Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2023 February 26, 196 km (1.Pro)

[ij74]

Sagan party finished early

He´s still in the main group. I think the Wellens attack is too early.

 

[Netserk]

None of the five in the lead have a clearly superior sprint, so they should cooperate well.

 

[tobydawq]

None of the five in the lead have a clearly superior sprint, so they should cooperate well.

You must have missed Taco's sprint in the Brussels Classic

 

[Netserk]

QS with Jakobsen, Senechal and Ballerini in the peloton, I think.

 

[Ricco']

Is this race produced by the same organization as Omloop? Has Sporza gone back with their graphics?

 

[Netserk]

I think we'll see attacks from the peloton soon.

 

[Samamba]

What happened to QS man? Should be helping Lotto here, they have the fastest guy. Even tho they don't have a lot of guys left. Don't see them catching those 5 tho. Maybe a bigger peloton comes back but I think they'll have 2 minutes by then.

 

[Netserk]

Is this race produced by the same organization as Omloop? Has Sporza gone back with their graphics?

I think it's because the races have different organisers.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

What happened to QS man? Should be helping Lotto here, they have the fastest guy. Even tho they don't have a lot of guys left. Don't see them catching those 5 tho. Maybe a bigger peloton comes back but I think they'll have 2 minutes by then.

Could be 2 minutes after the hills even without a big peloton coming back at the rate this is going.

 

[Netserk]

I think we'll see attacks from the peloton soon.

Okay, with nearly a minute up to the front group, those who missed out will wait for Trieu or Kluisberg.

The strongest crosswinds and the most exposed section is shortly after Kluisberg btw.

 

[theyoungest]

One thing's for sure: both of the Jumbo guys will have to finish solo, they're probably the slowest in the group.

 

[Samamba]

Jakobsen, Meeus, Coquard, ... enough teammates but noone willing to help Lotto. I think this is done already. Wellens to beat the Jumbo guys.

 

[Samamba]

If Philipsen doesn't crash you have a 100man peloton here with full teams chasing.

 

[RedheadDane]

GO NATHAN!

Unlikely, I know. But I got him on my team for the Classics CQ game.

 

[Volderke]

Sprinter's teams are probably waiting after the last climb to really start pulling, but then it can be too late.

 

[Netserk]

Yeah, I think QS fear that Jakobsen will drop and that they have to save Ballerini and Senechal to bring him back.

 

[Salvarani]

Is there any group behind on it is way back?

Still 60km left. 1 minute 35 seconds.

If they start co-operating the last 40-50km they could still be able to catch them.

 

[Netserk]

I think Ineos will try to drop the sprinters in the bunch.

 

[Netserk]

Trek also pulling, but otherwise it's only up to Lotto.

 

[Billie]

Sonny Colbrelli giving a bottle to Mohoric there as a soigneur. What a shame

 

[Samamba]

We'll get a full peloton behind, but doubt they'll catch them.

 

[DNP-Old]

KBK for juniors is also tomorrow. As mentioned in the junior thread, all my money is on either Steffen de Schuyteneer (AG2R) and Sente Sentjens (Tormans, Alpecin in 2024). AG2R is stacked to the brim, you could genuinely name them all. Looking at Oscar Chamberlain in particular, but Antoine L'Hote and Matys Grisel are also very good, as are the first years Baptiste Gregoire (little brother of Romain) and Xander Scheldeman. Tormans has the very promising first years Senna Remijn and Jasper Schoofs in their ranks, as well as Liam Van Bylen. Few more Belgians to look at are Jarno Widar, Lars Vanden Heede and Cedric Keppens. The latter is a threat to win imo despite just being a first year.

Great Britain, through a multitude of teams, have some really good riders present. Fenshaw have Jacob Bush, Matthew Brennan, Ben Wiggins (son of) and Jed Smithson. Smithson is a funny rider. First of all he is really, really fast and looks like he could be the son of Marcel Kittel, but has godawful eye sight and rides around with genuine jam pots. Elliot Rowe and Sam Fisher are two incredibly talented first years with Anexo. There is also a certain Finlay Tarling, the little brother of Josh, with WWV. Finlay crushed the 10 mile TT set by Josh last year, oof. Few Dutchies in the mix too, like Mees Vlot or Thom van der Werff. Erazem Valjavec (son of) is also debuting here, but he is a climber type and has the much better Zak Erzen to work for. There's another son of in Diego Charteau, but you can just forget him most likely. Should be a good race.

1. Jarno Widar
2. Zak Erzen
3. Steffen De Schuyteneer

 

[Netserk]

Philipsen must be back now?

 

[tobydawq]

Sonny Colbrelli giving a bottle to Mohoric there as a soigneur. What a shame

At least they seem to have reconciled after the tumultuous 2021 Benelux Tour where Mohoric went on a mission to outright steal the overall win from Colbrelli on the final day.

 

[Netserk]

With G3 more than a minute behind G2, they won't make it back (to the front 5).