KBK and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2020 **Spoiler**

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    edited March 2020
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Littering while he rips his numbers off as well.

    I must admit my immediate thought was that his mood is not going to improve once the fine for littering is added on.

    Question: You're an official. Do you dare tell him now, or do you quietly send an invoice in the post?
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Littering while he rips his numbers off as well.

    I must admit my immediate thought was that his mood is not going to improve once the fine for littering is added on.
    A whole lot of angst over 37th place or whatever.
    That boy just doesn't learn.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Have DQS missed the boat?
    Only Stybar in that boss group.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Lovely cameo of one of the marshals waving an arrow to indicate which side to pass some road furniture, followed by an award-winning double take as half a dozen riders go the wrong side and nearly clip him in the process.
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  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,542
    edited March 2020
    I had read lots saying this was unlikely to be a bunch kick... it's defo going to be a bunch kick
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    I'd completely forgotten about the existence of Ben Swift.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    tailwindhome said:

    I'd completely forgotten about the existence of Ben Swift.

    To be fair to him, his team have usually shot their bolt and disappeared from anywhere near the front of the race by the time the TV coverage starts.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Hell of a ride by Vallee to hold onto Asswipe and then work with him for 20k plus to keep a hard chasing peloton at bay. Looks like a bunch sprint coming up though.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    My Man Asgreen making the sprint lead outs pay a high price
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Who went the wrong way round the roundabout and carried on?
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    My Man!
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    The current day peloton is embarrassing.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    DQS rider goes off solo (other than a survivor from the break of the day) 30k out and holds on to win. Standard.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Who went the wrong way round the roundabout and carried on?

    Dunno. I don't think anyone's been able to flag them down yet - they weren't hanging around.

    Great win from Asgreen there.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Pross said:

    DQS rider goes off solo (other than a survivor from the break of the day) 30k out and holds on to win. Standard.</blockquote

    It's the same old numbers game as last year.
    DQS are the only team that can get away with it.
    For instance if Ineos has Ganna in that position he wouldn't win.

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    It's a classic QS tactic, and they're the team that can do it because they can kill you in at least three different ways. If someone else had tried it you can bet QS would have someone a bit harder to drop on his wheel.

    The likes of Asgreen and Jungels can TT as well as anyone in the peloton bar the absolute top specialists. Whoever is chasing needs to commit riders into going into the red to narrow the gap. Then they play politics about who does the most work while QS sit near the front and disrupt.

    And if it doesn't work then the sprint trains have been massively weakened at the cost of a single rider.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    Everyone sits back scared of the likes of Lampaert and stybar, or Jacobson today. They're hardly the cream of the crop, but my god do the other teams make them look good.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    Just watching this again.

    He had 9 seconds with 3 k to go.

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    The last moto shot of the front of the bunch is at 4.7k when the gap is 12 secs.

    I wonder how this compares to other races
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    tailwindhome said:

    The last moto shot of the front of the bunch is at 4.7k when the gap is 12 secs.

    I wonder how this compares to other races

    He had under 20 seconds with 15km to go.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Time gaps throughout today were (as always) slightly dubious, often swinging by 20+ seconds in a single update. Other than the fact he never had a huge gap and never lost it I wouldn't try to analyse too much how closely they came.
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