Three Days De Panne 2015 *Spoilers*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Well at this rate it will just be a bunch sprint.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    The break are pedalling squares, 7.6km to go.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    6ks, Sky leading it for Viviani.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Sky keeping their heads screwed on all race. Tight unit today.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    1.5km, Wiggins leading out Viviani. Has his teammate hat on today.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Narrow road not making it easy here.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Wiggins disrespecting the fans by working for Viviani - what a loser, seriously

    Kristoff is a beast at the moment. Not going to be easy to shake off at P-R
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited April 2015
    Kristoff comes from nowhere, unleashes a long sprint and takes the win.

    Viviani 2nd maybe after losing about 10 places on the last corner.

    Bennett 3rd.
    edit, actually some guy called Archibald.

    Next.
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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    "Wiggins indicating he is no.1 I think there."

    :mrgreen:
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Very poor from my man demare.
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  • ic.
    ic. Posts: 769
    Viviani made up huge ground after the last corner. Better positioning and he'd have won that.

    CK getting things wrong again. I suspect Wiggo was pointing at the Lampre rider that was headbutting him, rather than gesticulating about the camera bike
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    90% of Vivianis seconds or thirds this year have been due to poor positioning, he should have won more now. Kristoff is a beast and doesn't even look like he's pushing. Needs a helmet that fits him though
  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    IC. wrote:
    CK getting things wrong again. I suspect Wiggo was pointing at the Lampre rider that was headbutting him, rather than gesticulating about the camera bike
    I thought he was just making a joke to be fair.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    He seems to lose his position in the train too easily.
    He should have been in the pound seat, but instead ended up in the queue.

    Track riders in 2nd and 3rd, today.
    That should bring more pleasure to frenchie. 8)
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  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    The_Boy wrote:
    Very poor from my man demare.

    Worth remembering he's 23 (most of season) . Viviani 26 Kristoff 27

    Kristoff same age (23)

    35 Stage 4 - De Panne › De Panne
    5 Stage 3 - De Panne › De Panne 4
    135 Stage 2 - Oudenaarde › Koksijde219
    172 Stage 1 - Middelkerke › Zottegem

    one year later

    4, 2 , 34, 1 - 12th GC 1st Points

    Similar story with Cav although he is a May birthday and i can't be bothered doing maths.

    Trend seems quite a lot of development in strength for sprinters after 24 ??

    I think Demares 8th stage 1 was good in terms of 15th at (that) Gent Bubblegum 2 days earlier

    He's being worked pretty hard early season .
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    Wiggins making more friends :lol:

    Who was the last sprinter who won so regularly from distance like Kristoff? Cav did a few long ones but Kristoff hits the front at around 300-400 to go and no-one comes around him. He hasn't actually got much of a kick and certainly isn't a typical sprinter. Viviani is a bit like Swift, they both seem to give up their position too easily when their team do a good job for them. Maybe they are both a bit too slight to fight for their position?
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    The press over here and the guys I talk cycling with all seem to think Wiggins is going alright.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,163
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    The press over here and the guys I talk cycling with all seem to think Wiggins is going alright.

    Fanboys!
  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    ddraver wrote:
    Wiggins disrespecting the fans by working for Viviani - what a loser, seriously

    Kristoff is a beast at the moment. Not going to be easy to shake off at P-R

    What about Kristoff for RVV? Vaguely remember him almost making it across to the final break of 4 last year, got within about 10 seconds I think but couldn't quite bridge.
  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    The press over here and the guys I talk cycling with all seem to think Wiggins is going alright.

    Looks to me as if he's enjoying his last fortnight in the World Tour, and why not?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Magnus Cort 9th. Was in the first bunch on Stagg 1.

    Debu... DNF
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Wiggins disrespecting the fans by working for Viviani - what a loser, seriously

    Kristoff is a beast at the moment. Not going to be easy to shake off at P-R

    What about Kristoff for RVV? Vaguely remember him almost making it across to the final break of 4 last year, got within about 10 seconds I think but couldn't quite bridge.

    fair enough, I thought he would be too easy to shake off over the bergs
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    Very poor from my man demare.



    He's being worked pretty hard early season .

    He is, though his big season goal is Roubaix. Madiot fancies him as a future winner (and I agree).

    That said, it's more the performance than the finishing position that worries me. It if hugely noticeable hour much more timid he is than the other sprinters. I had though reza would have been a massive boon to him*, but he doesn't seem to be riding in the same races for some bizarre reason.

    *his work for coquard at the tour was huge.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Bluemoon17 wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Wiggins disrespecting the fans by working for Viviani - what a loser, seriously

    Kristoff is a beast at the moment. Not going to be easy to shake off at P-R

    What about Kristoff for RVV? Vaguely remember him almost making it across to the final break of 4 last year, got within about 10 seconds I think but couldn't quite bridge.

    You remember right. Though it feels a bit like he's been racing a lot more this season than last. Not that I'm going to actually check, mind.
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Ah, a bit of morning cycling on Eurosport.

    44.5km to go. Break has just over 1 minute.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    27.7km and 35 secs.

    A few attacks looking to go out of the bunch but doesnt look like they are going to amount to much.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    That's yesterday's stage, right? In waiting on the man to come and connect a phone at my mum's. Of OK missing now racing because of this...
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Is it? I missed most of yesterday for a meeting.

    I assumed this was the morning stage before the time trial this afternoon. I am watching without sound as I am in the office. :oops:
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    I think smithy's right...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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