The riders are ready. 61000 people are ready in the sandpit of Koksijde. We're ready. Let's go!
Where will they be racing? On sand!
Who will be racing? Startlist
Where can I watch? Sportz-livez or Cyclingfans
When does it start? At 15:00 CET. Sporza have prerace from 13:30
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Has Lance won yet?
omnevelnihil - January 29, 2012
None of the stream links on sport-livez seem to work right now
Should they? I suck at time zones and it’s 4:30am, so ;\
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
It's 1337 here
TheFigurehead - January 29, 2012
Pre-race show is on
Interviewer asks Albert’s manager why he (the manager) spent 10 minutes on the loo. Interesting stuff.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Yeah, not that that I'm interested in (or would understand) that
I’d just like to get the stream (no pun intended) working asap
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
hehe
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
the Sporza link is working for me.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Me too :)
Now
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
When the race starts it might go to georestricted.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
? It was fine for the women's race
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Oh good. Who won?
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Not sure if serious
…
who’d’ya think? :p
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
I am serious but by that answer it was Vos?
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Yes
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Much talk about Koksijde 1994
with Herijgers and Groenendaal in the studio. The Pat On The Shoulder.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Good times
Have you seen the documentary about that one? De Groenen seemed very bitter. Sad to see that.
broerie - January 29, 2012
the guy who won has long arms!
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Paul Herijgers
He is co-commentator for most CX races on Sporza. In the studio now. Host Vannieuwkerke just promised a surprise.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
It looks like they are all being emotional.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Ah yes, the Hungarian dude who lent him a hand on one of the finishing straights
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
This is entertaining even though I can't understand it.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
The Hungarian guy is a cycling coach now
At Koksijde ’94, he was doubled first by Groenendaal, who apparently shoved him out of the way, then when entering the finish lane Herijgers got up to him, shouted: “Attack!” And he obliged, brought Herijgers back up to Groenendaal against the wind. Last bit to the camera, drinking a Leffe: “This is what the Belgian people already did for me. Now what will you do for me, Paul Herijgers? Will you invite me to come watch a race in Belgium? Or else here is my bank account number.” (al in good jest)
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Awww.... so it was a heart warming story.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Awesome
broerie - January 29, 2012
OH MY. She has spent too much time tanning.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Of course... while Sven is out training on Mallorca
She’s getting fried on the beach.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Ha
(it looked completely fake / sunbed)
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Yes, of course :)
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Isabelle Nys is ORANGE!! WOOHOO! GO HOLLAND!
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
LOL.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Good morning....
I am awake… I think…Anyone has an aspirine?
pablo777 - January 29, 2012
Oh darn it. I thought this thing started at 5am. I could've slept another hour.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Half hour
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
cyclingfans says it starts at 6am. Is it wrong?
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Yes! It starts at 3pm.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Oh
It says 29/01 UCI World Championships Cyclocross – Elite for Men (14:30h CET)
at the top of the stream I’m watching
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
The race itself starts at 15:00 CET
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Wow
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Wow big diff, or wow small diff?
Pretty big, I think, but Vos did have to lay down all the tracks through the sand, every lap, every sand section.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
big difference
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
do they grrom the track after each race?
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
groom
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
No
but riders walking destroy the tracks.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Vos said she didn't feel super today.
And obviously she wasn’t under any pressure at all. I think she could go faster, probably not as fast as the best U23 guys though.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
do the women do more circuits?
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Fewer
both do 40 minutes (+finish the lap).
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Jesus
If she wasn’t on her best today and still won that dominantly….well do I really even need to finish the sentence?
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
She's simply a class above the rest, we knew that already.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
She was technically very bad
average speed could have been higher with a better technique. I
broerie - January 29, 2012
The funniest thing about the race was that while Vos was a million miles out ahead, Richard Fries, the commentator
was talking about how rubbish she is on sand, how it’s her least favourite type of race, how she’s technically rubbish on it, etc etc etc. We just laughed, as she was SO far ahead!
(but she did seem to be making a few little mistakes – like slipping every now and again. Not that it mattered, it seems like a Vos-slip comes from her pushing it 100% ALL THE TIME! which makes me happy!)
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
God, that dude was annoying
COMPTON COMPTON COMPTON COMPTON COMPTON
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
I know!
and Trebon, Trebon, Trebon in the men’s!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
She crashed a lot actually
she always tried to ride when running would have been faster. With a better technique she’d have won by more than 2 minutes.
broerie - January 29, 2012
I know, but it was funny, because she was still so good!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
Yeah
but from the way the guy was talking you’d think she was in 81st place or something
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
haha, yes, like she was useless and needs to try harder!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
I just saw dancing garbage
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Interesting. Groenendaal doesn't believe Stybar will succeed on the road.
“He’s a crosser. Boom has been developed as a road rider, that’s a difference.”
He also doesn’t believe Boom can return to cross like Van der Poel did in the past.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
And he said he thinks Styby will be back in CX after some time
broerie - January 29, 2012
Stybar is pink women's panties
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Albertina!!!!!
