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Awesome, hard riding Belgian .. my faves.
Amazing to think Van Aert has gone from one hour races to do so well in a four hour one.
Great race again. Strade Bianche might not be a Monument, but for me, it's the first of the Classics.
Amazing to think Van Aert has gone from one hour races to do so well in a four hour one.
Yeah, impressive even given the terrain. TBH I'd have imagined van der Poel would've made the more likely roadie
WvA has been riding road for a few seasons, in local Belgian events only. It this year he’s touted to do more including PR and De Ronde.. it will be good to see how he takes PR on.
I too think the faves all rode themselves out of it, too much looking around at Sagan..
When's the next Spring Classic? I'm enjoying this stuff, feeling like I'm getting my 2 pounds worth of value from Eurosport too.
some quality gurning today 🙂
that was some effort
the next classic is Milan-San Remo on March 17th
Not sure if this'll work but shows how knackered WvA was, falling off on the final climb
https://mobile.twitter.com/kingstonwheeler/status/969968381028896768/video/1
Thanks! Looking forward to it. Good pictures too, cheers.
Watched that video, wow, he really did empty the tank today.
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scaredypants<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">TBH I’d have imagined van der Poel would’ve made the more likely roadie</span>
Presuming van deer Poel is still focused on his goal of the mountain bikes in the Olympics I 2020 and will be doing the xc World Cup again this year.
nah, he had to dismount and remount somewhere along the ride force of habit 😉
Some awesome pics on insta.. if you have it just take 10mins over there. 📸☄️🤩
some more piccies
On WvA's bike, was that a seatpack, camera or the Velon thingee?
mens highlights
last 20km
not a spring classic but I think it fits here,
has anyone seen Paris Nice st 1. I'm just looking at the (silent) replay on eurosport. Those guys look really pissed off
finish worth a look though, if you can find a stream
small spoiler:
The final 5km is more than enough - rest was just grim
TJ out, I’m beginning to wonder why he starts a race these days.
About 12 months ago I spotted that the Vuelta Cataluña route came past our house and had a stage finish at the top of a local climb which is a real brute, 1000m of height gain in 12km. A couple of weeks before the race, MrsPB and I decided to ride up it so off we set. A few hairpins into the climb a couple of riders come shooting past, one in particular dressed in every piece of Movistar riding kit made, thermal jacket, roubaix longs, full gloves, balaclava, the works. He gave us a cheery hello and cleared off in big ring. Some time later I arrived at the top to see him chatting to his mate in the little carpark. I rode over to look down the climb for Trish and he started chatting about my bike, tyre sizes etc, the usual bollocks. I replied in my broken Spanish, turns out he lives up near Tarragona. I summonded my best vocab and informed him that the Vuelta Cataluna would be up here in a couple of weeks, he replied, "I know, I'm in it" his mate piped up "his name is Marc Soler"
He's today just won the Paris-Nice. 
He’s today just won the Paris-Nice.
Sheesh. Wasn't expecting this in the spring classic thread!. I'll delete today's off my planner now.
Watch it anyway very good exciting race.
milan San remo next weekend.
That's just a little bit on the bonkers side of things !
You have to be sensible sometimes and play to your strengths and weaknesses. Everyone knows Sagan can sprint, it's what he does... So of course you're not going to put yourself in a position where you're tired as the sprint comes up, it would be crazy to do so.
all's fair in love and bike racing (except dope, elbows and motors obviously 🙂 )
thunderstorms forecast for the end of the race so a tricky descent off the Poggio
I'm not even going to start predicting a winner this weekend. The Classics are hard enough to call at the best of times but Milan often throws up a surprise. What I will predict is that this years race will be a real corker with so many riders who can climb a bit and sprint a bit in very good form.
My heart says Sagan though! Current saviour of cycling?
Just a bump M-S-R is today, live on Eurosport from 1330.
