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  • FJSFJS Posts: 4,820
    adr82 wrote:
    GvA refusing to work

    Time for "the same usual chaos of aero tuck bumper cars" as Cosmo put it last year...
    Team orders - all for Gilbert
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    adr82 wrote:
    I was thinking this:
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    That works.

    Meanwhile my cat is praying for a non-Valverde win.

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Motorbike engine sounding progressively more distressed
  • adr82adr82 Posts: 4,002
    OGE on the front into the corner
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Here we go!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pip met Bling.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Gilbert kicks things off for real, Matthews on the wheel
  • milton50milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Boom
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Kom op mij man Michał!

    Bl**dy Valverde!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Matthews able to follow Gilbert (just), everyone else gapped. Valverde trying to close it at the top.

    Valverde onto the wheel, 3 in front now.
  • The_BoyThe_Boy Posts: 3,099
    I'll take the unrepentant doper over Bling here.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • milton50milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Have a guess whether Valverde will work...
  • adr82adr82 Posts: 4,002
    More catching on from behind, Kwia back in with others. Must be 20+ in here now.

    Edit: not that many actually, 15-16?
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited April 2015
    MY MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • The_BoyThe_Boy Posts: 3,099
    That'll do.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • adr82adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Kwia takes it from Matthews!
  • milton50milton50 Posts: 3,856
    This is my favourite race of the three "ardennes" classics but the finish is just a bit too far from the Cauberg now.
  • Dorset_BoyDorset_Boy Posts: 5,713
    Thought Kwia sat up too soon, but great finish from him, and a good effort from Nordhaug too
  • bobmcstuffbobmcstuff Posts: 10,554
    Had an e-w bet on Kwiatowski. Woohoo!
  • FJSFJS Posts: 4,820
    Good last 50 km. What a difference having the main favourites makes
  • hammeritehammerite Posts: 3,408
    Fair recovery from Kwia, he looked like he'd popped going up the Cauberg.
  • Dorset_BoyDorset_Boy Posts: 5,713
    Kwia cam from a long, long way back to blitz them there
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited April 2015
    Was that Nordhaug (edit) up there for Sky?

    Clever riding by Kwia. Let it come back together, didn;t work too hard to shut it down on the Cauberg, knowing he has a sprint, but still risky with Valverde and Matthews there.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • adr82adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited April 2015
    Looks like Valverde 2nd, Matthews 3rd, GvA 4th?

    Apparently Nordhaug for Sky, but my feed is so low quality it's hard to tell.
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,186
    Well, I fell asleep between the Caubergs but woke up for the important bits. My man the strongest when it counts!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • hammeritehammerite Posts: 3,408
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Was that Nordhaug (edit) up there for Sky?

    Clever riding by Kwia. Let it come back together, didn;t work too hard to shut it down on the Cauberg, knowing he has a sprint, but still risky with Valverde and Matthews there.

    Nordhaug
  • FJSFJS Posts: 4,820
    Milton50 wrote:
    This is my favourite race of the three "ardennes" classics but the finish is just a bit too far from the Cauberg now.
    Don't agree. Makes it much more interesting as far as I'm concerned. Finish at the top of the Cauberg made it just a Fleche-like hillpsrint
  • adr82adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Overhead shot of Kwia's sprint was quite impressive, came from behind the others and made up a lot of ground.
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Ah the tokkie thrones.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • above_the_cowsabove_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    adr82 wrote:
    Overhead shot of Kwia's sprint was quite impressive, came from behind the others and made up a lot of ground.

    He's got a shift so he has.
    Correlation is not causation.
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