Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, 26/02/'17, 200.7k

[Irondan]

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Oh my.. Trentin really messed that one up.

Terrible mistake!

 

[BigMac]

Best cyclist in the world, no discussion. This was an attack, not a sprint. Teached everyone in that group.

 

[DBotero]

Lol.Trentin played it really bad Sagan deserve it.

 

[portugal11]

Trentin is stupid as fu##

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Sagan easily the strongest! All sorts of things went wrong tactically in that front group, but Sagan clearly the strongest by a big margin.

 

[tomorrow]

Trentin ftw, sagan back to training again.

Yeah lol the only reason Sagan ever doesn't win a race is because he doesn't want to. As amazing an athlete as Sagan is, this Sagan worship is getting ridiculous.

It is a bit ridiculous.. he's only won one monument in 5 years as a pro, it's hardly as if he's in a position to treat big classics and semi-classics like training rides. For all his talent, he's just not that good tactically.

First of all, I was joking a little bit when saying he,s back to training.

But exactly, he's won nearly every semiclassic and classic, so he needs to concentrate on monuments.

 

[the asian]

Bora off the mark !

 

[DFA123]

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Sagan was by far the strongest

Looked that way, but the others made it pretty easy for him in the end. No-one on his wheel with 300m to go is a bit of a major error from all four.

You can see why riders like Benoot and Rowe never actually win anything.

 

[Pantani_lives]

The strongest man wins. I wouldn't have liked to see him finish second again.

 

[Forever The Best]

Trentin messed that one heavily :sad:
Nice 3rd by Rowe, although I would have preferred him to attack in the last kilometers.

 

[Irondan]

Nice race today, Sagan is looking good for the bigger races coming up. He'll have some competition though, others looking really good as well. The entire front group at the finish today all should be competitive all spring.

 

[Gigs_98]

Lol, Trentin last in the sprint.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

well, the race ended pretty bad with amateurish mistakes, but congrats to Sagan.

 

[Irondan]

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Sagan easily the strongest! All sorts of things went wrong tactically in that front group, but Sagan clearly the strongest by a big margin.

Stuyven wasn't that far off the mark.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Are there echoes on Echoes state of mind right now?

 

[portugal11]

Be prepare guys!!! We all know what happens when he gets his first win the season

 

[Irondan]

Demare, best of the rest.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Sagan was by far the strongest

Looked that way, but the others made it pretty easy for him in the end. No-one on his wheel with 300m to go is a bit of a major error from all four.

You can see why riders like Benoot and Rowe never actually win anything.

Yet again, the others were focused on making Sagan lose more than in winning themselves. That they allowed the pace to drop with 2k to go and risk being caught just so that Sagan would be taking the pull to the line proves it. Until Trentin attacked (for which he is being criticized) I was convinced hey were trying to tire Peter out so as to beat him in the sprint. Everyone in that group deserved this result but Matteo, I don't understand why he is being slagged.

 

[DFA123]

Sagan just called their bluff - showed his experience in these kind of finales. Trentin panicked when he looked over and saw the bunch; Rowe and Benoot let the kms tick down too long before trying anything and Stuyven lost concentration at the crucial point and let Sagan's wheel go.

Impressive win for Sagan, especially after the hard efforts yesterday, but I bet he couldn't believe his luck at how that last km played out.

 

[hfer07]

Sagan just proved he's more than ready for the classics

 

[Irondan]

It kind of sucked that the feed I was watching cut out at 2k to go.

Thankfully I had a backup ready to rock!

 

[Tonton]

Yikes, what was Trentin thinking ?

The strongest riders prevailed. Too bad for Demare. Bravo Sagan. He was really strong today. Good racing today.

 

[Poursuivant]

Tiesj Benoot was born in fourth place.

 

[DFA123]

Re: Re:

Sagan was by far the strongest

Looked that way, but the others made it pretty easy for him in the end. No-one on his wheel with 300m to go is a bit of a major error from all four.

You can see why riders like Benoot and Rowe never actually win anything.

Yet again, the others were focused on making Sagan lose more than in winning themselves. That they allowed the pace to drop with 2k to go and risk being caught just so that Sagan would be taking the pull to the line proves it. Until Trentin attacked (for which he is being criticized) I was convinced hey were trying to tire Peter out so as to beat him in the sprint. Everyone in that group deserved this result but Matteo, I don't understand why he is being slagged.

It was incredible to me that one of the other three didn't counter attack once Trentin was pulled back. Perhaps they were just completely dead by that point, but even in that situation, you have more chance of sneaking away than of challenging in a sprint.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Sagan was by far the strongest

Looked that way, but the others made it pretty easy for him in the end. No-one on his wheel with 300m to go is a bit of a major error from all four.

You can see why riders like Benoot and Rowe never actually win anything.

Yet again, the others were focused on making Sagan lose more than in winning themselves. That they allowed the pace to drop with 2k to go and risk being caught just so that Sagan would be taking the pull to the line proves it. Until Trentin attacked (for which he is being criticized) I was convinced hey were trying to tire Peter out so as to beat him in the sprint. Everyone in that group deserved this result but Matteo, I don't understand why he is being slagged.

They weren't focused on making Sagan lose. They were hoping to not be the first to attack. They were very much focused on helping Sagan win.