Ronde van Vlaanderen 2026, monument, April 5 (men's)

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Timetable in the guide says 16:09 CET but unlike the chrono for most races it doesn’t give separate times for 3 different average speeds. So figure +/— 20 minutes?

Cirka 16:30 should be finish time, so should be 15:09 (on Central European Summer Time)?

 

[Boehmand]

Pedersen saying in an interview with Danish TV2, that he - because of the recent injuries - expects to ride a more passive race than he would normally do, and follow moves rather than create them.

Not what I was expecting to hear from him, but there you are.

 

[vappa]

Pedersen saying in an interview with Danish TV2, that he - because of the recent injuries - expects to ride a more passive race than he would normally do, and follow moves rather than create them.

Not what I was expecting to hear from him, but there you are.

That's literally how he raced last year

 

[jono]

Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but really gives an idea of how narrow all these Flanders climbs are, and such really unimportant roads aside from the races.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW26qrZWeNg

 

[Sciatic]

Cirka 16:30 should be finish time, so should be 15:09 (on Central European Summer Time)?

My bad, I thought as thinking of the final ascent

 

[Sciatic]

I think the race will start at 10:20 am. So 5 hours later they are probably in the 2nd Kwaremont

You’re right!

 

[E_F_]

It makes me sad, that I'm not excited for de Ronde. The most interesting one day race...

 

[onefortheroad]

Voted Pogi, but would really love to see Wout Van Aert or an outsider win. I really miss those days when a Devolder, Nuyens, Zaugg, Ciolek would win a monument. These days it's always the strongest rider who wins, it's alaways the same names, and not much fun in it.

I would really love to see MVDP win though it’s a fool’s errand to bet against Pogi. He doesn't even seem to have the patience for the week tours anymore (although Romandie and Switzerland are just snacks on his 2026 plate).

It’s the Classics that truly feed his ego now.
A tragedy for the specialists: he invades their territory and acts like one of them. Now, he’s even bored of his epic solo wins. He dreams of beating them at their own game, in the sprint, just to twist the knife. Pure greed. Won't leaving a single crumb for anyone else.

Whether it’s supernatural talent or something more "mechanical" this era of absolute dominance has turned the cycling into a beautiful, predictable nightmare.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Was there an accompanying graphic ad for this pitch? Would never, ever want to be a rider that gets AI cropped into some sponsor altered stuff like this!!!

I don't remember what the picture was, but it wasn't a seatless bike.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

@Ilmaestro99 thoughts on pozzato ranking Wout first?

My thought is, clearly Pozzato doesn't read this forum...

 

[aphronesis]

I don't remember what the picture was, but it wasn't a seatless bike.

Before the days of independent female copywriters.

 

[red_flanders]

It makes me sad, that I'm not excited for de Ronde. The most interesting one day race...

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