7 hrs in the rain going to be a cheery peloton 🙂
I would I like to ride Milan-San Remo today? No.
qs, sky and bora leading the chase
Who reckons they could take a pair of leggings off while keeping the speed over 20mph ??
Blimey, Cav’s somersault 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🥊💥
Awesome break, Great win.
yeah, credit to him for spotting the opportunity and battering on
Very fast finish from Caleb Ewan to take second. Reckon the Aussie will be one to watch this year.
Hope Cav's not too broken. That looked evil.
I'm no Nibali fan, but that was some way to win a bike race.
That was just brilliant from Nibali. Fantastic riding.
Apparently nothing broken by Cavendish but more whiplash injuries.
Treofeo Binda this weekend as well, on Eurosport player but with Italian commentary which is a bit poor, good race though
I'm not generally a Nibali fan, but I was really happy he won that race considering it was something he had dreamt of since he was a boy, and because he had such a good ride. His face at the end was worth it.
EDIT: Great pics, klunk!
EDIT: I felt sick seeing Cavendish go over like that, but when accidents keep happening to him, I can't help but wonder. Do you think it's the Russians?
I bet he can't believe they let him get over the poggio with a 15 second lead
big crash in the peloton, qs looking to make it tough for those delayed to get back on !
DOn't forget Ghent-Wev on Sunday too..
astana vs quickstep + lottosud at the moment (the break is getting caught far too early at this rate 90 km to go)
looks like most of sky are the wrong side of the split
that ef cannodale drapac kit is very pink!
great tense stuff
brilliant spoiling from quickstep
Another lesson from them in "how to win"..
Always been a fan of his.. quality.💥
An inspiring ride from Terpstra.
Good race, Quickstep doing the business again 🙂
Where can I get me one of those big beers?
Goddam Eurosport. Just sat down to watch the E3 (having learned the result already unfortunately) and it was only at the end when Terpstra was nowhere in sight that I realised I'd recorded the highlights of the 2017 edition! Eurosport likes to show them again but not tell you that it's last years!
Ah well, it was a good a finish last year at least. Going to have to record the various repeats of the highlights over the next couple of days in the hope that I get the 2018 one...
looks like they are enjoying the early spring sunshine, peloton is kicking up dust on the belgium back roads
fascinating racing, peloton is very "fluid" at the moment
now that is a select group ! 🙂 should be interesting finish
make the world champ work 🙂
some riders are completely allergic to the wind 🙂 Kristoff must have been on the front for 5 sec and thought **** that! 🙂
cracking race, there there vivianni (you had the wrong wheel) 🙂
Yes good sprint from Sagan, Van Art is strong but he was always stuffed with that group of talented riders, could bode well for Roubaix though
sky are having a spring classics mare so far !!!
Van Art is strong but he was always stuffed with that group of talented riders yep ! 1 SAGAN, Peter (BOH) 5:50:00 2 VIVIANI, Elia (QST) 3 DEMARE, Arnaud (GFC) 4 LAPORTE, Christophe (COF) 5 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens (LTS) 6 NAESEN, Oliver (ALM) 7 TRENTIN, Matteo (MTS) 8 ŠTYBAR, Zdenek (QST) 9 STUYVEN, Jasper (TFS) 10 VAN AERT, Wout (VWC) ffs what was wrong with the old forum this new one is so so so shit now it becoming a bad joke!
Best new format award goes to Klunk's last post there
Just watched the replay - great race
<b>Dwars door</b> Vlaanderen today
seems like Valverde and Quintana are using the race as cobbles practice for the TdF
some piccies from sundays race
Thanks for the pics again... they're ACE !
De Ronde this weekend 👍🤩
cold wet and grim today
blimey sky have decided to make an appearance in the form of luke rowe
some riders need to go on mechanics courses 🙂
gimme shelter 🙂
luke 
soloing from 75km out 🙂 brave or stupid ?
wout van aert rides into the hazard warning copper ! Don't think luke had the legs for it losing 30secs on the first climb.
grim looking peloton 🙂
