Amstel Gold Race 2023, one day classic, April 16 (men's)

[Poursuivant]

Maybe there was a silent agreement between organisers and Pogi? We give you drafting if you finish the whole pint of beer in one go.

A draught for a draft

 

[Mayomaniac]

Pidcocking wincing when he takes a little sip of beer.

Pog chugging like an undergrad at a midwestern university

Those mountain men genetics coming in handy for Pogi.

 

[search]

A draught for a draft

a draft like that is no advantage anyway, the course director said

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647642682565468164

View: https://twitter.com/PimBruijnzeels/status/1647642682565468164

 

[Lequack]

So predictable this race. He is so superior, so insane man. I don't have words. Other cyclists may feel they are amateurs riding against him.

You missed the Remco thread I think,

 

[Gratemans]

It's a matter of time before his british passport is revoked

I was going to post the exact same thing

 

[QueenStagiaire]

It's a matter of time before his british passport is revoked

They could send him to the 2025 World Championships early.

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647620554097082369

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1647620554097082369

Meanwhile last year his pal Kwiatkowski

 

[Lequack]

Here is a display of how much drafting helps you

 

[Wyndbrook]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647620554097082369

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1647620554097082369

Well he did a really good job for Amstel today , not his fault but rubbing the bumper of the lead car with a great sponsor logo on top for k after k.

 

[Lequack]

Lanterne rouge

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3dyP7lUUR8

 

[Escarabajo]

a draft like that is no advantage anyway, the course director said

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647642682565468164

View: https://twitter.com/PimBruijnzeels/status/1647642682565468164

The race was very good today, but this is the only thing that I hated from the race today. Everyone that has ridden a bike knows that it could be an advantage, not that Pogacar needed one. Why would they do that stupidity? And Pogacar was by far the best rider today. He should have just waved with his hands to the car to push forward. Lol.
It was short lived but at a crucial moment.

 

[Samamba]

Madouas must've done an insane race coming back to the first bigger group after that crash. He was on the ground and his bike was broken so had to wait for a new one. Ferron also came from far (although he was not down that long).

FDJ really needs to do something about Madouas his positioning. Not the first time he gets caught in a crash or misses a split because of bad positioning.

 

[Potomac]

Here is a display of how much drafting helps you

oh.....if only the person that made that had some training.....

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Here is a display of how much drafting helps you

So car-pacing is actually less effective at a distance and not next level counterintuitively? Interesting

 

[rallybanana]

Timeline of car-pacing incident

3:39 PM

Hey Healy's not that far back.

3:40 PM

Lmao lets give Pogacar more car draft thenk you bery much

3:41 PM

Gap is a legit 19s by stopwatch

3:42 PM

Healy going to the Giro

Remco and Roglic better watch out

3:43 PM

Leo van Vliet is such a moron jeez

3:44 PM

31 seconds

 

[Riek s]

So car-pacing is actually less effective at a distance and not next level counterintuitively? Interesting

I think it has to do with the camera guy (second person on the motor in the picture) sitting straight and creating a lot more turbelance than the car which was designed to be 'aero'. Ofcourse the car in the peleton had a beer banner on top of it, so that should create more turbelance than depicted in that picture.

 

[Kwaremonster]

Drafting aside I thought that was a very good race. I was already happy that the racing started at 40 km from the finish in recent editions, now it was already from 90 k out. I also don't care that its pogacar again, I'm here for all here for his record breaking.

Ofcourse if somehow Healy would have catched Pogacar of ofcourse it would have been a legendary edition. But happy the strongest rider won in the end.

 

[will-10]

a draft like that is no advantage anyway, the course director said

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647642682565468164

View: https://twitter.com/PimBruijnzeels/status/1647642682565468164

Just embarrassing in 2023.

 

[Gratemans]

Drafting aside I thought that was a very good race. I was already happy that the racing started at 40 km from the finish in recent editions, now it was already from 90 k out. I also don't care that its pogacar again, I'm here for all here for his record breaking.

Ofcourse if somehow Healy would have catched Pogacar of ofcourse it would have been a legendary edition. But happy the strongest rider won in the end.

I don't know, this AGR overall was just incredibly "meh" for me. Yes, it was (another) incredible performance by Pogacar. And ok, how he changed bikes just before a climb and came back seemingly effortlessly (bridging an almost 10 sec. gap while the chasing group were never even closing in on the front group) was very impressive. But the way the race unfolded just wasn't very exciting. Nobody to blame for that, it's just how things went but this is years AGR certainly wasn't one I'll remember for years.

 

[Gratemans]

About the drafting: maybe I watched the wrong part, but if we're talking about the bit with about 10 km's to go, I think everybody is kinda exaggerating. Don't forget it is a wide-angle lens zoomed in. Yes, there's a moment before that left-hand turn he actually can take advantage of the draft for about 14 seconds but come on, that's really just peanuts.

 

[Sciatic]

I don't know, this AGR overall was just incredibly "meh" for me. Yes, it was (another) incredible performance by Pogacar. And ok, how he changed bikes just before a climb and came back seemingly effortlessly (bridging an almost 10 sec. gap while the chasing group were never even closing in on the front group) was very impressive. But the way the race unfolded just wasn't very exciting. Nobody to blame for that, it's just how things went but this is years AGR certainly wasn't one I'll remember for years.

I think the gigantic crash in the peloton was a big factor on taking some of the pizazz out of the race—after that it was clear that the winner would come from that front group.

 

[Gratemans]

I think the gigantic crash in the peloton was a big factor on taking some of the pizazz out of the race—after that it was clear that the winner would come from that front group.

True, that crash was important and came at a very bad point in the race timing-wise. All the more respect for Madouas btw for getting back on and managing to to finish 11th.

 

[Sandisfan]

Here is a display of how much drafting helps you

So car-pacing is actually less effective at a distance and not next level counterintuitively? Interesting

I think it has to do with the camera guy (second person on the motor in the picture) sitting straight and creating a lot more turbelance than the car which was designed to be 'aero'. Ofcourse the car in the peleton had a beer banner on top of it, so that should create more turbelance than depicted in that picture.

I was going to mention that the flat sign would be a big advantage, even though we agree that it wouldn't have changed the outcome.

 

[rallybanana]

It's a matter of time before his british passport is revoked

They could send him to the 2025 World Championships early.

With 2 years acclimatization he should be the favourite
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[tobydawq]

About the drafting: maybe I watched the wrong part, but if we're talking about the bit with about 10 km's to go, I think everybody is kinda exaggerating. Don't forget it is a wide-angle lens zoomed in. Yes, there's a moment before that left-hand turn he actually can take advantage of the draft for about 14 seconds but come on, that's really just peanuts.

No, I don't agree.

It was absurd to witness what transpired there.