84th Gent-Wevelgem: 27 March, 2022

[MartinGT]

Van Gestel best result too?

 

[Andre]

horrible...what happened Stuyven!!

 

[Salvarani]

At least Laporte got to win a P-N stage being in the form of his life.

 

[RedheadDane]

Dries was third!

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Not sure what's made me more happy, Ghirmay winning or Jumbo failing. Great win young man, bravo!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Remco fears Biniam!

Biniam has done about as much as Remco;Remco has more wins but Biniam has the largest.

 

[Orbit501]

Absolutely brilliant result!

Thoroughly deserved.

 

[postmanhat]

man what happened to stuyvens sprint? Never was the fastest, but this was super bad

Just seemed to have nothing Van Gestel has been going well this year, but he couldn't even come round him

 

[MartinGT]

Laporte. Strange tactics. Why go in the front when you have WVA behind?

Why attack from the front more like. That group was never going to get pulled back

 

[Velolover2]

I told you, guys. This is what I call karma!

Both Laporte, Van Gestel and Stuyven were treating Girmay like he was some kind of rookie.

 

[Netserk]

I dont know if I was watching a random small race or a major classic. Most of the riders didnt even bother to win.

What a fail from Jumbo. They had 3 riders from a small leading group which could go all the way.

What fail? It was a great group for them, Laporte just ended up in front under the kite.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Laportes generosity knows no bounds

Only Fausto comes close in generosity

 

[Tim Cahill]

Laporte snapping onto the front with 1k to go, Rigoberto Uran levels of iconic sprint tactics.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Clearly the second best victory of his career so far. Right?

 

[Andy262]

Just huge. Historic stuff.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Fantastic from Ghirmay, Alpecin have to ask themselves why they didn't contribute to the chase more with Merlier winning the bunch sprint. Felt like Max Kanter was pulling the group for ages (why exactly?).

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Lol what was laporte doing on the final 1km

 

[RedheadDane]

I told you, guys. This is what I call karma!

Both Laporte, Van Gestel and Stuyven were treating Girmay like he was some kind of rookie.

Technically, he is some kind of rookie.
It's just that's not much of an issue these days...

 

[AlfaLum]

Laporte. Strange tactics. Why go in the front when you have WVA behind?

Could not agree more. Don’t know what he was doing, he should have dropped the pace until 0, because someone else would definitely have taken the front.

Anyway I am very happy with his mistake. Because now GHIRMAY has won! Which is just amazing for himself and for his country!

 

[JosefK]

Lol what was laporte doing on the final 1km

We'll know more when Horner uploads his video later today.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Biniam has done about as much as Remco;Remco has more wins but Biniam has the largest.

No need for sexual puns.

 

[greyclouds]

Fantastic! Truly deserved

 

[shalgo]

1. Girmay > Evenepoel

2. Rabofail is back!

 

[Velolover2]

Lol what was laporte doing on the final 1km

Laporte had so much confidence in himself as a sprinter that he did a 1km+ lead-out.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Fantastic from Ghirmay, Alpecin have to ask themselves why they didn't contribute to the chase more with Merlier winning the bunch sprint. Felt like Max Kanter was pulling the group for ages (why exactly?).

Kanter was probably cooked and his teammate Cortina did finish 3rd in the bunch sprint, so it wasn't that bad. Alpecin should have invested more into the chase.