Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Post-Race Thread
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 27, 2010 11:02 AM EST
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PrintThe Spanish Flandrian solos away in Flanders...
Top Ten:
- Juan Antonio Flecha, Team Sky
- Heinrich Haussler, Cervelo Test Team, at ?
- Tyler Farrar, Garmin-Transitions, s.t.
- Luca Paolini, Acqua e Sapone, s.t.
- Marcel Sieberg, HTC, s.t.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen, Team Sky, s.t.
- Nico Eeckhout, An Post Sean Kelly, s.t.
- Bernhardt Eisel, HTC, s.t.
- Tom Veelers, Skil Shimano, s.t.
- Filippo Pozzato, Katusha, s.t.
Great race, tons of action, beautiful scenery, and a thumping solo win by a cobbles warhorse.
UPDATE: More Results
Women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad:
- Emma Johansson, Red Sun
- Liesbet de Vocht, Nederland Bloeit
- Grace Verbeke, Lotto Ladies
- Regina Bruins, Cervelo Test Team
GP dell'Insubria:
- Samuel Dumoulin, Cofidis
- JJ Rojas Gil, Caisse d'Epargne
- Nicholas Roche, AG2R
- Leonardo Bertagnoli, AND...
- Cadel Evans, Omega Pharma Lotto
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Awesome how Sporza is going over Nuyens nightmare with him
…so how did it feel to ride 5k on a flat and get no help that whole time? Wanna see pictures? We can show you some in case you forgot.
The teammate was Flens and he was changing his wheel for him lol
he should be grateful but that is actually before he had the other flat tire
by Vlaanderen90 on Feb 27, 2010 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
3 in total
1st one was early, with Flens was the 2nd, 3rd one was what dropped him from the front group.
Haussler is second.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
from sporza
1. 16:52 Haussler tweede
Haussler wint de spurt om de 2e plaats, voor Farrar en Boasson Hagen.
Nuyens being so cute
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
pr has them all beat
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Feb 27, 2010 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
But you can love the flying Norwegians :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
As an Australian, i have to tell you, any Murdoch owned enterprise is sus..
that said, there are riders on the team and Sunderland whom I love.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Hm. I thought there was a law against putting the name of the evil one in print..
Watch out Seahorse, they may be coming to get u…
The tsunami might get to my place first.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
BTW, Totally off-topic: I just returned from a long ski-trip in the woods north of Oslo.
SO I missed the race. How very Norwegian of me. Greetings all! :) And nice to see that good old Flecha finally was able to make it to the finish line. Bravo!
You accidentally said "Norwegians", plural
… only one of ’em has earnt my love, so far. And his flying has mainly been over the handlebars, this season…
I know, but I was dipping my lid to Holden's man EBH ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
"5 ♦ dip one's lid (Austral) informal to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc"
Knowledge garnered: Check! U are wrong about my relationship to EBH, though. Haven’t u seen my VDS team? ;)
No. i can barely work out my own.
I was remembering your pleasure at EBH wins last year though. And liking a rider doesn’t necessarily you have him on your team. I’m missing lots of my faves..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yeah, I know. Just failing miserably at being elusive and un-pinable.
Yes, it is true. I like EBH. There, I said it. Again.
There are things I'm very bad at, but the teacher in me files useless stuff about others' likes and dislikes
and I remember them. Anyway, most people here like EBH, no harm in that. I like Vino and Kloden… now that’s really not always embarrassment free
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
On the topic of EBH. IMHO he was clearly overpriced in the VDS-contest.
Probably due to the hype, no?
I have no idea. I think only time will tell.. but I think that's all part of the fun.
As long as i had fabian and Stuey i was happy.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Hey, I damn near bought him myself..
I retract the clearly part. Just my opinion. Hopefully he will prove me wrong, and earn a number of VDS points that befits his price tag.
