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OK, sorry for typing that, I appear to have jinxed Sky. 🙁
Sky now have 2 in the front group, 2 in the Cancellara/Sagan group. Not a bad situation really.
Dear Sky,
What the actual ****?! You need better tyres.
Thanks.
It was planned. Sky no longer have to take responsibility in the front group, and the 2 in the second group can sit on and act as anchors on C/S.
No way will he get back from that.
#teamground
And now Spartacus joins #teamground
I stand corrected. Mons en pevele not sticky or grippy
Amazing skills from Sagan!
And they say roadie rides are boring!
He's a phenomenal bike handler! Anyone who says roadies have no technical skill needs to spend 5 minutes watching Sagan. 😉
Someones gonna make a break soon, Vanmarcke and Boonen?
Top chased down by Luke. (i was expecting a non sky attack the second he got back on)
Stannard = ANIMAL!
Selection being made, good turn there by Luke to split that up.
That's a nice group. Boonen for the win please, then Stannard. Anyone but EBH.
I dunno, Vanmarcke had a good go then. I think Stannard is in a bit of trouble, he hadn't had enough recovery from that first big effort.
Higgs Boson has a sprint in those legs. Not sure Stannard has.
mental race
Yeah, out of that lot in a straight sprint, it'd be EBH, Boonen.
Can't believe the form Boonen is in. Finish could be awesome. Sad not to have cancellara there as well
COME ON STANNARD!!!
Edit: Bugger, that was short-lived!
Mmmm tricky £50 bet or a British winner?
What a finish!
Incredible
Bloody hell that was tense! What a finish!
Bestest EVA!!
Amazing race, loved Hayman's reaction
Great third for Stannard after looking like he was cooked
Love that reaction... priceless!!
Superb! Really wanted Boonen to do it. But there's no arguing with that.
They're not called classics for nothing, are they?
What does Vanmarke have to do?!?!
Right. Bedtime.
Really enjoyed that. Proper spring classic done properly.
I think Boonen just said " I've got four of those"
All of the group of 5 deserved to win it, I was screaming for Stannard off the last corner, but alas. That was some incredible racing.
Awesome race , what a spectacle !!
Amazing race.
I had VanMarcke down FTW, such a shame he didn't do it.
But I think Boonan rode a cracker...
Oh I did enjoy that last hour - Stannard just kept coming back for more! Chapeau on his 3rd place..
Great race !
surprisingly crashy, even in the smaller groups - shame more of them hadn't been mountain bikers before turning to the road 😀
oh, and for utterly bonkers risk-taking on the cobbles, I wanted SVM to win
Definitely, don't know how he stayed on when he cut that potholed corner
Pleased I decided to stay in to watch, even if did give away a nice day out.
I think what I like about P-R is that there are no hills to shake things up. It's just last (hardest) man standing at the end. We did it last year but signed up for L-B-L this year. Really want to go back next year now.
it's a funny ol' road race for sure, teams seemed to be smashed/broken by the cobbles making it tough to bridge a gap of over 30 secs with pace being so high a real power riders race. It's always funny when they ask for assistance in the chase when everyones at the limit trying to keep the on the next guys wheel. 🙂
Great race, somewhat worrying that another rider gets hit by a motorbike, could've been very nasty [url= https://twitter.com/r8uge/status/719200478475743232/video/1 ]viviani getting smacked by bike[/url]