E3 and Gent Wevelgem Weekend with Spoilers.

[No Ta Doctor]

Sporza has Greg van Avermaet with Sepe Vanmarcke on com chat at the start, this morning. Sunny in Ypres.

For a moment I thought that was Van Avermaet and Vanmarcke in the early break and I thought we were in 2015ish again

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Incredible behind the scenes conversation between Ganna, MvdP and Mads P from the winners' couch at E3
Ganna apparently not happy to be riding the Ronde instead of Gent-Wevelgem, the others try and cheer him up by telling him E3 is harder anyway

https://www.hln.be/wielrennen/kijk-dit-is-zwaarder-dan-de-ronde-van-der-poel-stelt-ganna-gerust-in-unieke-beelden-van-top-drie-uit-e3-saxo-classic~a4543276/?referrer=https://go.bsky.app/

 

[No Ta Doctor]

So, in G-W the break has "received the blessing", as they say in Belgium. They've got about 3 and a half minutes

 

[mididoctors]

Vrt live echelons everywhere. Philpsen caught out

 

[Blazing Saddles]

A minute and a half gap to the peloton. That’s not bridgeable.
De Lie in there too.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Seems like it's *mostly* back together, though De Lie is in an echelon behind
Coms suggest it was Lidl that split it in some crosswinds

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Lidl going for it again

 

[Blazing Saddles]

It was very windy here yesterday and last night. Belgium gets my weather about 12 hours later.

More splits.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Another split
Echelons klaxon sounded!

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Peloton split into 3?

 

[No Ta Doctor]

It was very windy here yesterday and last night. Belgium gets my weather about 12 hours later.

More splits.

Requesting a diet of baked beans for you all this week

 

[Blazing Saddles]

The wind is howling. Campenaerts with a long range time trial attack.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

De Lie abandons

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Molano in a crash. That'll teach him for not turning his 13 upside down.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Jordi Meeuws dive bombing a corner causes a crash involving about 8 riders