Ronde van Vlaanderen
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Gilbert went on a 6hr training ride yesterday.
A good quote (translated by yours truly):
"The first four hours I was pedalling squares, but then it went much better"
4hrs feeling bad, then coming good?
Sheesh.0 -
It's hard to concentrate on work with the anticipation for Sunday. I hope the race is as good as the build up.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Gilbert went on a 6hr training ride yesterday.
A good quote (translated by yours truly):
"The first four hours I was pedalling squares, but then it went much better"
4hrs feeling bad, then coming good?
Sheesh.
Yeah, I'm a bit like that at work. Spend the morning drawing squares!
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frenchfighter wrote:I like these quotes from Devolder:
"That's the most intense thing I've seen in my career," said the Belgian to Sporza and other news sources. "It was certainly not the opposition at the E3. He has beaten me speechless. All the riders who were at the front rubbed their eyes. It took me a day to get my head around it."
"Tom Boonen and the others who were not there should be scared of when he will flex his muscles in the Ronde. It was even more overwhelming that Roubaix and the Ronde last year."
Lefevre saying Tornado has to show some results:
If he wants to keep his financial situation, he must also perform
Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/7951/ ... z1IAwHSrUC
Yeah, how dare he be only the 2nd or 3rd best Classics rider in the world.___________________
Strava is not Zen.0 -
It's hard to concentrate on work with the anticipation for Sunday. I hope the race is as good as the build up.
+1 kop van de wedstrijd0 -
OK guys, for those watching Sporza:
Renaat (AFX's favourite) will be on the motor, with José Decauwer and Wuyts in the commentary box.
Vannieuwkerke is presenting, and will have Sven Nys and Mart Smeets to interview beforehand.0 -
Terpstra - no start for De Ronde - broken collarbone.
GUTTTED.
http://www.quickstepcycling.eu/en/Terps ... of-DeRonde0 -
That's a big loss for Quick-Step. Chavanel is going to have to shoulder a lot of responsibility on his own now.0
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RichN95 wrote:P_Tucker wrote:He's probably paid as the best - a couple of years ago he was.
Yeah, but you have to remember that with Boonen you get a bit more than just the racing, there's the whole celebrity side (at least in Belgium) - call it the 'Beckham effect'.
True, he IS a handsome bugger.0 -
Lefevre's just old skool.
He has a point.
Before GW - which was when the comment was made, what big race did Boonen win in the last year?
None.
As he said, it's OK, if Boonen is 18th in M-SR if he does well (read win) in some of the big Flemish races and Tour stages.
He'll be gutted about Terpstra. He's been the best he's been for a while. Him, Steegmans, and Chavanel were a very good 2nd string behind Boonen.0 -
I can't see Hushovd winning, that would mean attacking somewhere before 1km from the finish which isn't exactly his modus operandi. I would love to see Gilbert win - he at least has panache.Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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blim wrote:It's hard to concentrate on work with the anticipation for Sunday. I hope the race is as good as the build up.
+1
+2 (though I took the day off today and am heading to Belgium).
The race promises to be something special and will be if Cancellara doesn't have a huge failure.
If he wins, it will be a spectacular ride and if he doesn't win, someone else will have had to produce a spectacular ride to beat him.
So hoping for no early crash or major mechanical that neutralises any of the favourites.0 -
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I think Cancellara should attack 100km out.
Jacky Durand style. +200km solo in 1992. He got stopped in Belgian for speeding at one point and the officer said, 'oh you won the Ronde', and let him drive on : )Contador is the Greatest0 -
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Rain capes for Sunday.........gonna be one for the hardmen:
http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/en/65239-Home.html0 -
Yeah favours Gilbert.Contador is the Greatest0
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frenchfighter wrote:I think Cancellara should attack 100km out.
Jacky Durand style. +200km solo in 1992. He got stopped in Belgian for speeding at one point and the officer said, 'oh you won the Ronde', and let him drive on : )
Durand was only solo for the final 13 kms or so from the Bosberg. He was in a break with Thomas Wegmuller (who did much the same thing in Roubaix a few years before) and a couple of Belgian riders who were dropped with 40 kms or so to go.
There's a good article on the 1992 race in the current edition of Cycle Sport.0 -
frenchfighter wrote:Yeah favours Gilbert.
Boonen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hDpP-gWNHY
Haussler too...0 -
And? I would say it favours Gilbert over Canc. Tour of Lombardia as most recent example of his ability and determination in the wet.Contador is the Greatest0
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frenchfighter wrote:And? I would say it favours Gilbert over Canc. Tour of Lombardia as most recent example of his ability and determination in the wet.
Rain on the cobbles is a different kettle of fish.
I know Boonen's sprint is not as strong in the wet and cold.0 -
Contador is the Greatest0 -
“This morning I couldn’t even put food in my mouth with my left hand,” Devolder told Het Nieuwsblad. “The team doctor tried to close the gaping wound in my elbow with sticking plaster, but that did not succeed; eventually it needed two stitches. Last night I hardly slept a wink because of the pain.”
"You know all those years I never fell in De Panne?” he asked. “I have never trained so hard, I'm three kilograms lighter than ever for the Ronde, and then I hit the pavement less than three days of the start of the Ronde."
“I hope I can pull the bars okay on Sunday,” he added. “I’ll try as hard as possible to be in Brugge.”Contador is the Greatest0 -
Guide (large file) Not in English.
http://www.standaard.be/extra/pdf/RVVgids.pdf
18 climbs details easy to read:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/03/ ... ers_166224Contador is the Greatest0 -
Bartoli taking it to them in 96 on the Muur:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXcJWZyZ_Bo
15secs from a spectator of Ballna in 07:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoOp3exDhjE
If you didn't watch this last year, well worth a watch. 2mins, well put together, black and white footage of spectator prep morning of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m6Vwy6NtB0Contador is the Greatest0 -
ridiculously excited.
in-laws are over but I have booked myself a good 2 hours in front of the telly with a beer or 2
would like to see anyone but cancellara win. I don't hate him, just it's boring when the same people win all the time.0
