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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Must factor in Belgian B
onus, I reckon...
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...unless Demare gets a tow
up the Kemmelberg, in which case this will be my last VSP
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Belgians back to the fore in Belgium, except for GVA who is looking a week or two ahead. Boonen well inside the top ten to give himself hope, hopefully not falsely, ahead of Flanders and Roubaix. Gaviria to win big this season, but not over this course, much less a Monument. Perhaps.
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These boys don't want a bunch sprint. Hopefully the weather makes this a day for the strong.
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pulling GVA for boonen, news says he is ill.
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2 things: Haussler's a baller, no bad pick IMHO. Also, a workmate suggested Paolini's coke may have been from a blood bag that he filled during the offie, and got sprung for after re-infusing. No place for scurrilous gossip quite like the interweb, is there
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