Renewi Tour 2024 28th August - 1st September

[SafeBet]

Would be painful if monster Milan beats Segaert now.

Perhaps in a shorter effort, 15 km is too much I think.

 

[Samamba]

Perhaps in a shorter effort, 15 km is too much I think.

Yeah but he could handle 10km in Tirreno, so I'm a bit scared haha

 

[Didinho]

Milan +6.

Looks like Segaert will take a beautiful victory.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Watershed victory for Segaert, by a reasonable gap too against really decent guys.

 

[Didinho]

For a Team Pursuit rider Milan moves a lot with his head.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Milan went out too fast. It looks like he will be beaten by Philipsen today.
Edit: He did just manage to hold onto his lead, which had been almost 8 seconds at T1.

 

[Samamba]

I knew Segaert could do this, but still impressed. Great win. A Lotto TT win is also a bit of a miracle.

Wonder who is the surprise that's gonna beat him at u23 worlds this time haha. No seriously if he manages to lose this year, I don't know anymore.

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau Segaert & Lotto! He came 2nd to Wellens in the Belgian National TT so a nice "revenge win". Tops the GC too so leader's jersey as well. Some good news for Lotto today then.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Milan went out too fast. It looks like he will be beaten by Philipsen today.
Edit: He did just manage to hold onto his lead, which had been almost 8 seconds at T1.

Most of the big guys started way too fast. They all had a great time at T1, and didn't make top 15 at the finish. Lampaert, Milan, Stuyven, Van der Poel, Politt...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I knew Segaert could do this, but still impressed. Great win. A Lotto TT win is also a bit of a miracle.

Wonder who is the surprise that's gonna beat him at u23 worlds this time haha. No seriously if he manages to lose this year, I don't know anymore.

The best news is that he can also survive a classic stage, though maybe it won't be enough to follow the big guns on the last day. Not sure how close he can stay.

Ineos has a few cards to play. Specifically Sheffield and Turner.

 

[Samamba]

The best news is that he can also survive a classic stage, though maybe it won't be enough to follow the big guns on the last day. Not sure how close he can stay.

Ineos has a few cards to play. Specifically Sheffield and Turner.

If it was the same stage as previous years (like just 3 times the local circuit) I would be pretty confident, but with the harder version and the pretty high level field here I don't think Segaert stands a chance. He will be Dropped on every Muur (even with good legs, due to bad positioning alone already), and maybe Lotto can save him a few times (decent team here tbh), but not every time. I expect the team to also go for stage with De Lie honestly (and probably let him follow the best), don't think they're gonna take away a chance from the grumpy man.

 

[Didinho]

Mathieu almost crashed in a corner, just holding up and stayed out of the barriers. Backwheel started slipping. You can see the video on Eurosport insta, don’t know how to post it here.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Mathieu almost crashed in a corner, just holding up and stayed out of the barriers. Backwheel started slipping. You can see the video on Eurosport insta, don’t know how to post it here.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1829148320046236117

View: https://x.com/AlpecinDCK/status/1829148320046236117

 

[KZD]

Great win for Segaert and nice to see Sheffield finishing a TT without crashing along the way.

Expected a bit more from Milan and Pollitt.

 

[Potomac]

So a near miss for a city double of Milan Sheffield?

 

[Rob5091]

The Renewi tour carries on on Friday with stage 3,
Blankenberge to Ardooie, 185.5 km start 11.20 CET and TV from 13.45 CET

A day for the sprinters unless the wind blows -

map -

with 5 laps of a finishing circuit -

 

[Hugh Januss]

Sorry I don't like missing races because they finish ridiculously early...

All Euro races finish by about 7-8 AM my time, so quitcherbeefin.

 

[Didinho]

Merlier DNS.

 

[Rob5091]

Merlier DNS.

Fatigue like Ganna or still feeling the crash from stage 1?

 

[Potomac]

So there is something to watch while we wait for Vuelta coverage to start.

 

[Peyroteo94]

This race is dreadful these days. Benelux Tour was a race I always loved, 8 days of pure classics with a lot of asphalt and cobbled bergs. Basically we got a opportunity to see a mini Maastricht Gold race and a mini Flanders in the same race. Now we have sprint stages and one day for classicomanos.

 

[rghysens]

This race is dreadful these days. Benelux Tour was a race I always loved, 8 days of pure classics with a lot of asphalt and cobbled bergs. Basically we got a opportunity to see a mini Maastricht Gold race and a mini Flanders in the same race. Now we have sprint stages and one day for classicomanos.

True. It often had a proper Ardennes stage and a flemish classics´ stage.

 

[Rob5091]

The finish does not look very wide so positioning will be crucial at the last bend.

 

[Didinho]

Fatigue like Ganna or still feeling the crash from stage 1?

Feeling the crash.

 

[Samamba]

I will never understand why there's always so much stress in the peloton in a random sprint stage. They are riding like it's the last 4km with 40k to go. And then they are surprised why they crash.