Starting a thread because I’m too excited for the start of the race! Who is your favorite to win? There’s a truly star-studded line up this year for both the men and women races.
I’m really looking forward to this race.
I’m leaning towards getting up at 4am to catch the last few hours live. Might as well watch while on the trainer if I’m up that early
I’m also fizzing for this one. It’s a real bugger not watching live, I won’t be able to come online tomorrow until I can watch it later in the day (won’t make that mistake again ).
I really want it to be MVdP, but I struggle to see him having the legs to tear it apart.
I hope it gets shredded early so we can see some really hard riding and less watching each other .
I’m gonna watch the whole thing start to finish… It’s gonna be a long day lol.
My cheeky sidebet would be Elisa Longo Borghini. She is in superb form atm. But it’s hard to look past the SDworx squad. Their line up is just too damn good, but in case they mess up, my money would be on Longo Borghini (I think van Vleuten is probably too marked to be able to do anything)
For the men’s side… well kind of hard not to bet on one of the three top favourites. Although there have been surprises in the past at this race. I hope Oliver Naesen is gonna have a good race.
Poor Niki Schar. Couldn’t catch a damn break, and then gets a penalty for throwing a bottle to the feet of some spectators. What a terrible discretionary call by the jury.