E3 Saxo Classic 2026, March 27

[Alien Performance]

Caught in 4k.

Team boss driving the car?

You cant make this up.

can't wait for them to spend all of July pontificating about UAE

 

[awavey]

did any of them drink the Kwaremont at the end ? by the time the camera had finished with MvdP giving his away again it had disappeared from the other twos hands.

 

[mikks]

I also like Francesco Pancani and Stefano Garzelli on Rai TV, but Magrini's Ooooolalaalalas! generate excitement and enthusiasm. Very good at explaining a race were Cassani and Martinelli. But, of course, the legendary one was Adriano De Zan. And I sorely miss Gianni Mura's daily column on the Tour.

I am not Italian and do not speak italian, but sometimes I watch short replays form Eurosport Italia to get these Ooooolalaaaas...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So, since 2020 - when there was no race - Asgreen has won once, WVA has won twice in a row, and now MVDP has won thrice in a row.
Next year, a new guy will win, and he'll go on to win four times in a row.

Or van der Poel wins again next year, then someone wins eight in a row.

 

[tobydawq]

Or van der Poel wins again next year, then someone wins eight in a row.

Or maybe they follow this sequence:

Asgreen won 1! = 1 year
Van Aert won 2!! = 2 years
Van der Poel wins 3!!! = something times 10 to the power of a very high number of years

 

[RedheadDane]

Or van der Poel wins again next year, then someone wins eight in a row.

And after that, someone wins 16 in a row?




(32 in a row is rather unlikely.)

 

[Unchained]

One thing we forgot to talk about.

It's Abrahamsen, the Uno-X rider, who first started *** around and is the main culprit. Once again showing that Uno-X are cycling terrorists of foulest kind that literally don't even want to win and instead the only purpose for their existence is aim to go down below and reach the 2nd circle of hell.

May suggest something from Mexico, Tequila or a delicious smoky Mezcal.if you think bike racers from Norway and Denmark are foul terrorists it won't be long before you get into Canadians as rude and nasty..
You will need the soothing liquid to get your heart rate down and feet back on the ground.
People of Norway and Denmark are hardly the perpetrators of foul play or purveyors of terror as a rule..

 

[pastronef]

De gustibus non disputandum est. I rather like Magrini's raspy voice. His ways are like Don Patrick's in a way, who is so off-putting to many, but entertains me.

had to google that

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Or maybe they follow this sequence:

Asgreen won 1! = 1 year
Van Aert won 2!! = 2 years
Van der Poel wins 3!!! = something times 10 to the power of a very high number of years

So Van der Poel is going to win 2601218943565795100204903227081043611191521875016945785727541837850835631156947382240678577958130457082619920575892247259536641565162052015873791984587740832529105244690388811884123764341191951045505346658616243271940197113909845536727278537099345629855586719369774070003700430783758997420676784016967207846280629229032107161669867260548988445514257193985499448939594496064045132362140265986193073249369770477606067680670176491669403034819961881455625195592566918830825514942947596537274845624628824234526597789737740896466553992435928786212515967483220976029505696699927284670563747137533019248313587076125412683415860129447566011455420749589952563543068288634631084965650682771552996256790845235702552186222358130016700834523443236821935793184701956510729781804354173890560727428048583995919729021726612291298420516067579036232337699453964191475175567557695392233803056825308599977441675784352815913461340394604901269542028838347101363733824484506660093348484440711931292537694657354337375724772230181534032647177531984537341478674327048457983786618703257405938924215709695994630557521063203263493209220738320923356309923267504401701760572026010829288042335606643089888710297380797578013056049576342838683057190662205291174822510536697756603029574043387983471518552602805333866357139101046336419769097397432285994219837046979109956303389604675889865795711176566670039156748153115943980043625399399731203066490601325311304719028898491856203766669164468791125249193754425845895000311561682974304641142538074897281723375955380661719801404677935614793635266265683339509760000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 E3s? Seems a bit excessive as that‘s many, many, many orders of magnitude above the time it will take for the last stars in the Universe to transform into white and later black dwarfs.
Edit: Oops, forgot to deduct the 3 E3s he‘s already won
If inside every atom of the observable universe, there would be another copy of the observable universe, and the same in the atoms of that mini-universe, you would need 22 levels of universe-ception to have one atom for every E3 Van der Poel is going to win.

 

[dazaau]

Van der Poel hasn't used his brain in a race for like half a decade, he will keep going.

