Gent (Deinze)-Wevelgem, it starts with 130 km of cruising around Belgium and Northern France followed by a flurry of bergs and then a final 38 km of flatter riding to the inevitable sprint finish. How hard can the climbing be if Super Mario got over them? Ask the riders from KT 2012, (the ones not in the following car) and they will tell you the Kemmelberg, for one, is a steep beast of a climb. It does not go up too far but it goes. And all these bergs seem to have some climbing just to get to the named climb, so yes, one can be gassed real fast in this area. Luckily there is the chance of catching back on each descent too, something sprinters like Cipo must have been good at.
This is one of the final tune up races for Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Velominati banner shall be flying in Flanders in a week from this Sunday’s race. Whomever is fit and fast into Wevelgem shall be on the short list for the Ronde.
Here is a provisional start list and here is the race profile. The start list shall be updated by Saturday so double check your picks before start time. No whining, no delgados.
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@Bianchi Denti
I'm pretty sure Pontius Pilate rode a triple.
@Daccordi Rider
First the running man, now the mono. Note to Sagan: leave Robbie's salutes ALONE!
@xyxax
aha, had a suspicion it might be a Synapse given that's what they usually ride in the classics but the website models didn't have the sloped tube. Mystery solved.
@harminator
Maybe that's it, just a long running homage to Robbie?
Sagan needs to work on his salutes or come out and pay due respect to Robbie. Next race he's going to crash 20k from the finish, get back on, weave his way through and take the win...yeah!
...and excellent to read Heinrich laying down some first class Australian-style reflections post race.
@HeinrichHauslersHairstyle
You forgot sitting on someone's brake lever and headbutting Stuey.
@torrefie that picture of Coppi is so cool. He just oozed Italian suave!
He also needs to work out how to race anonymously until 20m before the finish line, throw off the cloak of invisibility and the pop a mono whilst beating the worlds best. No easy task.