Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne *Spoilers*

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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Gap 70s with 10km to go.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited March 2014
    inseine wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    So, when the OPQS think they won't get caught do they fire one of their guys up the road? They've got to use their numbers more than just to lead Tom out.

    The ball is on Belkin to do something.

    I was thinking that the pressure was on Boonen.

    Why? Well, pressure perhaps but he's surely happy with this coming together.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Surprised lotto aren't going gangbusters behind. Cant let OPQS win.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Would like Trentin to win or Hofland. Lampaert would be sweet too.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    By the way, Richmond park is a lot windier than it is there.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Just got back from the club run, looks like someone dropped the ball when they let FIVE OPQS riders in the break!
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    To be honest, I wouldnt be surprised if Sep is faster than Haf...he is in great shape and has beaten Boonen in a sprint before.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    How likely is an OPQS 1-2-3?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Would like Trentin to win or Hofland. Lampaert would be sweet too.
    Will be a Boonen v Hofland sprint
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    ThomThom wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    So, when the OPQS think they won't get caught do they fire one of their guys up the road? They've got to use their numbers more than just to lead Tom out.

    The ball is on Belkin to do something.

    I was thinking that the pressure was on Boonen.

    Why? Well, pressure perhaps but he's surely happy with this coming together.

    Well, he either uses all his guys to lead him out or launches someone for Belkin to chase down
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ThomThom wrote:
    Oh well, they messed up just like a lot of other teams - same with yesterday. It just so happens he is riding a ton on the front and the others are struggling to keep up with him so he has to keep letting up.

    People who've ridden a ton on the front:

    Bak, Roelandts, Eisel, Knees, Stannard, Paolini.

    Everyone else has been happy to sit in.

    Wow a Giant on the front and now and FDJ. Hello gentlemen.

    Teams who haven't been on the front once and who have no one in the front group: BMC.

    Greipel is too big a favorite for the rest of the teams to reeeally wanting to dig in, though.

    Yeah fair point.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Crampeur wrote:
    How likely is an OPQS 1-2-3?
    Extremely unlikely with all the Belkins in there.
  • ad_snow
    ad_snow Posts: 469
    I can't believe the gap back to the peloton is going UP.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    edited March 2014
    ad_snow wrote:
    I can't believe the gap back to the peloton is going UP.
    Because you have two very solid blocks of strong domestiques in the break working. The peloton is not necessarily faster than the break
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited March 2014
    And the attacks start. Vanmarcke tries to go.

    Edit - Wynants.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    attack by Wynants
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Topsport rider working well.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    F@ck me these Eurosport commentators know sfa.
  • There's your QS guy sent up the road.

    They'll just keep doing that until Belkin are wasted
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Trentin dropped with 2k to go.

    4 OPQS v 3 Belkin
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Flamme rouge!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Boonen from Hofland.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Close close close, Boonen pips it.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The 1 and 2 wearing skinsuits.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    Well, I called that wrong, thanks to the rest doing nothing.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Boonen isnt wearing his gold sunnies but some other OPQS rider is...

    Good job Boonen. Just a sprint in the end. Excellent work by Belkin for making the selection and then OPQS for putting numbers in then working hard.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Yves Lampaert 4th. Only 22.
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Boonen from Hofland.

    I thought he was from Befgium? :?
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Wish they would translate this like they normally do, I haven't got a clue...