Amstel Gold **spoilers**

TheBigBean
TheBigBean Posts: 21,991
edited April 2016 in Pro race
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Cant't find one, but assume it is something like this /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Timing

Program UK times:
9:15 am: Start Maastricht
10:43 am: 1st passage (expected)
13:26 pm: 2nd passage (expected)
15:08 pm: 3rd passage (expected)
15:36 pm: Finish


Past winners

2006 Luxembourg Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team CSC
2007 Germany Stefan Schumacher (GER) Gerolsteiner
2008 Italy Damiano Cunego (ITA) Lampre
2009 Russia Serguei Ivanov (RUS) Team Katusha
2010 Belgium Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto
2011 Belgium Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012 Italy Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Astana
2013 Czech Republic Roman Kreuziger (CZE) Saxo–Tinkoff
2014 Belgium Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BMC Racing Team
2015 Poland Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Etixx–Quick-Step

Map
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Here you go:-
    Amstel-Gold-Race-1397483860.png

    There is a better race on, today though. 8)


    1st.jpg

    Tro_bro_3.jpg

    pichot-je-compte-beaucoup-sur-le-tro-bro-leon.jpg?itok=QSQHRz0Q

    And a couple of topical pics.

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    Only on French tv, though.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Benoot abandoned due to illness, and Felline crashed in the neutral zone, breaking his nose, and is undergoing surgery now.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Just seen a repeat of the Felline crash. I guess something must have got caught in the front wheel.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    His hand by the looks of things. Ouch.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    From the Ardenne thread.
    ...applying logic to overcome a sense of incomprehension is the key to understanding this race. And there is truth in numbers. Six of the climbs come in the first 92 kilometers — one every 15.2 kilometers. The remaining 25 come over the final 165 kilometers. That’s one every 6.6 kilometers. Breaking it down further, the final hour of racing has eight climbs in 42 kilometers. Now we’re down to one every 5.25 km. At 40 km/h, that’s one every 7 ½ minutes. Not overly funny, and definitely all business
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Easy to get snobby about this one but it is a proper distance - 248km.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    If the weather is anything like it is here in London, it's lovely and sunny but very cold; lots of buffs in the peloton at the roll out.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Listening to that Felline accident on the home sound system wasn't ideal.

    Looks like he was fiddling with his brake and got his hand stuck.

    Benoot has also stepped out.
    _
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,456
    Like this Eurosport route graphic.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Listening to that Felline accident on the home sound system wasn't ideal.

    Looks like he was fiddling with his brake and got his hand stuck.
    ...

    That at least doesn't happen with discs - it cuts your fingers clean off!

    BTW is there sound on the eurosportplayer coverage - I am getting nothing and before I start mucking around with my settings wanted to check
  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    Eurosportplayer sound fine here. Watching on PC
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Sky stringing out the peloton with 5 on the front at 96km to go.
    _
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Voeckler chilling at the back of the peloton. Notices the camera is behind him; wiggles his ass.
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    IanLD wrote:
    Eurosportplayer sound fine here. Watching on PC

    Thanks Ian - reboot sorted it
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Steady pace so far, a bit of trackstanding going on further back.

    Vuillermoz down
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Very leisurely in the peloton.

    Think they saw the gap get too low to the break and they reined it in.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,708
    It's blue sky in Holland right now but it was miserable at times this morning. Looks like there is a chance the race might get a taste of that at some point...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    That's a bl00dy dark cloud. If it's like the one I just missed earlier then it will hail.

    Chilly north westerly wind up this end of the country.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,708
    J-Rod hits the deck :(
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Katyusha crash - looked like rodriguez.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    CN reporting heavy rain at the finish.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Katyusha crash - looked like rodriguez.

    Who's Katy Usha?
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Rain coming down now, looks like the bad sort too, proper wet.

    If you're already suffering after 200km this is only going to compound it, looks bleak
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    Yup looks pretty unpleasant
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Looks bleak and horrid. Blowing on fingers, shaking blood into fingers etc - yuck. And no team cars to get clothes back for the break
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    Alex Howe's glasses - what a joker, put some proper cycling glasses on man.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Sep - what a player.
    _
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,615
    Shouldn't this be in the shoot small races thread?
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    248km a sh!t small race?

    Jog on mate.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,708
    20 to go, Gilbert dropped....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver

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