The Classics

[Jewbacca]

Pfff favourites are no longer the favourites. 

 

Wait for Tommy D to come and TT off the front and ruin the day for the favourites. 

I would need 17 pairs of clean undies if that happened!

Edited April 9, 2019 by Jewbacca

[Dirt Tracker]

Who is in form but has been hiding it bit? 

 

Outside bet is Jonny D. He's looked good but had bad luck in a couple of races and knows how to win it but his team is nowhere at all. 

 

Naesen would have been up there but his illness will have knocked off that extra bit of shine you need for Roubaix. 

 

Sagan has been around even though losing 4kgs through early season illness and skills / positioning can trump alot on the cobbles.

 

Van Aert? MDVP? Going in as their first time in the hell of the north might be a bit of a stretch but remember when Stybar debuted and was looking the goods until the spectator incident in the last few kms. 

 

Stybar is big fav for me. 2 x 2nd in '15 and '17. In '15 he won early with Strade and came in 2nd and this year he's won early again and looked strong all through the campaign so far (Flanders aside). 

But the bookies have a different idea! 

 

 

['Dale]

Love this close up pic by Cor Vos

Maria Bastionelli was imperious 

Both the male and female winners attacked up the Oude Kwaremont

 

Fortune favours the strong (brave)

 

['Dale]

De Muur

Them crazy fans

 

Pic by Jered Gruber

 

 

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['Dale]

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The editing is fantastic

More to follow

 

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[pe3nguin]

Pfff favourites are no longer the favourites. 

 

Wait for Tommy D to come and TT off the front and ruin the day for the favourites. 

More chance of Tom Danielson winning it

['Dale]

While I wait for Parys-Roobaix and the release of the new Cannondale ????

 

[emme]

DSTV 205 15h20 live??

[Twaatie]

DSTV 205 15h20 live??

Scheldeprijs '19 107th Edition

 

Tomorrow

[Jensie]

Interesting read. Not one favourite for the win but a TEAM. 

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/4542/paris-roubaix-2019-who-are-the-favourites-and-who-should-you-be-backing

[Vetplant]

Provisional starting list for P-R

Ag2r-La Mondiale: Nico Denz (Ger), Silvan Dillier (Swi), Julien Duval (Fra), Dorian Godon (Fra), Alexis Gougeard (Fra), Oliver Naesen (Bel), Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel).

 

Astana: Davide Ballerini (Ita), Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz), Magnus Cort (Den), Laurens De Vreese (Bel), Jonas Gregaard (Den), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz), Hugo Houle (Can).

 

Bahrain-Merida: Phil Bauhaus (Ger), Sonny Colbrelli (Ita), Iván García (Spa), Heinrich Haussler (Aus), Kristijan Koren (Slo), Matej Mohoric (Slo), Marcel Sieberg (Ger).

 

Bora-Hansgrohe: Maciej Bodnar (Pol), Marcus Burghardt (Ger), Daniel Oss (Ita), Juraj Sagan (Svk), Peter Sagan (Svk), Andreas Schillinger (Ger).

 

CCC Team: Pawel Bernas (Pol), Michael Schär (Swi), Greg Van Avermaet (Bel), Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel), Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel), Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel), Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol).

 

Deceuninck-Quick Step: Kasper Asgreen (Den), Tim Declercq (Bel), Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Iljo Keisse (Bel), Yves Lampaert (Bel), Florian Sénéchal (Fra), Zdenek Stybar (Cze).

 

Dimension Data: Lars Bak (Den), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Bernhard Eisel (Aut), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (SA), Jay Thomson (SA), Rasmus Tiller (Nor), Julien Vermote (Bel).

 

EF Education First: Matti Breschel (Den), Mitchell Docker (Aus), Moreno Hofland (Hol), Sebastian Langeveld (Hol), Taylor Phinney (US), Tom Scully (NZ), Sep Vanmarcke (Bel).

 

Groupama-FDJ: Arnaud Démare (Fra), Antione Duchesne (Can), Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita), Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu), Olivier Le Gac (Fra), Marc Sarreau (Fra), Ramon Sinkeldam (Hol).

 

Jumbo-Visma: Pascal Eenkhoorn (Hol), Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor), Mike Teunissen (Hol), Wout Van Aert (Bel), Taco van der Hoorn (Hol), Danny van Poppel (Hol), Maarten Wynants (Bel).

 

Katusha-Alpecin: Jenthe Biermans (Bel), Jens Debusschere (Bel), Marco Haller (Aut), Reto Hollenstein (Swi), Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus), Nils Politt (Ger), Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Den).

 

Lotto-Soudal: Tiesj Benoot (Bel), Stan Dewulf (Bel), Frederik Frison (Bel), Jens Keukeleire (Bel), Nikolas Maes (Bel), Lawrence Naesen (Bel), Brian van Goethem (Hol).

