Liège-Bastogne-Liège *Spoilers*

RichN95.
RichN95. Posts: 27,259
edited April 2019 in Pro race
This needs its own thread.

The following work is all done by Blazing Saddles on the Ardennes thread, not me


Liège-Bastogne-Liège

The 105th edition of La Doyenne will bring down the curtain on a spring classics campaign.

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  • peteco
    peteco Posts: 184
    Looks like coverage starts on Eurosport 2 at 1pm UK time.

    Pete
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    peteco wrote:
    Looks like coverage starts on Eurosport 2 at 1pm UK time.

    Pete


    There's nothing earlier from anybody. Sporza starts at 1pm BST, too.
    Rain and 6C, when coverage starts.
    The rain should have stopped and temperature around 10C in Liege for the finish.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,615
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    peteco wrote:
    Looks like coverage starts on Eurosport 2 at 1pm UK time.

    Pete


    There's nothing earlier from anybody. Sporza starts at 1pm BST, too.
    Rain and 6C, when coverage starts.
    The rain should have stopped and temperature around 10C in Liege for the finish.

    We'll have to tolerate the sight of valverde in leg warmers but not arm warmers then
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    8 riders in the break, with nearly 9 minutes to the peloton. MyMan Calamity Jane is in there.

    J. Bernard
    162
    TFS

    T. Ludvigsson
    173
    GFC

    A. Pasqualon
    196
    WGG

    L. Calmejane
    201
    TDE

    J. Maison
    215
    PCB

    K. Deltombe
    223
    SVB

    K. Molly
    244
    WVA

    M. Paasschens
    245
    WVA
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Lovely day.

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    115kms to go, so instead of live, we get more Watts.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    Whoever invented ‘Watts zap’ on Eurosport should suffer death by a million paper cuts and a vinegar bath
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Whoever invented ‘Watts zap’ on Eurosport should suffer death by a million paper cuts and a vinegar bath
    Rob Hatch explained this the other day. The problem is UK Eurosport can't show the race until International Eurosport do. And International won't show it until the Snooker (which they are showing on the same channel) is finished. Watts isn't scheduled, it's just filler until they can show the race
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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    RichN95 wrote:
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Whoever invented ‘Watts zap’ on Eurosport should suffer death by a million paper cuts and a vinegar bath
    Rob Hatch explained this the other day. The problem is UK Eurosport can't show the race until International Eurosport do. And International won't show it until the Snooker (which they are showing on the same channel) is finished. Watts isn't scheduled, it's just filler until they can show the race

    Thanks for that. Was trying to post a 'why do Eurosport advertise a 1pm kick off, then we are still waiting 17 minutes later' but had forgotten my log in details. So you have saved me the bother
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Sky to ride all guns blazing in their last outing as Sky?

    Valverde abandons
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Valverde joins Dan Martin in the early bath.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    Quickstep drilling it, gap dropping like a stone (3'30" now), Peleton split, Valverde abandon.

    Weather is nasty, nasty stuff.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,601
    Looks horrible. Be some cold and very wet riders by the end.
    Valverde gives up with 103 kms to go.
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    RichN95 wrote:
    PoweredByIdris wrote:
    Whoever invented ‘Watts zap’ on Eurosport should suffer death by a million paper cuts and a vinegar bath
    Rob Hatch explained this the other day. The problem is UK Eurosport can't show the race until International Eurosport do. And International won't show it until the Snooker (which they are showing on the same channel) is finished. Watts isn't scheduled, it's just filler until they can show the race

    I stand by my opinion
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Coverage was late starting from the hosts, probably due to the slow race.

    Ion Izaguirre screwed again, after chasing back with Wellens.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    Stockeau up next
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Feels like this race is in slow motion
    _
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Feels like this race is in slow motion

    Not the fastest edition, but I guess they're a bit cautious on the descents.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    Split in the peloton, about 20 in the front group
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Well Alpecin adverts are as weird as ever. Tuned in to a sea of black jackets, christ this looks grim
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    GVA is desperate to get away. Think he just wants to get back for a shower as fast as possible.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    GVA is desperate to get away. Think he just wants to get back for a shower as fast as possible.

    Looks to me like he wants to ride on the front to warm up a bit. Been there, where sitting on just doesn't cut it!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    The front group is this lot:

    Philippe Gilbert and Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Simon Clarke, Lawson Craddock and Tanel Kangert (Astana), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-La Mondiale), Vincenzo Nibali, Damiano Caruso and Antonio Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Max Schachmann and Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Hansgrohe), Michael Albasini and Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott), David De La Cruz (Team Sky), Omar Fraile and Gorka Izagirre (Astana), Winer Anacona and Carlos Verona (Movistar), Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis), Sergio Heano and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Greg Van Avermaet and Alessandro De Marchi (CCC Team), Dmitrii Strakhov and Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha Alpecin), Laurens De Plus (Jumbo Visma), Toms Skujins and Nicola Conci (Trek-Segafredo) have caught Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) with 70 km to go. The second bunch is trailing by 30".
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    Looks like the 2nd group have come back now
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    To all those commenting on the weather, think of us who rode this in the same conditions plus wind and a bit of hail yesterday. Firmly ensconced in a Liege bar with French commentary on the TV and the finish line outside.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    New group of ten have 35"

    Tanel Kangert (EF Education First), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-La Mondiale), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Merida), Michael Albasini (Mitchelton-Scott), David De La Cruz (Team Sky), Omar Fraile (Astana), Bjorg Lambrecht (Lotto Soudal), Winner Anacona and Carlos Verona (Movistar) and Alessandro De Marchi (CCC Team) are 30" ahead of the bunch at the summit of the Col du Rosier.

    No QS
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    dish_dash wrote:
    To all those commenting on the weather, think of us who rode this in the same conditions plus wind and a bit of hail yesterday. Firmly ensconced in a Liege bar with French commentary on the TV and the finish line outside.

    Well deserved!

    (EDIT: The beers today, not the hail yesterday :-D )
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Thanks! Beers all the more welcome as it's Easter and it's the first in 40 days.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    De La Cruz mech and bike change, chasing back to the front group.
    41" for them to peloton.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,679
    Gap still going out - 51" now - as they approach la Redoute
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Mohoric in short sleeves?

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