Amstel Gold 2018

pelevin

On now. Sagan is trying to go one step beyond into more the climbers' & punchy riders' territory.

Starting a thread as much cos I see Eddie Dunbar is currently amongst the break of 9 riders with 7 minutes or so lead. About 200kms to go so it'll presumably be a long day at the head of the race for them lads.

Know nothing about tv coverage & I'm off to the kitchen to eat a fry.

albert kidd

eddie dunbar up the road in a nine man break..hes some boy!!

Steve SilverMint

The coverage starts on Eurosport at 1:45. It's great to see Eddie Dunbar Involved in a World tour race.

Hope Dan has a go at it today.

retalivity

15mins for the break now

Womens race on the player at 12:30 I think. Van der Breggen has been down but back on her bike and in the bunch.

Kaisr Sose

I thought Aqua Blue got no major race invites this year? This is a major race!

Steve SilverMint

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

I thought Aqua Blue got no major race invites this year? This is a major race!

No Grand Tour invites

Women just took the bell, group of 8 in front with 18km to go and a lead of 1min 37 Chantal Blaak is among them.

EDIT: Blaak takes it convincingly in a two up sprint.

MPFGLB

Steve SilverMint wrote: »

No Grand Tour invites

Nor classics nor Tour of California ( market )

MPFGLB

Sagan and Valverde are 2 possibels for today ( in opposite ways)

But I feel it will be a strong breakaway near the end who will win....well I hope so

Maybe Gilbert or Benoot or Valgren

Great to see Dunbar in the break.

Not short on praise for Dunbar on Eurosprot.

Glass Prison 1214

Fair play to Eddie, in the break in his first world tour race. The kid has no fear.

Kaisr Sose

He looks quite comfortable there!! That was a strange place to stop for the Trek rider. When you gotta go...?

HugoMyBoss

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Looking good on the climb there too.

HugoMyBoss

HugoMyBoss wrote: »

Would a rider stop if he needed to go for a wee or would he just go?

Depends on the part of the race you'll get some who'll pull over and others who'll go whill on the bike, you occasionally get a camera cut back at an inopportune moment to someone with their lad in their hand

Koobcam

Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

Fair play to Eddie, in the break in his first world tour race. The kid has no fear.

Feel sorry for the other lads in the break with Eddie, hard man to keep up with...

letape

Koobcam wrote: »

Feel sorry for the other lads in the break with Eddie, hard man to keep up with...

Just hope he’s not doing too much work on the front of the break

letape

Haven’t heard any mention of Dan Martin

Glass Prison 1214

letape wrote: »

Haven’t heard any mention of Dan Martin

That can be a good thing in races like this, assuming he is still in the peleton.

HugoMyBoss

What brand of bike is Dunbar on?

pelevin

Race looks beautifully set up now.

Kaisr Sose

letape wrote: »

Just hope he’s not doing too much work on the front of the break

He would truly be a Superman if he had anything left when the catch is made at about 20km

pelevin

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

He would truly be a Superman if he had anything left when the catch is made at about 20km

Agreed. As yet he's just Eddie Dunbar, not Eddy Merckx.

Inquitus

HugoMyBoss wrote: »

What brand of bike is Dunbar on?

3T Strada

De Bhál

18km to go
36" to break

De Bhál

Eddie reeled in

Lusk_Doyle

De Bhál wrote: »

Eddie reeled in

Hopefully it's sport fishing only and they let him go again.

Glass Prison 1214

De Bhál wrote: »

Eddie reeled in

Great effort nonetheless.

Weepsie

Might have to expect Eddie Dunbar to be told to go with the breaks whenever there's a chance by the team. Given their lack of tour invites, they need as much air time as possible.