Classic Brugge-De Panne 2022, March 23 & 24

[SafeBet]

Balsamo is on fire at the moment.

 

[RedheadDane]

Balsamo is on fire at the moment.

Anti-curse of the rainbow jersey?

 

[jaylew]

Wow, super jump from Balsamo. Wiebes never even really got on terms.

 

[tobydawq]

Unlike yesterday, this was clearly Balsamo.

It would have been strange if she had taken the men's edition.

 

[RedheadDane]

It would have been strange if she had taken the men's edition.

Behave yourself!

 

[jaylew]

Apparently Wiebes raced the final 15k on a broken spoke that happened in the big crash

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Anti-curse of the rainbow jersey?

It was clearly the right choice not to put on the WWT leader's jersey.

I sadly wasn't able to watch the last hour of the race, so it was surprising to learn that Balsamo had won. Balsamo was always the second favourite though, and I'm not sure Wiebes' broken spoke made a difference.

Hopefully none of the crashing riders are seriously hurt.

 

[yaco]

It was clearly the right choice not to put on the WWT leader's jersey.

I sadly wasn't able to watch the last hour of the race, so it was surprising to learn that Balsamo had won. Balsamo was always the second favourite though, and I'm not sure Wiebes' broken spoke made a difference.

Hopefully none of the crashing riders are seriously hurt.

There was a crash with 2.5km to go which caused small splits in the peleton - Wiebes was held up, so it was no surprise Balsamo was stronger in the sprint.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

There was a crash with 2.5km to go which caused small splits in the peleton - Wiebes was held up, so it was no surprise Balsamo was stronger in the sprint.

From what I saw, the pace went out again pretty quickly at one point, so I'm not sure how much energy she actually spend to get back on, when she she just followed Bastianelli and Consonni back tot he front. But, as she said herself in the interview afterwards, she didn't have Kool to do the leadout for her, which obviously put her in a worse situation.