94th Ronde van Vlaanderen - April 4

[ak-zaaf]

Breschel is beyond impressive, Boonen is just being Boonen.

 

[Ned Flanders]

These pussies are walking up. ;-)

 

[Publicus]

And Armstrong made it up fine. He's doing pretty well so far.

 

[Bala Verde]

70km to go and only 7-10 contenders...

make that 2... Breschel and Boonen...

 

[Cerberus]

Is it wise for Breschel to lead the charge up those two early climbs? Must use a fair amount of energy.

 

[auscyclefan94]

boonen needs to go because saxo have 2 guys up there and will gang up on him.

 

[Publicus]

boonen needs to go because saxo have 2 guys up there and will gang up on him.

Looking at his form, that might just barely make it a fair fight.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Write off Devolder and Maaskant, they are beyond bad. Past weeks haven't been lying

 

[ak-zaaf]

I think Rosselers flat tire was flat.
That would be awful.

 

[Tom T.]

Was it by design that Cance let Boonen go off with Breshcel? Or are his legs not quite up to par with Boonen?

 

[Anonymous]

That is one large group of riders. That has Boonen written all over it.

 

[Ned Flanders]

That wasn't Armstrong who eased up. Armstrong has the yellow helmet.

 

[Cerberus]

Was it by design that Cance let Boonen go off with Breshcel? Or are his legs not quite up to par with Boonen?

Hasn't Boonen always been beter than Cance at the actual climbs with Spartacus being the stronger on the flats? Could be design though it's far to far out for Boonen to go it alone.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Was it by design that Cance let Boonen go off with Breshcel? Or are his legs not quite up to par with Boonen?

Might let them go on purpose so Boonen will be confident to let him come back.
IMO Breschel and Boonen just looked way better than the rest.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Armstrong in group 1, wtf

 

[Anonymous]

Might let them go on purpose so Boonen will be confident to let him come back.
IMO Breschel and Boonen just looked way better than the rest.

Yea, it looked effortless for them.

 

[Publicus]

That wasn't Armstrong who eased up. Armstrong has the yellow helmet.

He's just at the rear of what remains of the peloton. Look at Sky!

 

[Mellow Velo]

Plenty of times for things to change. Looks to me as if Saxo have a game plan for Boonan.

Larnce still in the group.

 

[auscyclefan94]

lotto taking over from sky. qsi has little numbers up there. can lotto get a winner up there?

 

[ingsve]

Hasn't Boonen always been beter than Cance at the actual climbs with Spartacus being the stronger on the flats? Could be design though it's far to far out for Boonen to go it alone.

Koppenberg is really steep so I think that's the main reason he was a little further back. I wouldn't see it as any indications of how their legs are overall. I think Hushovd looked good as well eventhough he also didn't follow Breschel and Boonen.

 

[Anonymous]

Armstrong in group 1, wtf

...there is an empty blood bag somewhere...

 

[Ned Flanders]

He's just at the rear of what remains of the peloton. Look at Sky!

Difficult to tell if he is in peloton one or two. It's just that the Eurosport commentator cut to some guy on his own and said it was Armstrong. He has now corrected himself.

 

[auscyclefan94]

for s kelly. it is forty not torty!

 

[ak-zaaf]

Taaienberg....Will SKY follow through?

 

[Publicus]

Difficult to tell if he is in peloton one or two. It's just that the Eurosport commentator cut to some guy on his own and said it was Armstrong. He has now corrected himself.

I mean the first main chase group. He's doing fairly well so far.