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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Heinrich gives the Peloton a shake down as HHHS suggested. He's back in my good books.
"Yeah, I'm fucking mad," he toldCyclingnews. "I used so much energy just to get back to the front group... Fucking hell, it was a hard race. Especially, the whole time I was just by myself.
"The bloody wankers just sit on and go: 'no, no, we've got a guy at the back and all this bullshit.'"
Haussler was part of a 13-man move that came together in the final 50km, race winner Peter Sagan, his teammate Maciej Bodnar, two Astana riders Borut Bozic and Assan Bazayev, and eight other singletons.
Asked at whom he was aiming his criticism, Haussler would only say: "Half the guys at the front. Bloody wankers. But that's just racing, that's what it is."
@Daccordi Rider
Methinks he's just a little out of practice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItBV9CVJEoo
@xyxax The geek in me says thank you!
Maybe the wheelie isn't super classy, but it's a lot less douchy than the Flecha archer salute or the stupid Contador pistol thing.
OTOH the wheelie would be cool if he had a broken spoke or a flat tire or something that meant he couldn't use his front wheel.
@Buck Rogers
He looks ok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFODCmPmIac
@San Tonio
Anyone who still has the umph to pull a wheelie at the line, still has more to give. This is an ominous sign. Whilst most of the peloton are bemoaning the weather so far this season we have seen him tucking in to a bacon buttie in the team wagon with a smile on his face and pulling wheelies on the line after an awesome ride in sub zero temperatures.....do we now have an equivalent of the Voss Boss after all last weeks fail was a tactical error, not a lack of fuel in the Engine!
@torrefie
Awesome photo! Coppi personifies cool. Look at the expression on the cop's face. Fausto could have just robbed a bank and be walking away with a holdall full of cash and that copper would just stand there slack-jawed in awe and call a taxi for him.
@Mirko
Great video. Hopefully his knee is not swollen too badly today. It is going to be very hard for him to win this Spring, I think.
@Daccordi Rider
Man, that's awesome! Love it! We need this kind of passion in cycling. Not clones and drones who just ride by the book.
@Buck Rogers
@Buck Rogers
He needs to win either the Ronde or Paris Roubaix to become the greatest of all time, and I so hope he'll make it, just to make de Vlaeminck shut up (ok ok, probably nothing will ever make RdV shut up).
I have my money on Tomeke for Paris-Roubaix. I suppose you recall what superpowers a knee injury released in Museeuw?
@Mirko
I never saw Robbie do this... Sagan - Unreal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O7um296IaA