Classic Brugge-De Panne 2022, March 23 & 24

[jaylew]

This race has changed names and number of stages over the years. Looks like this year is set to be an early season sprinter world championship for the men as almost every sprinter worth his quads is set to start.

Men's 207.9k
Women's 162.8k

The map and profile is for the men's race but there's no meaningful difference other than the length.

Startlists:
men
women

Looks like almost every team is bringing their fastest guy as well as their 2nd and 3rd fastest guys in some cases

Ewan/De Lie
Groenewegen
Démare
Jakobsen
Gaviria/Ackermann
Merlier
Walscheid
Nizzolo
Moschetti/Pedersen
Bennett
Bouhanni/Capiot
Kooij
Bol
Halvorsen

 

[Sciatic]

The one day of De Panne?

 

[jaylew]

I'm actually hoping there are no echelons as I just want to see these guys sprint it out on equal terms.

Halfway serious predictions:

QS will boss the lead out and Jakobsen will win.
Ewan will be out of position and hardly sprint
Gaviria will crash or get Covid again before the start.
FDJ will make a strong appearance at the front and then completely disappear in the final sprint
No telling with Groenewegen and Merlier. I could see either win or not even sprint.

 

[SafeBet]

Wind forecast?

 

[tobydawq]

The Belgian Scheldeprijs.

 

[RedheadDane]

Top-names among the women includes - from the top of my head:

Balsamo, Bastianelli, Kopecky, Norsgaard, Wiebes.

 

[gregrowlerson]

I can hear El Pistolero crying out from the forum member grave...

 

[Netserk]

The race is on Wednesday (the 23rd) by the way.

The wind should be in the right direction, but too weak (12-14 km/h).

 

[Samamba]

No wind so another bunch sprint in Belgium. This time with top tier sprinters tho so atleast the final 10k are interesting.

No Ewan tho. Still sick.

 

[Samamba]

Also no Jakobsen either, Cavendish is starting.

 

[jaylew]

No Ewan tho. Still sick.

Also no Jakobsen either, Cavendish is starting.

Well, so much for that. It only took 8 hours after I posted for the startlist to change. I'm nowhere near as interested now

 

[jaylew]

Top-names among the women includes - from the top of my head:

Balsamo, Bastianelli, Kopecky, Norsgaard, Wiebes.

The women's race is the day after the men's. I'm not sure if the wind forecast is similar and we can get something like last year with echelons and Grace Brown's solo escape. If not, hard to look past Wiebes on the form she's on.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Getting tired of seemingly every race having an underwhelming startlist compared to normal... between the illness raging through the peloton and the huge gap from the best to the rest, this year has felt pretty deflated so far.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just want to inform you guys about something!
This could very well be the first WT race (not including stages) not won by either a Slovenian, or Van Aert!








Would be rather hillarious if Mezgec somehow managed to win...

 

[RedheadDane]

Hey, @Red Rick. Aren't you forgetting something?

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

I really miss the Driedaagse stage race.

 

[Kazistuta]

Me too... it was a fun race fluctuating in race days for years.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

This course is Panne flat

 

[tobydawq]

Me too... it was a fun race fluctuating in race days for years.

It wasn't fluctuating in race days?

 

[Savant12]

This course is Panne flat

Penne flat would make for a much pasta course.

 

[MartinGT]

Blythe doesn't like the Bardiani kit apparently kit needs to be sold. This is a guy who wears slip on leopard skin print shoes.

 

[MartinGT]

Has Blythe just said he's done 52mph on an ebike? Surly that's going downhill unless it's de-regulated therefore illegal in the UK?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Blythe doesn't like the Bardiani kit apparently kit needs to be sold. This is a guy who wears slip on leopard skin print shoes.

In his own mind Blythe is a huge trendsetter and a British hybrid between Pozzato and Cipo, let him have it...

 

[RedheadDane]

Rider just smashed straight into one of the flag-wavers!
Not 100% sure what happened, only caught the slow.

Aah, it was Kanter, and he's okay.
Hope the other guy is okay too.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

They are taking the new Scheldeprijs joke too seriously. lots of crashes and general barging into each other for position