95th Ronde van Vlaanderen - April 3 2011

[Jamsque]

Wait, wait, it might be Eisel not Cav. That would make a lot lot lot more sense.

 

[bicing]

THRILLING STUFF from the Garmin team car there.

It was worth it to see JV there and chuckle at his sense of fashion. Good to see them showing the team cars though, hopefully we get to see some intensity as it gets selective.

 

[auscyclefan94]

The second move is 19 riders and they have 29 seconds.

Farrar, Wilson, Bozic, Marcato, Steegmans, Greipel, CAVENDISH, EBH, Mondoroy, Paolini, Steegmans (sp), Ladagnous, de Koert, and others whose names I missed.

Kroon also

 

[Cobblestoned]

The second move is 19 riders and they have 29 seconds.

Farrar, Wilson, Bozic, Marcato, Steegmans, Greipel, CAVENDISH, EBH, Mondoroy, Paolini, Steegmans (sp), Ladagnous, de Koert, and others whose names I missed.

Who will now work in the pack ?

Ah Saxobank. No one up there. Riis orders team to front.

 

[Ferminal]

So... Eurosport is already live in Australia, even though the EPG says not for another 30mins.

Can I handle 126km of Harmon? Probably not.

 

[superconfex]

Wait, wait, it might be Eisel not Cav. That would make a lot lot lot more sense.

It is Cav,,,,,,

 

[Mellow Velo]

Finally, Eurosport get their act together. HD time!
Yes, Cav, wtf? Oh wait, we haven't hit the real climbs yet.

 

[Jamsque]

Leopard are chasing hard.

The graphic is still saying that Cav is in the break, but I am 90% sure it is Eisel. Cav is nowhere near that big (or aggressive).

 

[auscyclefan94]

SBS feed still not working!!!!

 

[luckyboy]

Aw is this gonna be like F1 where the commentators have to shut up while we strain to hear some garbled radio conversation every ten minutes

 

[auscyclefan94]

So... Eurosport is already live in Australia, even though the EPG says not for another 30mins.

Can I handle 126km of Harmon? Probably not.

I quite like Harmon, he's funny!

 

[roundabout]

It is Cav,,,,,,

It's Eisel. Unless Cav had clen and HGH in the last week.

 

[Jamsque]

Yeah definitely Eisel.

The Sporza commentators are talking MAD YANG about the strength of Leopard's squad.

 

[Lyds97]

Astana going up the road? Grivko

 

[auscyclefan94]

Yeah definitely Eisel.

The Sporza commentators are talking MAD YANG about the strength of Leopard's squad.

Other than cancellara I don't see the strength.

 

[roundabout]

time keeping

sigh

 

[bicing]

It's Eisel. Unless Cav had clen and HGH in the last week.

Hilarious!

Guys, I'm pleased to see a breakaway with some handy riders like Eisel, Farrar, Greipel, EBH, Steegmans, Kroon, Hammond. They're forcing Leopard Trek onto the chase to burn out Cancellara's team. Probably won't burn out Spartacus but it's good signs early I believe.

 

[El Pistolero]

Other than cancellara I don't see the strength.

They're not calling them strong, but weak.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Other than cancellara I don't see the strength.

They just said O'Grady is a great 2nd guy and Wuyts believes in Posthuma for some reason.
They more or less said they are pretty weak as a whole.

 

[luckyboy]

'To be fair it's more Flandrian than Walloon'

 

[palmerq]

Cav is nowhere near that big (or aggressive).

He was after he fell in the G-W :S

Anyway greipel for the win seeing as he isnt winning sprints anymore he has to do something.. Impressive work from him recently even though he isnt having a great season

 

[auscyclefan94]

They just said O'Grady is a great 2nd guy and Wuyts believes in Posthuma for some reason.
They more or less said they are pretty weak as a whole.

that's probably fair, o'grady hasn't really shown much in the classics for a while.

 

[ak-zaaf]

that's probably fair, o'grady hasn't really shown much in the classics for a while.

He was good in Sanremo and E3. I think he might hang on for a long time today.

 

[Frosty]

that's probably fair, o'grady hasn't really shown much in the classics for a while.

Did ok last Saturday, he is 37 years old now though.

 

[Jamsque]

The gap to the original break has dropped under 3 minutes thanks to the chase to bring back the 20.

Just sighted Thomas the Tank Engine hovering near the front, I hope he has a good ride today.