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
True fact - after the race, I could tell where Albertina had been watching
by the little circle of bright pink feathers from her boa, laying in the sand
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
Oh, you should have gotten a picture of that
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
I really should have - but my fingers had fallen off (along with my toes & nose - DAMN, it was cold!)
Sarah Connolly - January 30, 2012
New fashion.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
W... T... F???
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
And it had a big number 1 written in a precarious place
Groenendaal and Vanthourenhout in the studio were immediately dismissive; no longer a contender for them. For the cycly-cross race, I mean. Otherwise, who knows. NTTAWWT.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Pauwels has the best supporter in the world.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Meter Fientje (Pauwels' grandma)... fantastic report that was.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Here we go, one Leffe Blond
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Beautiful image
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
looks like 2-3 liters.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
I can’t believe I am currently drinking skim milk.
Willj - January 29, 2012
are you locked up in a basement somewhere?
Uphill - January 29, 2012
something like that :(
still, I am looking forward to seeing my 1st Cross World Championships
Willj - January 29, 2012
Did you enjoy it?
I mean, in that glass…
broerie - January 29, 2012
Hehe
Was great. Just pulled a random glass from the cupboard.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Wow, who's the nervous dude in the Stybar camp?
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Can't remmember the last time I watched a cross race
College only gives me time for reports. Couldn’t miss this one though.
Stybar winning would be beautiful
pmrlo - January 29, 2012
Glad you are joining us!
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Sven winning would only be his second world title...
I didn’t realize that. The best crosser of the 2000s, only one rainbow jersey?
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Yep
A lot has been made of it, not able to handle the pressure, etc.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Uh-oh, only 63 riders on the start, one forfeit
The rider from Turkey doesn’t start. (start list linked in the post)
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
damn.
an outsider to the podium.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Same as usual cross?
One Hour race?
Willj - January 29, 2012
Ja
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
so lapped riders are not pullled today?
Uphill - January 29, 2012
that seems a bad idea
Willj - January 29, 2012
Yes they are, like always
They don’t even have to be lapped, according to the “80% rule”.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
ok.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
why he spend 10 minutes in the toilet?
singhstax - January 29, 2012
It wasn't true, he was quick to point out
Apparently there was a line.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
ok
singhstax - January 29, 2012
RIchard looks fit
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
I think he trains with his pupils.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
John Gadret's wife I think?
….from my high school French
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Yes. But she's a Nys supporter.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
I don't think John will be giving him his wheel, though
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Gadret not racing is he?
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
he's on the start list
straw dog - January 29, 2012
He's racing.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
OK
cool
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
Are there a fair number of ProTour riders in the field
Him, and Štybar…any others?
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Steve Chainel is on FdJ
Italian Franzoi was on Liquigas a few years ago, now Miche
TheFigurehead - January 29, 2012
I remember Chainel from last year's Milan-Sanremo
Didn’t know he was a ’crosser
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Zahner (BMC) did really well today
Came in tenth, much to the amusement of the cowbell-ringing Swiss contingent
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
did you see the guys with the ENORMOUS cowbells?
they made the Swiss kid wear them – they were nearly as big as him!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
I have a picture of that kid even
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
yeah, see the photo post
broerie - January 29, 2012
18 GADRET John
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Gadret FTW.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
thats a miracle
singhstax - January 29, 2012
would love that
he’s class
Willj - January 29, 2012
Two (un)lucky numbers
7 & 13
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Actually
13 is supposed to be Sven’s lucky number (didn’t quite work out that way today)
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
Yep
because it was the number he wore when becoming U23 world champ.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Reply to my Stybar cap in the pink panties on Twitter:
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
So he STOLE the from her?
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Ha!
TheFigurehead - January 29, 2012
good morning all
choppy vid feed… yikes
gravel road - January 29, 2012
Is that Jeremy Powers and
Ryan Trebon in row 2? Go USA
Ron... - January 29, 2012
YES!
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
I didn't know
Trebon qualified so high
Ron... - January 29, 2012
holeshot predictions?
gravel road - January 29, 2012
HI, everyone. Got here just in time! Go Stybar!
Ruthann - January 29, 2012
crash
gravel road - January 29, 2012
First crash!
That was quick
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
a rider getting five 5secs of racing.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Poor Spaniard
(Basque, probably?)
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
99% sure it was a Basque.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
It was
Albertina didn’t like it when we mocked that (but we did anyway)
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
And the stream froze :(
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Is this Albert? wow, not messing with his usual start today
straw dog - January 29, 2012
huge crowds
Willj - January 29, 2012
loud too
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Good start by Albert
amazingly
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Powers in 6th
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
hope he has a great race
gravel road - January 29, 2012
Might have been Page
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Page wasn't in the second row at the start
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Chainel blocking!
singhstax - January 29, 2012
All the big 4 right up there, good for the race
straw dog - January 29, 2012
my vid feed is awful
gravel road - January 29, 2012
I changed to the second link on Sport-livez
TheFigurehead - January 29, 2012
http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/MG_live/1.815188
is working well
Willj - January 29, 2012
The image on ch6 is slightly inferior
but the stream seems to be more stable for me…
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Albert wtf?
