Tour de Wallonie 2021 (July 20-24)

[Bolder]

Simmons' sprint was impressive. Almost 100m earlier in the wind than the three guys on the podium to get in position and finished 4th.

Yeah, he's potentially a Van Aert type of rider; you can see why Trek signed him so young. He can climb, likes hard races and has a good kick. He could potentially make the final selection at PR.

 

[RedheadDane]

Situation

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  1		52	BEPPU Fumiyuki	31:53
  2		134	LEYSEN Senne	22:43
  3		165	VANHOOF Ward	0:35
  4		211	QUINN Sean	0:35
  5		231	HANSEN Jesper	3:49

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So, I'm guessing Vanhoof and Quinn are sort of... both in virtual orange...

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Those Riwal jerseys. Ugh.
Of all the shades in the Pantone chart they chose that one.

 

[SafeBet]

Wtf is going on with this roundabout?

 

[SafeBet]

I don't think Simmons knows what he's doing. He's chasing Cerny who's like an hour down in GC but letting Eriksson go. He's lucky other teams are working for a sprint.

 

[RedheadDane]

FABIO!

Love his little point-at-the-smile winning gesture.

 

[Samamba]

A Tour de Wallonie with 4 bunch sprints is just disgusting.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

A Tour de Wallonie with 4 bunch sprints is just disgusting.

Yes, it's pure Wallonie, but at least the race was held with all five stages.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fabio first, Fabbro third. If only one Lienhard, Grellier or Van Den Bossche had made the podium as well, it would have been absolutely Fab-bulous

 

[RedheadDane]

So... who was second again?

JAKOBSEN Fabio
Deceuninck - Quick Step20300:00:002
FABBRO Matteo
BORA - hansgrohe1018,,3
MENTEN Milan
Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB512,,

01	Fabio Jakobsen		Deceuninck-Quick Step	​	20​
02	Rüdiger Selig		BORA-hansgrohe	​	10​

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So... who was second again?

JAKOBSEN Fabio
Deceuninck - Quick Step20300:00:002
FABBRO Matteo
BORA - hansgrohe1018,,3
MENTEN Milan
Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB512,,

01	Fabio Jakobsen		Deceuninck-Quick Step	​	20​
02	Rüdiger Selig		BORA-hansgrohe	​	10​

It was either Selig, Fabbro or Schwarzmann.
But it was probably Selig, cause Fabbro would never be able to contest a bunch sprint.

 

[SafeBet]

I can guarantee you guys it was not Fabbro. You need two Fabbros to make the body of the rider who got second.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I can guarantee you guys it was not Fabbro. You need two Fabbros to make the body of the rider who got second.

It's a classic Milli Vanilli situation, where a Fabbro(b) gets the crecit for someone else's work.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Was there a gentlemen's agreement between Jakobsen and Groenewegen? It looks like they took turns and never contested a sprint simultaneously?

 

[yaco]

Jakobsen was very powerful in that sprint albeit against reduced competition - A win at the Vuelta is possible - Groenewegen was dropped on a climb with around 10kms to go - You could be right about stage 1 and 2.

 

[bizzmane89]

Was there a gentlemen's agreement between Jakobsen and Groenewegen? It looks like they took turns and never contested a sprint simultaneously?

Must be, i think it was pretty clever of them. They probably cant really go 100% vs each other.