2017 Flat Classics thread - will probs have spoilers

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    True, but can you see them backing Martin?

    I mean, if PR is a race where you need to place in the top 10 a few times before you start winning....
    He'a a pretty good wild card to keep in play though. I'd want him in the final selection. He can win in the manner of Terpstra.

    We agreed Tony Martin isn't going to win a monument this year yet?
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Decent result for Keukelaire then.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Decent result for Keukelaire then.

    Yes he earned it too.
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Decent result for Keukelaire then.
    Yep, worked really well with GVA and I thought he'd played it well in the last Km, eased upto GVA's wheel after GVA started his sprint but then didn't have the legs when he pulled out of the wheel.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    So what was the top 10?

    GVA won by the sounds of it... call this a spoiler thread!

    I thought the point of labelling it a spoiler thread was to alert people that it might contain results, rather than it would provide a results service. But happy to be corrected :wink:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2934380

    No love lost from Terpstra either, who also throws a grenade Giant's way.

    "At first I was taking my turns, but Henderson wasn't pulling, and so I got fed up with him too, so then we got to the gap situation, and we all waited too long."

    "did you argue?" "for a bit and then we [him and sagan] decided we better work together to chase it down, but Henderson he kept not pulling - typical Giant".

    Well, that's tricky Niki's problem, right there.
    He was arguing with Henderson instead of Anderson.
    No wonder there was no cooperation. :lol:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Ha that's my mistake :P
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Ha that's my mistake :P
    Ah, I did wonder....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    So what was the top 10?

    GVA won by the sounds of it... call this a spoiler thread!

    I thought the point of labelling it a spoiler thread was to alert people that it might contain results, rather than it would provide a results service. But happy to be corrected :wink:
    Well the rest of the posts were pretty informative! Just wanted to know how the rest of it panned out.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Difficult to bet against GvA for Flanders.

    Keukelaire wasn't slacking but it was Van Avermaet who did a lot of the big turns there and Sagan and Terpstra weren't able to make any inroads. Super strong.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Out of interest has anyone won Omloop, E3, Gent-Wevelgem, and Flanders in the same year?

    Doubt it.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Milton50 wrote:
    Out of interest has anyone won Omloop, E3, Gent-Wevelgem, and Flanders in the same year?

    Doubt it.


    Jan Raas 1981 - according to ES
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • arnuf
    arnuf Posts: 98
    He did only the first three. If you win the Omloop, your chances of winning Flanders are zero, statistically.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    Out of interest has anyone won Omloop, E3, Gent-Wevelgem, and Flanders in the same year?

    Doubt it.


    Jan Raas 1981 - according to ES

    Scratch that
    Didn't read the question.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/sp ... /1.2934534

    Cancellara, in English.






    Edit: well, Canclish.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I love how non English he is.

    "Was the 2010 moment against Tom in Flanders your best moment?"

    "well..pfft...it was a great moment but i've had many great moments"

    Too right Fabian, too right :D.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Sagan soundbite gives Terpstra a load of grief. 8)
    Looks like Nicky has made another pal in the peloton.

    In defence of Terpstra, why should he ride with Sagan and GvA, especially given they had Gavaria & Boonen behind?

    Difficult call but Quickstep weren't working behind either and why should the others drag Gaviria up to the front - for me they either had to get Terpstra to shut down that break by covering every move or else get Terpstra to roll through and then either attack or sit on in the final 3-4k and trust his sprint.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I love how non English he is.

    "Was the 2010 moment against Tom in Flanders your best moment?"

    "well..pfft...it was a great moment but i've had many great moments"

    Too right Fabian, too right :D.

    No question, 100%, iron clad legend.

    I only started watching pro cycling about 10 years ago, so this is the first experience I have of being genuinely upset that I'll never see a certain cyclist race again.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Milton50 wrote:
    Out of interest has anyone won Omloop, E3, Gent-Wevelgem, and Flanders in the same year?

    Doubt it.

    Boonen almost did - won E3, G-W, Flanders in 2012, missed out on the Omloop. Did win some chipper in France as well, a week after Flanders ;-)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Came 2nd in Omloop.

    Closest anyone has got. Was a ridiculous classics campaign.
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  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Came 2nd in Omloop.

    Closest anyone has got. Was a ridiculous classics campaign.

    Topped off with an uber-ridiculous 50km solo win in P-R.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    And his teammate Terpstra won DDV.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    And his teammate Terpstra won DDV.

    Ge-wiss that was a hell of a month eh.....
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Wonder what the odds are for Quickstep to come away from the Spring Classics season without a win?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Wonder what the odds are for Quickstep to come away from the Spring Classics season without a win?

    Are you counting chippers like Scheldeprijs?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Gweeds wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    And his teammate Terpstra won DDV.

    Ge-wiss that was a hell of a month eh.....

    Yes I was rather in a daze that season.
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Gweeds wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    And his teammate Terpstra won DDV.

    Ge-wiss that was a hell of a month eh.....

    Yes I was rather in a daze that season.
    I fear for you next season when he's no longer racing!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    S'alright.

    Groenewegen is picking up that particular baton.
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  • Carlton Kirby
    Carlton Kirby Posts: 21
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Wonder what the odds are for Quickstep to come away from the Spring Classics season without a win?

    Are you counting chippers like Scheldeprijs?

    And where does their win at DDV last week count?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Fair.
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