Where did this come from?
Jens - January 29, 2012
His first good start of the season!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
and what a start!
broerie - January 29, 2012
I guess if you only do it once
do it at the Worlds!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
he said afterwards
That made me laugh
broerie - January 29, 2012
Oh, that's excellent!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
Afternoon all
Missed the start a I went out to get a new mattress (and saved about £350, yay, woohoo etc). Have I missed much?
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
pretty much just getting started, still on first lap
gravel road - January 29, 2012
Crash after about 2 secs
Other than that I’m not sure ;\
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Sounds good to me.
Didn’t time it too badly after all. :-)
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
hello CX fans
just made it. I am soo excited.
paisley - January 29, 2012
Flyin' up that sand hill....the first time ;\
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Hee
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
About 5x
the number of fans from Hoogerheide last week. I sitll owe PdC a write up from my visit.
Ron... - January 29, 2012
You do! It has been noted!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
Is Albert on one of his great days?
This is a big lead.
Or his misjudging his effort?
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Pauwels will slowly come back.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
big gap for Albert 13 sec
singhstax - January 29, 2012
If he pulls this off
it will be monumental
muk - January 29, 2012
Belgium versus the world
Willj - January 29, 2012
they are truly showing off
paisley - January 29, 2012
Belgium will implode shortly
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Belgium is winning.
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
Is there anyone else in the race?
muk - January 29, 2012
You're not kidding
That’s a hell of a lot of pale blue at the front of the race
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Suck it, world!
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
Meeusen makes me laugh
He pulls some funny faces sometimes.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
Actually, that's Albert not Meeusen.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
Lol, all Belgians in the best 10.
What a sport ;)
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Belgian Championships I see...
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
LOL
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Nice of them to invite a few others to round out the field
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Belgian Cavalry coming round the bend look impressive.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
Albertina and tgsgirl said they are
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
pauwels just cruised that sand hill
everybody else jumped off therir bikes and ran
gravel road - January 29, 2012
Who's wearing the red tights?
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Pauwels
straw dog - January 29, 2012
thanx
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
quite a look that
paisley - January 29, 2012
Styby out of this already?
singhstax - January 29, 2012
top 5 all Belgium
straw dog - January 29, 2012
shouldn't wear pink panties during the race. stops the bloodflow.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
last guy in chase right now (thanks to his pink bike...easy to spot)
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
pink bike, i think
Ron... - January 29, 2012
How many laps long is the race?
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
9 maybe
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
10
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
10
Jens - January 29, 2012
I thought the answer was 1 hour(ish)
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Yes
but they determine the exact number of laps at or before lap 2.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
They determine it _during_ the race?
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Based on lap times on the day
to make no of laps as close to 60 minutes as possible
Jens - January 29, 2012
So they want a specific finishing time?
That’s interesting.
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
races longer than an hour cut into the beer time
Willj - January 29, 2012
THEY WANT 60 MINUTES
sorry.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
I'm going to stick my neck out
Belgium have a chance here
straw dog - January 29, 2012
a podium spot looks likely
gravel road - January 29, 2012
They should get a Flemish and a Walloon team (and a Bruxelles team?)
Willj - January 29, 2012
so they could take the top 20 instead of just the top 10
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
yes
Willj - January 29, 2012
spoken like a welshman
Jens - January 29, 2012
Willj is a Welshman?
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
father
Willj - January 29, 2012
Good enough.
I’m from Llangollen.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
Iechyd da
Willj - January 29, 2012
You’ve just spoken two more Welsh words than I can.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
I support independence for Götaland
Willj - January 29, 2012
You might be the only one
TheFigurehead - January 29, 2012
As long as they don't chase one another down, that is.
/snark
Ed K - January 29, 2012
Wish they'd show more fo the riders not just the top 6-7
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
+1
paisley - January 29, 2012
Most of those are Belgian too.
Ed K - January 29, 2012
They show them when they fall over
straw dog - January 29, 2012
lol
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Or get pissy with each other
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
ha! true
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
"de roode panties" lol
Jens - January 29, 2012
I thought I imagined that.....
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Nys 4th right
is that KVT in 3rd
straw dog - January 29, 2012
no Meeusen I think
straw dog - January 29, 2012
yep
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
I was going to cheer for Yoah...but just can't because of those tights.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
But it makes him easier to pick out of the crowd
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
next time...black tights...just sayin
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Sponsor...
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
figured
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
team issue I think
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Muessen in 3rd
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Nys could have been better here
singhstax - January 29, 2012
from @podium_live
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
thank you!
Wonder if something happened to J-Pow?
paisley - January 29, 2012
Sand!
