The Best Weekend

[Buffalo Soldier]

That ancient roman cobbles are not to be ridden by a peloton.
1)It's impossible unless they would use mountain bikes
2)They are f*ing 2000 years old. You would't throw a party in the Pantheon either, would you?

 

[Echoes]

That said, I voted for Flanders, because like Netserk, Het Volk was what I'd been waiting for since Lombardia and Paris-Tours.

What a pity ! The best cycle races, one can think of are held in between those two races. For the last few years I've no longer really been able to enjoy the Volk, nostalgia for cyclocross.

Strade Bianche is fun but I can't help seeing something artificially romantic about it. I mean a few decades ago, you had such roads a bit of everywhere and nobody really gave it any attention, now that you don't have that many dirt roads, once you have some, you get excited. It's a bit like the French who put back bears in the Pyrenees. Romantic but artificial.

 

[spalco]

What a pity ! The best cycle races, one can think of are held in between those two races. For the last few years I've no longer really been able to enjoy the Volk, nostalgia for cyclocross.

Strade Bianche is fun but I can't help seeing something artificially romantic about it. I mean a few decades ago, you had such roads a bit of everywhere and nobody really gave it any attention, now that you don't have that many dirt roads, once you have some, you get excited. It's a bit like the French who put back bears in the Pyrenees. Romantic but artificial.

I don't think it's artificial. Those races with difficult road surfaces are just less formulaic than many other races year-round. If Paris-Roubaix hadn't saved their cobblestones, Cavendish might have won the race 5 times already, and while I like him, who would want to watch that?

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

They used to race dirt roads until the late 70s, I believe.

 

[Flamin]

In terms of racing SB= Omloop

For real?

FYI: not a single Belgian rider in SB

Surprising indeed. Would be awesome to see someone like Nys race this, although SB's position on the calender is probably the worst for cyclocrossers.

 

[JimmyFingers]

Omloop is the race I look forward to when Lombardia is over. It's the start of the best time of the year.

This, for one we'll agree