2015 Fleche Wallonne - *spoilers*

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Back on the bike. Cut up everywhere.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Chris Jones, UHC, abandons.

    A trek rider is down.

    Gilbert going slowly and has no teammates to help if he does decide to rejoin.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Gilbert abandons, not surprisingly
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    GILBERT ABANDON
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    A Tinkoff rider just rode across them. Lost his gear or something. Nothing to do with parked cars or trailers.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Break is down to 2:30 at 46k. De Gendt seems to be doing more than his share on the front of it.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Several riders in a ditch, all tangled up with each other. Nordhaug, Poels from Sky, Roux from FDJ among others. Doesn't look like any serious injuries but took them a while to get out of the ditch.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I'm back.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Man I wouldn't want to be a pro-cyclist.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Thoguh my job is hardly a barrel of laughs either atm, but anyway.

    Usual affair? Anyone think the new hill's gonna make any difference whatsoever?
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited April 2015
    Vanendert down now, Katusha rider also looking bad.

    Edit: Reza in that one too.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    edited April 2015
    and another one...

    Had a really good field trip around here 2 years back.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Jelle's down.

    Game over for him.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Break on the Mur for the 2nd time, only 40s ahead of the bunch
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Kevin Reza looks in a bad way.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Crash fest.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Reza abandoned along with Vanendert (according to a tweet they showed at least)
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    LLS and Visconti bridging up to what's left of the break, Katusha and EQS chasing
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    commentator: 'anything can happen in this race'.

    Well sure, it can.

    But it won't.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Dan Martin got dropped a while back apparently.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Usual affair? Anyone think the new hill's gonna make any difference whatsoever?

    It's a springboard for a long range attacker on superlative form. At least it gives an option, but I'd lump it in with the Poggio at San Remo. i.e. a potential, but any attack there will have to be all or nothing
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    ddraver wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Usual affair? Anyone think the new hill's gonna make any difference whatsoever?

    It's a springboard for a long range attacker on superlative form. At least it gives an option, but I'd lump it in with the Poggio at San Remo. i.e. a potential, but any attack there will have to be all or nothing
    It gives an opportunity for a team to cause a bit of chaos.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    TJ attacking from the bunch. De Gendt and Ratto dropped from the break.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Quick Step having been pushing hard ever since Phil Gil called it a day.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Baugnies (last survivor from the original break) finally dropped, now just Visconti and LLS up front.

    TJ chasing them with Vervaeke (Lotto Soudal), Baugnies has managed to catch their wheels.

    EQS doing most of the chasing, gap is around 25s, 15k.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    RichN95 wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Usual affair? Anyone think the new hill's gonna make any difference whatsoever?

    It's a springboard for a long range attacker on superlative form. At least it gives an option, but I'd lump it in with the Poggio at San Remo. i.e. a potential, but any attack there will have to be all or nothing
    It gives an opportunity for a team to cause a bit of chaos.

    Senor Nibbles perhaps....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited April 2015
    Another nasty crash... couple of IAMs, couple BMC... Froome!

    He's getting back on the bike now, gingerly. Been down on his left hip.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited April 2015
    WHAT A JOKE

    ANOTHER CRASH

    3 IAM

    AND BLOODY CHRIS FROOME

    Was very much looking to see how Chris went.

    These guys need to learn how to ride their bikes without crashing. The amount of crashes so far is a disaster. I suppose Froome's LBL participation is now in doubt.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    edited April 2015
    Froome can't handle a bike in 3...2...1...
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Froome down...
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