Ronde van Vlaanderen: April 7th, 2019

[Flamin]

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Very easy Flanders so far it seems.. just inbetween Sky picks up the pace.

Yep, as easy as a race like Flanders can get.

 

[Hayabusa]

Idiots trying to take selfies while a race is going by...

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Asgreen looks like he is on a leisurely sightseeing ride, while closing down any attempt at an attack

24 years old, riding his first full season on the World Tour, and in the starting line up of the worlds best team, in a monument.

- and there he goes, as I'm typing

For those that don't know, he is very much a "Mads Pedersen" type of rider..... this could get interesting.

 

[fuiers]

Did I miss anything? Had to eat and hope that the signal problems are now over.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

CCC investing in this.... will be interesting to see what DSs tell their riders they can work in the break.

 

[Salvarani]

Philipsen crashed

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Philipsen crashed/slid against the barriers. New bike.
New break doesn't get away it seems.

Did I miss anything? Had to eat and hope that the signal problems are now over.

On Sporza, i haven't noticed any signal problems yet.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Lotto & Jumbo working hard at closing down the break, they have nobody there.

 

[glassmoon]

ouch Jasper

 

[Serpentin]

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Did I miss anything? Had to eat and hope that the signal problems are now over.

Same problems I`m afraid...

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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Did I miss anything? Had to eat and hope that the signal problems are now over.

Same problems I`m afraid...

If you are watching on Eurosport, I continued to have it cut out on the local version, but switching to the english language one the problems went away.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

All the Astana riders in the back 1/3 of the peloton.... apart from the guy in the break.

This team just have no idea how to ride 1 day races

 

[Tigerion]

Are they actually allowed to ride on bike paths here? Seems common at the moment but thought they had all banned that

 

[RedheadDane]

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All the Astana riders in the back 1/3 of the peloton.... apart from the guy in the break.

This team just have no idea how to ride 1 day races

Until Cort just decided to teleport himself to the front.

 

[Jancouver]

Over the Muur, Sagan was way back, not a good sign ...

 

[memyselfandI]

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All the Astana riders in the back 1/3 of the peloton.... apart from the guy in the break.

This team just have no idea how to ride 1 day races

well Magnus Cort @kapelmuur..

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Over the Muur, Sagan was way back, not a good sign ...

I was just about to respond by saying that he was at the front but then realized that was Poestlberger.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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All the Astana riders in the back 1/3 of the peloton.... apart from the guy in the break.

This team just have no idea how to ride 1 day races

Until Cort just decided to teleport himself to the front.

Yeah, 10 minutes later.

Seems odd to sit at the back, if you are planning an attack

Makes sense for him to attack though, he always have problems with positioning, so being out in front is better.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Quite a big split in the bunch. DQS riding on the front.

 

[TomLPC]

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Quite a big split in the bunch. DQS riding on the front.

Can only see 3 QS, not sure that’s the best idea

I get the impression that Sagan is bluffing, he gave a bit away closing down alaphilipe on the poggio a few weeks back

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Peloton breaks. Van Aert, Naesen, van der Poel, Jungels, Trentin, Benoot, Stuyven... all in the first bunch. It seems GVA & Sagan missed it?

 

[glassmoon]

meh

 

[Googolplex]

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Seems odd to sit at the back, if you are planning an attack

It would be equally odd to spend all your energy trying to stay at the front for long time before your attack.

 

[Jancouver]

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Peloton breaks. Van Aert, Naesen, van der Poel, Jungels, Trentin, Benoot, Stuyven... all in the first bunch. It seems GVA & Sagan missed it?

Sagan is there ...

 

[memyselfandI]

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Begins to look like trouble for Quicksteppers..