Rate the 2015 Ronde van Vlaanderen

[Kwibus]

Re:

If two strong teams like Sky and Quick Step want to control the race until the last 30k, it will happen. New route or old route, it doesn't matter. But the new route definitely has the potential. Just look at last year, where Quick Step wanted to make the race hard, and we had great racing from 50k out.

But the road from the Paterberg to Oudenaarde. My god, incredibly boring also the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg are great climbs imo (especially Kwaremont), but they are used in EVERY freakin race, it simply loses every sort of magic in de Ronde. They could be mythical climbs, but now the only thing I can think is 'oh look, this climb again, for the 10th time in the last 2 weeks'.

Good point. Unlike the Kapelmuur and Bosberg which are climbs we never see and thus are unique which made rvv unique as well.

 

[Carols]

Well I've seen it now, the first 100+kms and the final 45kms, having skipped the middle due to the comments on this thread. Even knowing the winner and how it happened it was still a pretty good watch so I'll give it a 7.

 

[Pippo_San]

Totally missing that "magic" feeling.
Maybe the lack of the Kapelmuur, maybe the absence of really big names, like when in Champions League it's Galatasaray vs Monaco when everyone is waiting for a Manchester United vs Real Madrid showdown (sort of if you know what I mean).
That's probably why I hope we'll see a great Wiggins in Paris Roubaix, 'cause the man got that aura that even if you hardly tolerate him you are still curious. It's just the feeling of a star rider, while in Ronde Van Vlaanderen we only had a fading star in Peter Sagan.
It just isn't the same.
Still better than that pathetic 2015 Milano Sanremo.
I'd say between 6 and 7.
Sounds more like a 6 tho.

 

[Netserk]

Re: Re:

guys i hope you realize that the epic gent wevelgem occurs only once in 40-50 years. stop comparing race to it plz

Especially since it can be compared to last year, which was one of the greatest rvvs ever.

Laaaal.

It was probably the greatest Ronde on the new course, I'll give you that.

 

[jaylew]

I'll go 7.

 

[Tonton]

8.

A great edition, the strongest guys sorted it out. I watched the last 85K. Nikki didn't have enough left to explode at the 800m-1.2K mark. I was rooting for the two chasers to catch up and wreak havoc. Very good race. A bit sad for Chavanel: he'll never win the Ronde. Very good race.