The bicycle of Gert Steegmans in the 2015 Ghent-Wevelgem
Deinze – Wevelgem really but Gent sounds correct, like Het Volk. Last year’s windy wet edition was a pretty awesome race except Luca Paolini won it wearing tights (FFS!?) and maybe high on Italian marching powder. Riders were leaning into the wind and being blown off the road. It was awesome to watch maybe not so awesome to race.
Tony Martin will be lining up as he prepares for a Spring Classics campaign. If you have Ronde van Vlaanderen dreams you best ride this and see how the gun prep has gone. Tomeke, Faboo, it should be a proper battle.
Here is the start list and it is impressive. Let us hope the Belgian weather is true to form. The prize list is equally impressive and after that weird Milan-Sanremo finish, no VSP savants are crushing it yet. So do some stretches, limber up, if you need to unload some bad choices (H. Haussler), get those out of your system now before the real races begin.
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prayers for family and friends and team of Antoine Demoitie
If the UCI wanted to actually do something useful, regulating the moto riders (liscencing, training, and limiting the number of bikes allowed on the course) would be a good start.
Unless they already do - in which case I'll shut up and sit down. It'll piss off the TV stations, but they can lump it. Hs to be a way to improve the situation.
Barracuda, Buck, JohnB,
Amid so much senseless death, in an innocuous instant, another grieving family and a gap that can't be closed. It's a sport that we "play" at, but pros and plodders alike know that that instant could be just around the next curve, an industry of wrist bands created to identify us
if it does. What the fuck....I am so sorry Antoine Demoitie.
Condolences to Antoine's family, friends and fans.
Awful news, completely overshadows the race and result. Really feel for the family and friends of the poor Antoine.
Although they're totally unrelated, the title photo does seem somehow prophetic now.
Terrible news indeed.
@Buck Rogers FEINT, not faint.
@Oli
Fuck, right. Thanks, Mate. And me being a Taekwondo fighter for the last 23 years. Too many blows to the head, I guess.
RIP, Antoine.
I hope this leads to changes. If Peyton Manning was killed during a game, the U.S. economy would stop. If Messi was, the world economy would stop. Hope the lives of cyclists, from pros to us lowly enthusiasts, are treated with more respect.
@Buck Rogers
After being in a solo break, is it really expected that you'll contribute if caught by a trio? I honestly don't know, asking tactical etiquette from the more seasoned Followers.
Also, gotta love early season VSPs...I only "know" 4 of the top 10. The excitement of things kicking off always brings out new folks.
Oh yeah! First place!