Fleche-Wallone (contains spoilers, obviously)

bcmf

Great great finish.

ednwireland

nice to see a grand tour contendor in the mix at the classics as well (didnt see it just looking at the results)

niceonetom

I watched that, but on behalf of those who taped it:

NO SPOILERS PLEASE!

ROK ON

Fascinating result. Makes things very interesting. I think he will have a good year.

Signal_ rabbit

Well who would of thought it?

bcmf

Did Emma Pooley win the Femin version?

edit yes she did.

zzzzzzzz

Signal_ rabbit wrote: »

Well who would of thought it?

http://twitter.com/EuroPelotonBlog/status/12557401317

DirkVoodoo

Great race, really enjoyed that one. That was a great final few kilometres.

Nasty spill earlier on though, did they figure out what happened there? Harmon was speculating about broken stem as it was a complete loss of control.

Chips Lovell

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Nasty spill earlier on though, did they figure out what happened there? Harmon was speculating about broken stem as it was a complete loss of control.

I was sure that someone was going to go into the river in that one.

jwshooter

on euro sport at 10.25 pm , i had a long lunch and watch it cracking race ,some pace on the hill at the finish .

there savage men for sure . a bad crash at about 60k anyone know if every one is ok .

DirkVoodoo

jwshooter wrote: »

on euro sport at 10.25 pm , i had a long lunch and watch it cracking race ,some pace on the hill at the finish .

there savage men for sure . a bad crash at about 60k anyone know if every one is ok .

From the man himself:

OK first I wasn't hurt as bad as it looked when I crashed today.

Still can't find out what happened though.

EDIT: Not so lucky for Kroon though:

A crash in the peloton with less than 80km to go, that also brought down RadioShack riders Sergio Paulinho and Yaroslav Popovych, saw Kroon hit a guardrail with his face. Initial investigations in the hospital at Huy show that the Dutchman has fractured his nose, jaw and eye socket, according to Belga.

bcmf

ouch. you know its bad when they dont jump back up andd look for their bike

jwshooter

its probably the worst professional sport to be into .

drogdub

Glad to see him win. He is targetting the Giro maybe well worth the €2 bet to win it

Raam

Not nice.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/74th-la-fleche-wallonne-his/photos/117089

ROK ON

BMC apart from the result are ha ing a bit if a ropy time. Another rider implicated in doping along with that awful crash and then the Balkan et al episode.

Chips Lovell

ROK ON wrote: »

BMC apart from the result are ha ing a bit if a ropy time. Another rider implicated in doping along with that awful crash and then the Balkan et al episode.

Andy Rihs must be wondering what he has done to deserve this. First Phonak, then Astana, now this.

bcmf

ROK ON wrote: »

BMC . Another rider implicated in doping along with that awful crash and then the Balkan et al episode.

sorry not 100% up to date. what rider and what happened in the Balkans.

Raam

bcmf wrote: »

what happened in the Balkans.

Some kind of war, I think.

Chips Lovell

bcmf wrote: »

sorry not 100% up to date. what rider and what happened in the Balkans.

He meant Ballan being pulled from racing. I suspect ROK_ON is posting on his Blackberry again.

bcmf

Raam wrote: »

Some kind of war, I think.

BOOM BOOM

sy

Dan Martin 18th and Roche 30th, bodes well for the future as these are impressive results especially young Martin. The future Joaquin Rodriguez?

Savage finish, and the timing (which seems so important on this hill) was perfect.

Thought the camera shots were excellent especially on one of the corners half way up, where you could actually "see" the savage gradient. The Belgians are the best at this type of coverage

RobFowl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiubGQ5tsno