Velominati Super Prestige: Gent – Wevelgem 2016

The bicycle of Gert Steegmans in the 2015 Ghent-Wevelgem

Deinze – Wevelgem really but Gent sounds correct, like Het Volk. Last year’s windy wet edition was a pretty awesome race except Luca Paolini won it wearing tights (FFS!?) and maybe high on Italian marching powder. Riders were leaning into the wind and being blown off the road. It was awesome to watch maybe not so awesome to race.

Tony Martin will be lining up as he prepares for a Spring Classics campaign. If you have Ronde van Vlaanderen dreams you best ride this and see how the gun prep has gone. Tomeke, Faboo, it should be a proper battle.

Here is the start list and it is impressive. Let us hope the Belgian weather is true to form. The prize list is equally impressive and after that weird Milan-Sanremo finish, no VSP savants are crushing it yet. So do some stretches, limber up, if you need to unload some bad choices (H. Haussler), get those out of your system now before the real races begin.

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1860 says:

Mar 27 2016 at 11:53 am

@Buck Rogers

I wish they had a mic on Fabs he was cursing for the others especially Vanmarke to take a turn...
brett says:

Mar 27 2016 at 11:54 am

@Mikael Liddy

@brett

any chance that wasn’t an accident to ensure a Belgie won the day after Brussels?

False flag racing for false flag attack... interesting!
Gianni says:

Mar 27 2016 at 11:56 am

@Buck Rogers

And what about Van Marke??? Dude seriously NOT pulling his weight in that break. Missing turns and doing the shortest possible turns from the 25 fuckin k mark to the finish. I guess it almost paid off but in the end, he didn’t win and came off as a integrity-lacking Bastard. Off course, the Katusha rider was worse but I expect that from them.

Van Marke has been burned by Fabs too many times in the past. He must have been conserving V for the sprint. He did get second behind Sagan so...nothing.
Buck Rogers says:

Mar 27 2016 at 12:27 pm

@1860

@Buck Rogers

I wish they had a mic on Fabs he was cursing for the others especially Vanmarke to take a turn…

Definitely. Both he and Sagan were doing the most work, by far. Just read the post-race interview with Sagan and he said that Vanmarke stopped pulling early on. Glad that Vanmarke did not get the win.
Buck Rogers says:

Mar 27 2016 at 12:28 pm

@Gianni

@Buck Rogers

And what about Van Marke??? Dude seriously NOT pulling his weight in that break. Missing turns and doing the shortest possible turns from the 25 fuckin k mark to the finish. I guess it almost paid off but in the end, he didn’t win and came off as a integrity-lacking Bastard. Off course, the Katusha rider was worse but I expect that from them.

Van Marke has been burned by Fabs too many times in the past. He must have been conserving V for the sprint. He did get second behind Sagan so…nothing.

Well Fuck, man. With that reasoning, no one would ever pull with Sparty! He's burned everyone so many times!
xyxax says:

Mar 27 2016 at 3:02 pm

@Mikael Liddy

@xyxax

given the way his left leg was kinda planted on the ground with him moving around it, I wonder whether something may have broken…hope he’s ok.

Saw a report in a Belgian news site that Debusschere had a concussion (commotion cerebral!) and a shoulder injury.

But far worse was the guy from Wanty, Demoitie, who fell and then got hit by a moto, now in the ICU.
Barracuda says:

Mar 27 2016 at 3:08 pm

@xyxax

@Mikael Liddy

@xyxax

given the way his left leg was kinda planted on the ground with him moving around it, I wonder whether something may have broken…hope he’s ok.

Saw a report in a Belgian news site that Debusschere had a concussion (commotion cerebral!) and a shoulder injury.

But far worse was the guy from Wanty, Demoitie, who fell and then got hit by a moto, now in the ICU.

Any news ?
xyxax says:

Mar 27 2016 at 3:09 pm

@xyxax

@Mikael Liddy

But far worse was the guy from Wanty, Demoitie, who fell and then got hit by a moto, now in the ICU.

Sorry, missed that you mentioned this already. I'm the print news of this site.
JohnB says:

Mar 27 2016 at 4:14 pm

@xyxax

@xyxax

@Mikael Liddy

But far worse was the guy from Wanty, Demoitie, who fell and then got hit by a moto, now in the ICU.

Sorry, missed that you mentioned this already. I’m the print news of this site.

Reports now are that Antoine Demoitie has died after his crash and allegedly being hit by a moto. No further info at this time. Very sad day.
Buck Rogers says:

Mar 27 2016 at 4:52 pm

@JohnB

@xyxax

@xyxax

@Mikael Liddy

But far worse was the guy from Wanty, Demoitie, who fell and then got hit by a moto, now in the ICU.

Sorry, missed that you mentioned this already. I’m the print news of this site.

Reports now are that Antoine Demoitie has died after his crash and allegedly being hit by a moto. No further info at this time. Very sad day.

Oh man, this is awful.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/antoine-demoitie-dies-following-gent-wevelgem-crash/