BEMER Cyclassics 2023 (August 20)

[Devil's Elbow]

The WT one-day race about people care about so little that it’s listed as a side event on its own website.

Startlist

The route

The route really should hold no surprises at this point. What little climbing there is comes on the Waseberg circuit, with the Grotiusweg (the first half of the profile below)…

…leading into the Waseberg itself.

The final time up Waseberg comes with 15.9k to go, usually enough for things to come together for a bunch sprint on the Mönckebergstrasse, but not last year when a crash and Van Aert blew up the race, only for Marco Haller to beat him in a sprint of five riders.

 

[Red Rick]

Any race that must say "I am a classic" is no true classic.

 

[Valv.Piti]

If most teams just bring their sprinter, the race will usually suck. That looks to be the case this year.

 

[Rob5091]

If De Lie can win today, he's taken another step up the sprinter's ranking.

 

[DNP-Old]

Bennett should be arrested for being a thief.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bennett should be arrested for being a thief.

What did he do?
Bloody coverage doesn't start for another two hours.

 

[Aimar16]

How did this race get on the WT calendar? Not only is the main sponsor a fraudsters pyramid scheme, but the race organization is also amateur with no race center/live timing...

 

[DNP-Old]

What did he do?
Bloody coverage doesn't start for another two hours.

DNF after an hour of racing, as per usual.

 

[yaco]

If De Lie can win today, he's taken another step up the sprinter's ranking.

I suspect he will struggle if it's a finish with a full sprint field.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Postlberger down in a crash

 

[Potomac]

it's being streamed so i will have it in the background

 

[RedheadDane]

Van Emden: *** this! I'm going home...

 

[yaco]

Postlberger down in a crash

He's supposed to ride the Vuelta - We need to see how serious are his injuries?

 

[tobydawq]

it's being streamed so i will have it in the background

?

 

[Samamba]

Looks like some teams want a hard edition.

Won't be a bunch sprint.

 

[gunara]

Had to look at the route before I realized which race it was. Okay, on to the next thing.

 

[Rob5091]

Split in the peloton - UAE driving it.

 

[Tim Cahill]

UAE are going full-Gewiss

Hirschi *** that up closing the gap with people on his wheel

 

[Samamba]

De Lie is insane, came out of the 2nd part...

Seriously wtf did i just witness.

He completely burried himself tho

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Just a reminder on a random Sunday that De Lie is insanely talented.

 

[RedheadDane]

Ulissi giving it a go.

 

[nightowl]

UAE are going full-Gewiss

Hirschi *** that up closing the gap with people on his wheel

Given McNulty was finished I highly doubt Ulissi was going to stay away solo, so it’s probably not going to make a difference. Still dumb though

 

[Samamba]

De Lie alone, as expected. No idea why Lotto send such a *** team to support him here. Literally only Beullens decent (and Sweeny but he came straight out of Denmark).

 

[Tim Cahill]

Van Poppel, Vernon, De Lie and Strong all made the split

 

[Samamba]

Yeah they won't see these 3 again.