LA fleche wallone thread

[Logic-is-your-friend]

van Wilder will be even more "happy" about having been called back from Gran Canaria now, I guess

Guy was doing heat training

I hope this sudden relocation to Los Angeles will result in a spectacle.

Leave him wallone.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Good to see Skjelmose throwing down the gauntlet at the start, talking a bit of mess to his enemies.

"I know how I'm feeling. Not a nailed on win as there's a lot of good riders here, but if we arrive similar to last year people will have to be really good to beat me in that sprint"

 

[Nick2413]

Good to see Skjelmose throwing down the gauntlet at the start, talking a bit of mess to his enemies.

"I know how I'm feeling. Not a nailed on win as there's a lot of good riders here, but if we arrive similar to last year people will have to be really good to beat me in that sprint"

Spicy

 

[Didinho]

If the riders get the hail I'm getting right now this race is done. Straight up canon balls coming out of the sky.

They should be getting rain real soon. Gonna be a hard edition. Should suit guys like Skjelmose and Benoot. Teuns too i think. Not sure about Pidcock or Hirschi. Van Gils doesn't really like it.

Benoot was in the hospital last day/night. They had a baby daughter and he didn’t sleep so much. The birth will give him the energy he needs today.

 

[Samamba]

Looks like it's still dry. Rain/hail showers are super local. They could just be lucky and not get too much rain.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Benoot was in the hospital last day/night. They had a baby daughter and he didn’t sleep so much. The birth will give him the energy he needs today.

Or he gets off the bike first chance/excuse he gets.

 

[tobydawq]

Typical cross-wind racing in Flèche Wallonne.

UAE dropping Almeida.

 

[pastronef]

hail? snow?

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic confirmed not injured. Man just saw a weather forecast

 

[Didinho]

Yeah that’s it, I’ll stay inside today.

 

[Rob5091]

Now this is proper bike racing!

 

[Red Rick]

Dumoulin on NOS co commentary.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Just tuned in - it's raining, and they are climbing. Fantastic! (Well, maybe not the rain for the riders.)

 

[Nick2413]

watch this be the fastest edition ever

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Oh look, Ulissi working at 90k to go???

 

[search]

Oh look, Ulissi working at 90k to go???

he can still be the best UAE rider in the end, no worries

 

[Red Rick]

Scrap what I said about the Mur de Huy record guys

 

[Rob5091]

I reckon not more then 30 will finish the race ... if that!

 

[Red Rick]

Expect this isnt gonna be beneficial for Sunday.

More luck to Pogacar

 

[pastronef]

Rowe speaking about feeding Henao putting rice cakes in his mouth during cold wind swept stage in the Paris-Nice Sergio won. Henao couldn't hold anything in his hands but the handlebar

 

[Nick2413]

Almost twice as long as the Alps stage today but they’re all wearing half the clothes

 

[pastronef]

light snow it looks like?

 

[pastronef]

Almost twice as long as the Alps stage today but they’re all wearing half the clothes

it was sunny until half an hour ago. at the Alps they started well dressed. here at Fleche they were not ready for the sudden weather change

 

[Nick2413]

it was sunny until half an hour ago. at the Alps they started well dressed. here at Fleche they were not ready for the sudden weather change

That was predicted though, cold rainy weather all week in Belgium

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Almost twice as long as the Alps stage today but they’re all wearing half the clothes

The jackets are doable, but I suppose there's no way to put some long pants on while riding a bike - gotta feel for the riders here who are wearing shorts. It looks like absolute frozen misery!