Dwars door Vlaanderen 2026, April 1

[Ilmaestro99]

It's fair to say that perdersen did the right thing to not rely in his sprint, but the problem is that he missed basically every big move and was instead randomly chasing other attacks and wasting energy

 

[Berflamand]

Maybe, but of course this happens all the time. And Visma aren't in any position to file a complaint since they famously had an epic sticky bottle situation themselves just a few days ago (even though that one was of no consequence to the race whatsoever).

Should they then not have all the more reason to file a complaint if they can prove it in Ganna's case? Since Zingle was actually disqualified.

 

[yaco]

Gannawarra and Van Aert strong. Sprinter teams gambled and lost.

 

[Vinther1991]

By now you'd think the cycling gods are building up karma for Van Aert to take that one big Monument win in the coming weeks... I just don't see how, he's not going to follow Pogi and he could barely follow a cooked Van der Poel last weekend. Maybe in Roubaix, who knows.

Most likely nobody can follow Pogi in ToF, but if just someone can, the door is suddenly open for Wout to take the win, because then it is gonna be a more tactical final, where he can come back.
Roubaix is his best shot though.

 

[Brullnux]

Pedersen himself is also stupid, more likely to win in a sprint than with whatever the *** he's trying to accomplish right now.

Pedersen... sprint... this isn't 2022 anymore. He was right to try and go into a reduced group, any group, because he has absolutely no chance of beating the others in a sprint here lol

 

[search]

The peloton was slow when Ganna made it back from the 2nd mechanical. It was around the same time van Baarle, Pithie, Askey, some DMS guy etc returned as well, although they hadn't been seen for 50k

 

[RedheadDane]

Meanwhile, PCS:

• Won how: Other

 

[Netserk]

They did it perfectly untill then. But they can’t react every time. We could see on television that Ganna was the strongest of that group so you should cover it. Hagenes was always 2nd wheel. I think Laporte was guessing on his sprint more than covering attacks.

looking at the highlights , maybe laporte was also just too tired in the end after the investments earlier in the race

but it was indeed the crucial failure . i also think he could have made it if he didnt kill his company on the nokereberg

 

[Didinho]

Already 3 years of revenge building up for Wout. He’s gonna be flying in 2034.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

It's fair to say that perdersen did the right thing to not rely in his sprint, but the problem is that he missed basically every big move and was instead randomly chasing other attacks and wasting energy

Indeed, Pedersen rides to win, not to go up against Philipsen and Magnier in the sprint. But Pedersen is very well marked at all times nowadays, and when he is not at his best, like today, he has very little chance to do anything, his attacks go nowhere and he can‘t follow Van Aert

 

[theyoungest]

Most likely nobody can follow Pogi in ToF, but if just someone can, the door is suddenly open for Wout to take the win, because then it is gonna be a more tactical final, where he can come back.
Roubaix is his best shot though.

The only rider who can possibly follow Pogi is Van der Poel. And I'll take Evenepoel as a wildcard. Both of them riders who will surely cooperate with Pogi.

I think barring some bizarre tactical manoeuvres a Flanders win is out of the question for Wout.

 

[search]

Indeed, Pedersen rides to win, not to go up against Philipsen and Magnier in the sprint. But Pedersen is very well marked at all times nowadays, and when he is not at his best, like today, he has very little chance to do anything, his attacks go nowhere and he can‘t follow Van Aert

I'd think it was still a useful day for Pedersen. He needs some hard racing, and he made sure to get that today. Even if it likely comes too late to challenge for a podium in the monuments.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ganna looking a bit slow and lumbering for 2 months like the donkey from Whinee the Pooh then immediately coming alive looking like peak Sagan as soon as Wout Van Aert goes up the road is hilarious.

 

[Brullnux]

It's fair to say that perdersen did the right thing to not rely in his sprint, but the problem is that he missed basically every big move and was instead randomly chasing other attacks and wasting energy

I'm the first to criticise Pedersen's racecraft but to say he should have relied on his sprint is basically to pretend you haven't watched him for the past three years. He's not that fast anymore.

The Via Roma sprint is always a bit chaotic and there he beat Vendrame and Strong – not exactly the same league as Philipsen, Girmay, Waerenskjold. Last Friday he was beaten by Gianni Vermeersch. He's in the 'not that much faster than Trentin' category now, not 'winning bunch sprints'.

 

[Netserk]

wout is the little boy up there

 

[Extinction]

I recommend Irish or Latin.
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Latin.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ganna looking a bit slow and lumbering for 2 months like the donkey from Whinee the Pooh then immediately coming alive looking like peak Sagan as soon as Wout Van Aert goes up the road is hilarious.

Last season he was cooked when Roubaix came along, so they made the choice to start slower this year.
I doubt he has any harsh feelings towards big mouth Wout.
Also, get Warskøl to lead out Milan. Söderquist-Walscheid-Warskøl-Milan, raw power big boi supremacy!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pedersen... sprint... this isn't 2022 anymore. He was right to try and go into a reduced group, any group, because he has absolutely no chance of beating the others in a sprint here lol

This sprint was about positioning and having enough left in the tank, not pure speed. That's a sprint Pedersen has a shot at when he doesn't kill his legs - on paper, he and Wærenskjold are both reasonably evenly matched and definitely not the fastest in this group in a regular sprint.

 

[Netserk]

Last season he was cooked when Roubaix came along, so they made the choice to start slower this year.
I doubt he has any harsh feelings towards big mouth Wout.
Also, get Warskøl to lead out Milan. Söderquist-Walscheid-Warskøl-Milan, raw power big boi supremacy!

worlds in two years with affini and ganna in front of milan

consonni can only work as a sweeper to protect milans backwheel

 

[Flamin]

Rewatching the final kilometer, it's actually Vermeersch who plays a decisive role. Ganna doesn't even really accelerate when he goes solo after Wout. Vermeersch looks back after his final pull, sees the peloton is there and decides to just sit up instead of following Ganna. If Vermeersch stays in the wheel, Ganna would probably have asked for another pull, and Wout wins.

 

[Didinho]

Rewatching the final kilometer, it's actually Vermeersch who plays a decisive role. Ganna doesn't even really accelerate when he goes solo after Wout. Vermeersch looks back after his final pull, sees the peloton is there and decides to just sit up instead of following Ganna. If Vermeersch stays in the wheel, Ganna would probably have asked for another pull, and Wout wins.

Vermeersch looked dead already a km before, couldn’t ride as fast as Wout anymore and held up Ganna. I was saying he should go solo if he wanted to have a chance to catch Wout. It was close but if Vermeersch had the legs from E3 they would’ve catched Wout way earlier.

 

[Red Rick]

worlds in two years with affini and ganna in front of milan

consonni can only work as a sweeper to protect milans backwheel

Please let Ganna just do a reverse leadout.

 

[canina82]

Sometimes I must admit classics are much better without Pogacar and MVP.
Unfortunately the fun is over since those 2 will be back on Sunday.

 

[Flamin]

Vermeersch looked dead already a km before, couldn’t ride as fast as Wout anymore and held up Ganna. I was saying he should go solo if he wanted to have a chance to catch Wout. It was close but if Vermeersch had the legs from E3 they would’ve catched Wout way earlier.

Ganna was for sure stronger in the end. But Vermeersch not being in Ganna's wheel anymore, definitely changed the dynamics of that final km.

And it was Vermeersch who also created the decisive gap in the first place (at 3.5km to go). Ganna was trying to get away before, but wasn't going anywhere.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

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