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Renewi Tour 2024 28th August - 1st September

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I really hope we get a decent parcours next time, because this WT race is a joke.

UCI ruined it tbf. They ordered the organizers to shrink the race to 5 days, but there were still contracts with all the flemish start and finish places, so the options for a better parcours were really limited.

I expect a better parcours next year. Hopefully back to 7 days too (no worlds or olympics in August).
 
UCI ruined it tbf. They ordered the organizers to shrink the race to 5 days, but there were still contracts with all the flemish start and finish places, so the options for a better parcours were really limited.

I expect a better parcours next year. Hopefully back to 7 days too (no worlds or olympics in August).

Fingers crossed.

There is so much potential for a great race, and then this is what we get.
 
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Yeah ngl I don't Philipsen had the pace there even without the block. He recovered a bit but it was all in the wheel and still finished pretty comfortably back.
I don't know for sure. He lost the slipstream and managed to come closer after the swerve. If he could have stayed in the wheel, he might have been able, especially since he was pushing a bigger gear. But the finish came soon after the bend and he could just as easily have ran out of road even if he was faster.
 
Since last year's Giro, Milan has shown that he is one of the fastest sprinters around but he has improved his positioning a lot this season (and that shows in the wins tally) so he is now undisputably one of the three best sprinters in the world and I suspect he will establish himslef as the best during the next Tour.

Walscheid getting third here is a pretty good result unlike De Lie who as it has been said above seems to be going backwards in terms of sprinting ability.
 
UCI ruined it tbf. They ordered the organizers to shrink the race to 5 days, but there were still contracts with all the flemish start and finish places, so the options for a better parcours were really limited.

I expect a better parcours next year. Hopefully back to 7 days too (no worlds or olympics in August).
Good to know it wasn’t the race organisers plan as it gives hope that, even if it stays at 5 days, we will see a sprint day dropped in favour of an Amstel style punchy hills day.
 
The weekend is here and so is stage 4 of the Renewi Tour.
Oostburg to Aalter 178.5 km, start at 11.37 CET and TV from 13.45 CET
Flat as flat can be,and a nasty 90 degree right bend just 300m from the finish. so expect high speed jostling -

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Finish circuit - two laps -
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De Lie lost so much speed the last 2 years it's insane. He was significantly faster in his u23 years and as a neopro
I think he's grown older and wiser and going up against the likes of Milan and Philipsen is a learning experience. He still has positioning problems too so that does not help. This race for him was always going to be about Sunday's stage so let's hope he's keeping his powder dry.
 
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