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De Scheldeprijs

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Reverend_T_Preedy

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Seriously mate, it's "Scheldeprijs". Petacchi FTW. Or Theo Bos :p
Is EBH even racing, BTW? I think Ben Swift is the man for Sky today.
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It'd be a mighty challenge for Ben Swift to win because if I'm not mistaken he's rading Pais Vasco at the moment!! I think they have the start list a little wrong.

Not sure if EBH was starting. The website has him down and I gather they hoped he would rider to tune up for P-R but it was injury dependent. Tyler Farrar or Andre 'Cav's best mate' Griepel are the men for me today.
 
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I think Griepel might have a little something to prove today. I will take him over the field.
 
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Note to self: Learn difference between "Stick Thread" and "Close Thread".

Sorry!

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Are you getting old Susan? ;)

*please don't ban me for making fun of you*
 
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I think Griepel might have a little something to prove today. I will take him over the field.
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Make a statement to Cav? I think EBH. He is strong on the cobbles so will find them easy where as I don't think Greiepl will like the cobbles and may tire him a bit more.
 
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Greipel will take this. Or Farrar.
Thought EBH wasn't riding? Or is he too talented to appear on a startlist?
 
auscyclefan94

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Greipel will take this. Or Farrar.
Thought EBH wasn't riding? Or is he too talented to appear on a startlist?
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My apologies, he isn't. Got confused between PR and this race!
 
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auscyclefan94 said:
My apologies, he isn't. Got confused between PR and this race!
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That shouldn't even be possible :)
Would be good for Belgium if Boonen or Lotto picks this up. They only have 2 races left...
 
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That shouldn't even be possible :)
Would be good for Belgium if Boonen or Lotto picks this up. They only have 2 races left...
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Boonen will win. But because I predicted it, it means it won't happen. I'm predicting AC to win the tour this year.
 
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Boonen will win. But because I predicted it, it means it won't happen. I'm predicting AC to win the tour this year.
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Cool, Schlecklet's first :D
 
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auscyclefan94 said:
My apologies, he isn't. Got confused between PR and this race!
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Are you sure? Team Sky's homepage has him listed as riding the Scheldeprijs as well as PR. Nobody seems to know for sure.
 
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Farrar and Greipel are the men in form, but I think Farrar has had a better preparation for this race. So he's my pick.
 
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I wouldn't call this a cobbled classic.
There is a street of cobbles, but it's almost a highroad.

It's a real flat classic, which means usually a sprinter wins, and occasionely the weird breakaway. But it has nothing to do with riding on cobbles, you don't need skills for that here.
 
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Some more info.
Boonen said before the start he doesn't want to take any risks prior to Paris Roubaix, so we know Auscyclefans prediction is already a gonner :p.
Neither will Cancellara do anything by the way.

With the amount of sprinters being here, I can only see this going one way, a sprint.
Petacchi, Farrar, Greipel, Brown, perhaps even Bos, take your pick
 
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Dekker_Tifosi said:
I wouldn't call this a cobbled classic.
There is a street of cobbles, but it's almost a highroad.

It's a real flat classic, which means usually a sprinter wins, and occasionely the weird breakaway. But it has nothing to do with riding on cobbles, you don't need skills for that here.
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We may see waaiers though.
 
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