Ronde van Vlaanderen Sunday 18th October 2020 *Spoilers*

TheBigBean
TheBigBean Posts: 22,031
edited October 2020 in Pro race
Covid means the route might change. Info stolen from other thread.











* * * * * van Aert, van der Poel, Bettiol, Vanmarcke
* * * * Pedersen, Asgreen
* * * Andersen, Lampaert, Alaphilippe, Kristoff
* * Sénéchal, Stuyven, Benoot, Politt, Trentin, Küng, Degenkolb,
* Rowe, Teuns

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    TheBlazingBean - can you please add 2020 to the thread title, for the benefit of forum archaeologists who will try and dig it up in years to come?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Cheers bb. I would have but down to one hand
    _
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,031
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    TheBlazingBean - can you please add 2020 to the thread title, for the benefit of forum archaeologists who will try and dig it up in years to come?

    Done. I even corrected the date. As you can tell, I'm an amateur at this.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    I'm getting a strange sense of not being bothered about this race, this year. Maybe it's because my body is out of sync due to the timing, maybe because I don't ride much myself in autumn, maybe I'm just stick of hearing about the two cross riders. I really could do with a good afternoon snooze, so I may tune in and have a lie down.
    "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: 14,692
    TheBigBean said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    TheBlazingBean - can you please add 2020 to the thread title, for the benefit of forum archaeologists who will try and dig it up in years to come?

    Done. I even corrected the date. As you can tell, I'm an amateur at this.
    We're all Cat 5s in comparison to Blazing, Bean. But I like to think of myself as an armchair Spoiler-thread DS: "Oh he's left it too late.... He's skipped the food zone, this could cause him problems later...The favourites star ratings are wrong, he'll be watching the wrong riders..."
    rick_chasey said:

    Cheers bb. I would have but down to one hand

    To be fair, this never stopped you when Boonen was racing.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    TheBigBean said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    TheBlazingBean - can you please add 2020 to the thread title, for the benefit of forum archaeologists who will try and dig it up in years to come?

    Done. I even corrected the date. As you can tell, I'm an amateur at this.
    We're all Cat 5s in comparison to Blazing, Bean. But I like to think of myself as an armchair Spoiler-thread DS: "Oh he's left it too late.... He's sk
    ipped the food zone, this could cause him problems later...The favourites star ratings are wrong, he'll be watching the wrong riders..."
    rick_chasey said:

    Cheers bb. I would have but down to one hand

    To be fair, this never stopped you when Boonen was racing.
    You have to learn to.....



    ......before you can......



    Or else you may end up.....




    While I am at it, I hope everybody is ready with a few.......



    Although I am not sure about these for Sunday lunch.

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Treat it like a glorified E3
    _
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    I'm ready for tomorrow. Here are the hellingen.





    This year I have a team of three, I'll be the experienced classics watcher leading two that have so far only dabbled with the Tour over the cobbles.

    I've stocked up on Belgian sausage and cheese (including the Orval and Westmalle cheeses) from a local Belgian charcuterie (yes, we have one in Copenhagen!) run by a big WVA fan.

    Pics will likely follow tomorrow.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    The two unlabelled bottles were from a homebrew project my eldest lad did in high school about 5 years ago - brewed to a Westmalle Dubbel recipe. They've had a few years in the cupboard to lose some of the sugars ;)
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    edited October 2020
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    The two unlabelled bottles were from a homebrew project my eldest lad did in high school about 5 years ago - brewed to a Westmalle Dubbel recipe. They've had a few years in the cupboard to lose some of the sugars ;)

    Westie Dubbel?
    Those must be a special albino version.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    blazing_saddles said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    The two unlabelled bottles were from a homebrew project my eldest lad did in high school about 5 years ago - brewed to a Westmalle Dubbel recipe. They've had a few years in the cupboard to lose some of the sugars ;)

    Westie Dubbel?
    Those must be a special albino version.
    The two with the white caps between the Corsendonk and the Orval. Most definitely not albino :-D

