Scheldeprijs Schoten: October 14th, 2020

[richwallone]

If You click in google for Julien Maurice

He looks like this:

Julien Maurice - Google Suche

www.google.com

This made my day...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bad move by Ackermann. No way for this sprint to happen safely though, one miscalculated (or not, though I think this one was) manoeuvre is enough for a huge crash.

 

[richwallone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1316397352983375872

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1316397352983375872

 

[Boes]

DQ'ed

 

[Danskebjerge]

As Lanterne Rouge has described nicely, the punishment for causing other riders to crash is so mild that the dangerous riding is worth it: There is a risk of being religated, but when you know that you will miss a top spot anyway, you have nothing to lose. There should be further consequences like in most other sports.

 

[Volderke]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1316397352983375872

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1316397352983375872

errr.
According to what I saw, the sprint was in full force.

 

[SafeBet]

I think Merlier blamed Philipsen.

Yeah Merlier blamed Philipsen who blamed Bonifazio.
Scheldeprijs sprinting at its finest.

 

[yaco]

Guess Ewan will finish his season at next week at De Panne - It's a valuable win for the team as Ewan rarely rides in Belgium.

 

[richwallone]

errr.
According to what I saw, the sprint was in full force.

Same here. I think he was already sprinting... They were showing the UCI people vividly arguing on Sporza Not sure if they were the actual commissaires but they all wore UCI jackets...

 

[richwallone]

Yep, DQ-ed:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1316399010190630915

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1316399010190630915

 

[Breezy1985]

Insanely messy as always at this stupid race. Ewan very fast. Bennett boxed in and never opened up. Ackermann looked like he might have caused the crash, swerving suddenly to find a gap?

Did Bennett drop a chain? Maybe it happened in the crash because he looks down and is shaking his head just after the crash starts

 

[Danskebjerge]

When was the last time there was no sprint finish in this race? Taking a quick look at the winners' list, I get the impression that it's at least 30 years.

 

[PeterB]

Terrible swerves also from Bonifazio...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1316397115694698499

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/LVCKV/status/1316397115694698499

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

When was the last time there was no sprint finish in this race? Taking a quick look at the winners' list, I get the impression that it's at least 30 years.

2005

 

[Billie]

When was the last time there was no sprint finish in this race? Taking a quick look at the winners' list, I get the impression that it's at least 30 years.

2005 was a break of 2 and 2006 a group of about 15 (the race was still held the wednesday after Roubaix and Quick Step where nowhere to be seen in Roubaix so as punishment/revenge they went full gas from the start).

 

[F_Cance]

De Kleijn eight? So... it wasn't him who crashed?

It wasn't De Kleijn. The dutch are celebrating right now that it was just a norwegian

 

[richwallone]

Terrible swerves also from Bonifazio...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1316397115694698499

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/LVCKV/status/1316397115694698499

Yeah, but not DQ worthy... That's just how he sprints when running out of gas

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It wasn't De Kleijn. The dutch are celebrating right now that it was just a norwegian

How is that celebrating?

 

[Red Rick]

Disgusting from Ackerman.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah, but not DQ worthy... That's just how he sprints when running out of gas

If 'that's just how he sprints' means swerving across half the road and cutting off at least two others, he has no business in the peloton.

 

[richwallone]

Disgusting from Ackerman.

Maybe that's where Sagan picked up his "bad" habits...

 

[RedheadDane]

How is that celebrating?

Yeah, I'd like to know that too.

 

[Leinster]

Did Bennett drop a chain? Maybe it happened in the crash because he looks down and is shaking his head just after the crash starts

Nah. He was on Ewan’s wheel, but didn’t react quick enough when Ewan started his sprint, and got sandwiched between Bonifazio going forward, and Philipsen’s leadout man coming back.

 

[richwallone]

If 'that's just how he sprints' means swerving across half the road and cutting off at least two others, he has no business in the peloton.

I only saw what was posted in the Tweet above and he wasn't "swerving across half the road"... It looked a bit wide but nothing out of ordinary in a sprint situation... I'm not even Bonifazio's fan so I really care if he was punished or not... Just saying

 

[richwallone]

How is that celebrating?

Yeah, that's a weird wording...