Ron... - January 29, 2012
me too. Don't know.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
he's not belgian - just a guess
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
you are probably on to something
paisley - January 29, 2012
Team Belgie!
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Top 7 (?) all Belgians~!
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Attack of the clones
Good grief
pmrlo - January 29, 2012
English commentary from my friends Pete and Greg
http://www.justin.tv/crossworlds2012?utm_campaign=post_live&utm_source=live&utm_medium=url#/w/2531860992
If you’re interested ;)
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
not too right
singhstax - January 29, 2012
dunno why the whole linky didn't linky
copy paste
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
Franco-German war of 2012 on the hill
Jens - January 29, 2012
Guys throwing bikes at each other!
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Thor looking slow there
Jens - January 29, 2012
Har
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
Is that the 40 year old American posing as a Viking?
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Yes,
Sporza has a very funny little video of him here, learning to ride cx from paul herijgers, stybar also stops by.
hansgruber - January 29, 2012
Chris, When do the Podium Café red tights go on sale?
Willj - January 29, 2012
I'll take 2
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Really?
pablo777 - January 29, 2012
no
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
oh
pablo777 - January 29, 2012
Disappointed?
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
red is my favorite color....
But those tights….??? hmmmmm
pablo777 - January 29, 2012
easy to see him so I like them
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
I just wonder if Gilbert knows that Kevin borrowed them today.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
bwahahaha
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
he does it for the fans
paisley - January 29, 2012
I've seen one Dutchie. When he hit the ground.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
they were too busy on the podium in all the other races
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
I think Vos should race these guys so another country would have a shot
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Kevin fading
singhstax - January 29, 2012
That was some beautiful sand riding by Niels
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
yes
i would have bailed out on the first wobble
Ron... - January 29, 2012
the new World Champion
singhstax - January 29, 2012
looks like the belgians are teaming up to draft in order to catch the belgians
Willj - January 29, 2012
Yes, but a Belgian may try to break up the paceline
allowing a Belgian to get away
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Cue Rabobank team meeting
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
Incredible balance needed on the sand
Ron... - January 29, 2012
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Štybar clinging to 8th position behind the Belgies
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Charging forward
Ron... - January 29, 2012
First human ;)
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
After all his pre-race excitement where is Chris?
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
awake.
just…
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
Will Albert blow up or lap the field?
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Wow Albert holding a nice lead
Ron... - January 29, 2012
He is looking pretty relaxed
I think he’s just on a fantastic day
straw dog - January 29, 2012
+1
smoother & faster every lap, it seems
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
win by 36 secs
singhstax - January 29, 2012
more than 50% of the race left.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
That's right...
Anything can still happen.
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
I hope for no mechs
but I have never seen Albert relinquish such a gap
singhstax - January 29, 2012
oops pauwels hits fence
Willj - January 29, 2012
looking a little weak (for him)
notice he stopped on the last stroke of an earlier hill
Ron... - January 29, 2012
This could start a whole new WC race prep...break wrist in mid-season for a nice rest...come back storming.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Yup, seems like a recipe that works fairly well
at least for Niels
broerie - January 29, 2012
Little stumble there for Pauwels by the guardrail
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Pauwels is making lots of mistakes now..
…tired?
Ed K - January 29, 2012
Why would he be tired?
;-)
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
Because I'm exhausted just watching this
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
yeah that sand ......
Willj - January 29, 2012
the start was brutal
220bpm
singhstax - January 29, 2012
yeah...not so smooth
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Cue the Hulk
in 3, 2, 1…
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
hulk is off the front today (9)
singhstax - January 29, 2012
We'll see
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
Neils Albert Dune!
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Hush your mouth!
At least for another few laps… You might jinx it.
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
cant see anyone making up 5 sec per lap on Albert
singhstax - January 29, 2012
pauwels caught by nys?
gravel road - January 29, 2012
Yoah leaking oil a bit
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
That crunching sound
is Roger De Vlaeminck grinding his teeth
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Haha
Yes. Awesome :)
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
see, nobody gets the in jokes
when you’re not here.
straw dog - January 30, 2012
I'll never leave my flat again
ok?
tgsgirl - January 30, 2012
Just this once you are forgiven, since I suppose it was quite a special occasion.
Although you did jinx your boy Sven. That’s our only counter to your overall smugness right now.
straw dog - January 30, 2012
Oh, poor Sven :(
tgsgirl - January 30, 2012
Nys makes the catch
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Sven's going to have to do all the work if he's gonna close that gap
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
Well, he's got a few laps to git'r'done
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Albert on his A-day
=beast.
Go, go, go!
pmrlo - January 29, 2012
Is there any concept of riding collaboratively in 'cross like there is in road?
Would the two Belgians in second position do so, or does the ludicrous strength of the Belgian team make them less than partners even now?
