Flanders 2014 ***spoilers***

[rich p]

it was after a narrow climb Smutch - belted away in a select group

 

[SS Retro]

Left it to late gap at 1:08 11.2kms to go.

 

[tug benson]

That looked close

 

[SS Retro]

Boonen!!!!

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Ooooooft that was close.

 

[raindog]

Nice to see Tom back on top - very satisfying weekend that

 

[rich p]

I'm sure Boonen was behind with a metre to go

 

[rich p]

Maybe not from the overhead!

 

[smutchin]

Hofland very nearly made himself very unpopular with housewives across Belgium!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Hofland had escaped my attention until today, but a good write-up here got me up to speed:

http://procyclingkev.wordpress.com/...watch-moreno-hofland-belkin-pro-cycling-team/

 

[Strathlubnaig]

I think we can put the 'Garmin are a Classics squad' line to bed now eh

 

[Andrew Br]

Wow.
Two very different races,
I missed the early parts of today's event (I was out on my bike ) but for OPQ to get 5 riders into a break of 12 (?) was quite something. Wish I'd seen it (the split) happen.
For the Anglophiles (is there an equivalent word for UK philes ?) amongst us, it's great to see UK riders getting in there.
I just wish it wasn't being financed by such a loathsome organisation.
As ever, YMMV.

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[The Couch]

it was after a narrow climb Smutch - belted away in a select group

A narrow climb called Oude Kwaremont
Vandenbergh ripped the peloton apart followed by - arguably - the strongest rider of the weekend Vanmarcke

BTW nice overall showing from Topsport Vlaanderen this weekend

 

[montage]

British Success in the junior kbk in the form of James Shaw
http://www.velouk.net/2014/03/02/news-james-shaw-wins-junior-kbk/

 

[Flying_Monkey]

The Inner Ring has a great write-up on the Omloop here, and no doubt a good one will also be forthcoming on KBK. If you don't read this guy, you should - IMHO he's the most consistently insightful and entertaining writer on pro-cycling around.