Le Samyn 2020 (March 3)

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo)
Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix)
Niki Terpstra (Total-Direct Energie)
Florian Sénéchal (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (NTT Cycling)
...

are among the select peloton of +/- 40 riders.

 

[gerundium]

Terpstra has already had to do an effort after flatting out on the cobbles and riding the rest of the section on a flat tubular.

 

[sir fly]

Someone will have to pull a fully committed move at some point, it can't go like this all the way to the finish.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Peloton split in 3 groups

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Quinn Simmons in the second peloton.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Interesting racing, I like it!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

2nd peloton bridged to the first group.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Group of 4 now, with Kirsch & Sénéchal, with a gap.

 

[WKA311]

Strong showing from Dekker again. He won Ster van Zwolle last weekend.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Break caught, but peloton split again.

 

[repre]

Quinn Simmons in the second peloton.

Didn't see him there

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Didn't see him there

Situation changed completely (and keeps changing) since 15 minutes ago.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Hodeg is on fire today, attacking multiple times for his teammate, he has gone full Greipel-mode on the cobbles.

 

[F_Cance]

it's basically attack after attack since 80km to go

 

[postmanhat]

Gutted I'm missing this. One of my favourite races of the season. Never fails to deliver

 

[TourOfSardinia]

At least those who chose to bury themselves going off the front
have a little bit help from the moto-pacing

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ballerini in the leading group with Declercq?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Group of 12 guys, Nizzolo, Sénéchal, Declercq, Dekker, Kirsch, Vermeersch, Hofstetter... with a +/- 20 second lead now.
9k to go

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Ballerini in the leading group with Declercq?

No, it's Sénéchal.

 

[Mayomaniac]

No, it's Sénéchal.

Thanks, the commentators on ES got the DQ riders in the groups mixed up, they said the he was in the 2nd group and didn't know who was the 2nd DQ rider in the front group.
Edit: Yes, now I clearly saw his number.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Nizzolo is my pick from the leading group after his performance in KBK.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

A few sprinters in that lead group although Senechal looks strong and might be hard to beat again

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Sénéchal, Kirsch, Nizzolo and Aimé De Gendt with a gap, 2k to go.

 

[WKA311]

If the second group rejoins Dekker could actually podium with his sprint.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hofstetter wins.
De Gendt 2nd
Dekker 3rd