Minor races 2018 (contains spoilers)

[rich p]

Great to see Terpstra back on top form at E3. I didn't see Le Samyn a few weeks ago but it sounds like it was a very similar kind of race - identical outcome, at least, including Gilbert taking 2nd place.

After his quiet 2017, I thought he might be past his best. Happy to be proved wrong.

He benefited from the lack of cohesive cooperation of the perseguidors but I saw it more as a metaphor for the global politik...

 

[brommers]

First Sky victory for Lawless in Italy yesterday.

 

[roadrash]

Also his first pro win too

 

[mjr]

GvA and Benoot off the front with 12s and 30km to go at Dwars door Vlaanderen. Group of 4 Cofidis riders spotted by moto using a cycleway to get to their hotel after being dropped.

 

[mjr]

GvA and Benoot off the front with 12s and 30km to go at Dwars door Vlaanderen. Group of 4 Cofidis riders spotted by moto using a cycleway to get to their hotel after being dropped.

Group 2 is only 12 strong but contains three Quicksteps: Lampaert, Terpstra and Stybar. Third group at 40s back, 25km to go.

 

[mjr]

Groups 1&2 coalesce over the cobbles.

 

[mjr]

Lead group splits, initiated by Quickstep's Lampaert, 4 gone with including EBH and Vanmarcke. Brief but very epic rainstorm.

 

[mjr]

Quickstep swanny 0/2 on bottle handover to group 2, perfectly shown on TV.

 

[smutchin]

Only been half-watching this in the background. Looks pretty grim out there. Hard to pick a winner from that group but Vanmarcke looks up for it.

 

[mjr]

After the final cobbles, 45s gap with 5km to go, the cat and mouse starts. Moscon tries to restart the fight in the chasing group.

 

[smutchin]

Can't see the chasers catching the lead group now. Stybar is doing a good marking job.

 

[smutchin]

I've got no commentary so I was struggling to work out who was the Sunweb rider in the lead group until the caption just flashed up - it's Teunissen. That's a great ride by him.

 

[smutchin]

Ha! Lampaert caught them all napping. Great move. Race won.

 

[Adam4868]

5 of them in that last 1k and they let him go.....

 

[smutchin]

5 of them in that last 1k and they let him go.....

Very clever to jump from the front when they were all looking out for someone attacking from behind...