upside down and have me -at least- on the edge of my seat. The cold, wet and conditions are to be dealt with and the one deals with it better than the other. I wouldn't mind a greater impact of wheather conditions now and then, to compensate for controlled watts-based style of racing. #oldskool
Cathing up on today's racing, it looks like Lidl-TREK has a serious case of the Visma-disease, with their three main men down and out. That said, today's stage made me realise how controlled and streamlined today's racing is. It takes the one big variable that can't be controlled to throw a race
Pello Bilbao is set to retire at the end of the season.
Had a look at what we know now, but first, I was surprised to learn Guangxi is not opted out of, by any team
Romandie: LOI, APT, UXM
Basque Country: NSN, JAY
Brugge: RBH, TVL
Frankfurt: GFC, XAT
Copenhagen: IGD
Catalunya: TPP
That leaves UAD, DCT, EFE, LTK, TBV and MOV to be announced.
Some stats from the UCI on this rule:
- 4 WT Teams are skipping Tour of Romandie
- 3 WT Teams are skipping Itzulia (Basque County)
- 2 WT Teams are skipping Ronde Van Brugge
- 2 WT Teams are skipping Frankfurt
- 2 WT Teams are skipping Copenhagen Sprint
- 1 WT Teams is skipping Catalunya
Some stats from the UCI on this rule:
- 4 WT Teams are skipping Tour of Romandie
- 3 WT Teams are skipping Itzulia (Basque County)
- 2 WT Teams are skipping Ronde Van Brugge
- 2 WT Teams are skipping Frankfurt
- 2 WT Teams are skipping Copenhagen Sprint
- 1 WT Teams is skipping Catalunya
First win of the season for EF Education 🥂
For a team that is expected to finish top3 at the end of the season, Lidl-Trek were noticeable absent today. We saw a bit from Quinn Simmons at Sante Maria, but he finished 63rd. Matteo Sobrero was their best finisher in 32nd place. #StradeBianche
Get out of here you did not! 😲
The last 10 kilometers of the Trofeo Laigueglia can be watched here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSB_...
Yes, sprinters' galore.
Perhaps, if the racing turns out to be a snore fest up to the last 20k, they'd include some coast line roads for some wind action. We'll see. Still a missed op for Meeus/Danny/Marit.
Well, the organisers moved the finish to Brugge because of safety reasons 😉 We haven't seen the new course being raced yet.. uh, hang on, is the finish not the same as the Elfstedenronde's finish, normally held in June? That has a much safer last 5k.
I can understand Visma to some extend.
RedBull Bora opt out of Ronde Van Brugge (f.k.a. De Panne)
Visma-LaB opt out of Ronde Van Brugge (f.k.a. De Panne)
Meeus would have loved to have a go at Brugge. Not sure why RBH opts out.
Flat tire for Wout, I rest my case.
But which one of the two is it? #samyn #wout
Bit of trivia on Tirreno-Adriatico's queen stage on March 14th, it starts in San Severino, birth place of Giulio Pellizzari and finishes on a steep climb into Camerino where the then six year old Pellizzari saw Michele Scarponi win a stage. He now lives in San Marino and has a Del Toro as neighbor.
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Update: Stefan Küng suffered a fractured left thigh in a crash during today's Omloop. Due to the location and severity of the injury, surgery is required. He will spend the night in a hospital in Belgium before being transferred to Switzerland. The operation is scheduled for early next week.
I was joking, H. You should know me by now.
Looked a bit like Dublin dockland to me, but would be surprised you'd jump the pond.
Brennan OUT #sporza
Now Visma is chasing. Why not help Lotto when Magnier and J Philipsen had not returned yet? Weird tac.
This is the Omloop het Crashblad, by the looks of it.
I hope you find directions. Maybe ask someone? 🥂
Wether there's a correlation remains to be seen, but Dutch chip machine manufacturer ASML invested €1.3 billion into Mistral recently, becoming the French company's largest share holder. ASML gained a seat on Mistral strategic committee as part of its investment.
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/asml...
Is it? Just a bit of tongue-in-cheek banter as far as I am concerned 🥂
No Omloop for Wout due to sickness.
Did he curse a witch or something? Kicked a puppy?
👀 I was wondering wether he's injured for the absence of any strava uploads, but he seeeems ready, yes. 881 Watts over one minute on a flat section, not too shabby.
I don't mean to be unkind, why did you take their bait? They aim to upset and make headlines.
Ja, was benieuwd wat voor renner het is, of er een kop op staat (ja, nuchtere jongen, niet verlegen), en of ik hem in de pooltjes kan spelen 😉
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