40th Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde 2016 *SPOILERS*

dish_dash
dish_dash Posts: 5,647
edited March 2016 in Pro race
My Man Kristoff in better form at De Panne. Takes the win after breaking way with Astana duo Westra and Lutsenko...

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1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4:22:34
2 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
3 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
4 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 0:00:29
5 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
6 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:00:36
7 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela
8 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
9 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Nice to see Juraj make an appearance
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Bad luck for Luke Rowe, puncturing while he was in that lead group with around 18km to go.

    Looks like the Astana guys have been taking "lessons" from EQS re tactics.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Yes, Rowe had a puncture on the lower slopes of the Muur. No cars there, so ages for the neutral service BIKE :wink: to change his wheel and he still managed to reach the final corner, as the front group went under the top of the climb banner.

    No chance after that, though.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Or as I was going to title this thread - Comedy Follows Tragedy.

    Astana doing their best in their attempts to cheer everyone up. Idiots.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    The_Boy wrote:
    Or as I was going to title this thread - Comedy Follows Tragedy.

    Astana doing their best in their attempts to cheer everyone up. Idiots.



    They've got the Kazakh blues
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,309
    How many times per season do they go up the Muur? I think it's scandalous. It will get worn down to a mole hill at this rate.
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    muur money muur problems
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,309
    I'm skint 'cos I spend it all on shiny bits and i'm still a miserable basket. Work that one out.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,309
    Highlights on Eurosport now.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    Were the Astana duo arguing with each other (as Eurosport were saying) or with Kristoff?
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Mechanism wrote:
    Were the Astana duo arguing with each other (as Eurosport were saying) or with Kristoff?

    Each other.

    I was wondering if perhaps we were seeing the factionalism within the team that often gets talked about.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    The_Boy wrote:
    Mechanism wrote:
    Were the Astana duo arguing with each other (as Eurosport were saying) or with Kristoff?

    Each other.

    I was wondering if perhaps we were seeing the factionalism within the team that often gets talked about.

    Some quality tweets from Chris Baldwin on this. Basically no one at Astana really cared about this race cuz Vino never rode it. Then they realised that Westra might be ok at it, so he's going for GC. Lutsenko hitched a free ride and wanted to go for the stage win. The two don't really have a common lingo with the DS acting as go between...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,309
    Imaginary suggestion between Westra and Lutsenko:

    W: When Kristoff has just finished a turn on the front, i'll attack. If I drop him, i'm going for it - if I don't; counter attack. Deal?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Bit of a Katusha direct energie punch up.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    yeah... forget the motos... Kuznetsov (3rd at GW) rides the DE rider off the road...
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    dish_dash wrote:
    yeah... forget the motos... Kuznetsov (3rd at GW) rides the DE rider off the road...
    Found a gif here
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    Elbows.......!
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    VIVIANI !!!!!!!!!
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Viviani over Kittel.

    Quick step dropping their sprinter off 75m too soon for a change.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I can't remember the last time I saw someone come around Kittel like that.
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  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    edited March 2016
    Great win considering he didn't have a lead out. Bushwacked Kittel with 30 metres to go?

    Kittel seemed to relax too soon thinking he was home.
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Kittel basically had to go at 300m to go...
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Kittel basically had to go at 300m to go...

    Thanks to Katusha making a right old mess of the Etix lead out. :)
    Kittel's face at 300 metres to go was a picture.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Bo Duke wrote:
    Elbows.......!


    Ol' Klitschko shoulda been thrown off for that
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Would I be wildly off the mark to suggest that Brian Holm's teams still ride like it's 2009, while everyone else has moved on? It's something I've been thinking since seeing Cav's QS getting mugged often by Kittel and his one man lead-out
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Anyone know what happened to Luke Rowe? Down as DNF.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Anyone know what happened to Luke Rowe? Down as DNF.

    Crashed twice according to Kirby, but that could another one of his fairy tales.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Anyone know what happened to Luke Rowe? Down as DNF.

    He's champing at the bit: a few days not racing will make him more potent come Sunday.

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