78th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: February 25, 2023

[Billie]

Van Baarle increasing the gap after all the effort he's put in is madness. Then again the motors aren't hurting him...

Motor moving alongside on the runin to the Bosberg saved him

 

[Netserk]

spoiler

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[Didinho]

De Lie lol

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Use the tags to discuss other races.

Sorry mate I don't know how to do that ! Don't mean to spoil

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Can't wait for drones to take over.

Problem here was those were even just photographer bikes. They should just be banned from the final 20k.

 

[Red Rick]

Lol chasers getting caught but winning the sprint anyway

 

[Salvarani]

De Lie is insane lol

 

[KZD]

Incredible how De Lie can still be second after all the work he had to do. Van Baarle with a great win, Jumbo looks like the strongest team for the cobbled classics.

 

[jmdirt]

DvB! TAKE the race!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Omloop proved Jumbo didn’t miss a beat from last year, De Lie is a force to reckoned with in the cobbled classics(didn’t necessarily know that), and tactically ineptitude still reigns supreme.

 

[Big Doopie]

Did de lie get second? Holy crap.

 

[Netserk]

Kristoff 4th.

 

[Netserk]

Wellens and Mohoric with nothing to show. They were never going to podium here, so they might as well have drilled it in the end to get 4th and 5th.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kristoff 4th.

Whilst apparently being somewhat ill with skin rashes all over. He just won't really hit that decline, the last of a generation.

 

[Netserk]

Whilst apparently being somewhat ill with skin rashes all over. He just won't really hit that decline, the last of a generation.

It was a sprint after 200+ km of (hard) racing. So he unlocked his superpowers.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Samamba]

Whilst apparently being somewhat ill with skin rashes all over. He just won't really hit that decline, the last of a generation.

It's impressive. Obviously he counts on his sprint so it's a bit easier to keep getting results, but it's impressive nonetheless.

 

[Red Rick]

Motor moving alongside on the runin to the Bosberg saved him

Motor next to you actually slows you down.

 

[Wvv]

Whilst apparently being somewhat ill with skin rashes all over. He just won't really hit that decline, the last of a generation.

Greg was quite strong today. Was in top 10 position on the Muur just before the Chapel, but slipped away and had to continue by foot. Also showed decent legs on the Berendries.

 

[Netserk]

Motor next to you actually slows you down.

Was it on his left? With the wind direction that would help him.

 

[Red Rick]

Lotto need to jettison Ewan and put everything into building a team around De Lie. Vermeersch is overrated based on one wet Roubaix and Campenaerts is overrated by himself above all else. No top-20 cobbles riders in the team for sure, outside of De Lie.

When did they last resign him?

I have a hard time believing Ewan money can buy a very strong team around De Lie.

 

[Billie]

Motor next to you actually slows you down.

Wind was coming from the left and motor was to the left of him so surerly it must have helped. Especially on the runin to the Bosberg which is a nasty piece of road.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Honestly if I was Jumbo Visma I would consider no bringing Belgian Pozzato to the cobbles classics.

They have a really strong squad of tactically intelligent riders who work well together. Why bring in Van Aert and get another Leuven situation, he is know to want leadership and is not so strong tactically.

They are riding like a prime quickstep.

With Laporte, Van Baarle, Tratnik, Benoot, Valter all flying they could seriously win every Northern classic.
They could send Van aert to do GC at Tirreno, do Sanremo, then another altitude camp, Romandie GC and be backup for Roglic in the Giro.

 

[search]

Whilst apparently being somewhat ill with skin rashes all over. He just won't really hit that decline, the last of a generation.

Kristoff has kept on mentioning whatever kind of sickness during every pre-race interview for years. If he ever gets to race fully fit, Wout van Aert will look like a junior

 

[Samamba]

When did they last resign him?

I have a hard time believing Ewan money can buy a very strong team around De Lie.

It can, they resigned him just before his first Tour crash in 2021. When he was still really good (2nd place MSR, Giro stage win). Lotto needs to hope Ewan wants to leave after this year so they can mutually agree to break the contract.