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jpw
03-31-2013, 05:40 AM
Boonen down and out!
Elefantino
03-31-2013, 05:44 AM
No broken bones, lots of stitches, he may be toast for P-R, too.
MattTuck
03-31-2013, 06:08 AM
Just started watching... what happened?
jpw
03-31-2013, 06:36 AM
Just started watching... what happened?

his front wheel was swiped by the back of a sideways 'wave' of riders on a straight wide road. he was the only rider to fall. 20 km in. ambulance ride to hospital. x-rays, stitches, no fractures. he'll be back, but no PR. unlucky '13.
ultraman6970
03-31-2013, 08:19 AM
Boonen has the Farrar Jinxs :D
FlashUNC
03-31-2013, 08:21 AM
Seeing Greipel in a breakaway hurts my brain.
MattTuck
03-31-2013, 08:27 AM
I want to see more of this show where you race against giant dominoes.
firerescuefin
03-31-2013, 08:56 AM
Devolder is a beast...that looks hard. :help:
firerescuefin
03-31-2013, 08:59 AM
It looks to be "on":cool:
firerescuefin
03-31-2013, 09:08 AM
Good to see Sagan doing some "work"...15 seconds on the peleton right now. Love it:cool:
thwart
03-31-2013, 09:09 AM
Spartacus!
firerescuefin
03-31-2013, 09:09 AM
EXPLOSION:help:
firerescuefin
03-31-2013, 09:11 AM
Spartacus!

I love that guy......Sledgehammers rule ;)
jpw
03-31-2013, 09:11 AM
Bang!!!!
Jason E
03-31-2013, 09:13 AM
I love that guy......Sledgehammers rule ;)

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firerescuefin
03-31-2013, 09:18 AM
I am a little confused what Sagan is trying to accomplish at this point....His best bet right now is to hide in the Peleton and catch a breath right now and try to at least make the podium...he's wasting energy. The entire group knows this is a race for 2nd at this point (barring mechanical/freak accident)...Cancellara will continue to put more time into the group with them racing for the podium.
jpw
03-31-2013, 09:24 AM
I am a little confused what Sagan is trying to accomplish at this point....His best bet right now is to hide in the Peleton and catch a breath right now and try to at least make the podium...he's wasting energy. The entire group knows this is a race for 2nd at this point (barring mechanical/freak accident)...Cancellara will continue to put more time into the group with them racing for the podium.

Kristoff is lurking in the peloton.
firerescuefin
03-31-2013, 09:27 AM
Man's game...Congrats to the winner....Love the Classics!
jlwdm
03-31-2013, 09:28 AM
I am a little confused what Sagan is trying to accomplish at this point....His best bet right now is to hide in the Peleton and catch a breath right now and try to at least make the podium...he's wasting energy. The entire group knows this is a race for 2nd at this point (barring mechanical/freak accident)...Cancellara will continue to put more time into the group with them racing for the podium.

Now do you understand?

Jeff
firerescuefin
03-31-2013, 09:30 AM
Now do you understand?

Jeff

Yes...I understand the Peleton did nothing to bring him/them back...He and Roelandts weren't working that hard. I thought the Podium at Flanders was worth more than that (from the groups perspective)....did you see something I didn't?
David Kirk
03-31-2013, 09:30 AM
A serious display of mastery.

dave
FlashUNC
03-31-2013, 09:32 AM
Yes...I understand the Peleton did nothing to bring him/them back...He and Roelandts weren't working that hard. I thought the Podium at Flanders was worth more than that (from the groups perspective)....did you see something I didn't?

Yup. Everyone was soft pedaling. No one cared. Of course.
jpw
03-31-2013, 10:08 AM
Boonen's demise;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZIdpRXWW5s
thegunner
03-31-2013, 04:15 PM
so... this has the makings of the boringest roubaix ever.
jlwdm
03-31-2013, 05:29 PM
Yes...I understand the Peleton did nothing to bring him/them back...He and Roelandts weren't working that hard. I thought the Podium at Flanders was worth more than that (from the groups perspective)....did you see something I didn't?

At Flanders it seems that riders are not good about working together after the last climb.

Jeff
ultraman6970
03-31-2013, 06:18 PM
IMO everybody was just dead thats why they couldnt bring them back.
jpw
04-01-2013, 05:57 AM
so... this has the makings of the boringest roubaix ever.

remember JVS in 2011?
thegunner
04-01-2013, 08:03 AM
remember JVS in 2011?

i think that was exciting because we had a semi-on-form hushovd as an antagonist. he had the WC stripes at the time and seemed formidable as a foil against cancellara.

who's going to be there to pull back FC when he goes turbo? Sagan's sitting out. Boonen's down and out. The big guns are gone, I'd be shocked if FC didn't win this one.
EDS
04-01-2013, 10:18 AM
i think that was exciting because we had a semi-on-form hushovd as an antagonist. he had the WC stripes at the time and seemed formidable as a foil against cancellara.

who's going to be there to pull back FC when he goes turbo? Sagan's sitting out. Boonen's down and out. The big guns are gone, I'd be shocked if FC didn't win this one.

Same story last year for P-R with Cancellara out and Boonen sitting on great form.
jpw
04-02-2013, 01:01 PM
http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/gallery-start-line-tech-from-the-tour-of-flanders/259643

Ugliest bike at Ronde '13?
firerescuefin
04-03-2013, 09:05 PM
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=8rcIJUPj008

British Eurosport
MattTuck
04-03-2013, 09:08 PM
Same video, but desktop version. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?client=mv-google&hl=en&gl=US&v=8rcIJUPj008&nomobile=1)
Jaq
04-04-2013, 11:51 AM
Thanks for posting the vids, guys. That was my first chance to sneak off for a bit and watch the ride. I'd seen Cancellara break from Sagan in a couple shorter vids, but you just can't appreciate the staggering moment that it is without watching more of the race. That was just stunning. And then to watch him clip along at 50kph after 6 hours and 250k... and all this after such let-downs last year. Gods, what a rider.