isn't racing...), Van Dijk, Reusser.

 

[sir fly]

Ewan riding well indeed.
We'll see whether he's gonna pay anything for it.

 

[Pantani_lives]

The next 10 km are the last chance to get rid of the sprinters, until the Kluisberg. Tiesj and Nathan are well recovered from yesterday.

 

[Netserk]

Benoot should rather drill it than go alone.

 

[Salvarani]

Benoot almost too strong there. Would have been better to get a couple of riders with him.

 

[Samamba]

That's a big gap. Ewan not there this time.

 

[sir fly]

The next 10 km are the last chance to get rid of the sprinters, until the Kluisberg. Tiesj and Nathan are well recovered from yesterday.

I think the circuit's a chance to deny sprinters.
Speaking of, Benoot should've waited intending to try something.

 

[Salvarani]

A small group has a gap

 

[Netserk]

Huge bunch behind the chase group.

 

[Netserk]

Israel well organised, the peloton won't halt.

 

[Salvarani]

Israel chasing

 

[Samamba]

gap is getting bigger tho. Question is how many guys have LTS and Alpecin left and what does QS.

 

[Samamba]

Perfect for QS if they come back. Thanks to Asgreen they don't need to sacrifice their leadout guys. Ewan needs to.

 

[Salvarani]

The group has a lot of strong riders that can ride at a high tempo for some time.

But if the peloton co-operates with a few teams, then it should be very hard for the group to hold on.

 

[SafeBet]

Yeah bunch sprint seems the most likely option.

 

[Netserk]

Jumbo may very well be unhappy with the cooperation in the group, but this doesn't help.

 

[Salvarani]

Front group not working very good, so this will most likely come together.

 

[Samamba]

A 17 man group never works together well. To many guys that now they don't stand a chance if they keep working. Even Bahrain wants a sprint while they have Wright in the group.

 

[Netserk]

Once the gap is halved, the peloton can ease a bit. It's a good group to dangle up ahead.