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jens_attacks said:change it back.it was a nice experiment but i prefer muur and bosberg and the old route.
Richeypen said:A Belgian won, no chance of them changing it back.
This, basically. Dont like the circuit idea too much, because many classic climbs are cancelled out. But I guess I'll have to give the route the benefit of doubt, since many contenders either were off or crashed out.Afrank said:This is what flanders should look like, give us the Muur back.
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meat puppet said:This, basically. Dont like the circuit idea too much, because many classic climbs are cancelled out. But I guess I'll have to give the route the benefit of doubt, since many contenders either were off or crashed out.
Also I kinda dislike the cocky ideology that racing from A to B is the past and other races will follow suit.![]()
jens_attacks said:funnily enough i saw more people on the muur-bosberg last years than on this circuit.but maybe it was just me
Buffalo Soldier said:People who are saying: change it back, this won't happen for the next years. The contract with the city of Oudenaarde exists, so this will continue to be the finish.
But I agree two laps would be better than 3...
Libertine Seguros said:Finishing in Oudenaarde I don't see as a problem. The actual finish was a bit odd (I kind of expected them to go into the city itself). But they could always have thrown in the Eikenberg or the Taaienberg as a final climb after the Paterberg, giving us a more technical run-in rather than a long, flat expanse of straight highway, or gone a bit further East and used some of the climbs and cobbled stretches out that way. They could always have used the Kapelmuur the same way the Koppenberg used to be, for forming the elite selection some way out; though they'd probably have to come back down towards the Valkenberg and Berendries after that rather than continue on to the Bosberg as it would then be some distance before the next sector.
Pantani_lives said:There's only one solution. Move the Muur and Bosberg to Oudenaarde!It's technically possible because they're only two heaps of loam with a layer of cobblestones. If they can move an Egyptian temple (Abu Simbel) they can move two foothills as well.
Libertine Seguros said:Finishing in Oudenaarde I don't see as a problem. The actual finish was a bit odd (I kind of expected them to go into the city itself). But they could always have thrown in the Eikenberg or the Taaienberg as a final climb after the Paterberg, giving us a more technical run-in rather than a long, flat expanse of straight highway, or gone a bit further East and used some of the climbs and cobbled stretches out that way. They could always have used the Kapelmuur the same way the Koppenberg used to be, for forming the elite selection some way out; though they'd probably have to come back down towards the Valkenberg and Berendries after that rather than continue on to the Bosberg as it would then be some distance before the next sector.