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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:45
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It’s Mathieu!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:45
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Van der Poel!
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:45
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HAHA YES |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:45
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Two legends, well done Mathieu!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Kalach |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:46
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Yes
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:46
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Man that was emotional!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:46
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What an intense finish. Bravo, van der Poel.  |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:46
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How close can they get!? |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:46
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Mega sprint. Great race overall, that was super close! |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:47
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Wow Nothing to separate them, even if it wasn't the craziest edition that finish and images of the two of them will be an iconic one for years and years to come I guess, the two great rivals barely separated at the end. Great race by both
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Posted on 04-12-2024 09:31
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 18-10-2020 14:51
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MVDP does amazing bike throws at the line |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 18-10-2020 15:57
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"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 18-10-2020 16:33
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Not sure what to think of the crash. On the one hand you have a motard who should have seemingly avoided driving so close to the riders, on the other you have riders looking for any moving object to take advantage of the draft. Most importantly you have Alaphilippe who's eyes are not on the road at that particular moment, which adds to the aura of carelessness it's been building around him in the last few weeks.
In the end though it was an accident, a moment of bad luck. Tired riders + long routes + fast speeds + moving obstacles is always going to be causing crashes.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 18-10-2020 16:47
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You can't blame the moto for that one. He's on the very edge of the road, never changing his line and keep a consistent speed. The moto slams its brakes and that impact is even harder and probably takes out VDP as well. But as it didn't move how can you blame it?
WVA is stealing every second of draft he can, only moving at the last second. You can see VDP barely avoids it by a tiny margin, Alaphilippe is totally unsighted and bang!
If the Moto was piece of sign or tree hanging over the edge of the road, might as well have been a parked car, you'd get the same result. They have to keep their eyes up for their own safety (Ala) and keep each other aware of hazards (WVA).
Just like in F1 when a car doesn't move off the start, the next guy just has room to move, but the blind car thrid in line goes bang. You don't really blame anyone, you just hope it doesn't happen.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 18-10-2020 17:14
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Well said tmm
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 18-10-2020 17:24
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Good analysis TMM. Spot on |
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| Vali |
Posted on 18-10-2020 21:54
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Not the most exciting edition of De Ronde but what a sprint that was between MVDP and WVA! Hopefully we'll get to see a lot more battles between them in basically all classics in the future. 
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