- Sep 28, 2014
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- 1,608
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Bike changes for Kristoff and maybe others I guess. Or issues with rain and the timing chips
Strange tactics by BEX and Alpecin - Bex had four riders in the peleton with live chances in Matthews and Groves, yet only rode at the front with 5kms to go, while Alpecin had multiple riders with Merlier in the peleton, yet relied on Bayer from the break who was not favored to win - Strange indeed!
- May 5, 2010
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- 28,180
- Nov 16, 2013
- 26,686
- 27,791
- 28,180
I think there were a couple of Quickstep riders who finished around number 20. But definitely not much earlier.
- Apr 15, 2014
- 4,254
- 2,341
- 18,680
- Sep 20, 2017
- 12,416
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Alpecin at least got a third place out of the race with Bayer. BEX are racing like they don't want to stay in the WT.
- May 10, 2015
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- 28,180
They almost got so lucky that LTS tried to gift them big points by pulling the last 40k for their sprinter that was sitting at home.
Alpecin didn't do anything wrong. They gave Baier their chance, why not. It's not like they really really needed this win. BEX on the other hand, incredible.
Alpecin had the fastest sprinter in a reduced sprint field - Every win is needed.
- Oct 13, 2021
- 2,570
- 3,317
- 11,180
- Nov 16, 2013
- 26,686
- 27,791
- 28,180
- May 5, 2010
- 51,695
- 30,243
- 28,180
- Apr 10, 2019
- 12,076
- 15,990
- 23,180
Apparently Fortunato crashed yesterday and was pretty banged up, that explains his rather poor result today.
- Sep 26, 2020
- 25,347
- 27,864
- 23,180
At least that's not a useful skill in your line of work anyway.
So... you're gonna stop teasing me about my bad math now?
Well I guess a girl is allowed to dream.
- Aug 14, 2012
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- 5,102
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It was Merlier's first race in two months post injury. Adding to that, it was a hard day from the beginning with heavy conditions, I wouldn't think he would be the fastest sprinter from the beginning (it was the perfect kind of race for Kristoff).
Bayer otoh comes with a decent shape from the Giro and has shown there to be capable of being relatively fast in a sprint in a couple of occasions. Plus he has a somewhat decent engine (former ITT champion of his country in youth ranks), top-10 at Worlds last year in a similar kind of route), so I don't see it as a strange tactic.
The way the race was run, I wouldn't see Merlier able to reach the final podium today.
- Sep 26, 2020
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And I thought the sprint in Bruxelles was dramatic, wow!
(Stop at 1:20, if you don't want to see the horrible pictures)
View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1533495502972637185
(Stop at 1:20, if you don't want to see the horrible pictures)
View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1533495502972637185
Armchair Cyclist
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- Mar 22, 2010
- 15,234
- 11,225
- 28,180
One of those Twitter replies says that Chia said in an interview that his wife was OK and that she had not lost consciousness: it was mainly shock.
But ooooohh
But ooooohh
- Nov 16, 2013
- 26,686
- 27,791
- 28,180
So... you're gonna stop teasing me about my bad math now?
No.
- Apr 10, 2019
- 12,076
- 15,990
- 23,180
- Nov 16, 2013
- 26,686
- 27,791
- 28,180
Results are in and it turns out Van Lerbeghe was 43rd and Mørkøv 75th. I wonder what happened there...
They were the two first riders on the startlist (numbers 4 and 5) who finished the race, so I wonder if that is some sort of reason. It seems very weird, though.
- Apr 16, 2009
- 17,600
- 6,854
- 28,180
Oh my dear!! I heard about it in the news, but only have seen it until now. There are so many things that can go wrong at a sprint finish like dangerous curves, stupid moto drivers, stupid fans, rain, bad roads, dangerous maneuvers. Well, we have all here in one finish. I guess they should have stopped the race before they went into the center of the city.
- Jan 3, 2019
- 1,967
- 2,816
- 11,180
Herregodts really disappointed with how he and his teammate handled the last kilometer. He still had power in the legs and felt like he had a good shot at winning. His sprint for fourth was quite strong in the end, easily overtook Welten. Looking forward to his Belgium Tour.
Reminded me of Erviti's stage win at the Vuelta '08, which was a bit less extreme, but I thought it looked very funny at the time.
The final (and more) of KBK when Traksel won, felt like it was broadcasted at half speed.
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