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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,601
    Dillier should not have gone to the front on the final pave.
    Chapeau to them both, and Terpstra bags 3rd, GVA 4th
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    I enjoyed that guys. Thanks for the company, made it more exciting that it might have been.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,680
    Milton50 wrote:
    Nice to see Sagan put his hand out to Dillier. Chapeau to both.

    Yep.

    I'm pleased to see Sagan win, his palmares was missing it and deserved it.
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  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    edited April 2018
    Quick text to Tom Boonen before the podium I'd imagine :-)
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    NorvernRob wrote:
    Worst ending ever.

    Rubbish P-R that.

    Congrats to Sagan, bad luck to Dillier (should have listened to all us lot telling him to stop taking turns ;) )

    It was the least surprising finish out of any possible scenario between those two. I assume Dillier was happy with 2nd, but how can you be when a win is possible? He was still taking turns at 50-odd km/h and Sagan couldn’t drop him so he must have had something left in the tank.

    But what do I know, i’m just a knobber sat on the sofa watching it.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Sagan also made that happen. Attacked, bridges and immediately worked.

    Not an epic edition but a great result. Well deserved.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    People saying Dillier should have done this or that - it wouldn’t have made a jot of difference
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Terpstra blew the others away in the last few k. Super strong.
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  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    Love it. Great ride from Sagan.

    My Eurosport feed jumped forward 5 seconds before the line ! I nearly smashed the laptop ! Bastards.

    Anyhoo, great result.
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
  • lucan2
    lucan2 Posts: 294
    Lost my feed 2Km out until about a minute after the finish :-(
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    RichN95 wrote:
    People saying Dillier should have done this or that - it wouldn’t have made a jot of difference

    Likely Sagan would have still won but I was surprised he didn't stop doing turns sooner.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited April 2018
    inseine wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    This is NOT over

    It's been over for half an hour.






    (but for a mechanical)

    So, who's going to win?


    Errr, the bloke in the rainbow jersey. :?

    Enjoyed that. Better than the norm.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Great win for Sagan. Well deserved.

    DD.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    This is NOT over

    It's been over for half an hour.






    (but for a mechanical)

    So, who's going to win?


    Errr, the bloke in the rainbow jersey. :?
    LOL
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  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    Congratulating his team !.

    Keep the bosses happy I suppose
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Sagan "Bernard who?"
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  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    Milton50 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    People saying Dillier should have done this or that - it wouldn’t have made a jot of difference

    Likely Sagan would have still won but I was surprised he didn't stop doing turns sooner.
    The only thing he could have done to beat Sagan in that situation was to hope he sits up and get 6th ahead of him when they both got caught. Working made sense, it was a huge result.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    edited April 2018
    PR is a great race. some duff editions but this like so many others lived up to something rivetting

    QS balls that up a bit. but 20/20 hindsight etc. sagan is class... Dillier is a real class act for not getting dropped.
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,680
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    People saying Dillier should have done this or that - it wouldn’t have made a jot of difference

    Likely Sagan would have still won but I was surprised he didn't stop doing turns sooner.
    The only thing he could have done to beat Sagan in that situation was to hope he sits up and get 6th ahead of him when they both got caught. Working made sense, it was a huge result.

    He could possibly have sat up just before they came into the velodrome, but he knew what he had left in his legs (hint: nothing). Before that, sit up and lose the podium.
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  • onyourright
    onyourright Posts: 509
    When Dillier immediately took Sagan’s wheel in the sprint I still thought he was going to do a Hayman.

    Magnificent race and it’s appropriate and right that Sagan win this at last.
  • shipley
    shipley Posts: 549
    Loved it - all that was missing was some rain.

    So pleased for Sagan, great efforts by Dillier and Terpstra.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    Lol Sagan is wearing actual ski goggles round his neck on the podium.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    kleinstroker wrote:
    DeadCalm wrote:
    Popped into my local bar in Chiang Mai to find the cycling on the telly and a classic 70s punk mix playing on the stereo. Superb day.

    Just left there last weekend, will check the blog out, couldnt find anywhere in Bangkok that was showing it
    Did you get any riding in? Not the best time to have been here with the smoke. We've finally had some stormy weather which has blown that away.

    The blog hasn't been updated for a while. I'd just started getting back into it a couple of months ago when I had a bit of an accident and haven't managed to get out since.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,440
    1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 05:54:06
    2 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
    3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:57
    4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:01:34
    5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
    6 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
    7 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 00:02:31
    8 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
    9 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
    10 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
    inseine wrote:
    Terpstra blew the others away in the last few k. Super strong.
    Yeah, he put 37 seconds into them - still 57 back on Sagan though...

    Not a bad showing from Phinney, good to see him in the top 10.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Although they did start finessing for 4th. Clear in hindsight that QS should have worked for terpstra though.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 05:54:06
    2 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
    3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:57
    4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:01:34 9 9
    5 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
    6 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
    7 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 00:02:31
    8 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
    9 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
    10 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
    inseine wrote:
    Terpstra blew the others away in the last few k. Super strong.
    Yeah, he put 37 seconds into them - still 57 back on Sagan though...

    Not a bad showing from Phinney, good to see him in the top 10.
    Just realised in my moderately inebriated state I'd mixed up Phinney and Vanmarcke. Would have still been cheering the guy in pink on in any event so no biggie.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Sagan continues his 100% win rate in races raced when litttle baby Sagan is watching with me.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,680
    Anyway, hoping for positive news on Goolaerts.
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  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Richard T. Biscuit wrote:
    Milton50 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    People saying Dillier should have done this or that - it wouldn’t have made a jot of difference

    Likely Sagan would have still won but I was surprised he didn't stop doing turns sooner.
    The only thing he could have done to beat Sagan in that situation was to hope he sits up and get 6th ahead of him when they both got caught. Working made sense, it was a huge result.

    Meh. I disagree with you but no big deal. It was a great ride by both of them.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    pretty decent race is my take.
    qs didn't seem to know who they were riding for at times. Cannondale pink hats educated drain pipes did all they could i guess and got what was their due. BMC underperformed.

    everyone based their race around QS. guess it inhibits their style somewhat.
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