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Obviously this route is here to stay.Brullnux said:Awful race, a whole 3k of suspense. Fuglsang was quite a bit better than everyone else, who clearly were extremely tired which was probably the reason why nobody attacked.
You did not think he was gonna crash when you saw his wheel slid out?Brullnux said:Awful race, a whole 3k of suspense. Fuglsang was quite a bit better than everyone else, who clearly were extremely tired which was probably the reason why nobody attacked.
Why though? The last esitions of this race were so much worse than todays race.fuiers said:Well done Jakob. On the other note I did prefer the previous final with climbs.
? are you suggesting replacing those last climbs or just have a chunk of climbs in the middle and then 40k flat at the end? It would become a gent-wevelgem without the cobbles and with some harder climbsRed Rick said:Obviously this route is here to stay.Brullnux said:Awful race, a whole 3k of suspense. Fuglsang was quite a bit better than everyone else, who clearly were extremely tired which was probably the reason why nobody attacked.
Ideally they'd make the middle of the race much harder, ditch the first few hills, ditch Redoute, and ditch RaF too.
Does that single second somehow make it more interesting?Cance > TheRest said:You did not think he was gonna crash when you saw his wheel slid out?Brullnux said:Awful race, a whole 3k of suspense. Fuglsang was quite a bit better than everyone else, who clearly were extremely tired which was probably the reason why nobody attacked.
Cance > TheRest said:You did not think he was gonna crash when you saw his wheel slid out?Brullnux said:Awful race, a whole 3k of suspense. Fuglsang was quite a bit better than everyone else, who clearly were extremely tired which was probably the reason why nobody attacked.
fuiers said:Well done Jakob. On the other note I did prefer the previous final with climbs.
Disagree. At least in past years there was usually action from saint-nicholas to the end, this was literally the second half of roche aux faucons to the little rise after the false flat. Not saying it's tthe route's fault, the shite weather played its part, but it was definitely on par, if not worse, to previous yearsGigs_98 said:Why though? The last esitions of this race were so much worse than todays race.fuiers said:Well done Jakob. On the other note I did prefer the previous final with climbs.
Brullnux said:Awful race, a whole 3k of suspense. Fuglsang was quite a bit better than everyone else, who clearly were extremely tired which was probably the reason why nobody attacked.
Brullnux said:? are you suggesting replacing those last climbs or just have a chunk of climbs in the middle and then 40k flat at the end? It would become a gent-wevelgem without the cobbles and with some harder climbsRed Rick said:Obviously this route is here to stay.Brullnux said:Awful race, a whole 3k of suspense. Fuglsang was quite a bit better than everyone else, who clearly were extremely tired which was probably the reason why nobody attacked.
Ideally they'd make the middle of the race much harder, ditch the first few hills, ditch Redoute, and ditch RaF too.
movingtarget said:How strange that the race that used to be a borefest regularly has become one of the best one day races over the past few years re Amstel. The race today was nothing special but I was glad that Fuglsang won and he did exactly what he had to do. How he stayed upright towards the end was amazing, he seemed to slide on one of the white lines on the bend. He has looked strong all season and I was happy to see him win a prestigious race.Bora will be disappointed but Fuglsang was just too strong.