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Flanders ends the monument season on a high
Flanders ends the monument season on a high
Oude KwaremontI am not sure if I am just so grateful to have bike racing at all, that I am enjoying all it at the moment.
The RVV last Sunday was a case in point with drama and brilliant racing well into the last 50 metres of the event.
But before the big 3 favourites became the big 2 and slugged it out on the overpass running into Oudenaarde there was lots to admire.
The days early…
Introducing our new race cut 2019 classics jersey.
Featuring the original Fendrien black coloured jersey with the contrast red.
Despite moving across the border into Lincolnshire we have retained the gold and green of the Huntingdonshire flag for this jersey.
The design has a plain front with bold wording to stand out on the back and coloured pockets.
Technical features include tighter fit, bottom of jersey tape to keep it in place and body for stitching.
We love it!
Flanders Classics aid to help us through lockdown…
Flanders Classics aid to help us through lockdown…
The Flanders Classics youtube channel has just uploaded a number of full race packages from the recent editions.
https://audioboom.com/posts/6322576-fendrien-cast-78
This weeks show has a catch up from the Worlds and chat from our Flanders trip.
Beers of Belgium CC
The eagle eyed readers of Fendrien will have noticed a new page along the mast header of the website.
“Beers of Belgium“ is an idea I have been kicking around in my head for a while now whilst thinking of the best way to bring it to life.
In my mind it will be reviews and commentary of some of the great beers out there that go with an afternoon watching cycling in front of the tv or at the…
Tour of Flanders - Preview
A new route but the same finale is the Tour of Flanders news for 2017.
The organisers had to find a way to accommodate the Muur in Geraardsbergen after a lengthy absence. It looks too far out to influence the finish but as the Classics showed last year, the favourites will take a gamble from further out. Paris-Roubaix being the prime example.
This weeks racing has seen a number of favourites coming to the fore and some outside bets emerge as contenders.
In true Classic preview style here are some of the favourites based on the standard five star rating…
Peter Sagan ***** Reigning champion and has been in a rich vein of form this season. Has been there or thereabouts in all of the big races.
Greg Van Avermaet ***** Never won the Ronde and crashed out dramatically last season before the race really got going. This season he has smashed through the glass ceiling to start regularly winning the big races. It would be a bit of a surprise if he wasn’t on the podium.
Oliver Naesen **** A rider who came in under the radar until the end of last summer when IAM were closing down and he suddenly starting winning. He has been building his form nicely and was a factor in Gent-Wevelgem last weekend His inexperience a the top level might catch him out.
Philippe Gilbert **** There we were expecting him to be strong later in April for the Ardennes when he bursts on the Flemish scene and then backs up his classic form by winning 3 Days of de Panne. He might have left too much on the road in winning that race to be honest, but it would be interesting to see a Walloon contenting for this race.
Alexander Kristoff *** He won in the grand manner two years ago, but has struggled to win either sprints or classics ever since. The way he dominated Niki Terpstra in his 2015 breakaway might now be seen as the best moment of his career. I don’t see him winning but I think he might win the first group sprint.
Sep Vanmarcke *** Looked like he was going to be in the form of his life back in the opening weekend of the Belgian classics. He has been ill since and then to compound it all, crashed into the BMC team car the other day. Has he been blufffing and is this a Cannondale master plan?? … um no.
Luke Durbridge *** He would have been the outside of outsiders a month ago but having seen Mat Hayman win in Roubaix last season, its clear that Orica have form in winning these races. He was strong in the semi-classics and would have been close to the overall in de Panne but for getting the wrong side of a split.
All of the others are ** .
Let’s see how my predictions go eh!
2023/2024 Cyclo Cross Wrap
Its been a funny old winter in the cyclo cross world.
Where he has ridden Mathieu Van der Poel was dominant. He won with ease apart from one day where he had all seasons bad luck in one go.
Wout van Aert picked up on that still crashing and breaking his saddle on his way to beat the mulleted bullet.
Tom Pidcock has been there or thereabouts winning the classic in Namur but also enduring some…