78th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: February 25, 2023

[Didinho]

Molenberg!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Flying past other riders that dropped? Not really. Even the commentators said: “let’s pretend we didn’t see that”

Because those riders are done and can’t do anything else in the race. As Samamba said, every team does this. Your beloved Evenepoel and his team do it all the time. Let it go.

 

[Didinho]

Pidcock bridged to the front. De Lie strooong!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

All the big teams bar QS in the front.

Now Lampaert bridges but 1 of like 25 is really poor.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The new Sporza "mole" inside the peloton (an unknown rider who gives them info of what's going on in the peloton) said nobody in the peloton will shed a tear for Sagan leaving. He's always pushing and shoving and when somebody pushes back, he starts calling people names. And after all his pushing and shoving is done, 5 minutes later he gets dropped.

 

[Didinho]

Milan also in front?

 

[Netserk]

4 Jumbo riders in the group.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

De Lie is insane.

 

[Samamba]

4 jumbo, 4 lotto, 4 bahrain I think

 

[Netserk]

From what I could gather, Van Hooydonck started Molenberg with a dig with Küng and De Lie closing him and then Laporte was the first over the top from the peloton.

Now Van Baarle attacks!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Our boy Sep made it I think!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Too early to be splitting this group imo.

 

[Didinho]

Van Baarle solo incoming. These yellow guys looks insane again.

 

[Netserk]

Van Baarle, Milan, Vermeersch and Le Berre.

 

[Didinho]

Jumbo will block every attack now.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Jumbo will block every attack now.

Big ask for Van Baarle to win this though. Needs to drop Milan and a solo from Muur is brutal in the headwind.

 

[Netserk]

Geniets and Stuyven unable to bridge. They will be absorbed by the peloton soon.

 

[Salvarani]

Milan very impressive.

 

[Netserk]

Big ask for Van Baarle to win this though. Needs to drop Milan and a solo from Muur is brutal in the headwind.

Milan already seems close to his limit.

 

[Didinho]

Big ask for Van Baarle to win this though. Needs to drop Milan and a solo from Muur is brutal in the headwind.

He looked the strongest when Stuyven wanted to bridge. The other 3 were pushing hard to hold his wheel.

 

[search]

is it really le Berre up there, who was in the breakaway all day?

 

[Didinho]

Almost a minute already. Could be over. Big teams are in front.

 

[Netserk]

Tratnik in the chase group that bridged to Geniets and Stuyven.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ineos, Alpecin, Intermarché and Soudal in big trouble now.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Peleton getting their act together now, big headwind will make it hard, good situation for Lotto I think.