Spring Classics 2016 discussion & commentary ***SPOILERS***

[smutchin]

Coverage of the Omloop has just started on the Bike Channel. By my reckoning, that means the season proper has started.

Katusha controlling the peloton at the moment. Group of about a dozen 3mins up the road. 95km to go.

 

[smutchin]

Kristian House is in the break!

 

[Crackle]

Armitstead 35secs up, 5k to go

 

[simo105]

Kristian House is in the break!

Nice to see one pro in the break

 

[Crackle]

37secs, 4k to go.

 

[Crackle]

Lizzy gets it.

 

[smutchin]

And Lizzie A wins the women's race! Yay!

Sorry @Crackle - not reading before posting. Were you watching coverage somewhere? Hardly any news about it on the Bike Channel.

 

[smutchin]

Benoot, GVA, Rowe & Sagan in a select chase group. Hotting up now. Benoot looks very strong.

 

[mjr]

Rob Hatch on Bike channel commentary said he wasn't getting any info about the women's race so couldn't give updates.

 

[mjr]

And it's all gone a bit crashy Martin down from head of peloton, then Gilbert down in an incident that seems to have ended Hayman's race and another's.

 

[Crackle]

And Lizzie A wins the women's race! Yay!

Sorry @Crackle - not reading before posting. Were you watching coverage somewhere? Hardly any news about it on the Bike Channel.

Just the ohn twitter feed. Haven't seen the full results yet.

 

[YahudaMoon]

Its live here in French

http://www.lequipe21.fr/direct/

 

[rich p]

Even the ads on Bike Channel look like a grainy home movie

 

[smutchin]

After last year's debacle, good to see a new approach from EQS - instead of throwing the race away on the finishing line, this year they threw it away with 30km to go.

 

[smutchin]

Maybe I spoke too soon - thought the gap looked unassailable but it's coming down very quickly.