Race Thread

[Davesta]

I thought the opposite - there were a lot of mistakes made by the elite men, which is why the race situation changed & shifted so much. None of the errors were Casasola-esque and race ending for anyone, but rather small and subtle errors that cost riders 3-5 seconds, but which meant they went from the front of the group to the back, or from group 1 to group 2 (and equally some super skilled riding, like Aerts riding the sandy uphill, that took them from group 2 to group 1)…it made for a brilliant race - who would’ve put money on Aerts after 30-40mins of the race!?

 

[Hugh Januss]

I thought the opposite - there were a lot of mistakes made by the elite men, which is why the race situation changed & shifted so much. None of the errors were Casasola-esque and race ending for anyone, but rather small and subtle errors that cost riders 3-5 seconds, but which meant they went from the front of the group to the back, or from group 1 to group 2 (and equally some super skilled riding, like Aerts riding the sandy uphill, that took them from group 2 to group 1)…it made for a brilliant race - who would’ve put money on Aerts after 30-40mins of the race!?

The only prior Elite mens race on this course was the Belgian Nationals 3 years ago where Van Aert rolled off the front before the half way point and finished about one and a half minutes before Sweek. This race was a lot more exciting and I'm a Van Aert fan.

 

[logeardaddy]

If a bad race on Saturday wasn't bad enough, Cyclism'Actu reports that Marion Norbert Riberolle was struck by a motor vehicle while riding on Sunday. Fortunately she suffered no serious consequences.