This aged poorly 😂

 

[Red Rick]

This aged poorly 😂

It aged like wine.

 

[dazaau]

It aged like wine.

Well it wasn't wrong, he did keep indeed going, but he did win 😂

 

[tobydawq]

So Van der Poel is going to win 2601218943565795100204903227081043611191521875016945785727541837850835631156947382240678577958130457082619920575892247259536641565162052015873791984587740832529105244690388811884123764341191951045505346658616243271940197113909845536727278537099345629855586719369774070003700430783758997420676784016967207846280629229032107161669867260548988445514257193985499448939594496064045132362140265986193073249369770477606067680670176491669403034819961881455625195592566918830825514942947596537274845624628824234526597789737740896466553992435928786212515967483220976029505696699927284670563747137533019248313587076125412683415860129447566011455420749589952563543068288634631084965650682771552996256790845235702552186222358130016700834523443236821935793184701956510729781804354173890560727428048583995919729021726612291298420516067579036232337699453964191475175567557695392233803056825308599977441675784352815913461340394604901269542028838347101363733824484506660093348484440711931292537694657354337375724772230181534032647177531984537341478674327048457983786618703257405938924215709695994630557521063203263493209220738320923356309923267504401701760572026010829288042335606643089888710297380797578013056049576342838683057190662205291174822510536697756603029574043387983471518552602805333866357139101046336419769097397432285994219837046979109956303389604675889865795711176566670039156748153115943980043625399399731203066490601325311304719028898491856203766669164468791125249193754425845895000311561682974304641142538074897281723375955380661719801404677935614793635266265683339509760000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 E3s? Seems a bit excessive as that‘s many, many, many orders of magnitude above the time it will take for the last stars in the Universe to transform into white and later black dwarfs.
Edit: Oops, forgot to deduct the 3 E3s he‘s already won
If inside every atom of the observable universe, there would be another copy of the observable universe, and the same in the atoms of that mini-universe, you would need 22 levels of universe-ception to have one atom for every E3 Van der Poel is going to win.

Only time will tell.

I think it's quite a funny sequence that has a very pedestrian first two terms and then just accelerates unreasonably quickly.

Just think of how many times the guy after Mathieu will win!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It would make more sense if Van der Poel or someone else wins it e^3 times.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

It would make more sense if Van der Poel or someone else wins it e^3 times.

That‘s quite the irrational scenario.

 

[HashRouge]

Oof, that was a hard watch.

 

[Andy262]

It's mostly on Abrahamsen and to a lesser extent Vermeersch.

I disagree. Hagenes was the anchor on that group from the moment it formed and once it got to the point that Laporte was clearly never riding to the rescue he was still happy to be second. He and his own negative riding probably cost him a marque victory.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That‘s quite the irrational scenario.

We could round it down to an even 20, but what do I know? I can't perform an Euler, let alone a Zingle Axel (I would crash if I tried to hold on to a speeding cat (or car, for that matter)).

 

[Rule #9 apostle]

People of Norway and Denmark are hardly the perpetrators of foul play or purveyors of terror as a rule..

Viking erasure (not to speak of abb...)

 

[Sciatic]

His fans are also hard to understand. On one hand, we are laughing at the guys today because they lost due to passivity; on the other hand, we are laughing at Pedersen for attacking and taking turns.

Good point!

 

[Gigs_98]

Oh how I wish this was Pogacar and not Van der Pool if only to see how much pain a human being (in this case @Red Rick) can endure.

 

[search]

did any of them drink the Kwaremont at the end ? by the time the camera had finished with MvdP giving his away again it had disappeared from the other twos hands.

looks like Hagenes did, or at least had a try

 

[theyoungest]

can't wait for them to spend all of July pontificating about UAE

Funnily enough, in Catalunya today UAE had quite a ridiculous sticky bottle incident themselves as well. Soler goes back to the team car, Rubio gets dropped from the break, and the team car pulls Soler straight past Rubio back to the break. It made me laugh at least.

 

[E_F_]

Tactics are back, baby!

Edit: In that MvdP will have to be slightly less stupid next time he wants to win easily.

 

[P4rthen0n]

Great solo effort from MVDP, but it's clear he's not in his top shape.

Today, the group 2 did a fabulous job reducing the gap from 1minute to 2 seconds... and then they managed to massively sabotage themselves. Mental...