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Ronde van Vlaanderen: April 7th, 2019

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Who will win the 2019 Ronde van Vlaanderen?

  • Alexander Kristoff

    Votes: 4 3.1%

  • Bob Jungels

    Votes: 4 3.1%

  • Greg Van Avermaet

    Votes: 14 10.9%

  • Niki Terpstra

    Votes: 2 1.6%

  • Oliver Naesen

    Votes: 9 7.0%

  • Peter Sagan

    Votes: 19 14.8%

  • Philippe Gilbert

    Votes: 1 0.8%

  • Wout van Aert

    Votes: 22 17.2%

  • Zdeněk Štybar

    Votes: 35 27.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 18 14.1%
  • Total voters
    128
  • Poll closed .
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IndianCyclist

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Problem with the this years race was that there were 10-15 favs including sprinters like Kristoff, Degenkolb, Sagan and Mathews, A group of 4-6 favs would have chased Bettiol down. Last year nobody wanted to bring Sagan to the finish but Terpstra was still the strongest.
For PR as well this may turn out to be same, a reduced group sprint or some body unexpected taking advantage. Unless the Hardmen like GVA actually drop the sprinters, it may turn out that way
 
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OlavEH

Oct 19, 2011
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IndianCyclist said:
Problem with the this years race was that there were 10-15 favs including sprinters like Kristoff, Degenkolb, Sagan and Mathews, A group of 4-6 favs would have chased Bettiol down. Last year nobody wanted to bring Sagan to the finish but Terpstra was still the strongest.
For PR as well this may turn out to be same, a reduced group sprint or some body unexpected taking advantage. Unless the Hardmen like GVA actually drop the sprinters, it may turn out that way
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The "problem" was that not one of the biggest favorites were able to follow Bettiol on Kwaremont. Van Avermaet, Van Aert and Stybar didn't have a top day, and Van der Poel spent too much energy on accidents and poor positioning. If two of those guys had been in peak shape, they could have come clear of the peloton and caugt up with Bettiol.

Great win by Bettiol, and he was probably the strongest rider today. But he was a bit lucky that the trio that beat him in E3 wasn't that sharp today.
 
sir fly

sir fly

Feb 24, 2014
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Congrats to Bettiol.
He was strong and determined, pulled the move perfectly and materialized his team's work.
Van der Poel probably was the strongest, but not the most careful and it cost him
Great showing from Valverde. Sagan still catching up the top form, and Van Avermaet didn't have that extra bit to make the winning move or bridge to Bettiol.
One of those editions when the tactical racing presents a chance for someone from the second echelon.
 
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AQETUYIOI

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gunara said:
Great job, Bettiol!
To say the chasers are stupid is assuming you wouldn't do that if you're in the situation, well...what would you do?
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Working together can result in a win, why not give it a try? Worst that can happen is you help someone else win! If you don't win, at least you contributed to a race!
 
tobydawq

tobydawq

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Number one and two in the race had no previous pro wins between them. Surely a first for a monument!?
 
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AQETUYIOI said:
gunara said:
Great job, Bettiol!
To say the chasers are stupid is assuming you wouldn't do that if you're in the situation, well...what would you do?
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Working together can result in a win, why not give it a try? Worst that can happen is you help someone else win! If you don't win, at least you contributed to a race!
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Yes, but the others refuse to work. Would you ride 13 km with Kristoff and co. in your wheel?
 
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AQETUYIOI

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Gigs_98 said:
On another note, am I the only one who thinks the kwaremont was ridden really weirdly today? Usually on that climb the strongest rider goes to the front early and just rides rider after rider off his wheel with a huge but steady pace and at the end riders are all over the road. Today it seemed like the first half was almost softpedalled and with the exception of Bettiol who did a really explosive attack the group that came out on top was almost identical to the one entering the climb. It looked like some riders were holding something back, something you usually never see on that climb. I'd really like to see a comparison of the climbing times from today and previous editions.
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If it was a head wind towards the finish, they thought trying, would be futile.
 
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yaco

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MVP won GP Denain which is the most similar race to PR - And MVP was a class above on the cobbles.
 
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Pantani_lives said:
Congratulations to the eighteen people who voted "other". I'm sure you all had Bettiol in mind. :cool:
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I'm one of those. Didn't exactly have Bettiol in mind. Just liked the idea of taking the entire field over the list of favorites. My thought was if a non favorite was able to get away and the favorites in a group looked at each other the one who got away would have a good chance to win.
 
tobydawq

tobydawq

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Everybody always says that it takes a lot of experience doing Flanders before you can get a good result there.

But half of the top 8 is made up of debutants!! That's just crazy!
 
RedheadDane

RedheadDane

May 5, 2010
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Pantani_lives said:
By the way... There's a Dane in the top 5. Wasn't there a bet? :D
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Shhh... Don't worry. I'm gonna do it! I'm a man of my words, even though I am - in fact - a woman.
 
RedheadDane

RedheadDane

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Man of my word. Woman of my word. Point is; I'm gonna do this.
Though, if someone had told me the Dane in the top-5 would be Asgreen I probably would have laughed quite intensely! I mean… I kinda made that bet because non of the "expected Danes" had been doing very well…
 
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RedheadDane said:
Jungle Cycle said:
RedheadDane said:
Broccolidwarf said:
Where is the Cykel Cille (Uttrup) interview please? - It is probably crazy :D
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Here you go!
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i have no idea what she said but sounded awesome !!!
top 10 all time...
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There's an English-language interview too - on the RvV Twitter account - unfortunately I don't know how to link from Twitter...
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Here, an interview in English:
https://twitter.com/RondeVlaanderen/status/1114898860869074945

 
tobydawq

tobydawq

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RedheadDane said:
Pantani_lives said:
By the way... There's a Dane in the top 5. Wasn't there a bet? :D
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Shhh... Don't worry. I'm gonna do it! I'm a man of my words, even though I am - in fact - a woman.
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I think you should do Ringvejen from south to north if a Dane podiums next Sunday.

Ringgaden isn't even a punishment, that's just a standard commute route for people who study at the university!
 
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