Ronde van Vlaanderen 2023 *Spoilers* thread

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601
    MVDP being motor paced on the main road.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Is Van der Poel going to take a turn or is he going to leave it all to the motorbike?
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Way too close
    "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: 26,698
    Pog onto Paterbag, Matieau not far behind...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Sure it’s been discussed but who was the last person to win RVV and the TDF?
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,438
    About 10s gap turning on to the cobbles
  • zest28
    zest28 Posts: 403
    Kinda unfair for Pogacar that MvdP got motorpaced.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    MvdP coming back ish
    "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: 26,698
    Pross said:

    Sure it’s been discussed but who was the last person to win RVV and the TDF?

    Some bloke called Eddie according to the french (I think....)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    13s TT...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pog
    "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: 26,698
    Pog adding a second in a km...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Looks like it might be Pog’s turn with the motorbikes
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pog is going to break him
    "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
    Cancellara Vs Boonen vibe
    "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: 43,463
    Hoping Fred Wright can hold on with the chase
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    20s - Pog's got it..

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Pross said:

    Sure it’s been discussed but who was the last person to win RVV and the TDF?

    Merckx and Bobet are the only two
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Christ he’s some rider isn’t he.
    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.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    Imagine if he had a decent bike...
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Pog
    "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: 43,463
    Carlton thinks he’s going to get caught
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Going to be closer than I thought
    "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: 43,463
    Yet again WVA and JV blew it in the race that actually counts.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    This finish can either keep the tension building perfectly or can be a bit of an anticlimax...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    The break of the day consistently ends up at the business end of this race these days

    "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: 26,698
    Just the 4 monuments before his 25th birthday...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Class
    "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: 26,698
    Photo for 3rd...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    Hopefully 3rd for Mads