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Pogacar met the kid he gave the bidon to in the Giro. There is no chance for anyone.
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/fVayK24jsXM?is=JZ0MaVOWKDj3gbmN
I wish CN or one of the sites I visit had a betting site, I would be willing to put a small beer money bet on Gregoire..I love French food, wish some French racers step up! He had a good ride at Strade.
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- Mar 22, 2010
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Not smaller than the groups doing a recce this morning, which was the prompt for my comment. Tyre pressure was the key element I overlooked.
- Jan 10, 2019
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Only the pro’s could do the Koppenberg today. A garbage truck made it too muddy/slippery. Saw a video of all the teams struggling and walking. Remco and a teammate went to the top. If it’s still wet during the race, the stronger riders better be in a small group already. First positions are key there.
Summary of the wet ride: it’s still hard. Insane how the riders will fly on Sunday.
Summary of the wet ride: it’s still hard. Insane how the riders will fly on Sunday.
- Jan 8, 2020
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I think that’s the biggest difference-/in cross you don’t get a reduced peloton of 30-50 riders bunched together entering the climb. Even guys with the best technique (there a classic video of MVdP riding in this fashion) slide from side to side on wet cobbles, causing other riders behind to slow turn aside too much. Inevitably some rider puts a foot down and the entire bunch is stopped behind. Of course, this puts even more pressure for teams to be at the front entering the climb.
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Mathieu and Wout knows how to run with the bike on the back.
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He went down the Koppenberg and made the sides fall down and with the rain that became mud. Other cars also had problems going down because of how slippery it suddenly went. So only pro riders could try while they were working on it. Most of them had to stop and walk further.
The cleaned all the cobbles yesterday, and had to do it again today. They said the fire department was in charge of this.
- May 3, 2010
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The fight for position before the second Kwaremont will be tremendous. Fifty riders will have a sports director shouting in their earpiece to be among the first ten. Everybody knows that's where the race will blow open.
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It's like magical moving pictures: you'll be amazed.
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Jenno Berckmoes had the fastest time today on the Oude Kwaremont. Good to see after his early crash and DNF on Tuesday.
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Thank you for that hot tip. I have now put everything I own on "another guy" in the poll. People are clearly too obsessed with another Belgian who's crashed recently to see who the real favourite is.
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Times means nothing. Was just about his crash. I thought after his early exit this would be it for the classics. Surprised to see his name. (Was checking how much faster the pro’s were than me, spoiler alert: almost 2x).
He was 22” faster than Remco. Clearly 5 stars on Sunday.
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He also got the KOM on Taaien just before E3 and then was only like 30th strongest on the hills in the race itself haha.
But he says he felt great on recon today, better than expected. Elbow hurts, but it's doable. "Form can't be gone, still 2 days to recover".
- May 3, 2010
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The best place to watch the race is the Muur van Geraardsbergen. It's an iconic climb, and it isn't crowded.
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I'm sure it's not crowded now.
Edit: Ah, okay... not actually in the race. So, I guess it also won't be crowded Sunday.
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It will be very quiet. It's not part of the race this year.
- Apr 8, 2023
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Would be nice to get this confirmed by somebody living near by, but apparently once Pogi attacks he'll be blown to the finish.
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...ders-and-make-the-race-even-harder-to-predict
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...ders-and-make-the-race-even-harder-to-predict
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When they made the podcast it was also not going to rain, the weather forecast they are discussing is a bit outdated. We can now expect 25km/h of wind, 4bft. It will be coming from the front/side on Oude Kwaremont, so harder to get away, but still in the back when riding to the finish
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