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

[MartinGT]

Meh Madous DNF. Sickness.

 

[Didinho]

You don’t want to make Mathieu angry on his Sunday ride.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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.

The outcome could have been so much different if teams actually committed, namely the two big ones.

 

[Red Rick]

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

Alpecins ruining their team tho.

You don't need to go full gas for 250km. You only need to go as long as it takes to kill the group behind. You have a bigger group with stronger guys. It is not rocket science

 

[Poursuivant]

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?!

Gross negligence

 

[Berniece]

The outcome could have been so much different if teams actually committed, namely the two big ones.

So Jumbo loses guys when they need them when Pogacar throws his cards on the table?

 

[limak_]

Good for the race that they're coming back. Otherwise we could've had just another Pogacar solo win.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Best ever response to Blythe speaking: "we can't hear you"


Blast, he's back.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bad news for Alpecin but could've been so much worse, what was he doing noodling about at the back.

 

[Netserk]

Yeah, I think now is a good time to lift the pace.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Im not even gonna argue with you if you think doing NOTHING in this scenario is solid tactics. Whatever!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Yeah, I think now is a good time to lift the pace.

Brother, its too late. They could do what they did to Valverde in 2013.

 

[Divergence]

I have never ridden Flanders, so I cannot judge with full confidence, but it seems to me that JV and UAE could have eliminated MvdP fairly easily but riding at the pace of the second group for about 50-60 km and at that point the second group would have been empty.
Completely unrelated; How hard could it be for Kirby to say Biniam instead of Biniamin...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Will be the biggest egg on face moment for years in this sport if Van der Poel wins now.

 

[nightowl]

Well that was fun while it lasted

 

[MartinGT]

Chute chute chute

 

[Salvarani]

Crash!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

break of 130 riders from a variety of teams has been brought back

 

[MartinGT]

Tractor has had enough and he's on the front now

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A sad sign of the times: Peter Sagan was in the group that had been left behind, and no-one mentioned him...

 

[MartinGT]

Was Pog down then? Either that or he was caught behind it.

 

[Netserk]

Crosswinds now, well somewhat.

 

[DNP-Old]

Pogacar is in the second group.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Alpecin should hit the front now for comedic purposes

 

[Salvarani]

Pedersen was in the crash and is behind