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theyoungest said:
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.

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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Thoughtforfood said:
I think Griepel might have a little something to prove today. I will take him over the field.

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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auscyclefan94 said:
My apologies, he isn't. Got confused between PR and this race!

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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ak-zaaf said:
That shouldn't even be possible :)
Would be good for Belgium if Boonen or Lotto picks this up. They only have 2 races left...

Boonen will win. But because I predicted it, it means it won't happen. I'm predicting AC to win the tour this year.
 
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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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.

We may see waaiers though.
 

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