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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@Buck Rogers
No, just keeping half an eye on it on the cyclingnews.com ticker. Wish I was watching it, sounds like awesomely brutal hardman stuff.
Bugger, it's just started snowing here and it's bloody windy. If this keeps up for another week, KT is going to be fearsome. The wind is the thing that worries me the most about next weekend.
VSP PICKS:
1. The Terminator
2. T-Bone
3. Faboo
4. Philbert
5. The God of Thunder
VSP PICKS:
1. Tourminator
2. Tommeke
3. Faboo
4. Philbert
5. The God of Thunder
impressive ride by fab !!
@brian killer ride he is just hammering it
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Gilbert
3. Boonen
4. Cavendish
5. Boasson Hagen
@el gato looked like it was going to be close,then fab put the hammer down again.nice win.
@brian
Surprised that Tomeke had the sprint at the end for the bunch win. He should be there in 9 days for RVV. He worked a bunch at the head in this race today.
@Buck Rogers
That was a strong showing by Faboo. Didn't even look stressed at the line, more like he had just been rolling around the neighborhood.
yeah,he seemed to lose his legs on the paterberg,i thought boasson hagen was going to get the bunch sprint.great race can't wait for sunday now,cheers.