Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen LIVE

Kléber
Kléber Posts: 6,842
edited April 2009 in Pro race
Scheldeprijs on now.

http://www.justin.tv/tvlive_hd

The last moment of shoulder-rubbing, bollard crashing, cross-winding, gutter lining Belgian racing before the Ardennes and stage races pick up for the rest of the year.

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    You have all that and more in Turkey. Obviously, when it rains, the roads turn to ice.
    Crashes everywhere.
    Long way to go in this Belgian sweetie.....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • drewfromrisca
    drewfromrisca Posts: 1,165
    Is anyone getting audio on the justintv site?
    There is never redemption, any fool can regret yesterday...

    Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave!
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    I was earlier but it's gone now :(
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    I'm going to miss the cobbles classics. Certainly the most exciting part of the year for me. The Ardenne classics just don't do it quite as well.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    From cyclingnews....

    3000 metres to race. Who is going to win this race? Remember, Cavendish is not racing

    Sign of the times?
    :shock:
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    Petacchi. Winning a sprint. For a change.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Only because someone wasn't there. :wink:
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Kléber wrote:
    Only because someone wasn't there. :wink:

    It's magical, isn't it. Not knowing who was going to win a sprint in advance...

    Could catch on!
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    bad crash involving McEwen, apparently. I didn't see it.
    QS didn't really contest the finish.
    May get a replay posted on that Sporza hightlights thingemy.

    and here it is. The last 2kms plus replays of the utter carnage.
    http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/wielr ... s_verslag#

    Looked like McEwen put Greg VA into the barriers, but came off worst of all.
    Boonan was also caught.....as was everybody else!
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Boonen and Robbie both injured

    http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15042009/ ... falls.html
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    looks like a racing incident , hard to attribute blame from the heli shot...anyone get a better view? A costly accident it has been
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    iainf72 wrote:
    Boonen and Robbie both injured

    http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15042009/ ... falls.html

    Not sure Boonen will be too bothered. He's off on a holiday now anyway :)
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • Mar ge
    Mar ge Posts: 88
    Was certainly a heavy crash for many. Not a great finishing 'straight' at the best of times.

    Various 'opinions' from the riders. Van Avermaet blamed Petacchi for coming across to the left on him, & McEwen said Van Avermaet was just too slow.

    I think it was just a racing incident really. Van Avermaet went damn early with his sprint and didn't really find much speed to be honest. When Petacchi went past it was game over and McEwen wanted to squeeze by too...
    The slow motion replay really showed one hell of a fall for McEwen. Lucky not to have broken anything but he's a tough old bugger.

    In the end it looked damn easy for Petacchi. Even without the fall the only person who had any chance of beating him was McEwen.

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