Well he earned 200 points today
I would say that he’s a good buy if he makes 1200. So he’s a sixth of the way there. Much better than say, EBH or Boonen or most everyone else at the moment. Of course that shows making assessments based on one race is perhaps premature.
Who earned 200 points today? HH?
Well, we were discussing the price of EBH. Not HH. IMHO EBH, at 24 points, is overpriced. HH, at 18?, is possibly not. I agree that one should not make assessments based on one race..
OOOHHHHH
EBH snagged 120 points today. Also a fine way to open his account. I see no reason why from this race he won’t score the 1600+ points that would make him a good buy.
As u so wisely stated: One should not make assessments based on one race.. ;)
Last year he made 1180 or so points. It IS likely that he will do better this year. My reservations stems from the fact that he has yet to display an ability to persevere for 250+ kms in the classics. I think it may be one year early for that. Hopefully, I’m wrong. This is coming from a EBH fan. Do u have him on your team, ursula?
Anyway, determining which riders are overpriced and who are not..
..is basically the point of the game. I was in no way trying to criticize the people responsible for creating this magnificent game.
Now that is a gorgeous save ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I know.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
My pleasure...
Is it rude to ask who your ‘big buy’ was?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
My big buy was Cuddles :)
And I also (unwisely?) bought the one who does not sprint for the minor places. :)
;) Well, I probably would be, if I was quite sure what facetious means.
Instead let us agree that I am a playful joker… Although I must admit that I don’t know the background for all this resentment towards team sky. Anybody care to provide a brief explanation?
And where's the romance in that?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yes, but it makes the cycling season interesting if you have good guys and bad guys.
Garmin, for example, were good guys, until they unmasked themselves and crushed big George’s yellow jersey chance. Then they were the bad guys for a while. But now that they’ve been done wrong by Sky, they are back to being the good guys…
Also note that HTC
were the bad guys until everyone forgot that this team is still the Telekom team of Ullrich, Vino, Aldag, and Zabel.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
He's having a makeover led by Lou, ably supported by Frinky with me bringing up the rear ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Bah humbug. we believe it... doesn't really matter what anyone else thinks :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
You obviously missed
the Vino-love ‘coming out party’ that spontaneously happened around here a little while back ;-)
Depends on perspective
I LOVED Telekom, so I’ve thought of them as the good guys except for a brief period as Columbia when they were the US darling team and I got nauseous.
Vino is the dude. He’s just this guy, you know.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
See, and I still see Klodi as a 'dude' too..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I have a soft spot in my heart for Kloedi as well
Its the whole tragic result of the East German Youth sports program thing he’s got going on.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
Yes! I think he has the added problem of being fairly reserved..
But he’s on my VDS team. Just couldn’t help myself.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
As someone who's neutral... look at Oman race
plus, and most importantly spending huge sums of money and poaching riders, especially Wiggins
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Well really, that's it in a nutshell ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Good. And I must admit I don't much care..
I also think that if bagging them relentlessly starts to happen we’re going to offend some lovely Brits here who are rightly excited that they now have a home team.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I concur about the tedious...
although when Cav has won his umpteenth race I’ll be tedious too.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
We all have our favorite forms of tedium
I, for one, can’t WAIT until I see how Lefevre plans on dominating the Ronde and Paris-Roubaix this year. Send Devolder on a break w/ Boonen in the chase? Team-time-trial across Northern France? Call the winner from the car? Boonen in a group sprint? Boonen wearing out the other favorites and winning solo?
So many ways for Quickstep to dominate. None seem tedious to me, but many think Lefevre is the devil.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
Now this is tedium to live by :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Call the winner from the car...
… ’bout time I dusted that DVD off and gave it a spin ;-)
The brits are mainly concerned with
the negatives that come with BSkyB ‘s big financial involvement. I don’t follow Premiership football but I gather the big money comes with some not so pretty side effects.
