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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@LawnCzar
The bunch still isn't huge now that the 2 groups have come back together, it's a shame Dimension Data didn't have any help, otherwise that split that got up to about a minute could have stuck.
And Jens Debusschere crashed out Into a ditch. 10% grade face.
@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.
Stannard didn't start? WTF? Doesn't he know about the VSP and his responsibilities? I don't care about non-VSP events, but come on. Hasn't he seen the prizes at stake?
@wiscot
Noooooooo.
Not to change the subject, but is Pierre Latour the next great French hope? He looked terrific on that final climb at the Critérium Internationale. Got swallowed up by Pinot at the end, but he multiple of rings deep into the V for most of that final climb. Brave stuff. And only 22. So it's only a two-day event, but finishing second overall looks good on the palmares.
Sagan, Cancellara, Vanmarcke and Kuznetsov fill in for Kristoff.
Winning Break? Me thinks so!
@Kevin
I'm thinking so -- I've got three of the four in my picks, but then again I think most other folk do, too!
@LawnCzar
Watching those 3 keep the Etixx boys at bay is impressive. Kuznetsov is dead weight and the blue of Etixx just looks slow.
Well, 3 out of 5 isn't so bad. If only I could get the order right....