Scheldeprijs v Fleche Wallonne

[Ferminal]

Two races with many similarities, hard to split them. I lean towards Scheldeprijs as it's probably more selective in the 30km leading into the sprint.

 

[Afrank]

FW easy, uphill finish>>>>>>flat finish. Plus Fleche gets bonus points for finishing on the Huy.

 

[Netserk]

Schelderprijs > all other races

So ofc also

Schelderprijs > FW

 

[Arnout]

Fleche, to be honest. I see your point, but the last km is the ultimate steep wall in cycling, despite the best efforts of Unipublic.

 

[woodenswan]

donk..

i love the **** out of the Mur explosion. a truly iconic finish.
great race, FW

 

[Eshnar]

Two races with many similarities, hard to split them. I lean towards Scheldeprijs as it's probably more selective in the 30km leading into the sprint.

Not possible to decide which is worse.
So I'll pick the Vino option

 

[wwabbit]

1.WT vs 1.HC....

 

[Ferminal]

1.WT vs 1.HC....

Strade Bianche is 1.1?

 

[Christian]

Mur de Huy is one of the best if not the best finish all year IMHO, I always look forward to it

 

[User Guide]

Strade Bianche is 1.1?

A touch offtopic but Strade owns both

 

[Roderick]

Scheldeprijs ofcourse, it has cobbles in it

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Scheldeprijs is much better because you are always guaranteed a close finish. That silly hill at the end of Fleche Wallone ruins it for me.

 

[burning]

the answer is the great TDU classic obviously

 

[Sylvester]

Scheldeprijs ofcourse, it has cobbles in it

The Broekstraat indeed is a landmark of world cycling. Many legends made their name on those gruesome cobbles...

 

[icefire]

Fleche, to be honest. I see your point, but the last km is the ultimate steep wall in cycling, despite the best efforts of Unipublic.

If Unipublic started organizing 1-day races you'd have to swallow your words

 

[jaylew]

Not even remotely close. There are a million races a year that end in a bunch sprint. Not nearly as many that end on as iconic and steep a climb as the Mur.

 

[rghysens]

Scheldeprijs is only exciting in the last km.
Fleche Wallone is only exciting in the last km.
The last km in the Scheldeprijs takes about a minute.
The last km in the Fleche Wallone takes about 4 minutes.
So FW>Scheldeprijs because there's about 4 times as much excitment.

 

[Netserk]

The last km in FW takes under 3 minutes...

Schelderprijs FTW! _O_

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Scheldeprijs because i dont have to search for ****ty stream and punish my eyes.

 

[will10]

I can't believe how many people bought it. Cookie for Ferminal.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If enough of us buy it, will the Scheldeprijs go away? I'll leave my bank account details if that's the case.

 

[Der Effe]

Anyone who takes this thread seriously should consider visiting a doctor.

 

[Netserk]

I hate the new route.

Give me the old route back!

 

[burning]

If enough of us buy it, will the Scheldeprijs go away? I'll leave my bank account details if that's the case.

I think there are worse races than Scheldeprijs, why are you so obsessed?

You dont see people crashing in podium every day

 

[Libertine Seguros]

There aren't worse races than Scheldeprijs. That race literally only exists to injure people. You could have a better event by holding a prize draw where the first ten riders whose race numbers are pulled out of a hat get their collarbones snapped, and the remainder then hold a 100 meter drag race.