Flanders 2014 ***spoilers***

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The Couch

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For the people wondering how Phinney is doing after the fall that took him out of KBK:
Since he can still have some fun, I am assuming he's fine :smile:
https://twitter.com/taylorphinney/status/440135905232556032/photo/1

For the people wondering what happened to OPQS on Saturday, apparently Boonen and Stybar both were bothered by the cold and wet weather. The full team took off their vests right before the hill-section (Kruisberg) and. Peeters couldn't warn his team (without "earphones") to wait longer. 5 min later they were riding in the rain and apparently both were heavily bothered. Only Vandenbergh (who went too early after Vanmarcke) and Terpstra (who wasted time squabbling with Hagen) deserve a mention on Saturday... still we should be lucky because this collective off-day (especially with their expectations) probably instigated the collective Sunday-effort to be in the front :thumbsup:

I have a feeling that ever since their joint attack in last year's Paris Roubaix, Vanmarcke and Vandenbergh want to repeat this feat. Saturday it was Vdb after Vm, Sunday the other way around :wub:
 
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Strathlubnaig said:
I think we can put the 'Garmin are a Classics squad' line to bed now eh
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Langeveld disappointed me this weekend.
 
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The Couch said:
For the people wondering what happened to OPQS on Saturday, apparently Boonen and Stybar both were bothered by the cold and wet weather.
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ES commentary mentioned Boonen complaining that he's too skinny for cold weather rides now! ^_^

Must say, he looks in fantastic physical shape, better than he's looked for a long time.

Not sure what Stybar's excuse is though. He's a crosser, those conditions should have been perfect for him!
 
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Pedrosanchezo said:
They are scheduled to be! A wee change of blood and they will be fine. I gest of course. ;)

Not THAT much different to what they do in a week long Tour is it? These guys are NAILS.
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Not even funny. Even if it was meant to be. Very discourteous to all the riders who do (and did over the years) things the right way.:sad:
 
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Interesting discussion now re the breakaway group - under new UCI rules suggest they should all have been disqualified.
 
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thom said:
How so ? I didn't see the race.
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The lead group hopped off a section of cobbles onto a smoother surface running alongside the road. There's new UCI rule which stops riders doing this - they're supposed to stay on the road.
 
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Oh yes, I'd forgotten that was now banned. Part of the fun of watching these races was seeing the riders blasting down pavements and such-like. ^_^
 
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The Couch said:
If I am not mistaken it was the guy from Topsport Vlaanderen who started it and the rest followed (and Vandenbergh was a bit hesitant to do so, so he might have known something)
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Exactly! It was a cunning plan from TV to take out OPQS and Belkin. Would have been awesome if it had worked!
 
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