GP Le Samyn

Kléber

Coming up live and direct on: http://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/class ... ideo-69082

Click on the "cyclisme en direct" logo. Enjoy...

afx237vi

I had to put my PC clock forward an hour to get it to play.

Not the greatest of start lists: http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html ... d=MTk3Nzk=

blazing_saddles

afx237vi wrote:

I had to put my PC clock forward an hour to get it to play.

Not the greatest of start lists: http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html ... d=MTk3Nzk=

That is the tip for RTBF. Clock on an hour.
I'm late, cos we've been switching off analogue, today and one tv has been a bit of a bu*ger. :oops:

blazing_saddles

Nice to see BMC making a bit of an effort.........
Not good for Skil. 2 abandons, one is Dom Cornu.

Hand out those Tour wildcards......quick! :P

Kléber

Adam "Blight" is in with a chance. This is Omega's Adam Blythe, the Brit.

And yes, for all Sporza and RTBF fees you need to put your clock onto CET to get it to work.

afx237vi

FDJ seem to very keen at the front. Trying to set up the Hooter I reckon.

blazing_saddles

Interesting that RTBF's caption comes up in English. We've had "head of the race".
Seems to be another hard slog, today. Can't be doing more than mid 30s kph.

afx237vi

Business end of the race now. FDJ have got this very wrong.

blazing_saddles

That's a hard final km, slightly up hill and with a fair amount of head/crosswind, by the looks.
It's all got a bit frantic.

afx237vi

Peloton goes KA-BLAMMO. And thus I totally lose track of what is going on.

Kléber

afx237vi wrote:

Business end of the race now. FDJ have got this very wrong.

Yes, that was a lesson in how not to chase a break. They caught the trio with 25km remaining, leaving the race open to non-stop attacks.

Perhaps they can get it together and with a bit of luck deliver Huta to the line but even then they'll have wasted some energy.

blazing_saddles

Nice bit of cornering.
Well it certainly ain't dull and we get: "No balls, no glory".

blazing_saddles

Clever spoiling work from Saur and Cofidis.

afx237vi

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Clever spoiling work from Saur and Cofidis.

Not enough though. 8km, 12 seconds...

blazing_saddles

They are doomed....

afx237vi

Jens Keukelaire. This kid is good.

blazing_saddles

Keukeleire comes out of left field.....literally.
Cofidis were deserving winners.

greeny12

Yep, Cofidis were all over the final stages of that race. Very exciting, I must say.

Saxo also semeed to use up a lot of energy for no reward - not for the first time in races I've watched. Just as well Spartacus lucked into the overall in Oman or they'd be looking quite hard up this far into the season...