 

Mitchelton-Scott: Edoardo Affini (Ita), Jack Bauer (NZ), Michael Hepburn (Aus), Luka Mezgec (Slo), Callum Scotson (Aus), Robert Stannard (Aus), Matteo Trentin (Ita).

 

Movistar: Carlos Barbero (Spa), Daniele Bennati (Ita), Héctor Carretero (Spa), Imanol Erviti (Spa), Lluís Mas (Spa), Jürgen Roelandts (Bel), Jasha Sütterlin (Ger).

 

Team Sky: Owain Doull (GB), Christian Knees (Ger), Chris Lawless (GB), Gianni Moscon (Ita), Luke Rowe (GB), Ian Stannard (GB), Dylan van Baarle (Hol).

 

Sunweb: Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den), Nikias Arndt (Ger), Cees Bol (Hol), Roy Curvers (Hol), Lennard Kämna (Ger), Casper Pedersen (Den), Max Walscheid (Ger).

 

Trek-Segafredo: Koen de Kort (Hol), John Degenkolb (Ger), Alex Kirsch (Lux), Ryan Mullen (Irl), Mads Pedersen (Den), Jasper Stuyven (Bel), Edward Theuns (Bel).

 

UAE Team Emirates: Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor), Fernando Gaviria (Col), Alexander Kristoff (Nor), Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor), Marco Marcato (Ita), Jasper Philipsen (Bel), Oliviero Troia (Ita).

 

Wildcard entries: ProContinental teams

Arkéa-Samsic: Maxime Daniel (Fra), Brice Feillu (Fra), André Greipel (Ger), Benoît Jarrier (Fra), Clément Russo (Fra), Robert Wagner (Ger), Bram Welten (Hol).

 

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits: Dimitri Claeys (Bel), Hugo Hofstetter (Fra), Christophe Laporte (Fra), Damien Touzé (Fra), Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel), Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel), Zico Waeytens (Bel).

 

Delko-Marseille Provence: Joseph Areruya (Rwa), Iuri Filosi (Ita), Brenton Jones (Aus), Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol), Jérémy Leveau (Fra), Evaldas Siskevicius (Lit), Julien Trarieux (Fra).

 

Direct Énergie: Romain Cardis (Fra), Damien Gaudin (Fra), Adrien Petit (Fra), Pim Ligthart (Hol), Alexandre Pichot (Fra), Anthony Turgis (Fra).

 

Roompot-Charles: Jesper Asselman (Hol), Lars Boom (Hol), Senne Leysen (Bel), Elmar Reinders (Hol), Stijn Steels (Bel), Boy van Poppel (Hol), Jan-Willem van Schip (Hol).

 

Vital Concept-B&B Hotels: Kris Boeckmans (Bel), Bert De Backer (Bel), Corentin Ermenault (Fra), Jérémy Lecroq (Fra), Julien Morice (Fra), Jimmy Turgis (Fra), Jonas Van Genechten (Bel).

 

Wanty-Groupe Gobert: Frederik Backaert (Bel), Aimé De Gendt (Bel), Ludwig De Winter (Bel),Tom Devriendt (Bel), Timothy Dupont (Bel), Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel), Loïc Vliegen (Bel).

[Vetplant]

Guys I will be rooting for:

Alexander Kristof – Who doesn’t like the Viking

 

Peter Sagan – Love his approach to racing. Maybe Daniel Oss can go up the road with the break at halfway, which will force other teams to chase and Sagan can sit slip till he launches his own attack.

 

Jack Bauer – Because… 24

 

Andre Greipel – Go Gorilla

 

Wout van Aardt – Actually in with a chance given his form, and I like backing a Rookie

 

Reinardt JVR – Imagine a Saffa taking PR!

 

But like the GCN curse, you guys can safely assume that none of these will win come Sunday.

[Dirt Tracker]

Scheldeprijs '19 107th Edition

 

TDD start list but Gibbons is out according to Twitter. To be honest it's known as the Sprinters Classic with the last 10 years being shared by Cavendish, Petacchi, Farrar, Kittel and Kristoff I would have thought Nizzolo would be 1st choice after Cav. 
 

Overall the field of fast men is looking a bit bare but Kittel is in as is Dan McLay, the Gorilla, Bonafazzio, Ackerman and defending champ Jakobsen. 

I'm going for Mclay as EF are on a roll and Kittel has been anonymous again this season (watch him prove me wrong!)

Edited April 10, 2019 by Dirt Tracker

[Rowl]

The Boss going long!

[Rowl]

The Wolfpack closing in on him.

['Dale]

The team in blue take another win at Scheldeprijs

Impressive ????

Edited April 10, 2019 by 'Dale