2024 Classics thread - Not a spoiler thread

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Lots of attacks but nothing sticking. Alpecin keeping it together.

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Hirschi, Mollema, a couple of Frenchies ahead of the peloton by maybe 6 seconds

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Dutch TV directors not helpful naming the riders in the various moves

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Group 2 now bigger with Benoot, Pidcllcm and a Lidl rider

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Benoor accelerates on the Keutenberg which is steep and only hirshi vansevenant and pidcock can follow

  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,204

    MVDP is second favourite for LBL.

  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,632

    I think that's just hype. Personally I don't think he stands a chance.

    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,725

    Skjelmose says he sees Pog, MvdP and himself on the podium. Doesn't know which order yet

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,833
    edited April 2024

    Stevie Williams is 3rd favourite, which goes to show what a season he's had so far.

    In fact, just checking the PCS Season Ranking (points from 1 Jan) he is 8th, ahead of Remco!

  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,114

    Isn't the finish fairly flat ? So anyone looking to win it is likely to need a bit of a sprint.

    I'm interested in what Ben Healy does - after last year he hasn't been able to get out of the peloton. Is it just that he's not being given as much rope, he's got his tactics wrong or a lack of form? I know he's done some work on the front for his team but this week must have been a target for him.

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Odds on Healey? Love that guy

  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,596

    I think anyone who has shown they can finish top ten in this race previously, has to be considered to have a chance. Given how much he's improved since then, I think his chances are good but I still think Pogacar is justifiably the stand out favourite.

  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,725
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,374

    33/1 at hills.

    Nice interview with him in the Times.

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/20be34f0-8477-4597-a04a-da4a92a7f6b4?shareToken=d4c317bd2a2f9663076cf87dab01c96c

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Worth a go at those odds

  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,632

    No chainrings for mvdp from the inrng.

    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 1,000

    More surprising is that Pog doesn't get 5.

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,632

    "If anything the weather is a serious factor and for him and everyone else, a potential rival so he’s only a four-chaining pick below"

    They make a sensible point though. The weather forecast is so bad no one is a certainty.

    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,769

    Catch-up on LBL? Race begins at La Redoute, 35 kms to go. Race finish begins at 13 kms to go.

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    I saw the move on La Redoute, is the rest worth watching?

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,769

    From 13 kms out, I'd say so.

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Ok 👍🏻

  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,494

    That's quite the 7 days of racing for MDVP


    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,494
    edited April 2024

    ...

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,667

    From TeamAlpecin:

    Fun fact

    Mathieu Van der Poel is the first rider to finish on the podium of Ronde van Vlaanderen & Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège the same season since his father Adrie in 1986!


  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,769

    I don't want to spoil your fun but isn't this supposed to be a spoiler free thread?

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660

    Worst classics season I can remember

  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,268

    I wholeheartedly agree.


    At least we have the Giro to look forward to, where the favourite is at odds of 2/9. The second favourite is 38 next month and the 4th favourite is a 36 year old who has won two world tour races (both stages). 2004's status as the worst Giro in recent memory is under threat.

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,494

    Fair.

    Nothing I can do about thr first post now

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,940

    Most Predictable for sure .... Not sure worst is a good term .

    "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

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