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Cobbles 2018: De Panne - E3 - Wevelgem - Dwars Door - Scheldeprijs
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 25-03-2018 16:47
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Sagan becomes the rider with the most wins in the history of Gent-Wevelgem, tying Merckx, Van Looy, Van Eenaeme, Cipollini and Boonen, while also being the one with most podiums of those 6 riders, having finished in the podium of the race 6 times since 2012
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 25-03-2018 17:28
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This race is just made for Sagan, it's not hard enough to drop him somewhere and after 250 his sprint is incredible. Silly tactics by Quick Step in my opinion, Viviani isn't that fast after a 250km race.
Van Aert confirming and Roompot with a very exciting ride. Looking forward to the Ronde.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 25-03-2018 17:56
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AndreasEng wrote:
Moscon getting elblowed into the barriers at the bottom made me smile a bit
Same 
Wasn't as exciting as I expected but it was a good race.. I do understand Quicksteps tactics I don't blame them, Viviani had to start his sprint late due to his position (he's the one to blame for that tho). Sagan seems to finally be realizing how to win in the cobbles, he has to play defensive and trust his team.
Big up for Rompoot, GVA wasn't surprising (he's not that great of a sprinter), Kristoff needs to gain some balls and position himself well, Sep rode well but it just wasn't hard enough for him (keeping a serious eye on him for Flandres)
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 25-03-2018 18:11
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Laporte 4th!!!
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 25-03-2018 18:20
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Yellow Jersey wrote:
AndreasEng wrote:
Moscon getting elblowed into the barriers at the bottom made me smile a bit
Same
Wasn't as exciting as I expected but it was a good race.. I do understand Quicksteps tactics I don't blame them, Viviani had to start his sprint late due to his position (he's the one to blame for that tho). Sagan seems to finally be realizing how to win in the cobbles, he has to play defensive and trust his team.
Big up for Rompoot, GVA wasn't surprising (he's not that great of a sprinter), Kristoff needs to gain some balls and position himself well, Sep rode well but it just wasn't hard enough for him (keeping a serious eye on him for Flandres)
Yep, problem of recent years was he did not have a team to speak of. Now he has, so he can use it. Anyway, powerful sprint after hard race, hardly to be beaten in such a situation. Quickstep played it wrong, happy to see Peter celebrating another G-W win, great, now onto the big ones. 
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 25-03-2018 19:36
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van Aert nicely in the game again..amazing raider we got there |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 25-03-2018 20:03
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Sagan was on point, but I have to agree with Avin. Having Oss and especially Mr. Burghardt, who in latter phase of the race could be seen lecturing his leader about doing turns while he should be saving himself, make him much more resistant to QST antics.
Quick-Step though was very disorganized. With Viviani in such form they should imo have protected him more. Both Stybar and Gilbert will face better chances in the next weekends. It was close for them, but the team work wasn't there.
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| AndreasEng |
Posted on 25-03-2018 22:20
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Has anyone seen Burghardt or Sagan comment on the talk they had? I cant find anything |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 25-03-2018 22:30
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Burghardt was telling Sagan to stop pulling so much and wait for the sprint.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 25-03-2018 22:33
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"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 25-03-2018 22:58
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Gent Wevelgem is only the beginning, he showed on Ventoux when the going gets tough he's better than Sagan so expect big things for him in De Ronde and Roubaix
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 26-03-2018 08:09
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AndreasEng wrote:
Has anyone seen Burghardt or Sagan comment on the talk they had? I cant find anything
Burghardt is amazing, have liked him 10 years. He’s results are not what he deserves.
He was even promising climber once. German power house.
Sagan is lucky to have him. And Marcus is lucky to have Sagan |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 26-03-2018 08:40
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DO YOU PEOPLE EVEN NEED MORE REASONS TO LOVE THIS MAN?
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 26-03-2018 08:42
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Hehehe, I have to admit that was a respect + for me. I think Cofidis and Bouhanni are finished, Laporte would make a good team leader.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 26-03-2018 10:10
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Well if you rider had it coming for him, it's Moscon..
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 26-03-2018 11:17
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Laporte has a thing for gifting Demare a space on the podium it seems.
He's getting closer and closer to just taking the win though, sickness pulled him out of Kuurne and Omloop, MSR he had a broken wheel and still 13th, just off the podium now. RVV and Roubaix, we're waiting.
Also, class by him giving Moscon the dose of karma he deserves!
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| georgebooo |
Posted on 27-03-2018 10:20
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Nibbles will ride RVV this year. Nice to see him there. He will be a rider to watch. |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 27-03-2018 11:03
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Ollfardh wrote:
This race is just made for Sagan, it's not hard enough to drop him somewhere and after 250 his sprint is incredible. Silly tactics by Quick Step in my opinion, Viviani isn't that fast after a 250km race.
Van Aert confirming and Roompot with a very exciting ride. Looking forward to the Ronde.
Viviani was faster than Sagan, but Sagan much better placed going in to the sprint. Vivian was fast, but I agree Etixx should have tried with other riders and just let Viviano do his thing.
Im not convinced by Sagan, I still think is endurance is overrated and when races get REAL tough, he has a habit of crumbling. The two really hard races this year he has been nowhere (E-3 and Strade), he has one or two surges in him, but mano a mano in real classic style racing he seems to be on a lower level than last year. Thats also how he has won all his World titles, one surge, or one sprint (all 3 titles won after 'easy' races). |
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| Selwink |
Posted on 28-03-2018 14:49
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Good to see Degenkolb riding in a front group again. Didn't really feature that much so far, hopefully he can contend in Roubaix
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 28-03-2018 15:42
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Lampaert made that look so easy caught the others sleeping |
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