Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, 28th-30th March, 2.HC

[SKSemtex]

Nice stage. I love echeons . What a pity there are none in TDF.

 

[HelloDolly]

Nice stage. I love echeons . What a pity there are none in TDF.

There have been ...in 2013, 2009 come to mind as significant

 

[EddytheBoss]

Great racing and what a sprint by Kristoff!

 

[rghysens]

Nice stage. I love echeons . What a pity there are none in TDF.

There have been ...in 2013, 2009 come to mind as significant

2015 (Zeeland) and 2016 (even on way to the Ventoux) had echelons too.

 

[glassmoon]

If it's not for Gilbert, QS would be rather pathetic this season (again) so far...

 

[SKSemtex]

Nice stage. I love echeons . What a pity there are none in TDF.

There have been ...in 2013, 2009 come to mind as significant

2015 (Zeeland) and 2016 (even on way to the Ventoux) had echelons too.

I know, we had 2-3 stages with echelons and the famous stage 11. Stage I started to like Froome.

 

[Irondan]

Anyone know what happened to Durbridge? I didn't get to watch today...

 

[Forever The Best]

It looks like that was another great day of racing in Belgium! Shame I missed the stage though. Congrats to Kristoff and Phil looks much better for the overall.

 

[yaco]

Actually Orica started with 4 riders as Keukeliere DNS.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

Anyone know what happened to Durbridge? I didn't get to watch today...

He just missed the split when echelons happened,
his group eventually gave up chasing
not much turbo I suppose
and dropped back to the main peloton.

 

[Irondan]

Re: Re:

Anyone know what happened to Durbridge? I didn't get to watch today...

He just missed the split when echelons happens, his group eventually gave up chasing and dropped back to the main peloton.

Bummer, he was on really good form and could have possibly snatched the win from PG in the TT. Oh well...

Thanks!

 

[sir fly]

Such a good race to remind yourselves how many ways there are to make the race and what you need to win it.

 

[Felice Gimondi]

You can clearly see Gilbert enjoying riding at the moment and he does not preserve his strength looking for a real workout whenever he has the opportunity. Today he takes his turns with ease and is most likely on an even better level come Sunday in RVV.

 

[Jagartrott]

Re: Re:

Anyone know what happened to Durbridge? I didn't get to watch today...

He just missed the split when echelons happened,
his group eventually gave up chasing
not much turbo I suppose
and dropped back to the main peloton.

Impossible to close a gap on your own. But the sad thing was, Kittel and a teammate bridged when the gap was still only 100 m - he should've been there but also missed that second chance. Good lesson for him.
(but having a few stong teammates would also have helped)

 

[yaco]

Re:

That was a great finish, but Gilbert really shouldn't have pulled in that group.

Gilbert's GC is more important than Kittel's stage win.

 

[yaco]

Re: Re:

Anyone know what happened to Durbridge? I didn't get to watch today...

He just missed the split when echelons happened,
his group eventually gave up chasing
not much turbo I suppose
and dropped back to the main peloton.

Impossible to close a gap on your own. But the sad thing was, Kittel and a teammate bridged when the gap was still only 100 m - he should've been there but also missed that second chance. Good lesson for him.
(but having a few stong teammates would also have helped)

Completely right with your post - Though Orica went into the race with only 6 riders and Juul-Jensen DNF stage 1 and Keukeliere DNS stage 2. So Orica had 4 riders - Tough to compete with Etix' 8 riders - Predicted yesterday this may happen.

 

[Samamba]

Re:

Frontgroup:

Edit:
screenshot of De Moeren:

Motorcycles though...

I know there isn't any headwind at that moment but still...

 

[Lexman]

Re:

Great racing and what a sprint by Kristoff!

Theuns did the fastest sprint of all,came from to far behind though...

 

[MartinGT]

So is this Big Phils to lose then?

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

That was a great finish, but Gilbert really shouldn't have pulled in that group.

Gilbert's GC is more important than Kittel's stage win.

The GC was already sealed at that point.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Thats an awesome picture. I love those overview shots of echelons.

 

[kingjr]

Re: Re:

Great racing and what a sprint by Kristoff!

Theuns did the fastest sprint of all,came from to far behind though...

Come on, of course those coming from behind are fastest, they profit the most from the slipstream.

 

[Lexman]

Re: Re:

Great racing and what a sprint by Kristoff!

Theuns did the fastest sprint of all,came from to far behind though...

Come on, of course those coming from behind are fastest, they profit the most from the slipstream.

You still have to do it...

anyway echelons again at the moment

 

[Lexman]

Kittel behind due to a crash...

 

[StephenC2020]

Re:

Kittel behind due to a crash...

And wins anyway ,wow!