Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres 2023, one day monument, April 2 (men's)

[Berniece]

This is extremely critical

Not really critical but Mathieu is losing helpers he could use later

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Some heads dropping, big problems for G2

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

When the group is that big, the time gap from back of group 1 to front of group 2 is probably the most relevant metric.

Wonder what that is.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Not really critical but Mathieu is losing helpers he could use later

Ofc it is critical, Jumbo and UAE can literally kill off the race now if they have any brain.

 

[nightowl]

How do you even let that happen? Literally the only job is to not get caught behind at this point of the race

 

[Volderke]

Matthews, Teuns, Vanmarcke, mvdp, … dropped!

 

[Red Rick]

Why Jumbo isn't nuking it I refuse to understand.

 

[MartinGT]

This goes above 50s and wow.

 

[Tim Cahill]

A real opportunity for UAE/Jumbo but they don't seem to be moving forward

 

[Netserk]

Ofc it is critical, Jumbo and UAE can literally kill off the race now if they have any brain.

If they go to the front now, they are stuck there.

As long as the break hasn't been established, many will contribute to keep the pace high in front.

 

[Samamba]

Israel has been hired today, I see.

Their whole team is there, why would they not ride?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Why Jumbo isn't nuking it I refuse to understand.

Part of me is yelling at them for not doing so, the other part is hoping the don't so we can get the duel.

 

[nightowl]

Why Jumbo isn't nuking it I refuse to understand.

Yeah bizarre the some of the other teams aren’t trying to bury Alpecin here

 

[Salvarani]

What a race!

 

[Volderke]

Ewan, Madouas, Grmay, as well.

 

[DNP-Old]

Lol, the scenes on Sporza right now.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

If they have to keep pushing to keep that group behind, the race will have a fierce average speed.

 

[MartinGT]

This will come back due to lack of UAE & Jumbo pulling.

 

[Samamba]

They will come back. Not like the peloton is going to go full gass for 250km.

Alpecins ruining their team tho.

 

[Salvarani]

If they have to keep pushing to keep that group behind, the race will have a fierce average speed.

Race might already explode on the first Kwaremont

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

the phrase 'this will come back to bite you' comes to mind.

'you can't look a gift horse in the mouth' as well

 

[Red Rick]

I know I am only a forum moderator, but I'm this close to going to Vlaanderen myself and firing about 20 DS's

 

[Berniece]

Ofc it is critical, Jumbo and UAE can literally kill off the race now if they have any brain.

They are going to come back, and Alpecin will have lost a couple of riders for the last 50-100km's. This isn't game over for that group, otherwise Alpecin would have dropped every rider they have from the front.

 

[Poursuivant]

They’ll all regret this. Too worried about saving men and energy

 

[Valv.Piti]

How in the world is UAE not doing anything here, Mathieu is the rider most likely to be able to follow Pogacar, and you just let him come back?!