I can see that
but we should all be much more concerned with the true sins of not working when you have the jersey, attacking in the feed, and having a whining-to-work ratio seriously in the red.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
You mean they're in line to earn a 'Whinging Poms' award?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Possibly
when I’m feeling generous I remind myself that it is early in the season.
Plus, Van der Flecha’s influence should be taken into account. His Jens’ Factor goes a long way toward making up for the rest of the team’s deficit.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
As a Gerrans fan I also have some hopes for the lads...
And yes, Flecha was fantastic today. i think Frinky might cry..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Why is spending huge sums of money on a rider who will never win a GT a reason for cycling fans to hate the team?
In my mind, it is just a bad investment. My impression is that team Sky will be a very competitive team. My impression is that team Sky is taking a firm stance against doping. That the other teams dislike team Sky I can understand.
Maybe not that meaningful for a Norwegian. It means bugger all to me...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Flood of un-capped money into a sport...
…establishes a few teams perennially at the top and makes it virtually impossible for anyone else to compete.
Thanks. That makes sense..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
BAH soccer
… although, now that a certain Portuguese guy has gone from ‘my’ team, I’ve got a vague interest happening again. Pity about where he’s gone to… although I suspect that my affection for that team is really just an extension of an unholy love for José María Gutiérrez Hernández…
We call it 'The Tall poppy Syndrome'... that's all I've got. It's nearly 4am..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Ok. Let's change the terminology. I love having Sky as the bad guys...
“The team you love to hate”…
Let's share it around so we don't offend people.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
But i thought in the Commonwealth we assigned that role to Americans ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
top 10
1. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) 204 km in 5u13’18"
2. Heinrich Haussler (Dui) op
3. Tyler Farrar (VS)
4. Luca Paolini (Ita)
5. Marcel Sieberg (Dui)
6. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Noo)
7. Niko Eeckhout
8. Bernhard Eisel (Oos)
9. Ton Veelers (Ned)
10. Filippo Pozzato (Ita)
I see you Niko...your looking good for the win tommorow
by Vlaanderen90 on Feb 27, 2010 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
One more- Podium
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
meanwhile, tsunami warning sirens sounding across hawaii
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
yikes. Any idea how high it is predicted?
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Feb 27, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
So Perez, if you read this please keep dropping by and take care!
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
We'll be thinking of you... i'm going to get my floaties out now :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
doesn't say
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Feb 27, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
HH still had a hell of a sprint after all that work he did
Yeah – he’s in shape.
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
Except for the sandbag, that is.
If he wasn’t hauling that, he’d have won easily.
I love video of guys being escorted to urine control
very rarely have I ever been escorted to the bathroom, I always imagine in my head that the conversation is more awkward than it probably is considering the winner is happy and everyone probably just offers congratulations and talks about the race. Doesn’t help when Flecha is chugging a water bottle.
What a win!
I bet Sky got a great deal on him and he came through big time. Those three look to be in good form for this spring.
If I just had one more gear, I...
results updated
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 27, 2010 11:15 AM EST reply actions
quite a treat!
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Feb 27, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Tyler doing it in dutch (I think)
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Feb 27, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
on the Sporza stream
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Feb 27, 2010 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Seriously considering signing up for Cycling.tv
I feel like such a battered housewife…
You are asking if a guy nicknamed Barbie plucks his eyebrows.
Think about that and you have your answer.
yes. Hence the Barbie nick
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Feb 27, 2010 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
I know... tomorrow is looking grim..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
why oh why isn't Belgian racing more popular in the US so we can get great coverage. Bah!
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Feb 27, 2010 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
I don't know
Racing has been good for a long time. The only thing that has brought more coverage has been an American rider/team dominating in July.
Even then we got more coverage, not better coverage.
But it’s probably bad form for me to break out the cynicism after such a beautful day of racing.
Vlaanderens Mooiste
Bah
kids barged in, insisted on taking control of the TV…
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 27, 2010 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
alright, who is the Dad in that house?
