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

[Red Rick]

Biggest gap between 1st and 3rd since 2013

Biggest gap between 1st and 10th since 1995

Biggest gap between 1st and 20th since 2006

First 100km helped a lot with that I think.

Is it too much of an overreactive take to say tailwind on the Kwaremont and headwind in the final is better for solo riders than vice versa?

 

[Netserk]

Superb edition, the best I have seen.

Chapeau to all the combatants!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Depends on what restaurant he visited today

Aka how many free drinks he got today.

 

[Lequack]

He got a reward of some fries at the end

 

[Didinho]

Biggest gap between 1st and 3rd since 2013

Biggest gap between 1st and 10th since 1995

Biggest gap between 1st and 20th since 2006

And they started with a 3min disadvantage.

 

[Red Rick]

He got a reward of some fries at the end

Curious.

He said he needed to gain weight for Roubaix.

A week of that sort of food could do it.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Pedersen also rode like a mad man today. The guy was already attacking with 120km to go.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

.mark this post i know for a fact MVDP will go over the top on pogacar on Kwaremont

I marked the post, as invited, but as @vwpe has been banned I guess he won't be able to explain his definition of a fact.

 

[Lequack]

I marked the post, as invited, but as @vwpe has been banned I guess he won't be able to explain his definition of a fact.

Probably got banned by the request of MVDP for revealing his strategy.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pedersen also rode like a mad man today. The guy was already attacking with 120km to go.

He did a great race but I can't take out of head how the hell did he loose so much time to Pogi in Kwaremont. Pogi made him look like an amateur there.

 

[Lequack]

Bad luck for Tim Wellens, who broke his collarbone. He was in such a great form and was the reason for some of Pog's biggest wins this season.
He'll need a surgery and then be out for some weeks.

Zwaar verdict voor Tim Wellens na valpartij in de Ronde van Vlaanderen

Tim Wellens was het grootste slachtoffer van de zware valpartij in de Ronde van Vlaanderen. Zijn voorjaar is na die val voorbij.

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Mohoric also crashed out, but luckily he's okay

https://twitter.com/x/status/1642560313454219265

View: https://twitter.com/matmohoric/status/1642560313454219265

 

[staubsauger]

He did a great race but I can't take out of head how the hell did he loose so much time to Pogi in Kwaremont. Pogi made him look like an amateur there.

He was fully tuckered out and obviously Pogacar made a monster effort there the way he even distanced Van der Poel.

Look how Pogacar and Van der Poel cooked Van Art. Today there obviously weren't the big 3.

Then you see Pedersen anticipating the race development brilliantly. Going-long range with a strong group. Nearly using the rivalry between Alpecin, Jumbo & UAE to his advantage. In the end he still had the power and the wiseness to go alone in a bid for final victory. Look how empty Küng was in contrary.

It took Pogacar & Van der Poel superb performances to reel Pedersen back in. The Dane certainly put huge pressure on the big 3. WvA actually cracked.

In the end Pedersen missed strength and fortune, yes. But for me he proved to be a full class act today. He isn't just a guy that became world champion with a lucky punch and can win a sprint from already reduced concurrence. He's a major force.

No need to be ashamed that he couldn't defuse all 3 big guns with his encouraged ride!

 

[Lequack]

 

[vladimir]

Superb edition, the best I have seen.

Chapeau to all the combatants!

I think this sums it up perfectly! MVDP probably rode the race of his life but was beaten nonetheless. Benoot in 13th was over 5 minutes down!! Great to see that the second string of favourites all got up the road to make the race super hard, but still had no answer to Pog and MVDP even if they had over 2 minutes going into Kwaremont the second time.

 

[jaylew]

I am going to bet that next year's cross season will not see major participation by Wout or MVDP.

Big fan of MVDP but they did not lose today because of cross

 

[jaylew]

You're probably right. Especially Wout.

Though I wouldn't be surprised if MVDP skips RVV next year to go all in on P-R. Unless he wins this year.

Zero chance he skips Flanders. He's done no worse than 2nd in the last 4 editions. He's not going to skip a monument that perfectly suits him.

 

[staubsauger]

He got a reward of some fries at the end

Peanut sauce? Good taste. Only Patat Oorlog / war fries taste better. (Peanut sauce, mayonnaise and onions)

 

[pmcg76]

Super impressive by Pogacar today, just the strongest and one of the most impressive Flanders wins I have witnessed. Thought they might have given that strong group too much leeway and I guess besides Pog/MVDP they did.

 

[zlev11]

one of the best one day races i've ever seen live. maybe only 2019 worlds or 2016 roubaix were better?

 

[Breezy1985]

I still can't understand what happened. The big 3 were chasing 30s behind then Wout dropped and then I blink and Pog is not only ahead of the front group but passing Mads.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Big fan of MVDP but they did not lose today because of cross

I didn't say they did, but MVDP himself has said that his cross season took more out of him than he'd like, so take the topic up with him.

 

[Netserk]

one of the best one day races i've ever seen live. maybe only 2019 worlds or 2016 roubaix were better?

I think Leuven was even better than Yorkshire, but otherwise agreed.

 

[Red Rick]

I didn't say they did, but MVDP himself has said that his cross season took more out of him than he'd like, so take the topic up with him.

When did he say that?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

When did he say that?

There was an article on CN back a month or so ago, where he indicated that cross had affected his early season.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

You guys don't read the website, I guess: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ma...oss-campaign-after-slow-start-to-road-season/