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

[noob]

If that's DQ-worthy Philipsen might just end his career right now...

this

 

[red_flanders]

Maybe everyone could shut up about the guy who wasn't there and just enjoy the race.

 

[Salvarani]

Impressed with moustache man. 5th here is a great result from him.

 

[proffate]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1774447755085095108

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1774447755085095108

Slick cobbles must have lower rolling resistance

 

[velaso montador]

This wasnt any suprise at all tho for anyone who have watched cycling the last few years, noone is close to beeing able to have his power not named Pogacar weve seen that countless of times over the years so no surprise at all!

As long as we knew Pogacar wasnt riding this would always been the outcome bearing any accidents.

Congratz what a rider!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Michael Matthews has only been relegated not DQed by the way

 

[Peyroteo94]

This wasnt any suprise at all tho for anyone who have watched cycling the last few years, noone is close to beeing able to have his power not named Pogacar weve seen that countless of times over the years so no surprise at all!
As long as we knew Pogacar wasnt riding this would always been the outcome baering any accidents.

Congratz what a rider!

I know it hurts but this is spot on. It is sad that there is no competition but if we don't have 2 of the big 3 in the race, MVP was always a massive favourite. I knew MVP would win solo when I saw Vermeesh with Pedersen. Alpecin played perfectly when other teams were sleeping.

 

[Volderke]

Vermeersch was somewhere around ~10th position at best, and only three made it through. They must have stopped for the sausages

Nope, he blocked before, got of his bike and walked in 10th.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Fastest ever Ronde.

And not even tailwind.

 

[red_flanders]

The race is over, and wasn't that good. Now we can enjoy the arguing.

Sure. Can we argue about someone who was at the race?

Unless someone wants to talk about how Remco would have won if he were there. That's always OK.

 

[Salvarani]

This wasnt any suprise at all tho for anyone who have watched cycling the last few years, noone is close to beeing able to have his power not named Pogacar weve seen that countless of times over the years so no surprise at all!

As long as we knew Pogacar wasnt riding this would always been the outcome bearing any accidents.

Congratz what a rider!

So true.

 

[Volderke]

So he blocked everyone in like 10th position and lower!!!

Watch replays before reacting, maybe. Vermeersch was halfway, got walkers in front, tried to ride through, slipped himself, blocked for a millisecond, got of and walked around 10th. A lot was going on, Vermeersch just tried his best, I never said he blocked on purpose, just that the slipping of some (like Vermeersch) hampered the chances of all riders behind, and any (very small) chance of a chase within a minute. Now the Koppenberg farce gave mvdp one free minute on everyone but a fading Jorgensen and a “done” pedersen, so mvdp could ride on wattage more than anything, which made life for him much easier. That minute was however a poisonous present as it didn’t gave mdvp any other option than to press on, which was a heroic effort in this weather.

 

[Danskebjerge]

They go in a lot of circles so.... But rain on cobbles cannot possibly help

True. But wind from the northwest would give them quite a lot of tailwind. I believe the wind came mostly from the southwest today.

 

[search]

Nope, he blocked before, got of his bike and walked in 10th.

here are the screenshots. He blocked a lot of guys, but the top ~10 were already further up the climb at that point.

 

[Nick2413]

With how drained Van der Poel looked, could this affect him for PR?

 

[Mayomaniac]

I really like Mozzato and think that a top 10 was in the cards for him .
That said, him finishing 2nd shows that it was a rather unusual race.
I do rate him higher for P-R, Albanese looked like the better Arkea option for this race.
Anyway, Quickstep are really no longer a factor in the cobbled classics nowadays...

 

[Gigs_98]

Looking back I think everyone knew an early move could be crucial so every team was super focused on getting into the group. But in doing so teams constantly chased down themselves and basically neutralized each other. Then after Pedersen went lots of guys no longer had the strength left to keep getting into a breaks. It's really weird how around the 100km mark the race was extremely active yet around the 50km mark it looked like one of the most controled RVV editions in recent years.

Chapeau to MvdP. I know there is a big focus on how dominant he looked on the Koppenberg but I think his tactical awareness and positioning were actually at least as important. The entire race he always knew precisely when to chase and when to wait, he went into all the crucial climbs perfectly positioned despite hardly ever being positioned by his team and had the strength to pull away on the hardest climb. He easily could have lost his edge by chasing every move in the early phase and with Bettiol's positioning I'm doubting he can go solo this early. All around a masterclass performance.

 

[ice&fire]

The race is over, and wasn't that good. Now we can enjoy the arguing.

Not even worth the arguing. Bring on Scheldeprijs.

 

[Ulle97]

Sure. Can we argue about someone who was at the race?

Unless someone wants to talk about how Remco would have won if he were there. That's always OK.

Unfortunately, whenever Remco wins a race, this is also the main discussion.

The guys he didn't beat. The only reason he won was because X,Y and Z weren't there!!

 

[Salvarani]

Kasper Asgreen is a thief.

Van Baarle is robbing banks in Oudenaarde tonight.

 

[Kazistuta]

Congrats with the podium, Teeth!

 

[velaso montador]

Maybe everyone could shut up about the guy who wasn't there and just enjoy the race.

Pogacar is the defending champ afterall so naturaly to mention him.

Hes the only one who has showed he can match vdp and even beat him so i see no harm in mentioning him.

Without him this would always bee the result bearing any missfortunes thats hardly any surprise after what weve seen over the last few years.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

What happened to Mohorič by the way? He didn‘t finish, it seems

 

[Bolder]

here are the screenshots. He blocked a lot of guys, but the top ~10 were already further up the climb at that point.

Half the field was already off their bikes or about to dismount.

 

[DNP-Old]

What happened to Mohorič by the way? He didn‘t finish, it seems

He's in the hospital.