KBK and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2020 **Spoiler**

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Mad_Malx said:

    van Vleuten has the women's sown up after powering away on the Muur

    Thanks.
    Saves me from watching it later.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    rick_chasey said:

    It’s going to be quite dull for the next 45 mins. The group is gone and we have 55km to go

    Søren Kragh is going to go long and solo. (just hoping for *some* excitement)
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Kragh.. 😊 Made it hard on the false flat after Mollenberg
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Jumbo either playing an interesting tactical battle or a vote of no confidence in Teunissen.
    DQS now forced into chasing behind
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Declercq pedalling squares
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Stuyven, Lampaert and Kragh go clear on the Muur.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Men using the pavement to. Not as much as the women did.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Ineos showing once again how they dominate the sport.
    They are all so far ahead that the cameras can't find one of them. :p
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Stuyven takes it, I thought Lampaert had that. Nice to see QS lose it though :)

    Good ride from Soren Kragh, nearly got back on there.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Stuyven takes it from Lampaert. Kragh dropped with 3 km comes in 3rd.
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Not exactly the most thrilling race, but who cares, the season has started B)
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    DQS 's love hate relationship with this race continues.
    I expect Pat to have a whinge about cooperation at some point.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    rick_chasey said:

    Tough combo of hills coming up.

    Think Stuyven looks good.

    Called it at 2:20pm
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    I thought Dan Lloyd’s debut as a lead commentator was pretty decent
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    RichN95. said:

    I thought Dan Lloyd’s debut as a lead commentator was pretty decent

    The pairing wasn't bad at all. There was a point in the race where he thought van Aert and Sep had bridged to the chase group (they hadn't, they'd been caught by the peloton) but otherwise decent. Lot of local road knowledge was good. Could have been a bit better on who was where in the race in general, though the TV production was pretty poor on this as well. Nice not to have over-excitement and forced dad-jokes. Just enough banter (e.g. didn't know the last 70km as he never finished Flanders) to keep things going.
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    edited March 2020
    Yeah, he was good. This on his Twitter feed made me laugh :D



  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660


    Lampaert was hurting earlier on in the race.
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited March 2020
    Since Rick has used this thread for KBK, so will I.






    The BOTD are: Mikkel Bjerg (UAE) Roy Jans (Alpecin-Fenix) Hugo Houle (Astana)
    Boris Vallée (Wallonie-Bruxelles) Jonas Abrahamsen (Noorwegen) and they have a 6 and a half minute lead.

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    edited March 2020
    I'll delete this, partly as I'm not sure what Eurosport are currently showing, what time it was filmed, or if I'm even watching the right race...
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    If the peloton were any more tranquilo they would need beds.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    5 man break 5-25 min ahead with 80km to go.
    Peleton very calm.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Worlds track spoiler: Elinor Barker takes the points race.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Mad_Malx said:

    Worlds track spoiler: Elinor Barker takes the points race.

    Bloody ell, they managed to break their duck.
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  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Flappy number alert in the break.. if it disturbs your inner peace
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    My Man Mikkel Bjerg in the break :-D 21 year old triple u23 world TT champion and *future* hour record holder. Not got pictures yet, but I'd bet it isn't his number that's flappy.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    My Man Mikkel Bjerg in the break :-D 21 year old triple u23 world TT champion and *future* hour record holder. Not got pictures yet, but I'd bet it isn't his number that's flappy.

    No, but his back tyre was. Appears to have done for him, particularly after the shonky wheel change that followed.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    God dammit.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Peloton seem to have woken up, anyway. Splits opening all over the shop now.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Moscon apparently disqualified after handing a bike back in a manner the commissaires deemed "over enthusiastic"...

    https://twitter.com/BasTietema/status/1234118399233609734?s=20
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Littering while he rips his numbers off as well.
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