Binck BankTour 29 september - 3 october

[repre]

Massive crash, one of the biggest i've ever seen

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Ackermann went too early and ran out of gas!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Clever from Philipsen, great win.

 

[Bonimenier]

Very nice sprint from Philipsen. Stijn Steels and Oliver Naessen among the guys who are injured pretty badly.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Chunk of classics riders likely to be carrying knocks out of this, some probably properly injured

 

[repre]

Chunk of classics riders likely to be carrying knocks out of this, some probably properly injured

It looks like Naesen's season is over

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

That Philipsen sprint was another of those where the hell did that guy come from Dan McLay specials. Ackermann was slowly dying in the wind, Philipsen was weaving through guys in his wake.

 

[LaFlorecita]

The idiot from Israel was looking down

No idea what happened there.. but thinking that could have been avoided

 

[Billie]

No idea what happened there.. but thinking that could have been avoided

if he was looking up he could have easily avoided the Sunweb guy and the whole crash

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

What a time to stop looking where you are going, riding second wheel 3.3 km out from a bunch sprint, peloton going flat out. Was it Boivin? Whoever it was won’t be a popular man.

 

[yaco]

The crash took out the entire Mitchelton Scott team - Seems like one or two will not start tomorrow.

 

[Bonimenier]

What a time to stop looking where you are going, riding second wheel 3.3 km out from a bunch sprint, peloton going flat out. Was it Boivin? Whoever it was won’t be a popular man.

Possibly it was Biermans. He came over the finish line late with quite some bruises.

 

[dicanio_michael]

That was one of the biggest crash I have seen. What an idiot. Feel sorry for Naesen. Nice gesture by De Bondt. Wonder how many GC contenters left in the front group.

 

[tobydawq]

That was one of the biggest crash I have seen. What an idiot. Feel sorry for Naesen. Nice gesture by De Bondt. Wonder how many GC contenters left in the front group.

Definitely Kragh, Mads P and MvdP who were my biggest three favourites beforehand.

 

[Red Rick]

Definitely Kragh, Mads P and MvdP who were my biggest three favourites beforehand.

I was just getting used to Mads P in rainbows.

 

[Breh]

To be fair, the ISN guy was not riding 2nd wheel. He was guiding his teammate, leading some kind of 2nd train, looked under his shoulder and suddenly the Sunweb guy was infront of him and he couldn't brake in time.

I'm not saying it's not his fault but I wouldn't call him an idiot either. Very unlucky imo.
I'm very happy nobody hit that little brick wall.

 

[LaFlorecita]

That was one of the biggest crash I have seen. What an idiot. Feel sorry for Naesen. Nice gesture by De Bondt. Wonder how many GC contenters left in the front group.

Stefan Küng managed to slip past the crash. With the TT he could be a contender as well.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

To be fair, the ISN guy was not riding 2nd wheel. He was guiding his teammate, leading some kind of 2nd train, looked under his shoulder and suddenly the Sunweb guy was infront of him and he couldn't brake in time.

I'm not saying it's not his fault but I wouldn't call him an idiot either. Very unlucky imo.

on looking at it again, you are right. He was surprised to suddenly find himself second wheel as he looked back up, he had been in the wind. quite a strange manoeuvre by the Sunweb guy to pull out and over in front of him too. there’s blame to go around.

 

[Jagartrott]

There should be a bit of a discussion about pulling out. You should do it in a gradual way that is easy to predict instead of thinking when you move off from the front (or near the front) you're suddenly ethereal.

 

[King Boonen]

There should be a bit of a discussion about pulling out. You should do it in a gradual way that is easy to predict instead of thinking when you move off from the front (or near the front) you're suddenly ethereal.

If you race in bunches you have to deal with things like this. It's one of the most predictable incidents at the end of a race. People get to the front, they go hard and then they pop. Usually they'll try and get out of the way to somewhere that makes it easy to pass but sometimes they can't/don't.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

If you race in bunches you have to deal with things like this. It's one of the most predictable incidents at the end of a race. People get to the front, they go hard and then they pop. Usually they'll try and get out of the way to somewhere that makes it easy to pass but sometimes they can't/don't.

it was a weirder move than that though. he went right to left across the front of the peloton, while looking to his right. it was a case of two guys simultaneously not looking where they were going.

 

[King Boonen]

it was a weirder move than that though. he went right to left across the front of the peloton, while looking to his right. it was a case of two guys simultaneously not looking where they were going.

I'm just going on what people said, it sounded like he was looking to try get out of the way but this sounds like he just wasn't paying attention? Trying to find video.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

That Philipsen sprint was another of those where the hell did that guy come from Dan McLay specials. Ackermann was slowly dying in the wind, Philipsen was weaving through guys in his wake.

Philipsen is very maneuverable and technical. It's why he was never a good fit as a leadout for Kristoff because the latter often couldn't follow him. But up until now, Philipsen always seemed to lack pure speed and got a massive amount of top 10 finishes, with very few victories. Maybe he just came into the wind too soon in the past. Today he came very late and he beat two strong guys, who might have started too early.

I missed those belgian profiles where every hump in the road looks like Mortirolo.

One cobble has a steeper gradient than your Mortirolo.

It's just a bit shorter.

 

[PeterB]

Final sprint:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310956939082371072

View: https://twitter.com/BinckBankTour/status/1310956939082371072


Crash:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1310959329022021635

View: https://twitter.com/BinckBankTour/status/1310959329022021635

 

[King Boonen]

Found the crash, the main trains are up the right and the Sunweb rider is just pulls off the front after doing his turn by the looks of it. It's what happens and getting over left is the right thing to do. Trains coming up the other side should be aware it's going to happen. To me it's just a racing incident. Similar moves happen all the time and this one has just turned unlucky.