De Ronde van Vlaanderen (270.8 km), 2024 March 31 (Sunday)

[rallybanana]

Van der Poel will win by a huge, huge margin though

How many minutes does he need to asterisk-proof his win?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Not over yet, still 30km+ to race.

 

[Didinho]

remembering the times this was still a race

Was to show the cobbles on the Kwaremont. That’s not even steep, imagine going up this at 20%.

 

[meat puppet]

If this were the US, all these roads would be paved in trash asphalt full of potholes that has to get redone every year but isn't because God forbid anyone spend money on infrastructure go 'Murrica.

Imagine if you had proper winters (I know some states do)

 

[awavey]

procycling stats is down

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

McEwen was able to butcher every single name on the list of three time winners

Isn't that a proud anglo-saxon tradition?

I'll never forget Sean Kelly calling Philipe Gilbert Gillip Philbert (in pseudo french) and shorty afterwords I am pretty sure he completly glitched and called him Flippy Powpow.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The 2 riders who could get close to VDP on the koppenberg were Jorgensen and pedersen. One attacked hard with 120km to go and one spent 40km dangling. Thanks guys

 

[Tim Cahill]

there are some roads here in the UK the potholes are getting so big theyre exposing the cobbles underneath

Yeah but look how pristine they look, great engineering really, they should just dig up all the roads and hold Flanders in Glasgow.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I like watching bike races in the Europe if for no other reason than to remind myself what real houses look like not the prefab shyte here.

 

[Brullnux]

Chapeau, Mathieu!

All in all a deflated edition.

Dwars injuries were likely to lead to this, and I don't think people made the race tricky enough for VdP. Then it started to rain and became a race of attrition/pure strength, which VdP always wins.

 

[Didinho]

I’m looking forward what he can do against Remco and Pogi in Liege in this form.

 

[noob]

Was to show the cobbles on the Kwaremont. That’s not even steep, imagine going up this at 20%.

I mean before that climb walking this was a race

 

[RedheadDane]

VDP well on his way to continue his 1-2-1-2 statistic.

 

[Froome]

No doubts about who is the best one day racer in the world. MVP.

 

[AmRacer]

I dont think Wout beats whatever that is, today.

Teddy could, maybe.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

there are some roads here in the UK the potholes are getting so big theyre exposing the cobbles underneath

So if there's money and will (big if), we might get a wet Peterborough-Rochdale one day?

 

[Lequack]

It was exciting till about 40k to go, but unfortunately it's over now. But the good news is that the women's race is live now!

 

[dazaau]

Largest winning margin ever, or at least in modern history, on the cards here yeah?

Watching the corners is keeping this exciting

 

[iBanesto]

McEwen was able to butcher every single name on the list of three time winners

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The endurance of VDP is incredible, he didn't look the most explosive version of himself today but once he went the gap has just snowballed

 

[AmRacer]

It was exciting till about 40k to go, but unfortunately it's over now. But the good news is that the women's race is live now!

A few favourites crashed out.

 

[noob]

Dwars injuries were likely to lead to this, and I don't think people made the race tricky enough for VdP. Then it started to rain and became a race of attrition/pure strength, which VdP always wins.

Pedersen crashing there doesn't help this competition either

 

[Volderke]

It was exciting till about 40k to go, but unfortunately it's over now. But the good news is that the women's race is live now!

Please inform us when the women start walking!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Kinda hoping the large group behind comes back and we end up with some complete randoms on the podium

 

[dazaau]

Mvdp still done less solo than mads