Liège-Bastogne-Liège: October 4th, 2020

[Wvv]

Ala 5th. Relegated.

 

[richwallone]

Nobody will be relegated. So don't get excited.

If he was Sagan, he'll be relegated, penalized with a fine and forbidden to race for the rest of 2020 already!!!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I dont think it was funny or laughing about like some others are doing. Im more sad about the ending. Ruined the whole race with that stupid move.

Hirschi and Pog didnt get a chance.

Rog will probably win because of Ala being relegated. He was gonna be 4th.

Ala is a fool on that bike most of the time. He almost knocked Hirschi down earlier in the last km. Just plain silly. Maybe a lesson learned since he has so far up until now always escaped without something bad happen.

Im on the opposite side of this: Pogacar and Hirschi are kids who are already at the very forefront of the sport and already have big wins this year. I like them both but couldn’t care less that they didn’t get to sprint for another win. That was pure comedy and I loved it.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Has the price for gifting LBL changed since 2010?

 

[Red Rick]

Ironically enough freakin Nibali probably could have won that sprint if you put him in Roglic's position.

Nibali only wins group sprint when Valverde thinks the boni's are all taken.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ala seems to be leaving finish area? Relegation confirmed?

 

[DFA123]

Ala 5th. Relegated.

Even that somehow feels generous for what he did.

 

[movingtarget]

That should have been Hirschi's win. Alaphilippe should be relegated. Funny to see Roglic get it on the line though

3 Slovenians in the top-5

Natural spring water...............

 

[Billie]

Waiting for the mandatory Lefevre rant. I suspect there will be a conspicuous silence.

Sunweb and UAE should go to court

 

[bigcog]

Extra lol for Eurosport switching onto super bikes before the result.

Yes utterly amateur ..

 

[Sestriere]

Oh the drama... Gotta love cycling, best sport in the world exactly because of this stuff!

 

[Red Rick]

Yes utterly amateur ..

"Home of cycling"

 

[Lequack]

 

[Billie]

Even that somehow feels generous for what he did.

It's also not really a punishment for him

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If he was Sagan, he'll be relegated, penalized with a fine and forbidden to race for the rest of 2020 already!!!

Or just allowed to get on with the race with zero punishment, like the Vantomme incident. It's hard to argue that Sagan is a guy that gets a rough deal from the commissaires, because the two times Sagan has been penalised, he absolutely should have been, and it's not like he hasn't trodden that line without crossing it enough to be penalised a couple of times too. The DQ the first time was harsh and the initial relegation seemed fair... but relegation's the same thing that has happened to Alaphilippe here and rightfully so. It's just that with it being a small group the relegation doesn't send him that far down. It's only because it's a one-day race and not a stage race that there are no longer-lasting implications like the points penalty proved for Sagan.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

What do they say? What they say?!

I was on the wrong channel, they are onto discussing Astana at the Giro now, and Holm just said "You know Astana, it's not exactly a bunch of stand up comedians, it is going to be pretty quiet around the dinner table tonight, after the first 2 days"

 

[SarahtheDane]

I feel most for Pogacar. Hirschi really avoided to do any work in the group, again.

Somehow I feel like he feels happy for Roglic, after the tour.

 

[TomLPC]

Home of superbikes

 

[Eclipse]

What a sequence

 

[Breezy1985]

Ala should be relegated but as Hirchi just said himself when you are stuck to a guys wheel it can happen.

Getting a little sick of all the holier than thou people here who cry when a rider crashes as a result of having his wheel inside another riders buttcheeks.

Edit: He has been rightly relegated

 

[benzwire]

Mathieu VdP best of the rest after that ride yesterday. Impressive

 

[luckyboy]

Alaphilippe should just be DQed from the entire results really. He looked around before moving in the sprint. Totally on purpose.

 

[rehy90]

That was actually worse move than Groenewegen in Poland. Alaphilippe was lucky it was Hirshi behind him, who can handle his bike really well.

 

[Carols]

Wow Roglic, GT winner and Monument winner. Good job Lad!

LMAO Alaphillipe showing off; bye, bye LBL!

 

[richwallone]

Or just allowed to get on with the race with zero punishment, like the Vantomme incident. It's hard to argue that Sagan is a guy that gets a rough deal from the commissaires, because the two times Sagan has been penalised, he absolutely should have been, and it's not like he hasn't trodden that line without crossing it enough to be penalised a couple of times too. The DQ the first time was harsh and the initial relegation seemed fair... but relegation's the same thing that has happened to Alaphilippe here and rightfully so. It's just that with it being a small group the relegation doesn't send him that far down. It's only because it's a one-day race and not a stage race that there are no longer-lasting implications like the points penalty proved for Sagan.

First time NO, second time YES