Who will win Flanders?

kmahony

Possibly looking like the best race of the season:

Gilbert
Cancellara
Ballan
Boonen
Hoste
Gusev
Nuyens
Flecha
Pozzato
... would be a rough guess.

Anyone I'm missing?

ContrelaMontre

Chavanel?

takethehighroad

Whoever wins Three Days of de Panne.

Or Cancellara as long as he doesn't f**k his tactics up like he did so spectacularly last year.

afx237vi

ContrelaMontre wrote:

Chavanel?

Apparently it'll be the first ever time he's ridden the Ronde. But then again it was also the first ever time he rode Dwars door Vlaanderen and Brabantse Pijl...

Also, from that list, Gusev is still recovering from a broken collarbone.

One other name I'd add: Stijn Devolder.

captain_oakley

Ballan..... to make it 2 in a row

Cancellara

Gilbert

Boonen for an outside bet!!

........And how far into the race befoe Duffers mentions 'Sackcloth & Ashes'....


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Bronzie

My dark horse: Steegmans (as long as Boonen doesn't want him as his bitch for the day)

Moomaloid

What about Voight as an outsider. In good form and not an obvious choice... actually... is he riding it...

Think it will be Gilbert or Cancellara mind..

ms_tree

Hoste
Hammond
Arveson

Faith is believing in something when commonsense tells you not to

ricadus

If Cancellara can stay with the contenders over the Muur then he can power up the final wooded climb and get away over the 10 km to the finish.

Bronzie

Gasparotto is going pretty well also, but can't really see Barloworld being able to control the race.

What's the story with Boonen do you reckon. Nothing much since Qatar in Jan, or is he keeping his powder dry and the pressure off himself?

Moomaloid

How can the poor lad keep the pressure off him... not possible this weekend...

has anyone actually found a way of watching un-interrupted coverage yet?

dave_1

This thread is making it too easy to predict the winner at Flanders on the PTP league...keep your tips secret eh...

Bronzie

Dave_1 wrote:

This thread is making it too easy to predict the winner at Flanders on the PTP league...keep your tips secret eh...

No such thing as a dead cert in cycling! Talking about who you THINK will win is half the fun isn't it?

Here's what the bookies think:
Cancellara, F 4.50
Boonen, T 5.00
Ballan, A 10.00
Hoste, L 11.00
Pozzato, F 12.00
Gilbert, P 15.00
Nuyens, N 20.00
Devolder, S 20.00
Steegmans, G 25.00
Kroon, K 25.00
Gasparotto, E 25.00
Chavanel, Sylvain 30.00
Hushovd, T 35.00
Flecha Giannoni, J-A 35.00
Vaitkus, T 35.00
Klier, A 35.00
Freire, O 35.00
Gusev, V 40.00
Van Avermaet, G 40.00
Gardeyn, G 40.00
O'Grady, Stuart 45.00
Quinziato, M 50.00
Hincapie, G 60.00
Arvesen, K-A 60.00
Zabel, E 60.00
Muravyev, D 80.00
Eeckhout, N 80.00
Hammond, R 100.0

afx237vi

What bookie is that? Devolder is currently 60.00 at Betfair :shock: Might have a sly £2 punt at those odds...

Bronzie

Unibet

kmahony

Well I've gone Gilbert. Betfair and PTP.
Really looking forward to this one.

Devolder, Arvesen and Gasparotto are good outside chances

I'd expect Chavanel and Steegemans to be b1tches for the day, but wouldn't rule out.