Ardennes* races **Spoilers**

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    4 to go

    Front 3 wake up again and stabilise the gap. Attacks out of the chase group but don't look convincing
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Who took the wrong road?
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Moto goes the wrong way for the lols

    2 to go

    gap stable at 15s

    Schachman tries to go - he has to - but closed down by WvA
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited April 2021
    Flamme Rouge

    Gap 20s It's between these 3

    Track sprint begins...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Photo finish
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Being called for WvA but photo not conclusive.
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    WvA waits until both Schachman and Pidcock look behind and kicks with supreme timing

    Photo finish
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Bit closer than I initially thought
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    WvA Claims it but not announced...

    memories of the Women's Braabantse Pijl.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    I’d like to see the photo, the one we’ve been shown is just over the line so maybe WvA was a tiny bit in front as they touched it. Looked like Pidcock from the overhead and the still.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Looked like pidcock to me? No bias
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    It has been a great season so far
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Ridiculously close. WVA's slight deviation may have just made the difference (nothing wrong with it but just did enough).

    Excellent race, Ineos nailed their tactics today.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Piddocks bike must be shorter than WVA’s if he’s won.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    mididoctors said:

    Looked like pidcock to me? No bias


    Definitely.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Still no confirmation...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Where’s the photo finish? Usually gets produced by now
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Going to come down to frame rate
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    It may be the angle duping us thou
    "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
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    WvA confirmed
    _
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Looked like van aert live, but way closer on replay
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Journo's on twitter can't wait to call it for WvA but I'm not buying it until we get the proper photo

    ...Not from someone's phone as we see now...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    WVA on that photo. Milliseconds too late coming through. He'll of a sprinter for a Featherweight
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    rick_chasey said:

    WvA confirmed

    Is that why it says provisional?

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    WvA it seems
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Eurosport on tv can’t be bothered to wait and depart
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    edited April 2021
    Pross said:

    WVA on that photo. Milliseconds too late coming through. He'll of a sprinter for a Featherweight

    Looks like if the line was 10cm further away Pidcock would have taken it. (Assuming he has been pipped).
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    blazing_saddles said:

    rick_chasey said:

    WvA confirmed

    Is that why it says provisional?

    NOS saying they’ve seen the photo finish and have spoken to UCI who confirm
    _
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Love to.see how close it was . Any link to that photo ?
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    So too does the player.
    Wtf?
    Imagine leaving any other sport without knowing the result
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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