Baloise Belgium Tour 2022 (June 15-19)

[Bushman]

Pedersen on another level today. Rode the Golden Kilometer as well as he could, always at the front in the last 5 k and in his own league in the sprint. Kirsch did a phenomenal job in the last 10k as well, he is a very, very good domestique.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[RedheadDane]

Less than 20 Ks to go.
Three-man break pretty close to be caught.

 

[RedheadDane]

Philipsen wins. Ahead of Van Poppel and Pedersen.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That's what you get when you decide to become a TTer for absolutely no reason again.

And then he proceeds to be nowhere near the victory today in a weak TT field...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Lampaert with the fastest time by a margin in his final ride in the tricolour.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lampaert with the fastest time by a margin in his final ride in the tricolour.

Unless he wins again, I guess.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Wellens and Schmid both about 20 seconds down. Lampaert versus Pedersen for the stage.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pedersen couldn't do it, does finish second to keep the jersey.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lampaert takes the win, ahead of Pedersen and Hoole.

 

[BR2]

And then he proceeds to be nowhere near the victory today in a weak TT field...

Campenaerts? I think he had a mechanical or crash or something.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Campenaerts? I think he had a mechanical or crash or something.

His chain dropped, he wouldn't have won regardless though.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Intermarché destroying the peloton as we reach the halfway point.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Mini Nys is looking good. Pedersen made the cut.

 

[Samamba]

Yeah Intermarché is going to clean this up. They have such a strong team for this.

This is really early tho.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Back together.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hermans going to blow Trek apart, but kill himself doing it.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hermans going cyclocross in some family's backyard.

 

[Samamba]

Going to be a massacre with this 35 degrees and this parcours.

 

[Samamba]

80k still and its carnage, we're going to see weird stuff today.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

There is no way Pedersen is surviving today. My imaginary/proverbial money is still on Schmid and Hermans.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Now the challenge for Intermarché is to figure out how Hermans takes 20 seconds (or Rota takes 30) on both Wellens and Schmid.

 

[Roku]

Unless something weird happens, there's no way Trek bring those six back.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Now the challenge for Intermarché is to figure out how Hermans takes 20 seconds (or Rota takes 30) on both Wellens and Schmid.

Short solo.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pedersen has imploded trying to defend the jersey, barely hanging on in the chase group which is losing time again after getting to about 20 seconds.