85th/24th La Flèche Wallonne, April 21st, 2021

[tobydawq]

A text from Captain Obvious: "Primoz could have waited till 200 meters and ridden everyone off his wheel."

Why? It's not like Alaphilippe had to do a smaller effort there...

 

[Escarabajo]

I am going to collect the earnings from the poll!!!

 

[Pantani_lives]

Both world champions won today. Not much is left of the curse of the rainbow jersey.

 

[JosefK]

Great race for the World Champion. Looks like he found his magic today. Chapeau.

 

[Escarabajo]

You can have 20 top Ineos riders and still they have no answer for Roglic, Pogacar and Allaphillipe

?
They are still winning races!

 

[Mayomaniac]

You can have 20 top Ineos riders and still they have no answer for Roglic, Pogacar and Allaphillipe

I mean, if you have so many cards one should attack early when the climbs starts, one during the steepest part while one waits for the sprints.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Brenner 24th, not bad at all.

 

[JosefK]

Why? It's not like Alaphilippe had to do a smaller effort there...

Well deserved by Alaphilippe.

 

[Red Rick]

So much *** by commentators about Roglic attacking too early. He put 6s into the 5 time winner in 3rd place, clearly Roglic boinked halfway the Mur

 

[tobydawq]

Sea lions!!

 

[KZD]

Roglic seemed the strongest but he had to recover some ground in the beginning of the climb while Alaphilippe was in the perfect place.

Still the Frenchman was stronger than I expected

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Tulett having two top-20s out of two in the Ardennes at age 19 is really impressive.

 

[BlueRoads]

Both world champions won today. Not much is left of the curse of the rainbow jersey.

And they both took the Mur in pretty much the same way. Obviously there's a certain way to do it best.

Cool win!

 

[movingtarget]

Reminded me a little of 2010 when Contador went too early and Evans finished over the top of him. Valverde is going to have some record when he eventually retires. Woods up there as usual but no cigar. The winner was just too strong and rode the hill smarter than Roglic.

 

[Luthor]

Ala was the strongest, he is my favorite for Liege. Roglic probably should've waited a bit more so Ala wouldn't recover that distance.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Roglic went very hard but Ala timed his attack perfectly and outplayed the surprised Slovenian at the end. Congrats! Too bad UAE didn't start, f*ck these ambiguous COVID tests. I think Pogacar would've been up there with top2 (not sure about Hirschi) but winning against Ala would have been very difficult.

 

[LesDiablesRouges]

Could we have a better podium? I guess not

Any podium with Mauri?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Reminded me a little of 2010 when Contador went too early and Evans finished over the top of him. Valverde is going to have some record when he eventually retires. Woods up there as usual but no cigar. The winner was just too strong and rode the hill smarter than Roglic.

Woods being so strong in FW is actually a great sign for him when it comes to LBL.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Pidcock with a decent performance in the end, the chase back on with 25k to go didn’t help, and his position was at the foot of the climb was almost as bad as Valverde’s.

 

[Sciatic]

Sea lions!!

Good thing Nibs isn’t there!

 

[Taxus4a]

Roglic did what he had to do, but for this race today one rider was better.

 

[JosefK]

Alaphilippe was one of the two strongest on the day and was perfect strategically, and, in the end, the best rider on the day. Roglic was one of the two strongest on the day (maybe the strongest) and played a gambit that would have worked if Alaphilippe hadn't been so surprisingly strong--probably Ala's best form of the season so far. Sometimes you play your cards and it doesn't work. I still think Roglic may have won if he had waited a little longer. Just an opinion. --Surely, there are more informed appraisals than mine. . . . Mr. Horner will likely have a video ready shortly.

 

[Velolover2]

Decent effort by Pidcock.

Based on his power to weight ratio, Huy should be the hill for him but maybe he actually prefer hills that are a bit less steep. Someone mentioned that on the forum.

 

[gunara]

To me it looked as simple as Roglic had everyone's measure and went "Only top Alaphillipe will stop this, and he's not here", he's almost right, so I can't blame him.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Woods being so strong in FW is actually a great sign for him when it comes to LBL.

We said the same thing last year though, but he should definitely not be underestimated.