Three days of de Panne - 29th to 31st March

[Moondance]

Wow, even if they don't make it, this break has earned massive respect.

 

[roundabout]

Break stays away - Greipel wins.

Thanks for the spoiler

 

[Francois the Postman]

Looks like the downhill approach is working in the front group's favour. I hadn't expected them to hold on 'til here.

 

[Tuarts]

200-300m still?

 

[TeoSheva]

Come on degenkolb, and thanks to you guys for making my afternoon here at work. No stream or anything aloud

the same for me

 

[Jamsque]

It is going to be CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE

 

[maltiv]

Seriously...stop looking back.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Greipel wins before Westra

So Westra still gets the boni seconds....

 

[Moondance]

Wow. Greipes.

The break made it!!

 

[superconfex]

the silverback gets it...well done big fella

 

[TeoSheva]

It is going to be CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE

like Gilbert in tirreno?

 

[Jamsque]

GORILLA gets it easily! He should give half his bonus to Westra.

 

[Parrulo]

wow greipel awesome race by him

losts of respect

 

[maltiv]

How did the peloton not catch them? They were looking at each other for the last 5 km while having a 10 sec gap

 

[The Hitch]

That was a exciting finish i guess. I wouldnt know. I had no cq guys in there so my excitement was unfortunately quelled.

 

[Sasquatch]

Sky screwed that up. When they got to within 5 seconds, they slowed down as they didn't want to catch them 2km out from the line. They slowed down too much.

 

[Winterfold]

very enjoyable

 

[Anonymous]

Dwars and today have no radios. breakaway win
wevelgem on sunday, radios, break caught inside the final km

 

[Sasquatch]

So GC is wide open now.

Wiggins still the favourite. Sky will probably rip it up in the crosswinds. Their plan was probably to get Wiggins to the finish as close as he could.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

That was an excellent stage.

And fair play to Greipel. It's nice to see an out and out sprinter going for in the occasional break.

 

[Parrulo]

do you guys think greipel has a chance of riding a good PR with a couple more years of experience?

 

[Jamsque]

Sky screwed that up. When they got to within 5 seconds, they slowed down as they didn't want to catch them 2km out from the line. They slowed down too much.

Sky weren't organised for the sprint anyway. What matters is that they didn't let Westra get any more time than just a 2nd place bonification, so Wiggo still has a shot at the GC if he doesn't lose any more time in the flat stages.

 

[Francois the Postman]

What a strange race. Again, 50k+ full on chaos racing, ending in a mass sprint, kinda.

Glad that Westra got some of the bonus seconds too here.

And the Belgian teams getting some half-decent home results again.

 

[Jamsque]

Greipel
Westra
Muravyev
Gusev
Feillu
Sagan
Hondo
Davis
Renshaw
Hutarovich

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

So GC is wide open now.

Wiggins still the favourite. Sky will probably rip it up in the crosswinds. Their plan was probably to get Wiggins to the finish as close as he could.

Westra was only 5 seconds from Tony Martin in Algarve ITT.

I'm not convinced Wiggins is now the major favorite with Westra already having some boni secnds.