Boonen considers himself favourite for Worlds

rick_chasey
rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
edited April 2011 in Pro race
As it says:

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrenn ... rt_over_wk

He names the standard 260km + sprinters and Gilbert recons it's too flat for him to do much.

Boonen also says that the asphalt is super-fast.

*woo!*
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    He should certainly have a good chance. In the end it will depend how animated the race gets. If it largely stays together then Cav, Farrar, Pettachi would be the favourites, but if you start getting classics style splits etc and a small group ends up at the finish you'd bet on Boonen making it into it over the pure sprinters.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,654
    Bacon for the mouth. ?
    Philippe Gilbert on the trail is not on his glove. ?

    Damn I love google translate....
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Bacon for the mouth. ?
    Philippe Gilbert on the trail is not on his glove. ?

    Damn I love google translate....

    It is indeed bacon for the mouth....
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,654
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Bacon for the mouth. ?
    Philippe Gilbert on the trail is not on his glove. ?

    Damn I love google translate....

    It is indeed bacon for the mouth....

    I hate to think where Belgians might put bacon that wasn't for the mouth...

    Just out of interest, am I right in assuming that Gilbert is a Walloon, while Boonen is Flemmish?
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    No tA Doctor wrote:

    Just out of interest, am I right in assuming that Gilbert is a Walloon, while Boonen is Flemmish?

    Yes
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Bacon for the mouth. ?
    Philippe Gilbert on the trail is not on his glove. ?

    Damn I love google translate....

    It is indeed bacon for the mouth....

    I hate to think where Belgians might put bacon that wasn't for the mouth...

    Just out of interest, am I right in assuming that Gilbert is a Walloon, while Boonen is Flemmish?

    Joking aside, I think it's more "something to have an appetite for". It's like what bacon is for the mouth.

    Gilbert does a good job keeping both the Flandrians and Wallonians happy.

    The flemish riders have less concern about that.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1011908

    The associated video.

    Not sure about Boonen's attire. At least it's better than a "I f*ck on the first date" T-shirt.
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  • peddlefever
    peddlefever Posts: 82
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.1011908

    The associated video.

    Not sure about Boonen's attire. At least it's better than a "I f*ck on the first date" T-shirt.

    He looks like he is wearing a mime costume.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Here he is checking out the course with Gilbert recently.

    preview-duo.jpg
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  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Are all Belgians bilingual?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Tusher wrote:
    Are all Belgians bilingual?

    Often, but language is a little (very) controversial in Belgium!!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Here he is checking out the course with Gilbert recently.

    preview-duo.jpg


    I think the Everlast team need to get a new bike sponsor.
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