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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Fuck you Kristoff. This shit's hard enough without last minute scratchings.
99k to go and Gaviria not in contact with the front of the race; I think it unlikely he'll make the finish at the front!
@dinosaurJR
Yeah -- some are arguing that him leaving Catalonya early and then riding GW before that race finished was questionable. Leaving stage races to avoid the mountains is very low, in my opinion.
@brett
Whew! That was fucking close, Mate as Standard threw in the towel with sickness right before the start. The Gods were with you on that change!
@Harminator
Yeah, with GVA on Friday, last minute DNS of favorites is hard on the heart and there should be a rule. The brief shot of him on a berg on Friday and he was making a face that I recognize all too well in my trips up any 5% grade; a bad prognostic sign.
The bunch seems to have whittled down a fair bit already
Weather's better than I expected. I was seeing rain and 20mph winds when I looked at the forecast yesterday, so maybe this IS one for the sprinters. Was expecting a bunch of echelons already.
WTF?! Well'ard isnt starting?
God damn it! Im up at the cabin for Easter vacation with limited access to t'internet and that totally blew past me.
What happens now? Does my nr 2 become my tip for winner, my third become second?
Does everything remain status quo and I forfeit the chance at 7 points?
Or do I just pull a boohooani and climb off because the mountains are too hard?
@Buck Rogers
Stannard didn't start!?! Noooooooooooo, etc.
@brett
any chance that wasn't an accident to ensure a Belgie won the day after Brussels?