Ronde van Vlaanderen 2023 *Spoilers* thread

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  • Gap is (slowly) coming down, but at what cost for them?
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953

    phreak said:

    I wonder why JV and UAE aren't drilling the front?

    Probably don't want to use a lot of energy here only to end up having to control the race for another 220km
    I'd have thought burning a couple of riders who won't see the end anyway to get rid of MvdP would be a good investment.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,344
    phreak said:

    I wonder why JV and UAE aren't drilling the front?

    I’m not watching. Any chance they are leaving him enough hope to burn his matches?
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    Much obliged to the code peeps!
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    JV are loving this.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    (Even though I've got a minging bug, I can't literally watch them ride for 230k all day can it..?)
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  • They’re going to hit the climbs with no break by the looks of things.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,680
    estimate finish time? I’ve got to drop the OH to the airport at 3pm.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,680
    Ben turner pushing Pidcock while he goes for a wee. Not sure I could go with someone pushing me.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    Done by lunchtime at this rate...

    EBH looking surprisingly swol

    (his tyre less so)
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    ddraver said:

    (Even though I've got a minging bug, I can't literally watch them ride for 230k all day can it..?)

    Course you can

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    Chute Wout!

    Everything seems to have slowed...
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    Echt! Like almost to a standstill...
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Anything happened of note yet ?
    "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: 18,908
    No 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
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    edited April 2023
    Biiiiiiiig crash!

    Break hit the Kwaremont. Tell you what that farmer has earned his cash looking at the size of that hospitality tent


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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,680
    Bahrain rider got a lot of apologising to do later.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    edited April 2023
    What the ??????



    (*replaced with clip with context)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    Rider DQ'd

    (...for his own safety frankly...)
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  • seanoconn said:

    Bahrain rider got a lot of apologising to do later.

    He’s been DQ’d
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253

    seanoconn said:

    Bahrain rider got a lot of apologising to do later.

    He’s been DQ’d
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  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    Crazy crash that. Could have been much worse injuries.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,438

    seanoconn said:

    Bahrain rider got a lot of apologising to do later.

    He’s been DQ’d
    Needs a suspension too, that was idiotic
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The PTP picks


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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,680
    RichN95. said:

    The PTP picks


    Obviously the hearts leading the heads in PTP.
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  • DSM go from practically walking to pressing on. Gaps and splits all over the place, MvdP in the wrong place, again.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    Not sure I can type crash quickly enough to cover them all...

    Cobbles seem very greasy in patches
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Lot of crashes .... Safer in the break day
    "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: 18,908
    UAE alpecin and Jumbo should have stuck 1 or 2 riders each on the front and controlled to make it safer .... Easier said maybe
    "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
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699
    edited April 2023
    A second group of misfits - but misfits from all the big teams - has gone off the front and has a few seconds


    Edit - oh and some guy called Tadej...?

    Must be a new guy...
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