Strade Bianche: August 1, 2020

[fuiers]

MVDP is suffering from the effects of being the face for Alpecin shampoo.

 

[jaylew]

Diego Rosa 10th @ 7:45

 

[Sciatic]

Whoa, time gaps for top 10 —massive!

 

[Red Rick]

Great race and great winner. What on earth was going on with Fuglsang though?

Bird sang his last song

 

[skippo12]

Bookwalter is probably the most suprising. Maybe better training conditions in the last few month gave him an advantage.

 

[Red Rick]

Just slap monument status on this, add a useless 50km of flat before so we can stop missing everything but the final 50km.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Stybar ultimately losing 4 minutes!

 

[johnymax]

Van Aert is such a beast of a rider. Congrats. Great race!

 

[Pantani_lives]

Alagilbert and Philippe came in together.

 

[RedheadDane]

This - more an ever - is a reason to do away with having a time-cut in a one-day race. If you make it to the finish, you deserve to have your name on the result-list, even if you finish tomorrow!

 

[RedheadDane]

9 finished so far. Gogl nearly 7 minutes behind Van Aerts.

Yes, but none of them finished together!

Okay, a few three-man groups!

 

[Sestriere]

Rim brakes >>> the new disc only S-Works Tarmac in a gravel race confirmed

 

[HelloDolly]

only 42 riders within the time limit

 

[Poursuivant]

Massive time gaps

 

[Leinster]

Rim brakes >>> the new disc only S-Works Tarmac in a gravel race confirmed

Looked like regular 25c tires too? Maybe 28s, but certainly skinnier than whatever Fuglsang had on.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Strongest guy won, beautiful racing. What do you want more?

I missed racing!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

MVDP is suffering from the effects of being the face for Alpecin shampoo.

Remember he had a puncture?

According to De Tier it was at a bad moment and the peloton was pacing full. So he was probably cooked from coming back after that.
Same thing happened to Benoot earlier in the race by the way.

It takes a bit of luck in these races as well.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Great race! Wout really deserved that one he was the strongest rider.
Fuglsang looked like the strongest rider until he wasn't and Formolo is an awesome Grappa Diesel who seems to get better the longer and harder a race is.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Great race! Wout really deserved that one he was the strongest rider.
Fuglsang looked like the strongest rider until he wasn't and Formolo is an awesome Grappa Diesel who seems to get better the longer and harder a race is.

Thinking Wout is a great diesel as well, the way the early finale and the heat destroyed the punchy guys more than normally. And then an allround super powerhouse like Wout comes to the fore. He's gonna be winning a lot of classics if i'm not mistaken. But that's like saying the obvious as we could see that already 3 years ago

 

[Wvv]

Really enjoyed today. Very, very glad to have pro cycling back in our lives! For now #anticovid

Rooting for Greg as usual, unfortunately he suffered a rare fringale. But he was up there, as always, and that's promising.

Brilliant race and deserved victory for Wout. His engine is amazing and what a way to come back after his horror injury 1 year ago.

 

[Sestriere]

Looked like regular 25c tires too? Maybe 28s, but certainly skinnier than whatever Fuglsang had on.

Probably 28s, wider is gonna be difficult with rim brakes. The Tarmac fits 32s if I'm not mistaken, wonder if some riders went for that?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Remember he had a puncture?

According to De Tier it was at a bad moment and the peloton was pacing full. So he was probably cooked from coming back after that.
Same thing happened to Benoot earlier in the race by the way.

It takes a bit of luck in these races as well.

That's true, but he got a wheel almost instantly it seems. If he has one of his "blessed" days, that wouldn't have taken him out that early. Anyway, I'm still not inclined to believe Adrie when he says Mathieu is a "good climber" and could win Lombardia. Not writing him off for Strade, but i think he'll have to win it like Wout did today.

 

[sir fly]

Massive time gaps

Respecting the distancing recommendations.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Thinking Wout is a great diesel as well, the way the early finale and the heat destroyed the punchy guys more than normally. And then an allround super powerhouse like Wout comes to the fore. He's gonna be winning a lot of classics if i'm not mistaken. But that's like saying the obvious as we could see that already 3 years ago

I agree on him being a diesel, I think Paris-Roubaix might be the best one day race for him.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I agree on him being a diesel, I think Paris-Roubaix might be the best one day race for him.

He should have won it last year. Without all the useless chasing he had to do, he'd have won it by a landslide.