Paris-Brussels *spoiler*

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited September 2012 in Pro race
1. Boonen
2. Renshaw
3. Freire

Tommeke coming into some pretty decent form before the Worlds, eh?

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,820
    And Phil Gil.

    Who's the Belgian boss?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Leuk zeg.

    Worlds route midly suits Boonen over Phil Gil.

    Expect Phil to head off up the final climb and Boonen to go for the sprint if he comes back.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Last km here: http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrenn ... sel_boonen

    That's an impressively ineffective Rabo lead-out. What was Brown doing there? Did he even do 10 meters at the front?

    Boonen in good shape, and talking a lot about it all just being preparation for the Worlds. I wonder he wouldn't better take these wins on their own merit. They've all been flat sprinters' races. The last time the worlds used exactly the same finish loop in 1998 it was more the Amstel Gold/LBL specialists that dominated. I'm not sure there will be a big bunch with riders like Boonen in it still together in the last lap. In 1998 the field was completely smashed to pieces.

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