Really glad to see that, GVA was the star of the race, but gets 2nd. Cancellara does his thing, beating other with both power and tactics getting the win.
Vanmarcke still young enough (25?) Once he races more clever, he'll own everything. We should rather enjoy the years he is not dominating the (big) classics.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
superider2010 wrote:
omega should redo their tactic
boonen isn't no more a favourite to win a cobble race
they should pick terpstra leader on roubaix
Tactic was more or less good BUT Vandenbergh is nothing more than a great helper. Should've sent Terpstra or Stybar with GVA. That would work out much much better.
No disrespect to Van Avermaet as he raced this race as a pure gentleman, but he shouldn't have worked when Cancellara and Vanmarcke caught him.
And Terpstra... wtf? you're in shape of your life, have most energy left and can't follow that attack by Cancellara, that to be honest didn't looked "so impressive" (of course relatively).
11 JEROME Vincent Team Europcar
12 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC Racing Team
13 SøRENSEN Nicki Tinkoff-Saxo
14 DEVENYNS Dries Team Giant-Shimano
15 DEGENKOLB John Team Giant-Shimano
16 SAGAN Peter Cannondale
17 POZZATO Filippo Lampre-Merida
18 STYBAR Zdenek Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
Stromeon wrote:
11 JEROME Vincent Team Europcar
12 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC Racing Team
13 SøRENSEN Nicki Tinkoff-Saxo
14 DEVENYNS Dries Team Giant-Shimano
15 DEGENKOLB John Team Giant-Shimano
16 SAGAN Peter Cannondale
17 POZZATO Filippo Lampre-Merida
18 STYBAR Zdenek Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
Go figure...
I even think I saw somewhere that this was Sørensens debut RvV (at 38). Guess he will be spending a good few hours wondering what would have happende had he started racing cobbled a bit earlier in his career...
Anyway a great race and I for one was happy to see Boonen actually sprinting for that 7th place in stead of just rolling over without caring.
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Tactic was more or less good BUT Vandenbergh is nothing more than a great helper. Should've sent Terpstra or Stybar with GVA. That would work out much much better.
But Terpstra and Stybar would have needed to do work. Because Vandenbergh is merely a helper he was allowed to wheelsuck the entire ride through. That was their tactic with him, use him to wheelsuck and maybe he gets lucky. In any case, it's not his fault that it didn't work out but the rest of OPQS. Boonen not good enough, Terpstra not smart enough and Stybar, well I missed Stybi a lot there.
It's a great 4th place for him, but anything more than that would have been, I don't know... he would have deserved it much, much less than the other three.
Edited by Shonak on 06-04-2014 16:14
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Tactic was more or less good BUT Vandenbergh is nothing more than a great helper. Should've sent Terpstra or Stybar with GVA. That would work out much much better.
But Terpstra and Stybar would have needed to do work. Because Vandenbergh is merely a helper he was allowed to wheelsuck the entire ride through. That was their tactic with him, use him to wheelsuck and maybe he gets lucky. In any case, it's not his fault that it didn't work out but the rest of OPQS. Boonen not good enough, Terpstra not smart enough and Stybar, well I missed Stybi a lot there.
It's a great 4th place for him, but anything more than that would have been, I don't know... he would have deserved it much, much less than the other three.
Their main fault is appointing Boonen as absolute leader and develop the tactic completely around him. What is wrong with letting Stybar work with GVA? Terpstra should've been the leader, not Boonen. Nevertheless, Terpstra should've followed Cance and Vanmarcke.
ON: Great race by Vanmarcke but wasted way too much energy for nothing, but I hope he'll learn as he grows older. Nice effort by GVA aswell!
Stromeon wrote:
11 JEROME Vincent Team Europcar
12 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC Racing Team
13 SøRENSEN Nicki Tinkoff-Saxo
14 DEVENYNS Dries Team Giant-Shimano
15 DEGENKOLB John Team Giant-Shimano
16 SAGAN Peter Cannondale
17 POZZATO Filippo Lampre-Merida
18 STYBAR Zdenek Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
Go figure...
I even think I saw somewhere that this was Sørensens debut RvV (at 38). Guess he will be spending a good few hours wondering what would have happende had he started racing cobbled a bit earlier in his career...
Anyway a great race and I for one was happy to see Boonen actually sprinting for that 7th place in stead of just rolling over without caring.
I was thinking the same, he was great in Dward Door and today again..
