2026 Spring Classics Thread

[Blazing Saddles]

E3 152 K racing active break formation just happening I think

Yes, Hatch and Kirby are live, but VTM are still talking.
Think I will concentrate on Tiz.

 

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These 2 climbs then a 20km gap before we hit the bergs proper.

 

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Things starting to simmer at 90kms to go…

 

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I am liking this new version of the Oude Kwaremont. It seems significantly longer and more cobbled.

 

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Right, it’s the Boonenberg next up….

Florian Vermeesch rides a couple of kms off course, on the footpath, then suffers a puncture.
No sympathy here.

 

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Taaienberg makes the selection once again.
MvdP with Tim van Dijke, but it was the latter who led the former.

 

[mididoctors]

Still a long way to go

 

[Blazing Saddles]

MvdP makes a surprising attack on the next climb and he’s now solo, chasing the break.

 

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All the interest now focused on the peloton as riders try to break free.

 

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Only the Paterberg, Oude Kwaremont and Teigemberg left….

 

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Surprised at the lack of traffic here today. The E3 was always a top chipper on BikeRadar.

 

[phreak]

Surprised at the lack of traffic here today. The E3 was always a top chipper on BikeRadar.

It feels like racing lacks surprise these days. You know Remco will win nearly all time trials, Pogacar most races with any kind of limp, Vingegaard stage races that Pogacar isn't in, and MvdP in most races with cobbles. It feels like the gap between those four and everyone else is huge. That's arguably why MSR is still so exciting, because it's one of the few races where the outcome is still really uncertain.

 

[wakemalcolm]

Surprised at the lack of traffic here today. The E3 was always a top chipper on BikeRadar.

Was a favourite to watch on a Friday afternoon at work but now I'm retired: less so.
You wouldn't believe how disinterested I am in test cricket now it's happening in my own time.

 

[misforturob]

Video on socials of a Visma rider getting a Nibali-esque tow off a team car

https://bsky.app/profile/domestiquecycling.com/post/3mi2gugvekk2w

 

[Blazing Saddles]

It feels like racing lacks surprise these days. You know Remco will win nearly all time trials, Pogacar most races with any kind of limp, Vingegaard stage races that Pogacar isn't in, and MvdP in most races with cobbles. It feels like the gap between those four and everyone else is huge. That's arguably why MSR is still so exciting, because it's one of the few races where the outcome is still really uncertain.

This isn’t over yet. MvdP’s lead is now down to under 30 seconds…
The peloton is also not out of it.