Gent - Wevelgem: March 28th, 2021

[Faserr]

Bora is also out of the race.
Don't know if they are allowed to start in a week.

 

[VDB44]

Bora is also out of the race.
Don't know if they are allowed to start in a week.

7 days quarantaine in Belgium after a high risk contact, so the Ronde should be possible.

 

[Volderke]

Time to make this a sticky topic, no?

 

[Orbit501]

The great question for tomorrow is: will someone from EF manage to finish inside top50?

There's been words... Lol.

Bissegger and Rutsch make up 50% of the break.

 

[Velolover2]

Lampaert and Stybar will be all over Van Aert.

Question is if WVA will gamble on Kemmelberg with the dead weight from QS or challenge the likes of Bennett for a sprint.

 

[Jagartrott]

I've just been on a ride here in Antwerp province, and the weather is very nice, but the wind is really noticeable. If it is windy here, relatively far from the coast, it must be worse in the race (and De Moeren). SW-direction, so the final is mostly tailwind.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bissegger could possibly get a good result out of being in the break, depending on how far they'll get before getting caught.

 

[SafeBet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1376111391246065664

View: https://twitter.com/GentWevelgem/status/1376111391246065664?s=20

 

[tobydawq]

Very nice tactics for EF. That is a strong duo!

 

[Velolover2]

Echelons!
Echelons!
Echelons!

 

[SafeBet]

25 riders with a 20" gap.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1376114126775271428

 

[SafeBet]

DQS can't be happy with it.

 

[tobydawq]

Only Bennett in front for DQS. It will be closed.

 

[Velolover2]

Weird break.

 

[Orbit501]

Some tasty sprinters in that 2nd group.

 

[tobydawq]

Matthews is there too.

 

[Red Rick]

Time to make this a sticky topic, no?

Done, but it's quicker to @ me cause then it'll be the first thing I see when I log in in case I forget. Now it was the most recent post so I didn't go through the PRR main menu and didn't realise it wasn't stickied until later.

 

[Orbit501]

Matthews is there too.

And.....Nizzolo, Trentin, Du Pont, Colbrelli, Mezgec, Danny VP.

We could do with live coverage from now really.

 

[Bonimenier]

If I could choose between full coverage of MSR or full coverage of GW, I'd pick MSR every time.

 

[Orbit501]

If I could choose between full coverage of MSR or full coverage of GW, I'd pick MSR every time.

But surely only for the scenery

 

[Velolover2]

The Van Aert/Bennett group is gaining time. 1.30 ahead of the peloton.

 

[Bonimenier]

Gap between the group van Aert and peloton already 2 minutes.

 

[Velolover2]

Group Van Aert/Bennett will catch the break soon.

 

[Volderke]

It's really frustrating to have no coverage at all; one of the greatest and memorable races on the calendar + they could predict there would be full action now with echelons, and they still don't broadcast the whole shebang.

I hope the race will still be as exciting once they broadcast around 1-1.30 C.E.T.