Liège - Bastogne - Liège 2025, 27th April

[Samu Cuenca]

Neither, a much lower level racing series

One Cycling?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Why? The less steeper the better for those kind of guys that would go now. Of course you proably ruin your race but for teams like Lidl, Quick-Step, EF and co it's about taking the punch out of UAE. More powerful riders like Powless, Schachmann and Nys should attack there.

I‘m very pessimistic today when it comes to Pogačar‘s dominance, if Remco can follow Pogačar, they might play some tactical role and of course it‘s still good for your Top 3 chances. UAE should be easily able to control this anyways

 

[E_F_]

Neither, a much lower level racing series

Yeah, I guess we must have been looking at classic single seater fast laps... https://spasummerclassic.com/en/lescourses/

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Trek pushing now. do they want to get rid of McNulty?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Trek pushing now. do they want to get rid of McNulty?

That‘s hardly pushing, just controlling I think

 

[Filippo_3467]

Yeah Lidl...

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

What'd he say?

That the course still uses public roads (almost 50 years ago) and that the peloton would ride on them today. However, the peleton was close touching the old Stavelot sweeper, and very close to the 1930s hairpin in Stavelot (near the circuit history museum). As well as a number of other inaccuracies.
(Of course, it hits harder when you're made up of 50% cycling history and 50% motorsports history since toddler days in 1970ies )

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

That‘s hardly pushing, just controlling I think

True, looked like pushing to me in the heli shot I saw when I typed it.

 

[Didinho]

Bagioli will win this.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Picnic Post in hell.

 

[Netserk]

Großy won't have to pull until before Redoute. McNulty to be saved as a lead-out or after the climb?

 

[iBanesto]

No picnic for Barguil!

Crash...

 

[Filippo_3467]

I‘m very pessimistic today when it comes to Pogačar‘s dominance, if Remco can follow Pogačar, they might play some tactical role and of course it‘s still good for your Top 3 chances. UAE should be easily able to control this anyways

Maybe...but they only had Grossschartner, Sivakov and Mc Nulty there. If you could get a move going or multiple attacks that bring Sivakov to the front to early you can at least swamp there leadout before Redoute. I think the teams just don't try to win anymore unfortunately.

 

[Medvind]

Novak again.

This is a bit boring.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Dang, Barguil went down hard it looked like...

I just tuned in with 62km to go, G is in this race?

 

[Salvarani]

Great performance from Novak today

 

[dobrien]

Is there any reason for Remco to be riding so far down outside of not being on a great day?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Breakaway isn‘t putting up much of a fight

 

[E_F_]

This is a bit boring.

A large bit.

 

[Netserk]

Is there any reason for Remco to be riding so far down outside of not being on a great day?

Headwind on the climb, position only matters before Redoute.

 

[E_F_]

The route design for this race is such a disaster.

 

[Filippo_3467]

It's a big bunch the pace is hard but hardly nuclear up until now

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Lucky for me, I looked at some 2010s LBLs recently and it wasn‘t uncommon for nothing to happen before Roche-aux-Faucons. Still quite the bad race today

 

[wirral]

Fan in dressing gown. (Not fancy dress)

 

[E_F_]

I looked at some 2010s LBLs recently and it wasn‘t uncommon for nothing to happen before Roche-aux-Faucons

The thing is they still had two very impactful climbs afterwards back then. The big problem was that they ended up waiting until the climb in Ans.