Gent - Wevelgem, WT, Sunday March 27th

[Orbit501]

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So, sprinters in the Steppers chase group: Gaviria, Coquard, Demare, Nizzolo. Also Trentin & Boonen there.

Anyone I've missed?

I guess you can count Mezgec as well

Yep, good call. Although it's no uphill finish

 

[meat puppet]

Etixx just too funny. In case it comes together, everyone else gets to ride on their tab. Again.

Good racing though.

 

[Gigs_98]

I feel kind of sorry for Etixx. They have by far the strongest team for the classics (6 men in the chasing group. WTH?) but nobody strong enough to follow the big attacks. So the only thing they can do is chasing, over and over again.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Etixx not strong.

No, they have to seriously rethink how they're gonna approach RvV and PR as they simply don't have anyone strong enough to win at the moment. Trentin is probably the strongest although he severely disappointed in the sprint in E3.

Yeah, they have to go all in for someone. Judging by how uncharacteristaclly unselfish Terpstra has been in the last few races, I get the feeling he might have been told he will be main leader for the monuments if he sacrifices himself in the lesser races.

Can't see how he can win though. Cancellara looks nailed on for RVV in this form.

Good comment !

 

[VanBsr]

Etixx also use their car to protect his riders from the wind..

 

[Vino's Mum]

Sagan is being a good domestique for Cancellara.

I think Sagan will take this. It's been a relatively easy race for the first 180km, so he should have enough in his legs to put in a decent sprint.

I see Cancellara just drop everyone in the last km's. Just like only Canc can do.

Yup, was thinking the same. If this group isn't caught, I'm struggling to think of any way Canc doesn't win.

 

[gunara]

Wouldn't this break be too strong and at some point suspect to non-comittance - or how do you say it in English?

 

[Lexman]

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Sagan is being a good domestique for Cancellara.

I think Sagan will take this. It's been a relatively easy race for the first 180km, so he should have enough in his legs to put in a decent sprint.

I see Cancellara just drop everyone in the last km's. Just like only Canc can do.

Yup, was thinking the same. If this group isn't caught, I'm struggling to think of any way Canc doesn't win.

Kuznetsov to attack in the last km, Cancellara bringing Sagan back who's beaten then by Vanmarcke...

 

[maltiv]

Sagan doing way too much work, as usual.

 

[spalco]

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How the **** is Sagan strong enough to bury kwiatkowski on Tirreno and strade, strong enough to be the only one answering Fabian on coubles... and always loses?

It's in his head. It has to be. Right?

Better access to the podium girls from the second step.

 

[Lexman]

If Terpstra is their only leader for the RVV then he has to improve since it's clear he's not on the level of Cance and Sagan... so he can't follow them...

 

[burning]

Sagan is really uncomfortable based on his expressions, I think he will have nothing for the sprint.

 

[nightfend]

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Better access to the podium girls from the second step.

Hah!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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So, sprinters in the Steppers chase group: Gaviria, Coquard, Demare, Nizzolo. Also Trentin & Boonen there.

Anyone I've missed?

Keukeleire I think is there as well.

Mezgec is much faster

Is he there as well?

 

[Andro]

It seems like Sagan is taking pulls 60 % of the time, Cancellara 39 % of the time and Vanmarcke 1 %.

 

[Lexman]

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Better access to the podium girls from the second step.

Hah!

good tactics then... Oleg will like this reasoning

 

[burning]

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So, sprinters in the Steppers chase group: Gaviria, Coquard, Demare, Nizzolo. Also Trentin & Boonen there.

Anyone I've missed?

Keukeleire I think is there as well.

Mezgec is much faster

Is he there as well?

The flemish commentators mentioned him

 

[Billie]

Hoffman better be telling Sagan to keep calm and save some energy every 30 secs

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

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How the **** is Sagan strong enough to bury kwiatkowski on Tirreno and strade, strong enough to be the only one answering Fabian on coubles... and always loses?

It's in his head. It has to be. Right?

Better access to the podium girls from the second step.

Oh ***. I never thought that.

 

[DFA123]

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Sagan is really uncomfortable based on his expressions, I think he will have nothing for the sprint.

He might be working extra hard now to get the gap out, so he can ease off a bit in the last 2-3km and recover enough to put in a better sprint. Better than having to keep working really hard until the last 500m because the chasers are too close.

 

[Gigs_98]

Cancellara has never won Gent-Wevelgem, right? In that case I really hope he can do this year.

 

[Pippo_San]

SAGAND. Ready for a second place?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

The weather looks dark in the background. Could there be rain?

 

[nightfend]

Sagans head is sideways...he's definitely hurting.

 

[Tonton]

What a final it's going to be...