Ronde van Vlaanderen 2023 *Spoilers* thread

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    44.1 kph .... Easy
    "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
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    Sensational race.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Mads deserves a podium
    "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
  • Must be quite disheartening to be a classics specialist these days, when a GT rider turns up and blows you out the water.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    mrb123 said:

    Sensational race.

    Wasn't bad at all
    "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
    edited April 2023
    Things that aged well....
    ddraver said:

    ddraver said:

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

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Most complete rider in the 30 odd years I’ve been watching cycling. Wonder if P-R is going to tempt him at some point? I can see him adding Amstel in a few weeks.
  • zest28
    zest28 Posts: 403
    Great tactic by Pogacar. He knows the only way for MvdP and WvA to beat him is on a flat sprint and Pogacar made sure it didn’t end up in that scenario.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    That was superb racing.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Must be quite disheartening to be a classics specialist these days, when a GT rider turns up and blows you out the water.

    Well MvdP has won it before .....
    "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

    Must be quite disheartening to be a classics specialist these days, when a GT rider turns up and blows you out the water.

    Up there with being a specialist climber getting dropped by WVA on Tour mountain stages.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    You could always wear gloves Tadej...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    Tell you what, he's got the pro-belgian PR down too...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Well he’s talking about P-R at some point
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Going over to women
    "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
    Mads given 3rd.

    Some silliness in the minor sprint places. Ballerini takes a road to the face...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Shouldn’t he be carrying his own bike across the line to get a finish?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    vV crashed out ?
    "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
    Why isn’t there a separate feed for the women’s race?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    On GCN? There is...go right
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,438
    Pross said:

    Why isn’t there a separate feed for the women’s race?

    There is
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Pressure on WvA this week is going to be immense
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661

    Pressure on WvA this week is going to be immense

    He hurt his knee more badly than we realised.
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Pogacar looks like he took a good 5 years off MVDP’s life today….
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,338
    That last 8.4km's into a headwind made no difference at all.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Happy that Mads got on the podium.

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    SD worx are unstoppable
    "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

    Happy that Mads got on the podium.

    Yeah he earnt it
    "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

    Pressure on WvA this week is going to be immense

    He hurt his knee more badly than we realised.
    I was expecting more ...he looked empty tbh 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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    r0bh said:

    Pross said:

    Why isn’t there a separate feed for the women’s race?

    There is
    Couldn’t see one on Discovery+, it was showing an option for men’s and women’s race on one channel or judo on another.

    Impressive again by Kopecky and very good team work from SD Worx