79th Gent-Wevelgem, 26th March 2017, 249 km, 1.UWT

[SHAD0W93]

Re: Re:

Cav or Demare for the win.

It will be raced WAY WAY to hard for Cav to even be close to winning.

Plus I just read he is no longer riding GW so I'm going EBH or Demare.

 

[hfer07]

I hope the introduction of gravel roads would make the race harder & get much more Km in years to come - honestly 4k ain't nothing unless there where placed within 10K to the finish..... Lefevere is an idiot!!!

 

[El Pistolero]

Re:

Cav or Demare for the win.

Lol.

It probably won't even be a sprint, just a small group of riders.

 

[The Barb]

Looks like the weather will be good, which is a little disappointing - the 2015 edition was one of the best races I've ever seen.

This is the sort of race for Matteo Trentin (50/1) a tough second tier rider who has an excellent sprint from a reduced group. I hope Quickstep will him a chance to race for himself before falling back into domestique duties over the next few weeks.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bit of a random question:

Basically every age/gender category is having a race today? Saw a list a while back, if I recall correctly it was the following categories:

U17 men
U17 women
U19 men
U19 women
U23 men
Elite men
Elite women

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re:

Cav or Demare for the win.

Course has changed way too much since Cipo's days for a pure sprinter to win this

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re: Re:

Cav or Demare for the win.

Course has changed way too much since Cipo's days for a pure sprinter to win this

His last victory in 2002 was him bridging alone to a group. Totally fuoriclasse that day. But on today's course not possible, yes.

 

[Jagartrott]

> 50 km/h first hour... (yes, tailwind)

 

[DNP-Old]

Echelons.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

50km/h at the beginning and the by now almost traditional echelons in the Moeren. Ain't going to be a bunch sprint again.

Man, I'm starting to love this race more and more the past couple of years.

 

[DNP-Old]

35 seconds between the first two pelotons.

 

[MagnusMagnussen]

Re:

Bit of a random question:

Basically every age/gender category is having a race today? Saw a list a while back, if I recall correctly it was the following categories:

U17 men
U17 women
U19 men
U19 women
U23 men
Elite men
Elite women

Yes, but the U17 and U19 aren't finishing in Wevelgem.
U17 woman in Boezinge and U19 and U23 in Ypres.

 

[MagnusMagnussen]

QST putting the hammer down, 4min30 left for the frontgroup.
Second peloton 30 seconds behind the first.

 

[DNP-Old]

All back together.

 

[glassmoon]

really no live pictures before 14:00 cet?

 

[Gigs_98]

I want to see a spectacular race, but please let the riders go slow, I can't watch before 16:00

 

[infeXio]

I want to see a spectacular race, but please let the riders go slow, I can't watch before 16:00

Stay away!

 

[Billie]

Re:

really no live pictures before 14:00 cet?

there's still 160 kms left.

 

[portugal11]

I want to see a spectacular race, but please let the riders go slow, I can't watch before 16:00

Please don't see. You are the gerrans of fans

 

[the asian]

Any idea who got left behind in the Split?

 

[StephenC2020]

Peloton back together

 

[sir fly]

I want to see a spectacular race, but please let the riders go slow, I can't watch before 16:00

Somehow, I'm not surprised you're unable to follow everything.
You know what's coming...

 

[TomLPC]

Come on Eurosport, we want Super Sagan and the rest of the squad

 

[Max Rockatansky]

It's on.

 

[glassmoon]

Ffs eurosport. The longest ceremony ever amd then straaaaight to the commercials.