Le Samyn 2014, 5 March, 195.9km, 1.1

[Flamin]

Live on Eurosport.

OFFICIAL STARTLIST

TIMETABLE

ROADBOOK

Route

Divided into two parts: first they race 110.7k, from Quaregnon to Dour. Then they enter the local circuit which is 21.3k long and will be raced 4 times. This equals 195.9k in total.

See roadbook for a profile, because it's a pdf-file and I have no clue how to get it here.

2013

Top 10:

1 TSATEVICH Alexey KAT 05:05:19
2 BOECKMANS Kris VCD 05:05:19 00:00:00
3 PETIT Adrien COF 05:05:19 00:00:00
4 DEHAES Kenny LTB 05:05:19 00:00:00
5 SBARAGLI Kristian MTN 05:05:19 00:00:00
6 BAZZANA Alessandro UHC 05:05:19 00:00:00
7 THWAITES Scott TNE 05:05:19 00:00:00
8 STAUFF Andreas MTN 05:05:19 00:00:00
9 SUTTON Christopher SKY 05:05:19 00:00:00
10 HALLER Marco KAT 05:05:19 00:00:00


For this year, notable contenders are: Bouhanni, Dehaes, Hutarovich, Tsatevich, Ciolek, Feillu, Van Staeyen,...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

There are a few cobbles involved, but nothing serious:

This is a great opportunity for a sprinter type in form to get the name in the "papers".

Double trouble, going with Delfosse.

(@flamin, you need the pro version of acrobat or some other tool to extract the parts you want from the PDF. Some ideas: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2096946/5-cheaper-alternatives-to-acrobat-for-pdf-editing.html )

 

[will10]

Andy Fenn.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Van Staeyen

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Ciolek is in great form

 

[Flamin]

(@flamin, you need the pro version of acrobat or some other tool to extract the parts you want from the PDF. Some ideas: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2096946/5-cheaper-alternatives-to-acrobat-for-pdf-editing.html )

Tried the free version, but didn't work. Oh well. Thanks anyway

 

[Ruudz0r]

Gogo Giorgio!

 

[gooner]

Tried the free version, but didn't work. Oh well. Thanks anyway

Profile.

 

[Christian]

This race has such an interesting finishing straight. It seems never ending and appears to be much harder than what it looks like on TV. Would like to see it for real some day

 

[Roude Leiw]

Profile the same as prior years? I had this down as a sprinters race, but it seems more difficult than that.

 

[search]

yeh, usually it's a very open race, in the last three years only one winner came from a sprint (Demare in 2012, although from only 22 men), Tsatevich last year and Klemme in 2011 both won solo

 

[Bushman]

yeh, usually it's a very open race, in the last three years only one winner came from a sprint (Demare in 2012, although from only 22 men), Tsatevich last year and Klemme in 2011 both won solo

Tsatevich was from a sprint aswell.

 

[search]

nope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6wZ4m-yd-4

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Tsatevich was from a sprint aswell.

No, he and some other guy attacked and were almost caught at the line.

 

[jens_attacks]

Untouchable war machines _o_

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

OPQS should stop playing on easy mode.

 

[jens_attacks]

Omega ttt neutralized...

 

[postmanhat]

Fantastic camerawork and really clear picture

Only been watching since 60k, but really enjoyable race so far. Much better than KBK

 

[Hugo87]

Many Many atacks!

But i was rooting for De Genth

 

[saneguy]

Who is that Trek rider who just attacked. Impressive attack with 15 km to go. OPQS needs to step on the gas

 

[Popchu]

Who is that Trek rider who just attacked. Impressive attack with 15 km to go. OPQS needs to step on the gas

Just tuned in, but it was Vandewalle I think.

Classic Devolder dropped.

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Classic Devolder dropped.

He's back again

 

[postmanhat]

Lead group seem to getting their act together!

 

[saneguy]

OPQS now taking control

Bouhani still seems to be fav...

 

[postmanhat]

Ciolek must be the favourite? That's a grim looking drag of a finish