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
Brailsford, GTFO of the way!
You’re blocking my vew of the car, man!
Flecha is beaming with happiness
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
It's a pleasure to watch him isn't it?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Boonen predicted a Flecha win! That was funny.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
I could get that
and Flecha say he is a smart guy
Your bike doesn't want to crash so relax and let it roll!!!
Boonen had Big George luck today.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
Too bad cyclegirl isn't watching this
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
It's after 3.30 am here. Tomorrow is here... and beds are calling
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Damn you, Jens
I do NOT need the voice of the Member for Kingsford Smith going through my head at 3:30am. Grrr….
Well actually Peter Garrett's bed is definitely burning. It seems the rest of us have more chance
of them getting wet.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
i figured she is asleep by now
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
by ZoeRochelle on Feb 27, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
Right back at you about the taking care ;)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yelling at Boonen
while he was peeing was pretty funny
Thank you for returning to my life cross season!
by australopithecine on Feb 27, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
That Lotto commercial just said in English, "No balls no glory." Ha!
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
That was fun. Chat with you all later.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
Emma Johansson "halve vlaamse"
She is also half norwegian and full swedish. No wonder she wins , she is twice the woman the others are
I thought we said there'd be no maths tonight. Didn't I read that somewhere?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I never read the headline... Enjoyed the math though.
Fascinating stuff. This advanced algebra is beyond me.
Dear Belgies,
what’s with holding the results hostage?
http://www.omloophetnieuwsblad.be/omloop/elite-men/race/results.page
One word
beer
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 27, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
Eros Capecchi crashed in Switzerland
The team suspect a broken collarbone.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
I notice Flecha only got one vote in the pre-race poll...
Wonder who that was…can you tell us Chris?
http://www.irishpeloton.com/
Word on the street is...
the Sky DS told Flecha there was a break with Rabo riders in it in front of him. That’s why he hit the gas.
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
Full results up on the Omloop website
PDF: http://www.omloophetnieuwsblad.be/omloop-data/versioned/omloop2010-elite-men-results.pdf
Result also entered on the VDS website. Leading team: http://www.podiumcafevds.com/teams.php?id=418
Good work!
PodiumcafeVDS is the gift that just keeps on giving…
Gerrie Kneteman: If a football player falls he shouts for his mother, if a cyclist falls he yells for his bike.
dammit
what a saturday to be working on. hopefully KBK will be somewhere near as exciting…
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
never mind
i’ll take solace in my very respectable VDS score today…
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
GLOAT!
Oh, let me have it—this may be the only time my VDS team is Top 10 in the standings!!!!!! all season.
Not that it makes up for missing the end of the race, but it does help.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Well you didn't leave before van der Flecha had taken his flyer...
…so all you missed what the sprint for second.
It just seems sort of right that GHH starts the season with a 2nd.
The cycling gods have a sense of humor.
It's fun to beat Cancellara--Edvald Boasson Hagen
Photo from Florent Bouchat on Facebook
More: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=211543&id=1255687056
(accessible to me but perhaps only as friend-of-a-friend)
Works for me, thanks
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Feb 28, 2010 4:57 AM EST up reply actions
Hello. Back from Cambridge. Well done Flecha!
Now this Insubria thing, it’s not a VDS race is it….? One can hope…
Oooo get in!!!
Nothing in OHN but 1st and 3rd in Insubria….better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
Joint 146th in VDS!
For one day, I enjoy the heady heights…
I have returned from Whistler!(see's nobody cares)
oh well, missed the race unfortunately cause of travel but looking forward to KBK.
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
I have two follow-up question
how impressed were you with the swedish xc skiing team and how close did you come to applying for swedish citizenship when they won the men’s 4×10km relay?
I didn't go to the 4x10 xc
but I went to two races where Norway won and the Swedes finished 4th….
March 14, 2010: The great one returns!
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