Liege - Bastonge - Liege 2021 ***Spoilers***

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  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    GVA is he ever going to get another big win? I doubt he will today
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:


    My thinking too.
    Held off until now, but it's definitely beer o'clock.
    Supplies were from a Belgian charcuterie, run by a cycling fan from Liege. Authenticity a premium :smiley:

    La Chouffe and Rochefort are the local beers he says
    I am having to make do with Jamón Serrano, Leffe and Duvel, as silly me drank all my Rochefort with the Ronde.

    Things starting to get a little frisky as the "old guard" are making moves.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    blazing_saddles said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    No_Ta_Doctor said:


    My thinking too.
    Held off until now, but it's definitely beer o'clock.
    Supplies were from a Belgian charcuterie, run by a cycling fan from Liege. Authenticity a premium :smiley:

    La Chouffe and Rochefort are the local beers he says
    I am having to make do with Jamón Serrano, Leffe and Duvel, as silly me drank all my Rochefort with the Ronde.

    Things starting to get a little frisky as the "old guard" are making moves.
    Duvel is a top notch beer for "making do" :smiley: Standards are high!
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,867
    Going nowhere though
    "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: 21,816
    Quick Step have a stranglehold on the race.
    They are stamping out any moves just as soon as anybody goes
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    blazing_saddles said:

    Quick Step have a stranglehold on the race.
    They are stamping out any moves just as soon as anybody goes

    Ineos too.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    It's been EIGHT years since Dan Martin won this race.

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    tailwindhome said:

    It's been EIGHT years since Dan Martin won this race.

    Panda power.

    Three have got away from the peloton by 2 mins. Padun, Donovan, Vanhoucke.

    I don't fancy their chances
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    edited April 2021
    Who knows? Maybe they may actually race La Redoute this year.
    Possible, seeing there are teams trying to break the race up.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    blazing_saddles said:

    Who knows? Maybe they may actually race La Redoute this year.
    Possible, seeing there are teams trying to break the race up.

    I think it's likely the second string will try.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    It’s broken the breakaway
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Chute!
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Ineos blow the bunch up on La Redoute.
    Well TGH really
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    TGH looks like hes sprinting up the hill and has smashed the peloton
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,588
    edited April 2021
    TGH destroying the peloton. Ineos with 4 riders including 3 GT winners, quite impressive

    Edit - 2 GT winners, getting carried away
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,867
    small group tgh has detached
    "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
  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    BOOM now whats going to happen
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Alaphilippe is the only big cheese to have missed it.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    he'll be cheesed off too
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,588
    Felt like the third or fourth Ineos rider should have left a gap go to force the others to chase
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,588
    Dominant position wasted there.
  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    this has been a long day of watching bike racing. This is far more exciting than the women earlier
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    No_Ta_Doctor said:


    La Chouffe and Rochefort are the local beers he says

    Drinking La Chouffe in Houfallize in the sun is a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon.

    Been out in the sun down here and I think I've managed to burn a little bit! Summer is coming!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 709
    Pross said:

    Felt like the third or fourth Ineos rider should have left a gap go to force the others to chase

    Yeh, 1-2 of them gone up the road to make the others chase.
    At one point it looked like all they were doing was burning themselves out while towing most of the favourites. Achieved nothing much now the group has got back to size.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Ineos making it a proper hard race
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Yeow, I don't think I've ever got sympathy cramp....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    Carapaz flies and the rest are stuck
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,391
    Nothing 'tactical' about this attack from Carapaz. Full on!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Think Ineos got it right there. Forced a selection, didn't drive it further (would have been a free ride for everyone else), then blew it up after the reconnect with a pair of attacks
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  • singleton
    singleton Posts: 2,500
    Isn’t the supertuck illegal?

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