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

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Ineos chasing a "proper" monument win.
    Dominant performance so far but little doubt the big 3 will have troops chasing Carapaz.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Remember the girls - the top of this climb is not the top of the climbing...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited April 2021
    Vansevenant climbs like someone doing a parody of Bertie...

    Carapaz being pulled back by an epic ride by Knox. UAE take it up to kill it

    Ineos do rather appear to have self destructed. Roglic and Fuglesang struggling.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Ineos with no-one now.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    edited April 2021
    Strong 5 clear. Valverde, Woods, Pogacar, Gaudu and JA. Roglic has missed out.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Valverde the old dog.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Group of 5 get away and have a biiig gap. No Grenadiers amongst them 😏

    Woods, Pog, Valverde (?) Godau and...?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    All change at the front and Roglic found wanting.
    Can’t fault this edition
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Grenadier Yates pulling the chasers, but not in a convincing manner.

    Headwind on the run in though...

    Front group maybe having second thoughts
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Front 5 not working well, my pick for the day Woods going alone but pulled back. Roglic and Kwia chasing hard behind.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Roglic gets on the front and knocks 10s off the gap!

    Woods and JA doing most of the work. The others content to Wheelsuck

    10 to go, 20s
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited April 2021
    Pogacer grabbed his side just as the camera cut away there...??

    Chase not looking organised. Gap going back out

    Pog back on the front so is obviously fine
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Not enough riders prepared to help Roglic out. Chasers splitting a bit though and could do it if they drop the dead wood.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    edited April 2021
    Over 30" now. This is over unless the front 5 really start messing about.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    It’s a shame Pidcock didn’t ride. If he’d made this front group, we’d have 3 generations of Valverde-like riders...
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Timings all over the place. Down to 20", back up to 28".
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Chasers doing just enough to keep the kopgruppe honest.

    I don't think they re coming back though.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Did a bidon just fall out of one of the chasers there? He definitely didn't throw it...

    Could be a glimpse of the future... 🙄
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    AGAIN!!!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    ddraver said:

    He doesn't have Roglic's sprint for a group finale but I can imagine him slipping away on the sneaky...

    Totally Called it!!

    😶
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    JA mugged for the second time in 6 months.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Glorious!
    Pogo does Alaphilippe again. :D
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    ddraver said:

    Did a bidon just fall out of one of the chasers there? He definitely didn't throw it...

    Could be a glimpse of the future... 🙄

    Check the bottle cage for a Bond style ejection device.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    The speed JA and Pogacar still had in their legs was noticeably higher than the others. Thought my slightly different pick for Woods was going to get me some PTP points there. After that show of force Ineos with no-one in the top 10.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I can’t stop giggling.
    Methinks Julian may give LBL a miss next year.
    It’s his Waterloo
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    It's a honest group sprint .
    "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
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Pog looking like he just had a bit of a sprint for the sign after a light 45 min ride to the cafe...
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    22 years old and already a Tour de France and a monument. Not bad.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I was impressed by Gaudu today.
    Thought he would be 5th of the five, but showed decent pace in the end.

    A word for Davide Formolo, who had been invisible this year, but played a crucial roll in reeling in the Ineos train.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.

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