E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - *Spoilers*

ddraver

Even Canc knows everyone has given up....

G2 just rolling into the finish...shame

Turfle

Back under a minute!

above_the_cows

ddraver wrote:

Even Canc knows everyone has given up....

G2 just rolling into the finish...shame

Yeah but would you tow Sagan to the finish only to have him beat you in the sprint? I wouldn't. If Sagan wants it, Sagan can try and get it on his own. I say this because I don't like Sagan.

nevman

Holding around 1 min.Chinny`s going at it like a Mansfield girl with a bag of chips.

ddraver

Sagan at least looking like he has remembered he's in a race again. No one else really helping though...

LeicesterLad

Above The Cows wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Even Canc knows everyone has given up....

G2 just rolling into the finish...shame

Yeah but would you tow Sagan to the finish only to have him beat you in the sprint? I wouldn't. If Sagan wants it, Sagan can try and get it on his own. I say this because I don't like Sagan.

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

above_the_cows

LeicesterLad wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Even Canc knows everyone has given up....

G2 just rolling into the finish...shame

Yeah but would you tow Sagan to the finish only to have him beat you in the sprint? I wouldn't. If Sagan wants it, Sagan can try and get it on his own. I say this because I don't like Sagan.

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

Agree. I guess they just have to choose what they want to do. As I say I'd probably rather race to make Sagan loose, than to win, but this is driven by my dislike of him it is not at all rational.

Crozza

LeicesterLad wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Even Canc knows everyone has given up....

G2 just rolling into the finish...shame

Yeah but would you tow Sagan to the finish only to have him beat you in the sprint? I wouldn't. If Sagan wants it, Sagan can try and get it on his own. I say this because I don't like Sagan.

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

Chavanel is waiting for Sagan to grab a snack before attacking

ddraver

Frenchie exploding elsewhere on the forum...

iainf72

I like when Luigi just rides away and does a 30km solo TT to the finish holding off a group that are chasing.

It's very exciting

Macaloon

LeicesterLad wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Even Canc knows everyone has given up....

G2 just rolling into the finish...shame

Yeah but would you tow Sagan to the finish only to have him beat you in the sprint? I wouldn't. If Sagan wants it, Sagan can try and get it on his own. I say this because I don't like Sagan.

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

I think even if they really want to chase 100%, knowing that they're dragging Sagan to the line has to knock some of the edge off. If this continues it's going to make it difficult for Sagan to win any classics unless he goes for it solo a la Cancellara/Boonen.

graeme_s-2

LeicesterLad wrote:

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

If your options are doing nothing and have Cancellara win, or slog your guts out and have Sagan win, which would you go for?

above_the_cows

Yay the mushroom!

I've been waiting for that all year!

graeme_s-2

Vaughers on Twitter:
"Just tuned in to e3. Heh... Funny.... Congrats to winner Fabian Cancellara. Still 20kms to go."

frenchfighter

Bang, bang, bang. Real racer.

LeicesterLad

Graeme_S wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

If your options are doing nothing and have Cancellara win, or slog your guts out and have Sagan win, which would you go for?

If there was even the slightest chance of my winning by slogging my guts out and then Sagan having an off day, mechanical, crash then I would 100% slog to the finish. People either want to win or they don't.

nevman

One punct***e-thats all it takes.

Turfle

Coming down. Reminiscent of the Cancellara backwards explosion last year?

thomthom

nevman wrote:

One punct***e-thats all it takes.

Or headwind...

LeicesterLad

nevman wrote:

One punct***e-thats all it takes.

Exactly!

Turfle

40 seconds..

rozzer32

Graeme_S wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

If your options are doing nothing and have Cancellara win, or slog your guts out and have Sagan win, which would you go for?

Or maybe they could try and win the race themselves. Too many riders are happy with a top 5 finish. What happened to all or nothing? I'd say only Fabian has the balls in the pro peloton to try and win a race by himself which we are seeing today. In the chase group they're are 5 riders from 5 different teams. They need to work together but they're all happy to try and get a top 5. No one really wants to do a turn. Shame really.

ddraver

Testify LL!!!

DeadCalm

Hope they catch him.

frenchfighter

rozzer32 wrote:

Graeme_S wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

If your options are doing nothing and have Cancellara win, or slog your guts out and have Sagan win, which would you go for?

Or maybe they could try and win the race themselves. Too many riders are happy with a top 5 finish. What happened to all or nothing? I'd say only Fabian has the balls in the pro peloton to try and win a race by himself which we are seeing today. In the chase group they're are 5 riders from 5 different teams. They need to work together but they're all happy to try and get a top 5. No one really wants to do a turn. Shame really.

Check.

above_the_cows

ThomThom wrote:

nevman wrote:

One punct***e-thats all it takes.

Or headwind...

Not now, cross and tail only. Still an easterly wind.

ddraver

In other news, I'm going to Algeria on Easter Monday

if you re interested at all....

Richmond Racer

ddraver wrote:

In other news, I'm going to Algeria on Easter Monday

if you re interested at all....

My sympathies....

RichN95.

LeicesterLad wrote:

Graeme_S wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

If your options are doing nothing and have Cancellara win, or slog your guts out and have Sagan win, which would you go for?

If there was even the slightest chance of my winning by slogging my guts out and then Sagan having an off day, mechanical, crash then I would 100% slog to the finish. People either want to win or they don't.

But if you pull Sagan to the finish, next time he'll just sit in and wait for you to do it again. And then again, and again.

above_the_cows

rozzer32 wrote:

Graeme_S wrote:

LeicesterLad wrote:

What choice do they have though? They all need to start chasing or they are screwed anyway?

If your options are doing nothing and have Cancellara win, or slog your guts out and have Sagan win, which would you go for?

Or maybe they could try and win the race themselves. Too many riders are happy with a top 5 finish. What happened to all or nothing? I'd say only Fabian has the balls in the pro peloton to try and win a race by himself which we are seeing today. In the chase group they're are 5 riders from 5 different teams. They need to work together but they're all happy to try and get a top 5. No one really wants to do a turn. Shame really.

But isn't that the beauty of bike racing? It depends who is in the group. The group composition is everything. If the group was made up of good rouleurs but none having a noticeable turn of speed then they may ride, but when you have someone in the group who is almost guaranteed to beat you in the sprint then I can understand the psychology behind why you might not drag that person into contention for the win.