E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke 2012

[King Of The Wolds]

*** - Spartacus
** - Fab Fab
* - Cancellara

 

[will10]

I expect Fabian to keep his cards a little closer to his chest tomorrow than in previous years.

 

[Museeuw]

I think that there will be a surprise winner from early, small breakaway. Or if stars will ride then Sagan.

What do you guys think about Leukemans or Devolder? Does this kind of race suits them?

 

[Richeypen]

Pippo to sit on Fabian's wheel for 200km

Its called 'pulling a Hushovd'

 

[will10]

Its called 'pulling a Hushovd'

Pippo's been doing it is whole career. Well, apart from when he was Boonen's b*tch. But since then.

 

[DominicDecoco]

It's all about Matti.

 

[barmaher]

Is it on the telly?

Eurosport, like.

 

[Museeuw]

Pippo's been doing it is whole career. Well, apart from when he was Boonen's b*tch. But since then.

When was this?

 

[Panda Claws]

When was this?

When Pozzato rode for Quick Step.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Is it on the telly?

Yes, it most certainly is.

Eurosport, like.

No, it most certainly isn't.

 

[Frosty]

*** - Spartacus
** - Fab Fab
* - Cancellara

Lol!
....

 

[barmaher]

Yes, it most certainly is.

No, it most certainly isn't.

Thanks. Jaysus, I am stuck with the underwhelming Volta on Saturday and I guess the Criterium, so.

No E3 on Ghent-W.

 

[will10]

When was this?

Check out classics season 05 & 06.

 

[roundabout]

Thanks. Jaysus, I am stuck with the underwhelming Volta on Saturday and I guess the Criterium, so.

No E3 on Ghent-W.

It's a day off in Belgium on Saturday. G-W is on Sunday.

And there's nothing wrong with CI.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I wish this race finally gets the worldwide attention it deserves. It's a much better race than that overrated piece of crap that is Gent Wevelgem.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I totally forgot this was on tomorrow. Great line up. Sagan on the cobbles is going to be interesting

 

[Museeuw]

Check out classics season 05 & 06.

Ok, so Pozzato hadn't always been king of the wheelsuckers. Now I appreciate him little bit more than before. On a scale of one to ten about 0,2.

 

[will10]

I wish this race finally gets the worldwide attention it deserves. It's a much better race than that overrated piece of crap that is Gent Wevelgem.

Holding the race on the Friday is a big step towards that. Think we'll see a lot more big hitters riding this rather than GW now that E3 is WT too.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Holding the race on the Friday is a big step towards that. Think we'll see a lot more big hitters riding this rather than GW now that E3 is WT too.

they had a good field when GW wasn't in the same weekend.
Then it was in the same weekend + gw was WT so team managers pushed people to GW while the riders wanted to ride E3 because it's a much better race as training for RVV than GW which is a half-baked sprinters race nowadays

 

[c&cfan]

Ok, so Pozzato hadn't always been king of the wheelsuckers. Now I appreciate him little bit more than before. On a scale of one to ten about 0,2.

pozzato remembers me of andy.

with one difference, i can understand him. isn't him too much "pretty" for a cyclist?

 

[El Pistolero]

Mimo will win this.

 

[Museeuw]

pozzato remembers me of andy.

with one difference, i can understand him. isn't him too much "pretty" for a cyclist?

What?

Pippo is THE wheelsucker and Andy is not. So simple.

 

[c&cfan]

What?

Pippo is THE wheelsucker and Andy is not. So simple.

i think that some people's expectations hurt his career..

good looking, very talented... same happened to boonen, (to a lesser degree, because he had everyone around him), vdb, john frusciante, etc.. too much pressure.

 

[Museeuw]

i think that some people's expectations hurt his career..

good looking, very talented... same happened to boonen, (to a lesser degree, because he had everyone around him), vdb, john frusciante, etc.. too much pressure.

Boonen's career.. I don't know what he has done outside of cycling. Of course that cocaine thing but what else... and actually I really don't care. I see him as one of the greatest cyclists with great palmares and also as a pretty nice guy. I can just imagine how much pressure there is when you are in Tom's boots in Belgium. So he has handled it very well I think.

Andy.. hmm... I don't think that expectations are his problem. I would say problems are Frank and ITT.

 

[greenedge]

I'd love to see Chavanel winning this one!! Cance is without a doubt the numero uno on all bets, but let's hope some other teams rebel against Spartacus -looking forward to this exciting race!!!

Like Crixus did. However Spartacus was the rebel.

I think Cancellara will win here. However i would love to see 4 things.
1. Vanmarcke Vs Cancellara.
2. Pozzato not wheelsucking.
3. A great challenge mounted from OPQS against Cancellara.
4. BMC to finally ride well.

Other people/teams who can go well are Chavanel, BMC, ( hopefully Inglinsky ), GE, Freire, Sagan/Oss ( i think Oss should still be protected as he is so strong ), Ventoso, Breschel, EBH, Garmin, ( hopefully Vac- mainly Devolder for CQ reasons ), maybe Petit ( if it comes to a sprint ), Gatto, Degenkolb and Turgot/ Voeckler.