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Guess not, they're separating
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
At this point they eat their own
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
That's because there's nothing else to eat out there
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Helen Wyman tried eating sand earlier.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
and they are obeying the rules regarding helping other teams ; )
paisley - January 29, 2012
Drafting is less important in cross
and almost insignificant on a technical course like this,
so they don’t have a big advantage even if they work together
straw dog - January 29, 2012
They basically try to destroy each other, continually
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Nys on his own...
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
not quite. Pauwels in his dream position now
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Not good enough to work
Not dead enough to let him go
pmrlo - January 29, 2012
redlegs is fighting
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Go Redlegs!!
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Pauwels dead in the sand.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Halfway.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
the race or your Leffes?
Willj - January 29, 2012
Gosh, I hope he's saved some for post race party!
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Both
One Leffe left. But I’ll open a Chouffe.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
They should award the Belgian Championship here and then Best of the Rest.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
27 second lead?
Willj - January 29, 2012
Yes!
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
my Flemish is improving
Willj - January 29, 2012
yep
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Sven is the most fit 35 yr old I've ever seen, regardless of how this turns out
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
Nys killing off KP
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
KP's keeping Sven in front for motorvations
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
Even for a Belgian fan
this has to be a boring race.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
It's not like they have arranged the winner previously
“Sky at GB champs style”
pmrlo - January 29, 2012
:30 sec
gah~!
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
Over
Drew Davis - January 29, 2012
maybe not exciting … but impressively impressive
Willj - January 29, 2012
32" lead!
Is he gonna go wire-to-wire?
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
What's the conversation like?
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Nys to KP
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Nys lost a further 5 secs that lap
singhstax - January 29, 2012
so what happened to Gadret? Saving it for the Giro?
Uphill - January 29, 2012
I'm still trying to
convince him to run against Sarkozy in the upcoming French election
Willj - January 29, 2012
no cance of winning with Cantona in the running.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
oooh
true, France needs a Royalist party with Eric
Willj - January 29, 2012
well, a positive is we will see the WC jersey in races this year and the belgian one...
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
well, it looks like Styby prefers pink panties anyway.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Wow
So much for upgrading the Dutch national anthem recording.
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
Yeah, De Knegt truly disappoints ;)
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Ryan Trebon
https://twitter.com/#!/BrianDallas9/status/163630690108317698/photo/1
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
is stybar out of the top 10 now?
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
They haven't shown any non-Belgies for a while now
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Saving himself for Het Whatsit...
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
Who knows
It’s illegal to show non-Belgians. Unless they crash.
TheFigurehead - January 29, 2012
I theorize he was abducted by a pink booted fan....
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Nah, I think she has the willpower to wait until the race is over
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
"think" - key word
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
He's probably still in 8th position
Where, though, is the question
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Nys and KP racing for second now
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
3-4 laps to go?
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
4 at next crossing
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
So
Albert doesn’t have this quite yet
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
Pauwels second wind?
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
So Nys and Pauwels will say after...
“Well, I was the strongest today, but could not chase down a teammate…”
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Meeusen the first non-Brabander in the race?
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
that was great, a Bar fan-banner
Willj - January 29, 2012
Think I just saw Pigeons!
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
blond hanging over the rails?
pablo777 - January 29, 2012
Yep. Smiling for the camera.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
though looked like her.
pablo777 - January 29, 2012
No screen shots??
Y’all are letting me down here. ;-)
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
No idea how to do that.
pablo777 - January 29, 2012
click print screen - might work if quick enough
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Too quick for me - I was only halfway to Prt Sc when the shot changed.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
Next time, have your finger hovering over the key!!
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Willj - January 29, 2012
Albertina? Um the beer has affected her looks.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Camera moved too quickly to look for Albertina’s pink hat for confirmation.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
tell me when we ar close and I'll try to get it
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Not me, on the men's!
We couldn’t get close to the rails.
(I was wearing a silly hat and plaits!)
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
I just saw a Dutch guy!
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Who’d have thought you’d get a Dutch guy at a CX race…?
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
From Neil Browne on twitter:
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
must be a typo - surely he meant, "The Belgians are this sport"
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
No. It a joke because Pat McQuaid asked Vos earlier if she was ruining the sport.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
grumble - he asked that
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
That wasn't Pat, just one of his minions.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
ANYONE had the nerve to ask her that????
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
big controversy
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
I still say the guy's English sorta sucked
I give ’im the benefit of the doubt
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
corrected. Not Pat, one of his minions.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
What was Vos' reaction? Besides winning ANOTHER championship?
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
It doesn't come easy, I work very hard all year, it was very tough today
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
very good answer
Willj - January 29, 2012
she's class
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
+6
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
A more polite version of
“fuck you, I train hard and racing is still a huge effort”
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Enrico Carpani, always does the UCI flash interview
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
or "running"
Uphill - January 29, 2012
37 seconds - gap increasing
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
38" to chase 1, 45-ish" to chase 2
And nobody in sight behind when chase 2 crossed.
