Omloop Het (Volk) Nieuwsblad - Feb 26th 2011

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Ryo I wouldn't discount boom yet, he showed himself quite well last year,but couldn't handle the distance. Agree he could do well on Ardennes, but he believes he can succeed on the cobbles, and from what I've seen so far I see no reason why he shouldn't pursue this belief.

Taaienberg is maybe why he has never won

 

[Anonymous]

If you are UK based, @teamskyfans are giving away a CNP pack of goodies worth £100 on twitter for predicting the winner on saturday (one winner drawn at random from correct entries - twitter only.. dont go predicting your winner here)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Damnit, I'm going to miss the race live because I got to substitute for another player in the table tennis competition.

Well, recording and stay off cycling sites it is for saturday

 

[boomcie]

Damnit, I'm going to miss the race live because I got to substitute for another player in the table tennis competition.

Well, recording and stay off cycling sites it is for saturday

The guy will probably just go watch the race himself.

 

[theyoungest]

The guy will probably just go watch the race himself.

I don't know how many Dutchies watch the Omloop, but my guess is: not many.

 

[boomcie]

I don't know how many Dutchies watch the Omloop, but my guess is: not many.

Point taken. But still relatively more than anywhere else in the world I guess (apart from Belgium of course).

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Point taken. But still relatively more than anywhere else in the world I guess (apart from Belgium of course).

This guy only follows the big classics and the tour, so I guess not. Still bums me out

 

[boomcie]

This guy only follows the big classics and the tour, so I guess not. Still bums me out

I feel your pain.

 

[il_fiammingo]

Damnit, I'm going to miss the race live because I got to substitute for another player in the table tennis competition.

Well, recording and stay off cycling sites it is for saturday

When I played football, I always had a mysterious injury on the day of the Omloop.

 

[Barrus]

I don't know how many Dutchies watch the Omloop, but my guess is: not many.

Well, it's enough to warrant an entire afternoon of Nederland 1 broadcast, so I guess quite a few people watch it.

Although why anyone would want to watch it on the NOS when you can get Sporza just as easy, is anyone's guess

 

[boomcie]

Although why anyone would want to watch it on the NOS when you can get Sporza just as easy, is anyone's guess

Second that!

 

[theyoungest]

Well, it's enough to warrant an entire afternoon of Nederland 1 broadcast, so I guess quite a few people watch it.

Although why anyone would want to watch it on the NOS when you can get Sporza just as easy, is anyone's guess

Not having every second word be "Boonen!", maybe?

 

[Barrus]

Not having every second word be "Boonen!", maybe?

Yeah, instead having every other word be Boom or Armstrong, much better

 

[Lanark]

Yeah, instead having every other word be Boom or Armstrong, much better

Armstrong? I can't remember the last time they talked about that guy. The problem with the NOS is more that Dijkstra is a complete idiot, doesn't understand anything about cycling, doesn't know anything about cycling, has a terrible voice, and has boring and tired anecdotes.

 

[Cobblestoned]

I don't know how many Dutchies watch the Omloop, but my guess is: not many.

There will be many, because its a cycling-nation.

It is easy for you to check it - just walk around and watch their livingrooms.
They all have HUGE windows.

It has something to do with the taxes I heard ?

 

[Barrus]

Armstrong? I can't remember the last time they talked about that guy. The problem with the NOS is more that Dijkstra is a complete idiot, doesn't understand anything about cycling, doesn't know anything about cycling, has a terrible voice, and has boring and tired anecdotes.

Well, now you realize how infrequently I watch it on the NOS (I'd even rather watch on Eurosport)

 

[theyoungest]

There will be many, because its a cycling-nation.

It is easy for you to check it - just walk around and watch their livingrooms.
They all have HUGE windows.

It has something to do with the taxes I heard ?

They can't watch the tv while they're standing in front of their windmills in wooden shoes, watering their tulips.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Well write off Boom.

He said he had a good recon, but has a 'nauseous' feeling. Probably get sick coming saturday. He has a way of getting sick a lot

 

[ak-zaaf]

There will be many, because its a cycling-nation.

It is easy for you to check it - just walk around and watch their livingrooms.
They all have HUGE windows.

It has something to do with the taxes I heard ?

It's true, about the windows.

But the only people watching NOS on saturday will be the people who watch 'Studio Sport' as moving wallpaper. They'll ask themselves 'Where's Gesink?'.

They can't watch the tv while they're standing in front of their windmills in wooden shoes, watering their tulips.

It's sad, but ACF's stereotypes come so much closer =/

 

[theyoungest]

It's sad, but ACF's stereotypes come so much closer =/

Yeah, I forgot that while watering their tulips they'll be having their **** sucked by a prostitute, smoking a giant spliff.

The ones that will be watching won't ask where Gesink is. They'll ask when the football starts.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Not having every second word be "Boonen!", maybe?

exatcky. both sporza and nos are horrible but at leats nos isn't full of chauvinist bs except when there's herbert zijkstraal in which case I watch anything else

 

[jaylew]

Here we go.

Will this race even be "official"?

 

[Jamsque]

Here we go.

Will this race even be "official"?

Didn't you hear? CQranking is now the official international governing body of cycling.

 

[ingsve]

The only thing I'm worried about is if they do protest and the UCI leaves and that this somehow has an impact on the race itself if some teams decide to drop out or if they cancel it altogether etc. That would be terrible.

 

[Matthijs]

NOS vs. Sporza
If Mart Smeets is on, he talks too much about Armstrong. If Mart Smeets is on, he talks too much in general because he doesn't follow the sport any more and makes a lot of stupid mistakes. The other ones are better, but still don't know half the inside information Sporza-people tell you. Sporza-men really know more than people like us because they do much more races and cycling journalism in general is more serious in Flandres. The NOS-people know about the same as most people here on the forum.
And, besides Sporza off course likes Boonen, they also like a lot of other big stars from other countries so I'll definately go for Sporza instead of NOS.