Next time I whine about rain or what not, I need to remember this Ukrainian in Kiev today. 2 hours Zone 2 with an hour VO2 work! ;)

I don't know how I missed kick ass green. He just flatted and was back in the peloton in about 10 seconds. Does not look ill.

That's quite a photo. That that could have been his last bike ride.

Look like April at the moment

Pat ought to begin angry tweeting any moment now.

I would guess on the calvacade escort WvA received on the wind-exposed roads?

Watch for the Empire to strike back tomorrow.

Also WvA stormed away Reminiscent of Cancellara circa 2010. Except WvA won’t mind the sprint either.

For a brief moment i thought it was a bit too bold to attack yet again (on Bosberg), but WvA had quite a lot in the tank.

Good call on Golden Greg, nice to see him in the mix for leftovers.

Seemed like questionable tactics for Benoot to go so long and then allow the field to come back, but I guess when you have Wout, anything goes.

Btw, how is he getting away with the Red Bull lid? Guess it’s not a UCI issue?

Over in France at Faun Ardeche, McNulty won with Kusstanza in 3rd.

Bam bam has has big chain ring energy.

Yeah, Wout is not racing tomorrow. Jumbo is finally going to be smart with Wout this year and not race him into the ground. He doesn't need prep races or filler races to be in great form.

Seemed like questionable tactics for Benoot to go so long and then allow the field to come back, but I guess when you have Wout, anything goes.


I thought it was a great strategy and it kind of played out that way, as Wout for a time just had to follow wheels, recover a bit, and let the others in the group do the chasing, then go full gas on the Bosberg. I sensed that was all planned out. Although, they almost blew it with the two chase groups forming to form a much larger chase group, trying to catch Wout - but he was on unbelievable form! Wow! He put time INTO them!!

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JV should thank King Kung for his work.

I should add that neither cyclingtips nor The Guardian is useful when it comes to live commentaries. While the latter has decent live coverage for “bigger” races, the former doesn’t provide any. Even more inexcusable is the former’s tardiness when it comes to posting results.


So unfortunately, it may very well have to be cyclingnews, although that site is loaded with trackers...

A better option may be to get google to translate Sporza’s live feed...

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For KBK

Colbrelli, Trentin, Stuyven
Merlier and Pidcock

KBK


Jakobsen
Merlier
Stuyven

Pidcock, Campanaerts

Kbk

O Naeson
Pidcock
T Merlier

Magnum sheffield
King Kung


I don't even know if those are real dark horses...

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Speaking of inexcusable, no live commentary on the Flo feed for the women's Omloop. Just the sound of motorcycles and helicopters. If you're going to shorten the coverage to the last 40K, fine, but at least stick someone in front of a microphone for a bit. Flo - I'll volunteer to do this!

Valverde and Van Vleuten still winning. fwiw.

At least in the e-sports Worlds realm it's now actual young, fit people winning instead of the period we had where Cat 3 men and 45 y.o. triathletes were oddly winning races at the highest (indoor) levels. In totally (I'm sure) unrelated news, Zwift apologizes for not fixing the stupidly simple weight cheat that's been apparently available since about the beginning of Zwift, then "shadow banning" the dude who called them out on it.

Sorry for the indoor talk. Back to Belgium for KBK....

KBK
Jakobsen, Merlier, Sagan
Kristoff, Magnus

Shame on Flo. Charging $12/month and still can’t get its act together.

I didn’t want to give away results of the women’s race, but that was one bizarre finale. Surprised that AvV had enough to do what must have been a 300 meter sprint from the front.

McNulty’s ride today, insane numbers https://www.strava.com/activities/6741816446

Yeah we were wondering when we tuned int the women's race why it was without commentary.

Cool to see Derek Gee (a former student of mine) up there with the World Tour guys, while Rusty Woods holds amarillo (good day for Ottawa).

Funny how we all figure Wout's not in form, but acknowledge Wout gonna Wout, and he proves us right.

As for KBK, I'm betting against the wolfpack... you hear that Pat?!

Ewan, Colbrelli, Merlier
Laporte, Coquard

Like! I was thinking mostly along same lines, so will reshuffle a bit. But QS boys go without dinner tomorrow if they miss podium again.

Fabio (I'm going to the Tour) Jakobsen, Coquard, Pidcock
Laporte, Colbrelli

That was a monster ride today, espectially after chasing back, at least twice I think?

Ewan
Jakobson
Merlier

Sagan
LaPorte

Colbrelli
Coquard
Kristoff

Sagan
Kung

Strong break with Taco, Turbo, and Ben "Pat" Healy in it.