Gent - Wevelgem in Flanders Field 2023 March 26, 260.9 km (1.WT)

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Sep 16, 2010
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I suppose Laporte will take this one?
Will drive the newbies totally bonkers if he does: they're already in meltdown over Rog gifting Remco a win earlier today, another bit of stage management and they'll explode, the poor things. They want to be entertained, to the Max.
 
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Feb 20, 2012
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The lesson of this year so far: there is absolutely no point to a cobbled classic that features neither Van der Poel nor Pogacar. Looks like going three for three in Jumbo demolition jobs today.
Not really. GW isn't typically this hard. Normal weather Van Aert is probably less of a given.
 
May 5, 2010
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Will drive the newbies totally bonkers if he does: they're already in meltdown over Rog gifting Remco a win earlier today, another bit of stage management and they'll explode, the poor things. They want to be entertained, to the Max.

There's a major difference...
 
Feb 20, 2012
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And Van Aert won E3 on Friday and has won GW before. I think it's a shoo-in.
I know. I would think it was a shoe in if it were a lesser race than GW, or if it were between RvV and PR and Wout had already won RvV if that makes any sense.
 
Feb 20, 2012
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Now we're talking about Pogacar on cobbles. Would you guys reckon Roglic could make it to this group?
 
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So fricking boring. I hate dominance, it's like F1.

Yes that is really getting a problem. I like racing in 2019 and 2020 when the Ineso dominance was fading and others weren't in the current level (WvA, vdP, Pogacar...)

The talent is too much concentrated in a few teams and 6-7 riders are just so good that tactics are almost irrelevant. We saw on friday how the Tour of flanders will go and the whole week how the Giro. Teams that don't have one of those starts start the races only for minor places. That will be a problem for the sport going forward because sponsors need the successes.
 
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