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Well, if a Belgian
had come across the line 8th as well as the top 7
I would have begun to get suspicious
straw dog - January 29, 2012
I was wondering if 7 was the total team size
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
7 max
7 Belgians in the race, 1st-7th
straw dog - January 29, 2012
First non-Belgie 1'33" down
Jebus
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
I think the altitude is affecting the foreigners
Willj - January 29, 2012
Not used to race at sealevel?
Too high for the Dutch, too low for the rest?
TheFigurehead - January 29, 2012
air too thick for those Dutchies who were born
on the second floor of a hospital
straw dog - January 29, 2012
sea level's a bitch
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
They should let the slower riders hop the fence to make the 2nd half more interesting
Ron... - January 29, 2012
agree - help your teammate - Tackle a Belgian.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Yes tackling
CX meets rugby
Ron... - January 29, 2012
SUAREZ FERNANDEZ Isaac
sighting….. 3mins down
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Go Belgium!
How are we doing?
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Fine
All the people who think they’re seeing seven Belgians aren’t as drunk as they suspect.
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
Hulk Time
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
What do they do with this place
when it’s not a CX course? All that sand…
ELVISGOAT - January 29, 2012
Shopping mall
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
Best place to go anywhere in the Benelux if you want to buy some sand.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
High quality sand. Many types available.
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
It's an airfield or something along those lines, isn't it?
There’s a couple of preserved historic aircraft just north of the track – a Hawker Hunter and a helicopter of some species or another, I believe.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
Yes. Was a prerace thing about it.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Missed that bit
but will see if I can find it online later. I like to know a bit of local history.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
Was military airfield, now sea rescue helicopters.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Did this ever make it to Dutch telly?
Warning Broerie – nineties attack!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUlbMsp_VqQ
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
Winching up the hook!
broerie - January 29, 2012
Maybe
if it was on VRT, yes, but I never saw it, sorry.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
It's a nature reserve, according to the signs!
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
(I hope the nature likes beer...)
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
(the dunes, I mean!)
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
Here comes Sven!
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Just in from run--how many laps to go?
majope - January 29, 2012
3 at next crossing
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
3.5
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Thank both of you.
majope - January 29, 2012
Lol, Wuyts saying Holland has the future in this sport.
Yeah right. They don’t even get funding anymore.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
We have Rabobank
Frinking - January 29, 2012
And must we be really upset about the nun funding thing?
Frinking - January 29, 2012
yes, nun funding in a traditionally protestant country is wrong
Willj - January 29, 2012
secular too
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Well, it makes sense. No results.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Gotta invest to reap reward
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
Yes, but apparently they did invest.
Didn’t help.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
There's that
but current junior/U23/women (because: non-pro!) success could be taken as indication that it did work.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
"I see no Nederlander in the top 10"
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Morning everyone
uninformed consent - January 29, 2012
g'morning
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
3 to go
For the leader.
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Time going out
another 7" that lap. Albert… wow.
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
Ongelovelijk
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
44 sec.s behind for 2 and 3
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
44" to chase 1, 50" to chase 2
Lead is only increasing
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Hmm
If Albert would just slow down a bit
they could all hold hands across the line
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Albert wants to prove that this season would have been heer
Barring the injury.
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Nys elbowing KP for more work
Ron... - January 29, 2012
so he can attack from behind
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Stybar - "an off day"
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Evidently
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
if I am wearing panties
definitely an off day
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Yeah, me too.
majope - January 29, 2012
Nobody in sight
behind Neils across the first dune!
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
Nys isn't on his best day either.
Boring stuff.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
yeah, Albert is ruining the sport.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
not many bike changes today. not enough mud?
Willj - January 29, 2012
I was typing the same thing...
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
No need.
Ed K - January 29, 2012
I suppose that if you're using dry lubricant, the sand falls straight off
unlike mud. If you used a wet lubricant, it’d make grinding paste. Hence, I assume this is definitely more of a chain wax sort of race.
John Cyclopunk - January 29, 2012
ah, so on certain days there are long discussions on what grease to use? interesting
Willj - January 29, 2012
Nah
everything gets power-washed twice a lap on muddy courses.
tedvdw - January 29, 2012
now we have a puloton
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Does Belgium have a government yet?
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Yes, our prime minister was standing in the crowds
(he really was)
broerie - January 29, 2012
nice - congrats!
I think.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Elio was there?
Didn’t see him. Didn’t see the king either.
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
Together with zotte Vandelanotte
Elio was saying a lot of stuff I didn’t understand, but it seemed like he was trying very hard
broerie - January 29, 2012
That's usually the case with im :)
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
Wow, Albert
did anyone foresee this?
uninformed consent - January 29, 2012
I had an inkling.
But didn’t think it would be this…
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
It's not a great shock
He’s done this once after coming back from his injury
He always seems to be on a fantastic day where he’s untouchable
or he’s off the pace, rarely average
straw dog - January 29, 2012
I thought redlegs would do it
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
me too
straw dog - January 29, 2012
btw.. off topic..
