Pro-cycling thread

martin down in a corner, almost took out all of etixx

Benoot 'the new Boonen' looking very strong

Phil Gil :(

Where's Kristoff?

Fallen off the back and out of the race according to Twitter.

Thanks. Etixx finally doing something, but looking good for the main four up front.

Seems like nothing can pull that front group back! Looking good for Sagan

So GVA is as strong as he was last year - good win. Sagan's going to be annoyed by "second" comments from the start of the season.

Glad I only put a quid on Sagan to win that, he got outgunned there.

hulu!

Pardon?

Isn't Hulu just sitcoms and shit?

Really thought Sagan had that, Etixx are going to get a hammering in the Belgian press. Great ride by Rowe

sorry meant hola, web based vpn, means you can watch stuff on websites that are geo locked..
Choose where you want to be and you can watch whatever, wherever..

So GVA is as strong as he was last year - good win.

Yeah, really pleased for Greg after everything last season. Looked the strongest with Benoot, who's looking great for Flanders.

I should buy a lottery ticket after this prediction. : )

mm omloops not seen as the best predictor for flanders though i thought. Good to see VA and Rowe making things happen though

Sure, everyone working towards Holy Week won't be at their peak, and I can't remember anyone winning Omloop and Flanders same season. I just meant it's good to see a strong ride from Benoot in today's 'mini-Flanders', that's all.

Patrick Lefevere is such a prick. In the tv interview he indicated that the delay caused by T Martin sliding and falling exactly equalled the time the peloton fell short of catching the front group. How's that for an explanation of failing tactics.

Sure it didn't help either as the team looked strong and pulling at the front for most of the race, Martin never made it back, and Terpstra took a fair amount of time and effort to get back to the peloton.

crashing's always bad. Terpstra's chain fell off too apparently (just read that) so that's some extra seconds as well. but I think they were leaning back before the crash for too long. they pulled for a lot less than the 2 (3 before Reus flatted) guys who were in the lead from the original break on, and never really got in the race. and yeah, easy to say from my armchair ofcourse...

Highlights of the women's Het Nieuwsblad here;

http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/sporza/?title=Women%27s+Highlights,+Winner%27s+Interview+from+Omloop+Het+Nieuwsblad+WE&dashboard=omloop-het-nieuwsblad&id=1.2584665&yr=2016

Thanks for posting Andy

Made it look easy.

Where did Gracie Elvyn (sp?) finish after all that?

For once I find myself wanting to see a clean sprint finish with all of the contenders in it. Be interesting to see how some of these guys measure up (Caleb and Bouhanni in particular).

I'm hoping for echelons tbh...

why does Tinkoff even bother to send the rest of the team over to Flanders?

Fantastic! Really happy with that