Cycling thread

[Bruce Wayne]

Big gap for Sagan here. The chasers will have to work together to bring him back. No domestiques left.

 

[Armel]

He's in a great position. If he wins, then Wallaeys and Dillier are in for some sort of financial compensation.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

I wonder if hes offered to split his winnings?

Not long to go if theyre going to haul him back.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Sagan is riding very well here. I can't see them pulling him back.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

What's Dillier like at sprinting? He won't have to work much here you'd imagine so might be able to save a bit of energy for the veledrome.

 

[Armel]

I wonder if hes offered to split his winnings?

Not long to go if theyre going to haul him back.

Probably always happens.

Unless your an arse like De Vlaeminck (and some others). He regularly promised people money and didn't deliver. Like in 1977 in de Rvv; in those days you weren't allowed to switch bikes (doing so resulted in a DQ). Maertens borrowed a bike from a spectator (he had an issue) and had to leave the race, but he refused. He basically rode to the finish line with De Vlaeminck in his wheel. Apparently De Vlaeminck had promised him 300 000 franks; he never paid him.



Would be quite a sensation if Dillier beats him in the sprint. Don't forget he has a history as a track racer.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Gap coming down.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It'll be between Sagan and Dillier. Got to be Sagan hasn't it?

 

[Armel]

It'll be between Sagan and Dillier. Got to be Sagan hasn't it?

I'm betting on Dillier, just because he's an ex-track rider. If it can happen to Boonen, it can also happen to Sagan.

If he's smart he'll just get in the wheel now.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I'm betting on Dillier, just because he's an ex-track rider. If it can happen to Boonen, it can also happen to Sagan.

If he's smart he'll just get in the wheel now.

Here we go.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Sagan. Dillier 2nd, Terpstra 3rd.

 

[Armel]

Oh well good win Sagan, well deserved.

The other ones gave him +- 40 seconds when he attacked; quite strange that.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Oh well good win Sagan, well deserved.

The other ones gave him +- 40 seconds when he attacked; quite strange that.

Niki T looked like he had the legs but no one else in the group was in tip top condition.

Great win for Sagan, Roubaix from 50k out.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Oh well good win Sagan, well deserved.

The other ones gave him +- 40 seconds when he attacked; quite strange that.

Always a bad move in PR because by 50-60km out the group is usually whittled down so much that there aren't really domestiques left to chase, and favourites can often look at each other rather than chase, so the attacker pulls out a lot of time.

 

[Armel]

Always a bad move in PR because by 50-60km out the group is usually whittled down so much that there aren't really domestiques left to chase, and favourites can often look at each other rather than chase, so the attacker pulls out a lot of time.

I always find loanwords a bit strange in English. I’d like to see the introduction of the term chasse patate.