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Afrank

Afrank

Aug 16, 2011
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How good was AGR?

I wasn't too disappointed with it. Move by Voeckler and others early in the race was nice, but never really thought it would amount to that much. And I was pretty happy with the winner and how he one. Very powerful attack to just fly away from everyone.

The race unfolded more or less how I was expecting it to unfold, so I give it an 8.
 
Maaaaaaaarten

Maaaaaaaarten

Oct 23, 2011
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I really thought this race was going to be awesome for a sec when Voeckler went with like 40km or something and he got a bunch of good riders. But yeah, the only moments of excitement was seeing the names that joined Voeckler and then in the end Gilbert beating his record up the Cauberg + Vanendert coming very fast out of nowhere.

So 3/10 for me. If AGR is nothing more than a sprint up the Cauberg it's basically FW, but with a more boring hill......
 
Roude Leiw

Roude Leiw

Aug 3, 2009
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Maaaaaaaarten said:
I really thought this race was going to be awesome for a sec when Voeckler went with like 40km or something and he got a bunch of good riders. But yeah, the only moments of excitement was seeing the names that joined Voeckler and then in the end Gilbert beating his record up the Cauberg + Vanendert coming very fast out of nowhere.

So 3/10 for me. If AGR is nothing more than a sprint up the Cauberg it's basically FW, but with a more boring hill......
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Could not have said it better, voted 3
 
Pentacycle

Pentacycle

May 28, 2012
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It wasn't that bad as some picture it. Some here probably killed themselves watching MSR. :eek:

At least here the strong riders dared attacking 40kms from the finish. The Kruisberg-Eyserbosch-Keutenberg section was good to watch, but it could've been better if the chasing group had a better coöperation. The two-stage BMC missile up the Cauberg made up for that, a plan that worked out perfectly.

7/10; not the most entertaining race ever, but it exceed the expectations. And arguably better than some monuments and semi-classics this year.
 
Pentacycle

Pentacycle

May 28, 2012
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theyoungest said:
Bring back the old course please. With all due respect, Michael Matthews isn't supposed to get close to the top-10 in an Ardennes classic.
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You're underestimating Matthews' climbing capabilities. And what about Freire finishing top 10 on the old course? It's the same IMO.

The AGR has always been the perfect classic to have punchers, climbers, rouleurs, stage racers and strong sprinters fight for the win. Look at the top 10 here. There's GT podiums mixed up with podiums at the Ronde, LBL and MSR.
 
Pentacycle

Pentacycle

May 28, 2012
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SafeBet said:
And then didn't take a serious pull for 10kms cause "you know, I've got teammates behind". Come on.
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Sadly, this is the story of nearly every classic nowadays.
 
Cance > TheRest

Cance > TheRest

Apr 17, 2013
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Pentacycle said:
It wasn't that bad as some picture it. Some here probably killed themselves watching MSR. :eek:

At least here the strong riders dared attacking 40kms from the finish. The Kruisberg-Eyserbosch-Keutenberg section was good to watch, but it could've been better if the chasing group had a better coöperation. The two-stage BMC missile up the Cauberg made up for that, a plan that worked out perfectly.

7/10; not the most entertaining race ever, but it exceed the expectations. And arguably better than some monuments and semi-classics this year.
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Paris-Roubaix you mean ;)
 
SafeBet

SafeBet

Sep 2, 2011
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Flamin said:
Who? GVA, Fuglsang, Weening all went full.
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Maybe after Stybar dropped.
GVA didn't take a single pull in the first 10 kms. Birdsong pulled for like 100 metres. The only one going full gas from the get-go was Voeckler.

Most of them were in the break with the sole purpose of sparing their teammates to chase.
 
Arnout

Arnout

Mar 10, 2009
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SafeBet said:
Maybe after Stybar dropped.
GVA didn't take a single pull in the first 10 kms. Birdsong pulled for like 100 metres. The only one going full gas from the get-go was Voeckler.

Most of them were in the break with the sole purpose of sparing their teammates to chase.
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Yeah without Titi half the races would be twice as boring. He's awesome and was the only good thing about this race.

The thing with this race is that not only very little happens, you know there is a 95% chance everything that happens before the last 3km will be futile. People like to bash MSR, but that race is a lot more varied in the way riders win.

3/10 here as well, even the final ascent wasn't exciting.
 
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