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.

 

[RedheadDane]

Uhm... why is there some random guy with an ironing board?

 

[theyoungest]

Huh? I didn't know Van Der Haar apparently has a bit of a "Thing" with re-setting a dislocated shoulder...

Van der Haar has hypermobility. In his case this means dislocating his shoulder is a fairly common thing. It has happened to him multiple times during races, and he always sets it himself.

 

[RedheadDane]

Van der Haar has hypermobility. In his case this means dislocating his shoulder is a fairly common thing. It has happened to him multiple times during races, and he always sets it himself.

Okay, I have a bit of a silly confession to make.
I didn't actually notice at first that you were replying to that earlier post of mine, and not the one about the guy with the ironing board, so I was actually wondering if VdH had figured that using an ironing board to set his shoulder worked, so he'd asked a mate to hang around with one... just in case.

(I obviously also hadn't studied the startlist closely.)

 

[CXXC]

Great to see Sweeck back to winning ways at Niel, what a ding dong battle it was too where either of 3 leading riders could have taken the win.
Niel was surprisingly dry and fast unlike previous years.
Cam Mason was going well after a poor start making his way through the field until sadly he fell off camera.

 

[Wyndbrook]

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.

As you say, no serious injuries, but having a cut on your arse stapled does not sound fun.