Ah, didn't realize it was concrete. I'm familiar. You think roads in Belgium are bad? Come ride in Slovakia;)

pozatto!

Pippo on degenkolbs wheel...Carlton Kirby commented just now "pozzatto is thinking 'why not me?'"

;)

Haha, if I was right 'eb' can send me a case of Belgian beer for questioning my cycling genius.

I'll wager that New Jersey comes close

-----

I think Gilbert will stay in the front group (either alone or get caught by very few, very late into the race). A herd of cats chasing him with no cohesion. Will take a lot to bridge without helpers chasing. Against Gilbert is that he'll tire. Against main group is that they may putz too much before someone strong gets out of the group. The flat KMs will work in Gilbert's favor as the strong riders will putz on those sections.

Would love to see PG stay in once caught and then take another kamikaze, death knell, flyer. SHIT!!!!! Boonen out. He should reach over and grab a fans beer. That sucks.

that's the final selection; Sagan, GvA, Naesen, and two others tagging on

DVB! Cannondale go!

At the risk of giving away my real identity...The potholes in my hometown are so bad that a friend who runs a cafe there planted flowers in them a few years back as a publicity stunt. It was covered by national media, haha!

gonna say it, my heart is with Phil
this has to get steam rolled.


we will get the GVA / PS sprint we are owed.

Sure as shit hope so.


Side note: as Sagan rummaged through his pockets for gels, I'm doing sort of the same - in the fridge...Can I have another 9%ABV beer before 11am?...My wife will strangle me if I get blasted watching TV with an 8month old teething...Saisson it is then!

based on echapist's advice, i am nursing my third Duvel.

10:45 in Delaware, USA

PG isn't giving up any time on the climbs. This is wild.

chasing group soft pedaling. wonder how many seconds he'll lose per minute of riding on the hills

they need to shed Trentin

"cuts it down with the blade of his hand"


did he drop some Hendrix???

I know right? Pain faces all around

FUCK

That is fucking awful.

shit

Gilbert has this now...

Sagan hit his head as well; ugh

Isn't there a rule that with any hit to the head you can't continue?

Fortune favors the brave right? Gilbert earned it. Shit luck for the chasers and my boy

GVA going so hard .... this ain't over

Wtf is Terpstra doing?

Showing that they ride against Sagan, not necessarily for the team.

Nothing, good.