Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne 2024, February 25, one-day classic

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah, Wright is difficult to spot when looking at the jersey. Bad national jersey... but he has the flag on his helmet. Thats how I saw him in the sprint. He was in a good position but sprinted backwards.

The guy might have the most overrated sprint in cycling. Always gets brought up as someone to watch out for in a reduced peloton, yet I can't remember a single good sprint by him. Goes to show how union jack-tinted the Anglosphere cycling media's glasses are.

 

[Brullnux]

Then he'll need to ride another one.

Wait, he isn't doing MSR?

 

[yaco]

VWA was the strongest rider and won accordingly. PR is his race for 2024.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Wait, he isn't doing MSR?

Nope, he's going to altitude and won't be racing again until E3.

 

[MartinGT]

Lot of respect between the podium 3.

WVA just too strong.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Well, at least it wasn't anyone from Jumbo who won.

 

[scribers]

Truth!

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Was looking for full results as CQ very slow. the translation of the roll of honour on the website comes up very strange:

The ERELIST OF EVERYHYPR​

Year of the year	Winner of the Winner	The second second	The third third
2023 and 2023	Tiesj Benoot	Nathan Van Hooydonck	- Matej Mohoria
in 2022	Fabio Jakobsen and Jakobsen	Caleb Ewan Ewan	Hugo Hofstetter
2021	Mads Pedersen	by Anthony Turgis and Anthony Turgis	by Tom Pidcock
2020 in 2020	Kasper Asgreen	Giacomo Nizzolo	Alexander Kristoff, Prince of Kristoff
2019 in 2019	by Bob Jungels	Owain Doull, Owain	The Niki Terpstra
2018 in 2018	Dylan Green roads	Arnaud Démare, The Arnaud	Sonny Colbrelli
2017 in 2017 and	by Peter Sagan	Jasper Stuyven, The St.	Luke Rowe, The Luke Rowe
2016 in 2016	Jasper Stuyven, The St.	Alexander Kristoff, Prince of Kristoff	The Nacer Bouhanni
2015 in 2015	Mark Cavendish is (and that) of	Alexander Kristoff, Prince of Kristoff	by Elia Viviani and Viviani
2014 in 2014	Tom Boonen	Moreno Hofland	Sep Vanmarcke, The Netherlands

I think that royal epiphets should always be attached to Kristoff henceforth, and existential commentary should be compulsory in any future mention of Cavendish.

 

[RedheadDane]

"Alexander Kristoff, Prince of Kristoff"

How does it look like that for you? Here it looks very normal, no princes, or they corrected it.

 

[Lequack]

He has arrived one day too late, but nonetheless he as arrived! Great win.

 

[tobydawq]

Jeannière sprinting to 6th probably doubled Total's points haul for the season. I still wouldn't be able to tell you whether their jersey has changed much compared to last year.

It has not.

 

[tobydawq]

Was looking for full results as CQ very slow. the translation of the roll of honour on the website comes up very strange:

The ERELIST OF EVERYHYPR​

Year of the year	Winner of the Winner	The second second	The third third
2023 and 2023	Tiesj Benoot	Nathan Van Hooydonck	- Matej Mohoria
in 2022	Fabio Jakobsen and Jakobsen	Caleb Ewan Ewan	Hugo Hofstetter
2021	Mads Pedersen	by Anthony Turgis and Anthony Turgis	by Tom Pidcock
2020 in 2020	Kasper Asgreen	Giacomo Nizzolo	Alexander Kristoff, Prince of Kristoff
2019 in 2019	by Bob Jungels	Owain Doull, Owain	The Niki Terpstra
2018 in 2018	Dylan Green roads	Arnaud Démare, The Arnaud	Sonny Colbrelli
2017 in 2017 and	by Peter Sagan	Jasper Stuyven, The St.	Luke Rowe, The Luke Rowe
2016 in 2016	Jasper Stuyven, The St.	Alexander Kristoff, Prince of Kristoff	The Nacer Bouhanni
2015 in 2015	Mark Cavendish is (and that) of	Alexander Kristoff, Prince of Kristoff	by Elia Viviani and Viviani
2014 in 2014	Tom Boonen	Moreno Hofland	Sep Vanmarcke, The Netherlands

I think that royal epiphets should always be attached to Kristoff henceforth, and existential commentary should be compulsory in any future mention of Cavendish.

Wtf

'Sep Vanmarcke, The Netherlands'

 

[Blanco]

VWA was the strongest rider and won accordingly. PR is his race for 2024.

Just the fastest...

 

[tobydawq]

Did @Ilmaestro99 not treat us with a Lazkano/Van Aert analysis today?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Did @Ilmaestro99 not treat us with a Lazkano/Van Aert analysis today?

I was out training and missed the race. Probably a good thing for my cortisol levels.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Was looking for full results as CQ very slow. the translation of the roll of honour on the website comes up very strange:

The ERELIST OF EVERYHYPR​

I think that royal epiphets should always be attached to Kristoff henceforth, and existential commentary should be compulsory in any future mention of Cavendish.

It looks completely normal to me? So either the Kuurne site admin reads the forum, or the problem is on your end.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

It looks completely normal to me? So either the Kuurne site admin reads the forum, or the problem is on your end.

It came up with the equivalent gobbledegook on mine when translating into French, Spanish, Italian and German. Some hidden code in there that is revealed under Firefox's translation mode, I guess.

 

[Lequack]

Not sure how I feel about the big Belgian steward having a scooter. Will probably extend his lifespan by a decade so must be a good thing?

 

[scribers]

Lance in helicopters, now this.

 

[staubsauger]

Not sure how I feel about the big Belgian steward having a scooter. Will probably extend his lifespan by a decade so must be a good thing?

Didn't he already escort Gilbert in 2008 & Traksel in 2010?

Pal is around since I can remember.

 

[Wvv]

Not sure how I feel about the big Belgian steward having a scooter. Will probably extend his lifespan by a decade so must be a good thing?

Didn't he already escort Gilbert in 2008 & Traksel in 2010?

Pal is around since I can remember.

His very best sprint performance was the 2017 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (also one of Greg's fine ones):

 

[MartinGT]

I love that guy!

 

[frisenfruitig]

Didn't he already escort Gilbert in 2008 & Traksel in 2010?

Pal is around since I can remember.

Yesterday in an interview with Sporza he claimed that he "tries to stay in shape" because he always has to sprint to keep up with the riders

 

[Sciatic]

His very best sprint performance was the 2017 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (also one of Greg's fine ones):

He showed a nice burst there and good form, but not quite the staying power.

 

[Sciatic]

It really says a lot about how much things have changed when the forum doesn’t even bother to spend much time talking about how bad Soudal-Quickstep have become in the cobbled classics. It’s just accepted now. But it’s still kind of remarkable when one recalls how they used to make these 1st few weekends of cobbles (this weekend & E3/Gent) their personal playground with mulituple riders getting wins and on podiums, whereas yesterday they only had one rider finish in the top 25.

ed. In fact, only 1rider in the top 25 in both races this weekend, and not even a top ten in Omloop.