Oxyclean Classic Brugge - De Panne: They're Cleaning With Air Now! (24th and 25th Mar)

[Zinoviev Letter]

Way faster

https://twitter.com/x/status/1374788984061186056

 

[hayneplane]

Very dull race. One day races with a 95% guaranteed bunch sprint are a blight on the calendar.

 

[tobydawq]

Very dull race. One day races with a 95% guaranteed bunch sprint are a blight on the calendar.

Yeah, it was fun last year, though, and I don't think the chances are 95 %. If there is just a small wind, gaps will be created in De Moeren. But without any wind, there is not much point in the race.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

At least this one had a good sprinter field. And some years it will have real wind. The ones that get to me are the sprinter races with one sprinter at them. But, yeah this was basically 2 moments of action in 200km.

 

[Spine Concept]

All that talk about who will be Jumbo's main man, and then they don't have either one of them in the top ten!

Steppers and Bennett just head and shoulders above everyone else.

Lmao. To be fair, I never said one of those two were legit contenders for today. We were just discussing who's the main man for bunch sprints.

With that being said, JV was abysmal today in getting either of their quick guys in the right position, so they never even got a fair chance.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

I absolutely love sprint finishes, but please bring back the original Driedaagse stage race. What a waste of a beautiful calendar spot.

 

[jaylew]

The Plantur-Pura team should be interesting to watch. They've got 7 of the top 15-20 female crossers in the world. Unsurprisingly, 6 of them are Dutch.

 

[Orbit501]

Yeah, it was fun last year, though, and I don't think the chances are 95 %. If there is just a small wind, gaps will be created in De Moeren. But without any wind, there is not much point in the race.

The wind was about 18kmh and cross to cross tail. As I said before the race, possibly not strong enough to split the race. But as others said, any wind in the right direction in De Moeren can split the field.
It seemed to me only Lotto were interested in splitting it though, so nothing happened. Too many teams invested in the sprint finish, and the Steppers having Bennett there pretty much decided the finish we got.

 

[tobydawq]

A bit strange that Ewan wasn't on the start line.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Grace Brown makes it an even better day for BikeExchange, while Norsgaard wraps up another second place.

 

[yaco]

Brown is a star who is an attacking and strong rider - She's so suited to Belgian styl races.

 

[RedheadDane]

Huh? What happened to the Cogeas - Mettler team? None of them started!

 

[Orbit501]

Brown is a star who is an attacking and strong rider - She's so suited to Belgian styl races.

Beautifully timed attack. She's making a speciality of this now.
Brilliant racing!