GP Samyn: 2nd March - 1.1

[jaylew]

Have to give it to them, 1st and 3rd is nice.

 

[Christian]

Closing kilometres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEXoShiR7XQ

Thanks Dim!

Looks like Klemme is the first ever German to win Le Samyn

 

[Michele]

Great race with a really unexpected ending ... for the longest time I thought the peloton had given up and either Leukemans or someone from the group of 6 had it in the bag.

Then great teamwork by Europcar, but incomprehensible tactics from Cofidis. They had 5 riders in the "peloton" but chose to attack with 3 kms to go.

LEOPARD TREK animated the race all day, but to be honest I thought they'd blown their chances with that breakaway. Great job by Pires, Mortensen and Clarke, I really didn't expect them to be that strong today. Also good race from Renshaw, even though he missed out in the end.

Probably they were "cooked".

 

[Christian]

Probably they were "cooked".

Yeah most likely

Closing kilometres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEXoShiR7XQ

Unfortunately tone/image are a bit off after about halfway through but still nice

 

[Mellow Velo]

Number 2 was number 3.

No, number 2 was #2.

Klemme
Ista
Wagner

Confirmed.

Too obscure?
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3675428864/ch0002428

 

[jaylew]

Definitely!

 

[Christian]

2/3 of the podium:

 

[Nastyy]

Cofidis had 5 in the top 15, should've used their team strength better there. Adrien Petit could become France's next top classics rider. Ninth today, ninth in K-B-K.

 

[jens_attacks]

klemme won just because he has no soul

really entertaining race,"un gros numero" from leukemans indeed...too bad that he didn't win it,nice job by leopard though.

 

[canyonball]

Just saw the last 10 km of the race. Pires did an amazing job bringing Leukemans back and still bridged the gap to the latter attacks. Nice to see he's not just some marketing signing for the lux team and he's delivering.

Klemme...oh my, that stroke was painful to watch. He deserved the win,though, never looked back.

 

[boomcie]

For those interested in Leukemans's thoughts on his own effort today: his diary in dutch.

 

[Havetts]

Thats a nice diary entry to read, I really love Flemish so I enjoyed it, thanks Boomcie.

 

[boomcie]

Thats a nice diary entry to read, I really love Flemish so I enjoyed it, thanks Boomcie.

Anytime!

 

[Christian]

Pires did an amazing job bringing Leukemans back and still bridged the gap to the latter attacks. Nice to see he's not just some marketing signing for the lux team and he's delivering.

That's also what I thought, he also did a lot of work earlier in the race when they broke away for a little bit. I was really surprised by his performance, because I thought he was a pure climber

Here you have videos of the highlights, the last 3 km, and even the whole race:

http://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/detail_dominic-klemme-remporte-le-gp-samyn?id=5705393#videos

 

[search]

Cofidis had 5 in the top 15, should've used their team strength better there.

as you may have missed Tour of Turkey last year:

Stage 3:

1. VISCONTI Giovanni ISD
2. SPILAK Simon LAM
3. TAARAMÄE Rein COF
4. PAURIOL Rémi COF
5. MONCOUTIÉ David COF

they had 3 riders in a front group of 5 that day - impressive result