95th Ronde van Vlaanderen - April 3 2011

[Anonymous]

Voeckler FTW!

just thought I'd "throw that out there".

Please no. I am already afraid I will have to watch him ride (to describe his style as "riding" is generous. As I have said before, it looks like he is screwing a rabbit) in a break all day would really detract from the enjoyment I get from watching races. I appreciate the guy's spirit, but he should be brought up on rape charges for what he does to a bike.

 

[Anonymous]

Boonen will win!!!!! Tomeke Tomeke Tomeke!

I'm rooting for him. Any rider who says they want it raining and nasty gets my support. Tomeke Tomeke Tomeke!!!

 

[Anonymous]

At first glance I thought it was Euskaltel on the floor

Its a reflex reaction to seeing anyone on the floor...

 

[The Hitch]

For the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world.


Ladies and Gentlemen.


Lets get ready to

 

[Pantani_lives]

Cancellara is definitely the strongest athlete, but this doesn't make him unbeatable. There will be attacks between kilometer 50 and 20 before the finish, with outsiders like Chavanel (team of Boonen). Remember the early attacks of Devolder. It will be very hard for Cancellara's team to control that part of the race.

If he reaches the foot of the Muur with the first group, then he will probably leave everyone behind. But if he doesn't it will be very hard. Tactics and luck can also play a big role.

 

[Pantani_lives]

I can't resist making a list of favorites, although I'm always wrong.

*****Cancellara
****Boonen
***Gilbert, Ballan, Haussler
**Flecha, Hushovd, Pozzato, Devolder
*Langeveld, Ivanov, Nuyens, Chavanel

 

[Anonymous]

The climbs

The cobbles

Someone may want to put these in the first post if they are useful.

 

[superconfex]

Here's hope for Devolder, Gilbert, Boonen,Chavanel to give Cancellara a shoeing and one of them to take the win and a Geraint top 10 please

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

puh, boonen hates rain and cold normally, he loves the sun, but we'll see.

 

[El Pistolero]

puh, boonen hates rain and cold normally, he loves the sun, but we'll see.

It's not going to be cold sunday.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

13 degrees with rain is cold (certainly when you are used to monaco)

 

[Parrulo]

13 degrees with rain is cold (certainly when you are used to monaco)

i always thought boonen did well with rain and stuff like that.

how does canc handle those conditions?

btw i know this isn't the right thread but still. . . . i am hoping for a roubaix a lá 1994!!!111oneoneeleven

 

[El Pistolero]

13 degrees with rain is cold (certainly when you are used to monaco)

Gilbert lives in Monaco and he doesn't find it cold. No, 13 degrees is not cold, it's pretty warm actually. Boonen is pretty good in the rain anyway.

 

[The Sheep]

With less than an hour of April 1st left, is this story real?

Tour of Flanders to provide live television feeds from team cars
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-flanders-to-provide-live-television-feeds-from-team-cars

I had hoped they would also have done the same for Vacansoleil, they were quite entertaining in De Ronde tv series

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

i always thought boonen did well with rain and stuff like that.

how does canc handle those conditions?

btw i know this isn't the right thread but still. . . . i am hoping for a roubaix a lá 1994!!!111oneoneeleven

he does well but he really dislikes it. He is worse in rain than in sun though

 

[hrotha]

Not many pros actually like the rain. Flecha probably does, he's crazy like that.

 

[Parrulo]

he does well but he really dislikes it. He is worse in rain than in sun though

the question is then. does canc like rain? is worse then boonen in it?

 

[El Pistolero]

Gilbert prefers rain over sun. Don't know about any other top guns.

 

[Flamin]

In press conference, Canc said he sees bad weather as an advantage, because it makes the race tougher.

 

[luckyboy]

New climb + cobbled info in the first post [from Dim/TSF]

 

[mr. tibbs]

For the thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world.


Ladies and Gentlemen.


Lets get ready to

Haha, that's great, Hitch. Also, props to Dim for the new avatar.

I love the classics.
*tears of joy*

GO TOMMEKE!

 

[LugHugger]

Really? I'd rather see people winning because they are the strongest then people winning who suck wheels for the entire day and then walk away with the win. Specially during classics.

I sure hope it will be more tense than last year.

Ditto

 

[sublimit]

The Wheel (suckers) can go top 10, Fabian is probably unstoppable though.

Sky look to a have a decent squad and maybe could try something, hopefully race hard and not turn into Garmin and just trying to hang on.
They need to get further up and avoid crashes. (stating the obvious I know) Sky tend to fail en mass and that needs to change despite having strong riders.

 

[Jamsque]

It does have an ignore feature. Go to the user profile and check the "user lists" drop down menu.

Wow that is buried deep. Thanks, ingsve, you are a life saver.

So long, El Pistolero! I won't miss you.

 

[boomcie]

Anticipation is killing me. I'll need some serious entertainment tonight, cause all I want right now is to see Tommeke taming the ****ing Koppenberg and so on.

Damn I hate the day before De Ronde, almost as much as the first of April. Tomorrow will be intense. The relief will be immense when Sporza starts their transmission at 9, don't matter what they'll show. And then building up the tension to an absolute climax during the race (or an anticlimax for that matter, but let's hope not).