Dwars Door Vlaanderen

[jaylew]

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Not sure why you guys act surprised. He already did well in this race in 2014. It's just a semi-classic with small hills in it, the cobbled sections don't make that much of a difference in this race.

You guys sure love to over-hype anything he does lol.

And he will always have his past against him, so I don't see why everyone cheers him on. Sport will continue to rot if we do.

You sure like to criticise everything he does.

If Valverde went from the gun at Roubaix and held on, Pisti would still find a way to devalue the performance.

Reminds me of Froome's Tour-Vuelta double.

 

[DNP-Old]

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Stop chasing, Lotto-Jumbo..

Hopefully Groenewegen is not there.

He isn't, it's van Poppel.

French TV keeps telling they are pulling Groenewegen back but I don't recognize him. So DVP it is!

@Rollthedice: GVA is in the front group

They were riding for DVP, but he didn't make it lol. Roosen is their guy.

Are you sure? It looks like DVP to me.

100%.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Andersen drops like a stone.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Benoot a bit unlucky here. Normally after a move like that there is enough hesitation behind to get a 30+ sec gap. But today the chasers (Quickstep) responded almost immediately.

Why only Benoot?

Certainly, it looks like GVA is working more

Well Benoot made the move and was on the front the whole time to establish the initial gap.

On the climb yes, but then GVA started taking the majority of the turns - and the gap slowly went down.

 

[portugal11]

vanmarcke!!

 

[Samamba]

It's done

 

[jaylew]

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Why isn't other Sunweb riders chasing?

Edward Theuns apparently is there. He is faster than Degenkolb.

I wouldn't say that. Anyway, Deg isn't there. Theuns probably fastest with Hagen after that.

 

[Krokro]

Wtf they waiting for?

 

[portugal11]

greg was right. it is way more difficult to win races without sagan

 

[SKSemtex]

GO SEP!

 

[Arredondo]

Valverde is just thinking too much as a favourite now.

He shouldn't gamble that much. He's in the position to anticipate

 

[Velolover2]

Favorites where looking too much at each other.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Why isn't other Sunweb riders chasing?

Edward Theuns apparently is there. He is faster than Degenkolb.

I wouldn't say that. Anyway, Deg isn't there. Theuns probably fastest with Hagen after that.

Is Theuns even there?

 

[DFA123]

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Valverde is just thinking too much as a favourite now.

He shouldn't gamble that much. He's in the position to anticipate

He can also afford to gamble more though. Try to force others to work a bit. He's not built his season around, and been given his contract for his performances in these kind of races, like most others in the group.

 

[Krokro]

Glad that EBH has it in the bag! He's the fastest there but I'm not sure if he is the strongest atm.

EDIT: Its Teunissen, not Theuns.

 

[infeXio]

Eurosport and commercials... I shouldn't be surprised by how bad and untimely it is, but I always am

 

[Velolover2]

Vanmacke ALWAYS look like he is the best on the cobbles but he is struggling to win because he is always taking a semi-sprinter or two with him.

He should be careful with leading too much.

 

[SKSemtex]

Game over for Valverde GVA

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Glad that EBH has it in the bag! He's the fastest there but I'm not sure if he is the strongest atm.

EDIT: Its Teunissen, not Theuns.

I think he's the weakest tbh

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Glad that EBH has it in the bag! He's the fastest there but I'm not sure if he is the strongest atm.

EDIT: Its Teunissen, not Theuns.

Yes, I thought so. Teunissen has been sprinting very well this year and Pedersen is fast as well.

 

[Krokro]

You are right, they are pretty fast as well, I just lack some knwledges about their skills. Would be great for EBH tho, he had been good in classics (2016 I think?) but then disappeared.

 

[Arredondo]

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Valverde is just thinking too much as a favourite now.

He shouldn't gamble that much. He's in the position to anticipate

He can also afford to gamble more though. Try to force others to work a bit. He's not built his season around, and been given his contract for his performances in these kind of races, like most others in the group.

I know, but he knows that letting someone from Quick-Step up the road isn't good for the organization in the 2nd group. Now Stybar can jump on the wheel of Benoot, GvA and Valverde, which means the 5 leaders are gone.

He's in the luxury position too just gamble and ride along. But because of his position, i think he can easily anticipate without being marked too much. At least not as much as during FW/LBL.

 

[SKSemtex]

What a rain. It was probably good idea to skip this race.

 

[SafeBet]

Sep will drop them all on the last cobble sector.
I hope.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Glad that EBH has it in the bag! He's the fastest there but I'm not sure if he is the strongest atm.

EDIT: Its Teunissen, not Theuns.

It’s about endurance more than top speed now.