Gent-Wevelgem 24th March 2013

[GazelleFormula]

Boonen-Cavendish-Stybar-Kwiatowski- Eisel-Sutton-Greipel-Henderson-Willems-Sieberg-Boom-Wynants-Blythe-Oss-Phinney-Bodnar-Fisher-Kuchynski-Paolini-Amador-Breschel-Morkov-Fouchard-Cousin - 1e pel 24" - 2e pel 54" - laatste groep 1'17"

Holy ****, strong 1st group

 

[sankaa]

Anyone got a stream? And when do they start broadcasting?

 

[Linkeballer]

Hello everybody,
Another dutchie joins this forum.

First group consists of the following names:

1 - BOONEN Tom - OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM
2 - CAVENDISH Mark - OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM
6 - KWIATKOWSKI Michal - OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM
12 - EISEL Bernhard - SKY PROCYCLING
13 - HAYMAN Mathew - SKY PROCYCLING
17 - SUTTON Christopher - SKY PROCYCLING
24 - GREIPEL André - LOTTO BELISOL
25 - HENDERSON Greg - LOTTO BELISOL
26 - WILLEMS Frederik - LOTTO BELISOL
28 - SIEBERG Marcel - LOTTO BELISOL
51 - BOOM Lars - BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM
58 - WYNANTS Maarten - BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM
63 - BLYTHE Adam - BMC RACING TEAM
64 - OSS Daniel - BMC RACING TEAM
65 - PHINNEY Taylor - BMC RACING TEAM
77 - SAGAN Peter - CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING
94 - FISCHER Murilo Antonio - FDJ
126 - KUCHYNSKI Aliaksandr - KATUSHA
127 - PAOLINI Luca - KATUSHA
141 - AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey - MOVISTAR TEAM
215 - NAPOLITANO Danilo - ACCENT JOBS - WANTY

 

[Sophistic82]

so many top guys...wouldnt work normally but after E3 they must be (again) pretty scared of spartacus and could cooperate.

 

[jens_attacks]

sounds like epic

 

[thirteen]

Anyone got a stream? And when do they start broadcasting?

don't think most of them start until 14:30

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

2 minute gap - looks like it's a 25 man race...


EDIT - sorry, CN TALKING ABSOLUTE RUBBISH AGAIN - it's actually coming back together.

 

[Roderick]

first 30k, average 53km/h

 

[Linkeballer]

Difficult to get a clear few of the race..
Hushovd, Stybar en Breschel are also in the first group.
The gaps should be like this:
+0,20 / +0.40 / + 1.27 / + 2.16

 

[thirteen]

live text in the meanwhile: http://live.cyclingnews.com

 

[RedheadDane]

Eeeh... Cavendish is in the break? (or whatever you call a 25-man-group).
Interesting...

Who'd wanna pull back in the Peloton? Coz it seems like the teams that would normally do so have their strongest on the move!

 

[sankaa]

Cant really see witch teams wanting to bring this group back. So many strong riders.

If Sagans not in the group I would think canondale would be in front of the peleton right now.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Cant really see witch teams wanting to bring this group back. So many strong riders.

If Sagans not in the group I would think canondale would be in front of the peleton right now.

He is there and it's coming up. 30sec now.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cant really see witch teams wanting to bring this group back. So many strong riders.

If Sagans not in the group I would think canondale would be in front of the peleton right now.

Sagan is now reported to be in front group.
Anyway I think it will come together. Too early in the race for this sort of stuff imo.

 

[sankaa]

Second and third chasing groups have merged and are now just 20 secs behind leading group, according to live report.

 

[rainman]

Sporza have Sagan in lead group. Only getting sporadic feed.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

OPQS Cycling Team‏@opqscyclingteam31s
Gap is up to 35 seconds after 37 km #gw

Paying no attention to CN ticker after their last few contradictions.

 

[sankaa]

Wonder what skys planning to do today...

 

[Lanark]

Wonder what skys planning to do today...

Will they do the lead out for Cavendish, Greipel or Sagan? Questions, questions, questions.

 

[sankaa]

Will they do the lead out for Cavendish, Greipel or Sagan? Questions, questions, questions.

Well, Eisel is in the front group. My bet is that he will pull Cav to another victory, while G or EBH takes 5.

 

[maltiv]

Wonder what skys planning to do today...

They can't possibly be happy with the situation at the moment. Their 3 strongest riders all missed out on the split, so I imagine they'll be working behind. But who knows, they aren't exactly known for riding tactically well in the classics.

 

[will10]

Sagan is now reported to be in front group.
Anyway I think it will come together. Too early in the race for this sort of stuff imo.

Not really, if the leaders keep tapping through then we could see a group of 60-70 stop at the feed. No point if you're already minutes down and unmotivated from chasing for hours already.

 

[l.Harm]

Sporza says Cancellara is in contra-attack

- well their ticker seems to be inaccurate too. They say Radioshack, Greenedge and Garmin are working behind. Especially Radioshack brings the gap down.

 

[will10]

Sporza says Cancellara is in contra-attack

Is that live text or live feed?

 

[JRanton]

51km's covered in the first hour