But about dominance and boring upthread. We have a wheelchai tennisser in NEtherlands. Esther Vergeer.. She won 444 games… in a row
Frinking - January 29, 2012
tennis player
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
USA sighting 3 mins (?) back
Ron... - January 29, 2012
This is just
fucking sick. Has anyone ever dominated a world championship of cycling like this? Maybe the Germans in Artistic Cycling?
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
The Americans
in all the sports that nobody else plays
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Burn
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
You mean every sport that's popular in the US? ;)
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
The World Champion NFL playoffs is usually dominated by American teams
Willj - January 29, 2012
There actually is a
World championship of American football. Apparently 54 different nations have a national American football team.
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
And Japan has a
60-team professional league. Wow.
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
I don't know about cycling, but my 5 year old dominated me in 'Candyland' the other day.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
She ruined 'Candyland'
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
yeah
well, if it were Beerland you might dig a little deeper than she.
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
They could compromise and play Skittlebrauland.
majope - January 29, 2012
She'd be in the barriers at the first turn
straw dog - January 29, 2012
you just don't want it like she does
straw dog - January 29, 2012
You can't let that happen
You need to teach them that life is hard.
Never let your children win.
Cheat if you have to.
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Ok.. Not related..
But Bettini in Zurich(?) once destroyed the rest of the peloton
Frinking - January 29, 2012
He attacked, chain dropped, put it back up, attacked again..
Won by 1.30 minutes or something.. Too bad I can find coverage
Frinking - January 29, 2012
The road WC is also expected to be Belgian too
singhstax - January 29, 2012
2 to go
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
a single jump is too easy for the worlds
Willj - January 29, 2012
Reminds me of Gewiss Balan
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
First non Belgie almost two minutes down
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Štybar 2'19" down in 9th position
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Wait...
Is this the team training ride, and the WC is tomorrow?
Ron... - January 29, 2012
50secs to 2nd
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
Wow
The 8th rider – the first non-Belg, is more than a minute behind… the 7th belg.
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
z
Stybar 2 18 down …. wow
Willj - January 29, 2012
I am selling my pink hat on ebay.be
Willj - January 29, 2012
Not sure you'd get any takers.
majope - January 29, 2012
my pink panties are for sale too
singhstax - January 29, 2012
slightly used
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Hopefully freshly laundered
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
I'm selling blue spray paint
straw dog - January 29, 2012
Groenendaal already said when he saw him in the pink pants
he’s not gonna win today.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
At this point, I'm very glad I watched the U23 race...
…that was fun.
Ed K - January 29, 2012
Except for the very end there :)
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Was the first lap or two more interesting?
Maybe we got spoiled by the U23.
majope - January 29, 2012
Not really.
Ed K - January 29, 2012
No. Neils was out ahead right away.
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Not too sorry I got in late, then.
majope - January 29, 2012
Styby was with him for a while.
But blew up majorly (as he always does this season).
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Albertina's boots put too much pressure on him.
majope - January 29, 2012
Nys off the podium
singhstax - January 29, 2012
What happened to him? I lost him in a sea of belgie
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Pink speedos, baby powder on chains
what has happened to our sport?
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
Laatste ronde.
majope - January 29, 2012
nice
Willj - January 29, 2012
Laatste Ronde
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
44 seconds - gonna be close
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
for second
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
44 sec.s
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Meuusen's riding out of his skin
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
is that Nys soft-pedaling?
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
can't win it. gave up.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
No desire for silver or bronze?
Seems a bit petulant.
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
don't think so, let other riders fight it out.
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Petulant...
few words could be further from the truth for Sven imo
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
A *bit* petulant :p
Consider the world’s TT last year. Cancellara has no chance at gold as he nears the end, but he’s still bombing every corner. Cooks one, and that error drops him from silver to bronze. If he rides conservatively, he’s a cinch for silver. I don’t fault him at all for his strategy dropping him to bronze even when he had no chance at gold. He still rode like a champ.
Aly Edge - January 31, 2012
You think what you think
I (who understands him when he talks) will think what I think…
tgsgirl - February 1, 2012
So I'm incorrect about his motivations?
Glad to hear it.
Aly Edge - February 1, 2012
He's one of the most sincere, honest athletes around, nobody else has that kind of integrity
For us, Flemish speaking people; there’s no doubt about that.
If for once, he cant find the motivation to battle for bronze, it’s very easy to forgive him without calling names.
broerie - February 3, 2012
Sven
Boom.
Ed K - January 29, 2012
Nijs back in 7th
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
who is that crying?
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Roothooft. DS? of Albert
Frinking - January 29, 2012
are they interviewing Niels brother?
gravel road - January 29, 2012
think they said manager
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Yes, Christophe Roodhooft.
Literally: Redhead.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Is this WC #2 for Albert?
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
yes
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Can he lap every non-Belg
so only 7 belgians finish?
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Who are they interviewing?
uninformed consent - January 29, 2012
I guess after the other 3 races, the Belgians have to win something.
majope - January 29, 2012
Exactly -
I watch cyclocross to hear Flemish announcers and watch Belgians win.
