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Samamba said:
That was not the plan lol, it's just this finish where if you do the leadout perfectly you basically are sprinting with 2, and they did do the leadout perfectly. Fair play to Dylan to let Walscheid take the win, that's a beautiful gesture, even tho it was risky.
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Be told. In the previous two races, Jayco have sprinted with both Groenewegen and Walscheid. The team has brought their full lead out squad to help with this objective. Did I expect them to finish one and two. Defintely not! Groenewegen would have won if he did not lose his position with 1km to go.
 
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For those of us outside of Belgium ...
https://sporza.be/nl/2024/09/25/max...pak-in-omloop-van-het-houtland~1727263110244/
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7 riders lasted until the last of 9 local laps around Lichtervelde, but then their song was over. Milan Lanhove was the last to be absorbed by the pack that brought the big guns into position to sprint.

But due to a messy final phase - with a lot of twisting, turning and a crash - the Gerben Thijssens and Biniam Girmays of this world never came into the picture.

There was, however, Max Walscheid. The German started the sprint at Jayco-Alula ahead of Dylan Groenewegen. His Dutch teammate was too far. With a final shot, Walscheid unexpectedly took the overall victory himself, just ahead of Groenewegen.

Groenewegen: "It's great that we are 1 and 2"​

Dylan Groenewegen: "It was very hectic all day with a lot of crashes. At the end, just before the train track, I had to slam on the brakes. I told my teammates that I wasn't in the wheel anymore. Max did the perfect job and rode a good sprint. I was a bit too far, but in the end 1 and 2 is still a nice achievement for the team. I am a team player. Today we just did well as a team."
Max Walscheid: "I'm very happy with my win today. Dylan and I lost each other in the run-up. When I still didn't see him, I just started my sprint. At the finish line I suddenly saw him appear next to me. That's great for the team, but it also tastes like more for me. My role in the team is clear: I'm a lead-out, but every now and then I'd like to take my chance."
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Eddy Evenepoel said:
I saw it. Great live coverage on that site you think is useless.
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 Great, or "If I'm lucky, I get 5 seconds of good footage before it starts lagging and pixelating like I was sitting in a tent in the middle of nowhere/somewhere on the race route"

Did you guys all grow up without TVs, since you think that site is sufficient?

But do you have some usable footage of the final sprint?
Just the last 10 metres, I know asking for more would be a bit much.
 
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RedheadDane said:
 Great, or "If I'm lucky, I get 5 seconds of good footage before it starts lagging and pixelating like I was sitting in a tent in the middle of nowhere/somewhere on the race route"

Did you guys all grow up without TVs, since you think that site is sufficient?

But do you have some usable footage of the final sprint?
Just the last 10 metres, I know asking for more would be a bit much.
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I think you must have had a particularly bad experience with the site the time you tried it. What you describe there is not anywhere close to what it is. When I use it, it works perfectly most of the time. True, sometimes the stream is shut down but they always find a solution so it comes back a few minutes later.
 
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tobydawq said:
I think you must have had a particularly bad experience with the site the time you tried it. What you describe there is not anywhere close to what it is. When I use it, it works perfectly most of the time. True, sometimes the stream is shut down but they always find a solution so it comes back a few minutes later.
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I think the last time I tried it, was when they tried to have in on YT, and the commentating was about 5 hours behind the actual footage.
 
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Devil's Elbow said:
At this point, I would be quite happy if RhD got automatically locked out of the forum for 24 hours every time she starts a discussion on how the way she watches cycling is OBVIOUSLY the only way any sane person would watch cycling and everyone who disagrees is wrong. It's so tedious...
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OOh, you can watch pixelated footage 2 hours after it actually happened all you want.

I was merely pointing out that it could have been interesting to watch that sprint, but as it was a 1.1 race, it makes sense that there wasn't any coverage.

And the problem with continuing to act as if the-site-that-should-not-be-mentioned is sufficient, is that it doesn't really encourage race organisers to start broadcasting races. Don't claim it's "great", we all know it isn't.
 
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RedheadDane said:
OOh, you can watch pixelated footage 2 hours after it actually happened all you want.

I was merely pointing out that it could have been interesting to watch that sprint, but as it was a 1.1 race, it makes sense that there wasn't any coverage.

And the problem with continuing to act as if the-site-that-should-not-be-mentioned is sufficient, is that it doesn't really encourage race organisers to start broadcasting races. Don't claim it's "great", we all know it isn't.
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I watched the finale live via the Sporza livestream, actually. Not the organiser's fault that a) no Danish broadcaster bothered to show it, and b) that you don't bother to use a VPN

Also, if it's on Tiz, it's being broadcasted. If you're going to whine, at least get your facts straight...
 
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RedheadDane said:
I was merely pointing out that it could have been interesting to watch that sprint, but as it was a 1.1 race, it makes sense that there wasn't any coverage.
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Its a bit BS of you to pretend thing isn’t availible when it clearly is.

It’s also pretty BS to say that the site only works for 5seconds because you had that one experience when a lot of other people clearly is using this site to watch countless of hours of cycling on this channel through the year.

You can do your thing and be ignorant about it, but no need to tell other people that there wasn’t coverage when there clearly was.
 
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