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Ronde van Vlaanderen - Discussion
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Posted on 06-12-2025 23:02
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 31-12-2020 18:53
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Massive congratulations to Andorra! I never got closer then a second place for Vanbilsen, really nice for another PCT team to do it.
Excellent quality report as well, makes me feel even more sorry I wasn't here this year.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 31-12-2020 19:07
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Huge effort by Gerts there to catch the leading trio, but in the end all it did was make him lose two spots in the final rankings. Still a very brave ride for him. Should come back stronger next year!
Happy new year everyone!
Thanks for the report!
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| tastasol |
Posted on 31-12-2020 19:14
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Think Wisniowski raced a good race, clearly shown by his strong finish, just played his cards a bit wrong. Congrats to Andorra though, Summerhill played it perfectly and had the strength to match it.
Had hoped for a bit better depth, especially from Pedersen. Hopefully just a bad day/the energy used to get back to the peloton. Hope he's better to Roubaix, clearly the race I have the biggest hope for of the cobbled races this season.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 31-12-2020 19:19
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Seriously, 57th and 35th in the hilliest cobbles races of the season.
Anyway, congrats Andorra and thanks for taking even more points from our rivals.
Thank you Fabianski, an incredible preview-report combo effort from you.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 31-12-2020 19:43
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Andorra strongest just as I predicted. Phenomenal report!
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 31-12-2020 21:05
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Not sure what's more impressive, if Sumerhill's godlike season so far or this monumental report! Kudos Fabianski, outstanding effort!
And congratulations YJ!
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| matt17br |
Posted on 31-12-2020 21:24
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Not too pleased with the result I admit, would have hoped for something more from Theuns but also from Gaday for sure. De Buyst came through with a great effort though. Hoping for something more in Roubaix now. Thanks for the effort Fabianski and can't help but also acknowledge Summerhill's monster season so far. Congrats!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 31-12-2020 21:26
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Thanks for a huge report. Unfortunately I stopped enjoying it at halftime  David surely a disappointment so far. Not sure if this swap (Dion Smith/David) was a good decision. Since we're still a non factor on cobbles. At least Monk continues to join early breaks, which gives us some tv time..
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 31-12-2020 22:51
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#NoOneCanStopSummerhill - Danny Summerhill's cobble season in a nutshell
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Posted on 31-12-2020 23:43
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First of all, fantastic report - thanks for that!
Second and much more importantly: Wow, wow, wow. Stunning performance by the entire Evonik team. Blythe fulfills the team expectations perfectly by finishing fourth behind the alien trio. And the rest of the team delivered perfectly: Neilands 18th is good for him and especially convincing how long he could support Blythe - probably playing a big part in that 4th place. Riesebeek 19th is impressive. I love this guy, he consistently delivers on so many terrains and leaving the reporter speechless in a race like this, speaks for itself. Marzuki 24th - hell yeah. Another allround cobbler that performed well over what most would expect from him. Former fan favourite is back at it. And Naud as fifth Evonik rider in the top 35 is definitely not bad either. In total 244 points (?) Is an amazing scoring for a monument where we missed the podium. Depth scoring is back at it again. Love it!
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| SotD |
Posted on 01-01-2021 08:42
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Karatzios with a very strong performance here. A much needed one after the poor Nederland show. No big points, but an overperformance nontheless.
Huge report, and preview. For me personally those reports are way too long, so I tend to scroll to the bottom and hence miss out on the actual action, but I can’t stay focused through that much text. But I appreciate the effort put into the game, and hope that others really read into it.
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Posted on 01-01-2021 10:11
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Good Race by Polanc and Per. Massive Report though!
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| Bikex |
Posted on 01-01-2021 10:36
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tsmoha wrote:
Thanks for a huge report. Unfortunately I stopped enjoying it at halftime David surely a disappointment so far. Not sure if this swap (Dion Smith/David) was a good decision. Since we're still a non factor on cobbles. At least Monk continues to join early breaks, which gives us some tv time..
I'm sorry to see him perform so badly for you so far. I really thought he could be better than last year for me.
20th is a little bit disappointing from Kasperkiewicz. I hope next year's race will be finally rated hilly again.
Congrats YJ on another win by Summerhill! |
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 01-01-2021 11:29
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SotD wrote:
For me personally those reports are way too long...
Sir, I've got some bad news for you 
I think it's good to have many different reporting styles - I know I'm sometimes overdoing those, sorry for that.
Congrats to YJ and Summerhill from my side as well - that guy's just a beast! Was actually hoping for Bewley to take that one, after having been so active, but Andorra definitely deserved that win, too!
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 01-01-2021 12:27
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Amazing report Fabianski thank you so much, the same to all the congratulations! Sad the points don't come from this race but it's another great demonstration of power, and a transition from Bewley to Summerhill that I was hoping for since first trying to sign him up!
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 01-01-2021 15:37
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Congrats to Yellow Jersey and thank you for the report Fabianski. It was a very enjoyable race to follow. Would have been even better if Spengler cracked the top 10 
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| ryant |
Posted on 01-01-2021 23:27
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Gotta say that was a heck of a report so thanks for making it Fabianski! Obviously took a lot of time and effort!
Obviously from a personal point of view its great we got a decent result of 14th from Fenn and Van Baarle should have delivered some decent added pts for the team in a race where lets face it, shouldn't remotely be strong for us. Nice to see the "underdog" Summerhill from PCT get the win but I was rooting for Bewley in his last big chance of winning this monument, even so, Roubaix is only a week away...
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| ember |
Posted on 02-01-2021 21:36
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Monumental report! Enjoyed that a lot, eventhough it became kind of clear Anderberg wasn't on a great day. Though, that didn't matter much, as that was a big race to follow and read through.
Very, very impressive by Summerhill. Just dropping Bewley and the world champion. Big congratulations! |
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 03-01-2021 10:11
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Terrible result 
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 03-01-2021 13:41
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Sad that Teunissen dropped so early. The fact that he managed to come back makes me think it was more a case of bad positioning than not being strong enough to follow. I'm sure that extra effort cost him a top 10.
Not an awful result, but still pretty disappointing. Our slump continues.
Congrats Yellow Jersey! Andorra really took control of that race. And great report
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