80th (Men's) Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Saturday, March 1, 2025

[Peyroteo94]

Very controlled and hesitant racing so far. Good for the sprinters.

There is still the Muur-Bosberg combo

 

[Samamba]

There is still the Muur-Bosberg combo

With a headwind after it...

 

[Netserk]

There is still the Muur-Bosberg combo

With the headwind, attackers can't wait for the Muur.

 

[Netserk]

Van Aert looks like he is saving himself for the Muur or the sprint.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Tarling would be such an underwhelming winner

 

[Brullnux]

Very clever riding from the peloton, let the third best time triallist in the world have a 45 second lead for no apparent reason

 

[titan31]

Feels like we'll get a large enough group sprinting it out the way this is being raced so far.

 

[Brullnux]

Cummings lol

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Jorgenson is the only Visma in this group, lol.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Only 1 UAE in there as well.

 

[Samamba]

UAE only Wellens, Visma only Jorgensen. No De Lie (but that looked like he was just not good enough). Weird situation

 

[titan31]

The top team in that 1st group being a team who want to get this to a sprint isn't ideal for racing.

 

[Peyroteo94]

WVA is really bad

 

[Brullnux]

Only 1 UAE in there as well.

Cobbled superteam

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

What did UAE do? And Visma? Where is van Aert?
Everyone on bad form or with *** positioning?

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Magnier is in the first group as well.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

You'd think at this stage in his racing career, Wout would know where to be placed at a key point, but alas, he seems to miss simple things more and more frequently these days.

 

[Netserk]

What did UAE do? And Visma? Where is van Aert?
Everyone on bad form or with *** positioning?

All about position on Molenberg when they slowed down before speeding up.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Cobbled superteam

Without Pogacar, they are clueless but when he is there, you will see

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

All about position on Molenberg when they slowed down before speeding up.

When I saw the field go into the Molenberg I couldn't see any of them and for a moment just didn't trust my eyes. We are not talking about beginners here.

 

[search]

will be interesting to see what Marijn van den Berg can do. He doesn't really have any results on cobbles so far, but is sitting in the first group, and on paper the finale should suit him as well.

 

[Peyroteo94]

23 seconds between groups 3 and 4

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Pidcock is in the main group...that isn't great for anyone there.

 

[AmRacer]

VLAB chasing Jorgenson

 

[Netserk]

Not (m)any UAE riders in the Van Aert/De Lie group.