Ronde van Vlaanderen 2015 *SPOILER THREAD*

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Terpstra plays poker harder than anyone. Well known.
    _
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Camera foreshortening?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Chapeau Kristoff.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Kirby wins! what a tool
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Called it, ahem
    "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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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Rotten.

    Whats worse is he looks a fool, un zipped jersey helmet not straight.
  • Key
    Key Posts: 464
    Yeah. He is so great.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Yeah. The second pair were miles away
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Terpstra plays poker harder than anyone. Well known.
    Yeah but he was hold a jack and a four against a pair of kings.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Friggin Degenkolb. Thomas last of the losers.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Well done Kristoff.

    And Sagan in 4th!

    Could have been worse.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited April 2015
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Called it, ahem

    What, you called the favorite? ... :D
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Etixx need someone with some tactics.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Fair play to Kristoff. He was the strongest on the day. Big tactical mistake to let them go though.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Germcevoy wrote:
    This long drag is such a shoot finish to the race.

    The old route was a 12 km long drag with a 20 km long drag before the muur. This is 8 km
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  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    :shock: Benoot 5th
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Other half just asked me if Mr Majeika just won Flanders! :D

    mr-majeika-pose.jpg

    This has now made my race so much better,
    Correlation is not causation.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    My first ptp winner.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Milton50 wrote:
    Fair play to Kristoff. He was the strongest on the day. Big tactical mistake to let them go though.

    I never saw how they go away....
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    edited April 2015
    Incredibly naive from Sky thinking they could do the mountain-stage tactic in this race. Can't race a Flanders defensively covering all attacks from 120km out. Thomas left without a chance because of that. But it's nothing new this Sky vs classics thing.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Milton50 wrote:
    Fair play to Kristoff. He was the strongest on the day. Big tactical mistake to let them go though.

    and that he didn't wait for the sprint.
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  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    curium wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    Who I don't want to win:

    Kristoff
    Terpstra
    Sagan
    Money for the 1-2-3 ?

    :lol:
    Sagan let me down. Another letter in the post please Oleg
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Yet again Etixx tactics have to be questioned. Why not attack further out, even sitting on Kristoff's wheel wasn't going to win him the sprint. Presumably Lefevre will say Kristoff should have worked more. Right man won in the end. Not much of a gap to the big bunch just behind Greipel.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I chose this to be in for, over last weeks race. Idiot.
    Martin Elmiger makes the top 10 ffs.
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    What a disappointing finale. Humph.
  • JackPozzi
    JackPozzi Posts: 1,191
    BMC got to be disppointed, had a lot of riders when the pair went clear but couldn't/wouldn't commit to chase. GVA would have been in with a shout if they had...
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Benoot's going to win this race three or four times.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    OMG Nick Nuyens hair :shock:

    Anyway where is my man Adam?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Eddy P knows the score.

    Why is Terpstra riding the last 3km?
    "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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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    Fair play to Kristoff. He was the strongest on the day. Big tactical mistake to let them go though.

    I never saw how they go away....

    They'd just come to the top of a bit of a drag with 28km to go and were soft pedalling a bit. Terpstra jumped away and Kristoff was straight onto his wheel. They could have shut it down straight away.

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