La Flèche Wallonne: September 30th, 2020

[Krzysztof_O]

No Van Aert? The guy is in superb form. I guess after tough TdF and two WC competitions he needs some rest.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I have no idea why 2 days ago Dumoulin said he'll pass on FW and now he's suddenly doing FW and LBL.

Either he is really eager to race or Jumbo has a lack of men?

 

[Red Rick]

No Van Aert? The guy is in superb form. I guess after tough TdF and two WC competitions he needs some rest.

Van Aert isn't much of a favorite to win here and he has bigger fish to fry.

Dumoulin probably riding cause they took Roglic out, so maybe they want a big name rider there, and perhaps due to chances of AGR being canceled.

 

[Bardamu]

I also guess he just wants to ride more one-day races, especially in his training area.

 

[Red Rick]

I also guess he just wants to ride more one-day races, especially in his training area.

No he was specifically saying FW was a bad idea cuase he wanted to ride for the podium in AGR and he needed the rest.

 

[Bardamu]

If he didn't want to ride, he wouldn't ride. Probably he feels relatively good after the WC .

 

[gregrowlerson]

Exactly. It's looking like la Vuelta may not be broadcast either. That's the one I'm really not happy about.

Wish I could trade with you! In Australia we get coverage of the Vuelta, but not the Giro.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Poor old Dan Martin. Finally gets a go at Flèche with neither Valverde or Alaphilippe in the way but it’s in a season when due to injury he’s had no form at all

 

[gregrowlerson]

Is Fuglsang not riding because of covid/quarantine restrictions, or because it is too close to the Giro?

 

[gregrowlerson]

Teuns has been faking to be worthless all year, just to catch the other favorites blindsighted and drop them like turds.

I would consider this quote even more appropriate if it happens with Kreuziger.

"You call that sandbagging? This is sandbagging."

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Interesting - and weird - that Alaphilippe decides to pass on this. It's 5 minutes of bikeracing to add another classic to your palmares. However, with Alaphilippe out, the field is very open this year. Woods, Hirschi, Kwiatkowski and Pogacar are my favorites here.

 

[search]

Is Fuglsang not riding because of covid/quarantine restrictions, or because it is too close to the Giro?

a bit of both, I guess, I was surprised there are riders (Konrad) going for the "double" at all. Apparently most teams are taking the car to go to races these days, and it's certainly quite a trip from Belgium to Sicily...

 

[Anderis]

Woods will win I think.

Is he even riding this?

Not on the PCS startlist.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Is he even riding this?

Not on the PCS startlist.

So many riders who really shouldn’t be are skipping this, but Woods is particularly odd. In the absence of Alaphillipe this is a real chance to take his biggest career win

 

[gregrowlerson]

Well, with all of these riders absent, there can only be one winner.

Richie Porte.

 

[search]

who said that Woods is not racing though? On his Instagram he posted "Tomorrow I’ll be tackling the Mur de Huy" this morning

 

[Keram]

No Van Aert? The guy is in superb form. I guess after tough TdF and two WC competitions he needs some rest.

Van Aert needs to be fresh for Flanders Roubaix combo. Time to rest before cobbles.

 

[BlueRoads]

I have no clue anymore who's riding this and who's not. Seeing the riders at the start could turn out a bigger surprise than the winner.

 

[gregrowlerson]

And then there is the biggest unanswered question:

Is the Huy steep enough for one Sepp Kuss?

 

[Anderis]

who said that Woods is not racing though? On his Instagram he posted "Tomorrow I’ll be tackling the Mur de Huy" this morning

It means PCS is not up to date.

Good because it would be odd for him to skip this race, even though he has not been performing well here historically.

EF the strongest team on paper? Although for this race it doesn't really count for much usually.

 

[Earns1985]

Hirschi and Kwiatkowski favourites for me here..
Pogacar with outsider chance..

 

[BlueRoads]

Do you think Bagioli could be a contender?

 

[tobydawq]

Yeah, Woods will go. Also, in an interview with CN before the Worlds, he said that it was full on from here with the Worlds, Flèche, LBL, Amstel (I think) and the Vuelta.

PCS are having troubles keeping up post-corona.

 

[Blanco]

Van Aert isn't much of a favorite to win here

Van Aert is a favorite everywhere these days...

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

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