95th Ronde van Vlaanderen - April 3 2011

[ingsve]

2nd = Boonen
3rd= EBH

No way. EBH has been in the break for too long to stay with fresher riders over hte Muur etc.

 

[jaylew]

Seemed like a really dumb move for Boonen to go on the heels of a Hushovd effort instead of one by Canc. Well...he succeeded in getting rid of Hushovd.

 

[Polyarmour]

Only if they can ride faster than him.

Which they can't.

7 committed guys can ride faster than 1, even Fabian

 

[Jamsque]

Boonen is trying to rally the troops but they don't look too strong.

EBH is sucking wheel, I'm not entirely sure why. Either he has decided to save himself for the sprint for 2nd or he has run out of fish paste and is exhausted.

 

[luckyboy]

lol Garmin

 

[beer_thirty]

Wow, wouldn't want to be Chava right now. Can you imagine what's going through his mind at the moment?? "What the hell am I going to do with this guy??"

 

[spalco]

Who was going to throw a beer on Fabian at the Muur again?

El Pistolero - your chance to become immortal ala whoever it was that punched Eddy Merckx on the Puy de Dome.

 

[rghysens]

chasers behind cancellara gradually loosing time...

 

[thirteen]

oh, Sylvain

 

[Anonymous]

He got 20 seconds pretty quickly but it hasn't been going out further.

Actually, it is. And it is only going to go out further.

 

[markene2]

Come on Chavanel

 

[luckyboy]

Punch him Sylvain!

 

[Ferminal]

El Pistolero sabotage could be our only hope now.

Haha! He should have some rage if he's seen Gilbert puncturing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Peloton coming back in the group Boonen! WOW.

 

[palmerq]

gap is going up and up, nearly 40 seconds.... bit predictable and boring but it really is amazing to see cancellara go, hats off to him, I hope pippo gets 2nd now.

 

[thrawn]

Ah, a bigger group has formed. Now it will be Cancellara vs 30.

 

[superconfex]

Gilbert BACK!!!

 

[craig1985]

Garmin to win the most over-rated award? On paper they are strong, but when the going gets tough at the big stages, their absence is surprisingly odd.

Cue them to win Roubaix next week.

 

[federalski]

I think Canc can be caught now with this bunch...
I hope.

 

[luckyboy]

Big group in second now. Better start ****ing working.

 

[Moondance]

Gilbert joins up with Boonen & co., brings a lot of hangers on.

Chances of potentially catching The Canc just went from 0% to 0.1%.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Canc asking Chavanel to ride?

Is he serious?

 

[Fourier]

Chav looks OK considering the circumstances

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

This could get exciting, if Chavanel can keep the wheel!

 

[Granville57]

Did Spartacus even break a sweat to make that catch?!?!