Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne *Spoilers

jimmythecuckoo

Forecast is dry, cold and still with no rain.

bobmcstuff

jimmythecuckoo wrote:

Forecast is dry, cold and still with no rain.

Same here so I'm going skiing instead of watching the race.

bigmat

disgruntledgoat wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Boonen has a real donkey, named after a Scottish indie band.

Mogwai is good name for a donkey

Now you tell me! Mine are called Bis, Uresi Yatsura and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

I actually saw an Urusei Yatsura DVD in Poundland the other day and got all excited, before I realised it was some Japanese Anime. Boo. Is Boonen a post-rock fan, or does he just like Gremlins?

disgruntledgoat

BigMat wrote:

disgruntledgoat wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Boonen has a real donkey, named after a Scottish indie band.

Mogwai is good name for a donkey

Now you tell me! Mine are called Bis, Uresi Yatsura and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

I actually saw an Urusei Yatsura DVD in Poundland the other day and got all excited, before I realised it was some Japanese Anime. Boo. Is Boonen a post-rock fan, or does he just like Gremlins?

I think I still have some of the comics somewhere. I'm not a big fan of Manga, they were bought purely as a novelty.

Paul 8v

No tA Doctor wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Boonen has a real donkey, named after a Scottish indie band.

Mogwai is good name for a donkey

Were they named after little Richie Porte? I wouldn't feed him after midnight.

Toblerone is a weird name for a Donkey

inseine

Break at around 8 minutes after 50k. Yanto Barker in there. Must be hard for a domestic pro after yesterdays efforts.
I'm hoping for big things from Ewan in his first ever Belgium pro race.

above_the_cows

Oh I have missed all this chatter while I was taking a sabbatical.

I thought Boonen's donkey was named after the favourite members of his fanclub?

RonB

Twitter spies suggest that Viviani is not enjoying things at the mo.

above_the_cows

RonB wrote:

Twitter spies suggest that Viviani is not enjoying things at the mo.

He was dagging about at the bottom of the Kwaremont.

TBF if it's as cold down there as it is up here I don't blame him, we're not all as hard as Lizzie No Gloves Armitstead.

inseine

Above The Cows wrote:

RonB wrote:

Twitter spies suggest that Viviani is not enjoying things at the mo.

He was dagging about at the bottom of the Kwaremont.

TBF if it's as cold down there as it is up here I don't blame him, we're not all as hard as Lizzie No Gloves Armitstead.

Did 95k this morning down here in Paris. Blowing an ice gale.

inseine

So Yanto barker (who's in the break) was the stand in for Ben Foster in the program, apparently.

RonB

Riders sticking to the footpath & doing their best to keep the pavé from wearing out.

Mad_Malx

Echelons?

above_the_cows

Ah the paddenstoel!

above_the_cows

inseine wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

RonB wrote:

Twitter spies suggest that Viviani is not enjoying things at the mo.

He was dagging about at the bottom of the Kwaremont.

TBF if it's as cold down there as it is up here I don't blame him, we're not all as hard as Lizzie No Gloves Armitstead.

Did 95k this morning down here in Paris. Blowing an ice gale.

I only manged 50k and now I think I have chilblains on my bottom.

RonB

If there isn't a cream for that there is definitely a meme.

above_the_cows

RonB wrote:

If there isn't a cream for that there is definitely a meme.

I bet Tony Martin knows.

cneifion

All over for the breakaway. Must count as a good learning weekend for ONE Pro Cycling, with Yanto Barker in the break today and The Dude yesterday.

andyrr

Lotto rider taken out by a moto - terrible riding by the m'bike.

above_the_cows

Oooo crash as Stig Broeckx from Lotto Soudal drifts into the path of a motorbike.

andyrr

Above The Cows wrote:

Oooo crash as Stig Broeckx from Lotto Soudal drifts into the path of a motorbike.

To me the moto didn't leave enough room - shouldn't aim to skim past the riders like that.

above_the_cows

andyrr wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Oooo crash as Stig Broeckx from Lotto Soudal drifts into the path of a motorbike.

To me the moto didn't leave enough room - shouldn't aim to skim past the riders like that.

I don't know on the replay it looked like Broeckx was looking over his left shoulder as he drifted right. The moto was leaving lots of room and not skimming and Broeckx moved into it's path. I'm not sure it's anyone's fault really, more an unfortunate accident. It's not as clear cut as some of the other crashes where the motos and cars were driving like idiots. The motos and the car drivers need to know what they are doing but the riders also need to pay attention too.

deejay

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

It's OK, they won't escape easily as they're boxed in by his Ulrika Green-Hedge

And tethered to AN-Post. Ithankyow

Do you think he is going out to buy a Lawn mower then.?
What do you think he has donkey's for. ?

deejay

Above The Cows wrote:

It's not as clear cut as some of the other crashes where the motos and cars were driving like idiots. The motos and the car drivers need to know what they are doing but the riders also need to pay attention too.

Too many of them these days and because they are authenticated they think they are as important as the riders without the knowlege that pro riders have.

above_the_cows

deejay wrote:

disgruntledgoat wrote:

Paul 8v wrote:

It's OK, they won't escape easily as they're boxed in by his Ulrika Green-Hedge

And tethered to AN-Post. Ithankyow

Do you think he is going out to buy a Lawn mower then.?
What do you think he has donkey's for. ?

It's been a really interesting race thus far eh? :roll:

rick_chasey

Stuyven's been very aggressive last two days.

Good lad.

jam1e

This is getting quite good now to be fair. Winner from the 2nd group I reckon.

above_the_cows

Rowe's had it.

above_the_cows

All coming back together behind.

RonB

Come on Stuyven!

Peloton coming back to the Boonen group now.