2018 Ronde van Vlaanderen 1UWT. Antwerpen › Oudenaarde (266.5k) *Spoilers*

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Afternoon allemaal!

    Afternoon, ATC.
    Can I interest madam in a randomised My Man pick?

    Go on, just don't ask me what it was.

    I'll need a number between 1 and 25 and another between 1 and 7.

    Anyone else wants a My Man then fire away

    13 3
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Stannard’s my man? Lovely.

    I’m up with Eurosport on tv and Sporza on the sound,


    Will update with any interesting titbits.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Dish dash complains Sep always sits too far back in the group & peloton. Since he’s mentioned it it’s all I see.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Van Aert getting on the back - apaz very relaxed.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,591
    Afternoon allemaal!

    Afternoon, ATC.
    Can I interest madam in a randomised My Man pick?

    Go on, just don't ask me what it was.

    I'll need a number between 1 and 25 and another between 1 and 7.

    Anyone else wants a My Man then fire away

    13 3

    Your Man is 26 DUVAL Julien AG2R La Mondiale
    That's suspiciously close to Duvel. You know what you have to do. Toast him, cherish him.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,591
    Dish dash complains Sep always sits too far back in the group & peloton. Since he’s mentioned it it’s all I see.

    Is it cause or effect of crashes/mechanicals? :?:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Teunissen punctured. Team mate gives him a spare; obviously a bit nervous.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Dish dash complains Sep always sits too far back in the group & peloton. Since he’s mentioned it it’s all I see.

    Is it cause or effect of crashes/mechanicals? :?:

    Same in small groups. Eg final of DDV
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Average speeds a lil low in first 3 hours. Below 45kph.


    Don’t forget GvA is never as good in the cold as he is in the heat.

    Expect to see more of EBH for similar reasons
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,591
    Jesus, the cheese, paté and salami are starting to kick in already. I've got at least 2.5 hrs more of eating.... I may have gone out too hard.

    Speaking of which, has anyone heard from emadden recently? :-D
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Keisse making the point last night he has no interest in finishing the race. Would rather be more useful for an extra 5km.

    #wolfpack
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Commentators feel QS have taken on a big job leading from this far out.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,271
    Keisse's heard of Van Aert's no hand riding at the back and taken it as a challenge- now he's riding on front no hands and fart-arseing around with his cap
  • OCDuPalais wrote:
    Keisse's heard of Van Aert's no hand riding at the back and taken it as a challenge- now he's riding on front no hands and fart-arseing around with his cap

    Thought he was going to clean his bike as well
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,591
    Naessen has bike issues
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Naesen bike probs. Looks chill.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Wolvenberg and leeberg next.

    After that is a tightly packed 3 hills of which the Muur is the last one.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    edited April 2018
    Martin bike change.

    11 degrees on the moto thermometer.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Afternoon allemaal!

    Afternoon, ATC.
    Can I interest madam in a randomised My Man pick?

    Go on, just don't ask me what it was.

    I'll need a number between 1 and 25 and another between 1 and 7.

    Anyone else wants a My Man then fire away

    13 3

    Your Man is 26 DUVAL Julien AG2R La Mondiale
    That's suspiciously close to Duvel. You know what you have to do. Toast him, cherish him.

    As I recently and rather vehemently explained to the novelist Will Self, Julian Duval is my man.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    My man in Keisse’s wheel.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Can I have 1-1 please dr?

    Your Man is 46 SIEBERG Marcel Lotto Soudal
    Cherish him.

    Currently bunch fodder with the rest of the team but with a man up the road they can chill.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Holleweg after the Wolvenberg.

    Wet on the cobbles
  • Got the women's race in Australia 50 km to go
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,271
    I'm expecting big things from my man Mark Wanty. I haven't seen him yet - or ever heard of him, but he sounds good.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Gallopin retires.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,591
    My man in Keisse’s wheel.

    Your Man's face of impossible suffering every time there's a slight incline is incredible. Always looks completely gone, even when he isn't.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Julian Duval, not to be confused with MY MAN Julien Duval, is apparently a werewolf, brother to Violet Duval and belongs to one of the five monster families that run Chicago.

    Thanks google.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    My man in Keisse’s wheel.

    Your Man's face of impossible suffering every time there's a slight incline is incredible. Always looks completely gone, even when he isn't.

    The other type of poker face. ;)
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    My man in Keisse’s wheel.

    Your Man's face of impossible suffering every time there's a slight incline is incredible. Always looks completely gone, even when he isn't.

    Completely gone or suffering from terrible constipation.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 73,787
    Floris joining the gurn competition.