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Štybar's not even the first Czechie...
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Wow - Nys will be last Beligian.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Albert, Peeters, Muessen, KP - right?
Ron... - January 29, 2012
yes
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Si.. Aernouts, Nys/VTH
Frinking - January 29, 2012
This season marks the decline of the Canibaal
singhstax - January 29, 2012
well, not really
he was ridiculously dominant for December and early January…
Sarah Connolly - January 29, 2012
redlegs still fighting for a podium
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
he will be a great champ
singhstax - January 29, 2012
Go little Redlegs!!
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
I like the red leg warmers.
majope - January 29, 2012
Gilbert wants them back - not amused.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Ha!
majope - January 29, 2012
looked like a lapped Frenchie in the bike change pit
Willj - January 29, 2012
Here we have the iconic picture of today...
…Albert riding past demoralized French rider walking in the pits.
Ed K - January 29, 2012
Yeah
My thought was, what’s French for “fuck this bullshit” ?
Whatever it is, you could see it painted on that Frenchie’s face ;\
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Trebon in 18th, all other Americans pulled from race
(from @livepodium)
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
shucks
I was hoping for a better showing than that.
paisley - January 29, 2012
Niels dominated
beautiful riding in the sand today
gravel road - January 29, 2012
+1
Uphill - January 29, 2012
Wow
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Domination
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
not a bit of mud on his face
singhstax - January 29, 2012
And they call this a cross world championship?
majope - January 29, 2012
fans should get water hoses
Willj - January 29, 2012
seriously disappointed that they removed the pool of sharks last minute
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
global warming
singhstax - January 29, 2012
That was soooo no right.
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Good news
Only 4 weeks until the real bike racing begins.
TheFigurehead - January 29, 2012
Yessssssss!
majope - January 29, 2012
Game over
At least for the winner :)
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Peeters follows 22 sec.s back
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Pauwels takes bronze
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
redlegs into 3rd - great job for him (better than I thought)
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
K-Pauw
Gets third
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Redlegs in third!
majope - January 29, 2012
A clinic
an utter schooling of the rest of the cross wordl. sick.
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
sand riding school
ZoeRochelle - January 29, 2012
Pity for Meeusen
Jens - January 29, 2012
Very impressive by Albert.
But Jesus Christ, how boring.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
+1
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
Yeah, I was hoping for an exciting race
but this one was really dissapointing. Even the battle for 2&3 wasn’t very exciting (compared to the womans race).
And usually there’s always a non-Belgian supris who does really welle, but because of the sand we had none of those today either.
broerie - January 29, 2012
Nys last belgian! Weird typing it that way.
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Sven 7th
1:11 back.
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Top-7 sweep complete
That was…not exactly suspenseful
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Flawless Victory.
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Yeah, it's ridiculous really.
All Belgians in before the rest.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Belgian hegemony
paisley - January 29, 2012
Time to make the pancakes.
See you later.
majope - January 29, 2012
First Czech not stybar...
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Simunek, lol.
Ed K - January 29, 2012
First non-Belgian
Simonek 2:15 back
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
A swiss in 10th!
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
France dominating the second 10
Willj - January 29, 2012
now THAT's funny
snakeboat - January 29, 2012
First non Belgie 2'15" down
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Mourey beat Stybar! Hooooooray!
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Štybar in 13th, 3'16" down
Aly Edge - January 29, 2012
Wubben best Dutchie.
15th.
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Trebon 4.02
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
Vereinige Staaten!
18de
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Verenigde Staten ;)
blackswangreen - January 29, 2012
Oh my spelling is completely awful :)
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
It is ;)
but you understand nearly everything right? Belgian parents?
broerie - January 29, 2012
ryan trebon in now
gravel road - January 29, 2012
Woooo Ryan
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Solo Slim
I love Whist :)
CelticPride - January 29, 2012
Who are these guys?
I need numbers to tell names.
Ron... - January 29, 2012
Nys now
JustJoshinYa - January 29, 2012
PLEASE SWITCH TO POST RACE THREAD
http://www.podiumcafe.com/2012/1/29/2756089/albert-belgium-crush-the-field-in-cx-worlds
Chris Fontecchio - January 29, 2012
well, if the race had been exciting it would be harder to see the season end
paisley - January 29, 2012
Who’s the guy with the spanish national trench coat giving out the prizes
Willj - January 29, 2012
HEY GS
do you have Hotmail and can you use it right now? Mine doesn’t work
broerie - January 29, 2012
Hotmail?
What is this, the 90s?
(no, I don’t. so can’t help)
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
I figured you'd like a hot male
broerie - January 29, 2012
So that's the reason you still accept their services
explains a lot
tgsgirl - January 29, 2012
Their services are letting me down, bah
It’s my spam stuff mailbox, but I’ve saved a lot of passwords there
broerie - January 29, 2012
And who wouldn't?
VirtKitty - January 29, 2012
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