2024 Classics thread - Not a spoiler thread
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Benoor accelerates on the Keutenberg which is steep and only hirshi vansevenant and pidcock can follow
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MVDP is second favourite for LBL.
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I think that's just hype. Personally I don't think he stands a chance.
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago1 -
Skjelmose says he sees Pog, MvdP and himself on the podium. Doesn't know which order yet
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Stevie Williams is 3rd favourite, which goes to show what a season he's had so far.
In fact, just checking the PCS Season Ranking (points from 1 Jan) he is 8th, ahead of Remco!
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Isn't the finish fairly flat ? So anyone looking to win it is likely to need a bit of a sprint.
I'm interested in what Ben Healy does - after last year he hasn't been able to get out of the peloton. Is it just that he's not being given as much rope, he's got his tactics wrong or a lack of form? I know he's done some work on the front for his team but this week must have been a target for him.
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I think anyone who has shown they can finish top ten in this race previously, has to be considered to have a chance. Given how much he's improved since then, I think his chances are good but I still think Pogacar is justifiably the stand out favourite.
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LBL just got a touch harder
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33/1 at hills.
Nice interview with him in the Times.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/20be34f0-8477-4597-a04a-da4a92a7f6b4?shareToken=d4c317bd2a2f9663076cf87dab01c96c
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No chainrings for mvdp from the inrng.
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
More surprising is that Pog doesn't get 5.
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"If anything the weather is a serious factor and for him and everyone else, a potential rival so he’s only a four-chaining pick below"
They make a sensible point though. The weather forecast is so bad no one is a certainty.
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
Catch-up on LBL? Race begins at La Redoute, 35 kms to go. Race finish begins at 13 kms to go.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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From 13 kms out, I'd say so.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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That's quite the 7 days of racing for MDVP
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From TeamAlpecin:
Fun fact
Mathieu Van der Poel is the first rider to finish on the podium of Ronde van Vlaanderen & Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège the same season since his father Adrie in 1986!
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I don't want to spoil your fun but isn't this supposed to be a spoiler free thread?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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I wholeheartedly agree.
At least we have the Giro to look forward to, where the favourite is at odds of 2/9. The second favourite is 38 next month and the 4th favourite is a 36 year old who has won two world tour races (both stages). 2004's status as the worst Giro in recent memory is under threat.
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Fair.
Nothing I can do about thr first post now
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Most Predictable for sure .... Not sure worst is a good term .
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