    The ones you're looking at are the Drie Fonteinen Oude Gueuze I think.
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    A self imposed break from alcohol means this will be the first Flanders in years where I’m not totally plastered by the finish :D
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    The two unlabelled bottles were from a homebrew project my eldest lad did in high school about 5 years ago - brewed to a Westmalle Dubbel recipe. They've had a few years in the cupboard to lose some of the sugars ;)

    Westie Dubbel?
    Those must be a special albino version.
    The two with the white caps between the Corsendonk and the Orval. Most definitely not albino :-D

    The ones you're looking at are the Drie Fonteinen Oude Gueuze I think.
    Ah right.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    A self imposed break from alcohol means this will be the first Flanders in years where I’m not totally plastered by the finish :D

    You're in charge of race tactics updates & spotting which riders are where then.
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    A self imposed break from alcohol means this will be the first Flanders in years where I’m not totally plastered by the finish :D

    You're in charge of race tactics updates & spotting which riders are where then.
    I’m gonna stick my neck out here and say the primary tactic will be to cross the finish line before anyone else, and that most riders will be on roads somewhere in the vicinity of Oudenaarde

    I’ll have Kirby’s job by next year.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,724
    Duchesse tho dude... 🤢
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    Mike Teunissen is sick. He'll be replaced by Bert-Jan Lindeman.
    So, WVA loses his main support.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Is it an early start tomorrow? Eurosport are showing an 8.40am listing and spiky coverage with the Giro.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    gweeds said:

    Is it an early start tomorrow? Eurosport are showing an 8.40am listing and spiky coverage with the Giro.

    8-40 to 17-05, uninterrupted, covering both the men's and women's races.
    Usually the women start about a half hour or so before the men at around that time.
    However, who knows? They aren't telling.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    As opposed to gsk82, I have high hopes for this - maybe even as high as No_Ta_Doctor’s going to be - even though they’re only doing a paltry 244km.
    Obviously, with high expectation comes disappointment, but this has the potential to be the natural conclusion of so many ‘cross fan conversations (as they watched them knock 77 shades of shite out of each other each week for seasons on end) about how MVDP and WVA would fare against each other in a big boys race and against the worlds best road riders. With P-R out, this is it!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited October 2020
    Why was this post flagged?

    It’s a good post
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    The two unlabelled bottles were from a homebrew project my eldest lad did in high school about 5 years ago - brewed to a Westmalle Dubbel recipe. They've had a few years in the cupboard to lose some of the sugars ;)

    I was going to ask what the two unlabelled bottles were.

    3 Fonteinen FTW.

    I like that big bottle of Duchesse du Bourgogne as well, don't see those in the UK.

    Orval is obviously great. I like Brett in all beer.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    ddraver said:

    Duchesse tho dude... 🤢

    Fantastic beer. Tastes like Tangfastics.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    You won't like the beers I've got but they weren't bought for this specifically.

    One is Norwegian though, check this shit out:



    Amundsen 13.5% imperial pastry stout... couldn't leave it on the shelf.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    So ready for this race.

    It's only live on GCN though isn't it?

    Or is my Sky planner playing silly 'uns with me?
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Eurosport are splitting coverage with the men’s, women’s and Giro. Live from 0840.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,731
    edited October 2020
    gweeds said:

    Eurosport are splitting coverage with the men’s, women’s and Giro. Live from 0840.

    ALL 3 ARE LIVE AND UNINTERRUPTED ON THE EUROSPORT PLAYER.

    :D:p

    Only the Flanders races in full though.
    Giro 11-25 start as usual.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    bobmcstuff said:

    You won't like the beers I've got but they weren't bought for this specifically.

    One is Norwegian though, check this shit out:



    Amundsen 13.5% imperial pastry stout... couldn't leave it on the shelf.

    I think I've had that on draught, not bad at all if you like that sort of thing!
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,031
    edited October 2020
    I'm please that no one has criticised my inclusion of Vanmarcke as five stars. I realise this is probaly due to it not being read or no one bothering to post about it, but I'm taking it as acceptance.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited October 2020
    I’m up on Sporza already 👍🏻

    Very weird with no crowds
    _

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