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

[Tim Cahill]

Why isn't Roglic here

 

[saunaking]

Place wise, in reality Pogacar sprinted for the win from a group in his debut.

and pulled a remco in the sprint!!!

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

He almost didn't ride lol.

He rode way to much, should have left all the work to hold off Remco on Pogi

 

[gunara]

Amazing debut from Remco. But I'm not sure about it being better than Pogacar's first group finish debut...

 

[iBanesto]

Pogacar celebrating with 1 km to ago... the audacity!

 

[Danskebjerge]

Copenhagen Sprint is far more exciting than this.

 

[Squire]

40” gaps all the way.

There's an indication that your flat-ish cobbles race might not be tactical enough when the gaps are bigger than a 200 km Alpine shark teeth profile.

 

[red_flanders]

It's hard to point to anything that the top 5 could have done differently, which would have made a significant difference to where they are in the race.

It's pretty much just a straight up measurement of their current strength.

Amazing that this seems lost on so many.

 

[MJR]

At least Pog leaned over his bike and pretended to be tired. Gotta sell it.

 

[Rou]

Another beatdown.
Congrats to MVDP - probably his best level.
Congrats to Remco - amazing performance.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hopefully Remco does his telephone slam celebration for the podium

 

[canina82]

We can say whatever we want but we need to admit this guy is the best rider of all times. He was toying with future all time greats as Remco and MVP.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

I can't ignore the fact that it feels completely bewitching to see the 5 favorites lined up at the starting line and near 7 hours later entering the finish line one by one by one. It's been a long trance, albeit with predictability, but no random crashes, just pure brute force.

 

[saunaking]

war criminals in love
so cute

 

[ppanther92]

Positively surprised by Remco, WvA slightly under my expectations. But the top 5 exactly the names as envisaged. Cycling is just very predictable.

 

[The bald fraud]

Remco better than Pogačar on Flanders debut, chapeau

 

[jono]

There's an indication that your flat-ish cobbles race might not be tactical enough when the gaps are bigger than a 200 km Alpine shark teeth profile.

Because it's a climbing race, not a cobbles race.

 

[dazaau]

Amazing debut from Remco. But I'm not sure about it being better than Pogacar's first group finish debut...

He didn't come fourth in a two man sprint. That's def a happier place 😂

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

1, 11, 111. With Pogacar winning his 111th race. It was prophecy I guess.

 

[Poursuivant]

Not a bad podium.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Respectable performance by Remco. Surely he would wanne do some more cobble races moving forward.

 

[Boehmand]

Yes it will.

Without the climbs to constantly put the heavy guys on their limit, I don't think Pogacar is dropping them.

I think both MvdP and WvA can stick with him

Pedersen worries me, but the absence of climbs will suit him, it's where he has lost the most because of the injury.

 

[red_flanders]

The TT isn't the race of truth. The Ronde is the race of truth.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Show the *** top 10 battle what are they doing

 

[Andre]

...and still the drama of cycling remains in a nightmarish loop...