Le Samyn 2022 (March 1)

[Samu Cuenca]

Seems like they picked the furniture thinking Evenepoel would be there

 

[RedheadDane]

What's with people - in 8th - randomly getting Slovenian citizenship?

 

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Meanwhile, Emma Norsgaard can win bike races, opening champagne* bottles? That's another matter!

Se Norsgaard have kæmpe champagneproblemer ... | Feltet.dk

*Please don't sue me if it's not from the Champagne Region in France.

did she get married, by the way, or how did she end up with another confusing name in the race graphics?

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Time for Lefevere to call another meeting.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

did she get married, by the way, or how did she end up with another confusing name in the race graphics?

Yes, she married Mikkel Bjerg of UAE in late October last year.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

We really need a thread of the humiliations that this sport puts its winners through on the podiums. Today had a great combination of inappropriate furniture, unopenable bottles, ridiculous trophy and undignified exit from the stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

We really need a thread of the humiliations that this sport puts its winners through on the podiums. Today had a great combination of inappropriate furniture, unopenable bottles, ridiculous trophy and undignified exit from the stage.

What was wrong with the furniture? I'm going to assume it was really tiny, since it apparently was build for Evenepoel.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Dries van Gestel and Rasmus Tiller both very strong, again.

 

[Ranagazoo]

Trentin's classics results are way worse than they should be, I've lost count the number of times he's been one of the strongest in a race and then finished like 27th, so it's nice to see him actually win something.

 

[Salvarani]

Trentin's classics results are way worse than they should be, I've lost count the number of times he's been one of the strongest in a race and then finished like 27th, so it's nice to see him actually win something.

He has been one of the best all-round riders in the peloton for years. Most times making the final selection and giving himself the opportunity, but found it hard to be able to match the best to the very end. There has always been someone stronger or faster for him to be able to win the most prestigious races.

He has had a great career though. 27 wins is very good. Stages won throughout every GT. 2 Paris-Tours. The EC.

 

[jmdirt]

Trentin nails one! Congrats!

 

[Mayomaniac]

He has been one of the best all-round riders in the peloton for years. Most times making the final selection and giving himself the opportunity, but found it hard to be able to match the best to the very end. There has always been someone stronger or faster for him to be able to win the most prestigious races.

He has had a great career though. 27 wins is very good. Stages won throughout every GT. 2 Paris-Tours. The EC.

Also one of the very few guys who didn't get worse when he left Quickstep.

 

[awavey]

We really need a thread of the humiliations that this sport puts its winners through on the podiums. Today had a great combination of inappropriate furniture, unopenable bottles, ridiculous trophy and undignified exit from the stage.

I dont think the bottle was that unopenable, it just looked like Emma likely through youthful inexperience, she is only 22 after all, was simple trying to pull the cork out whilst it was still held in place by the muselet, which is never going to work because its designed to keep the cork in place, they should go back to the gigantic glasses of Kwaremont.

 

[jaylew]

Shame he went after Dewulf's ultimate attack. Could've been a nice win for the Belgian(s), and it could've killed the faster guys letting them close the gap. Campi doesn't have the tactical insight (yet).

Yep. That one was the final nail in the coffin. I was wanting him to win but I knew it was over for sure when he did that.