De Ronde van Vlaanderen 2024 ***Spoilers***

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    Nice wine Rick?

    It’s my usual tipple, but today is Trappist all the way for me.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    Chase group rapidly being caught.

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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605

    He’s on another level isn’t he. Mentally he’s done them before they start.

    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.
  • jgsi2024
    jgsi2024 Posts: 11

    Chasing group just fightin' over podium places, now....never understood really why they never organise.,..just a bit strange ...like them white lighthouses you see with spectators on the top where the bonfire used to be.....

  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 825

    Bling could easily finish 2nd here.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    I can’t help but think that if Pedersen hadn’t crashed on Wednesday, he’d be winning this in the sprint.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    Hard to argue that the Kwaremont isn’t the place to be today.

    phenomenal.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    Jorgensen and Pedersen dropped by a long way.

    Benoot now number one Visma man.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    Josh Tarling is in the third group….

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    Shit coverage just to use drone footage.

    we want to see the battle behind

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,808

    Drone footage is pretty cool tho tbf

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    UAE have 4 riders in the chase group.

    Benoot has an issue.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    Visma Lease the wrong bike for Benoot.🤣

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790

    Bettiol utterly finished

    "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
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,445

    Matthews has got to be DQ'd for that sprint.

  • jgsi2024
    jgsi2024 Posts: 11

    Victor sprints, then just pops.... You gotta love him.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790

    Bling?

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790

    Going over to watch the women

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,133

    Would have been a really good finish if the winner had been taken out of it. Felt for Garcia Cortina, he was looking strong but may payback for his alleged antics a few days ago. Bettiol and Teuns did well to hold on so long but just didn’t quite have enough.

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    Need to see the overhead, but yeah.

    It seems the Belgian director didn’t have much interest in who finished second and third.

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,808

    Yeah looked a dodgy sprint by Matthews

    I'm all on the match bet I had of Bettiol v Wellens

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    "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: 18,790

    Despite it being a rather predictable edition it looked a hard race

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  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,808

    Agree with both of these sentiments.

    Everyone looked effin tired at the end but the result was predictable. Race for 2nd was good tho

  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,808

    Looks like Matthews has been DQd

    He's not showing on the results, Pollitt is 3rd

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790

    Women going to the koppenberg

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790

    Kopecky walking it

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700

    According to PCS Matthews has been placed last in the group.

    Politt given 3rd and Berg 4th.

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