S9 Ep32: The Great Dane of Flanders
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2021
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
The biggest question pre-race was whether Deceuninck, sorry, Elegant-Quick-Step could topple defending champion Mathieu van der Poel and his big rival Wout van Aert.
And the answer was, yes, thanks to another brilliant display by their Great Dane, Kasper Asgreen. After his solo heroics at the Grand Prix E3 Saxo Bank in Harelbeke last week, the Danish champion gambled on going all the way to the line with Van der Poel. The odds looked stacked against him in the sprint, but he pulled off a fantastic victory.
But what were the factors that contributed to Asgreen's win? Did Jumbo-Visma miss a trick leaving Van Aert isolated? And what about the three disqualifications from the race? Were the judges right?
All this and more in our Tour of Flanders recap.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the cycling podcast with Lionel Bernie, Daniel Freep and Richard Moore. |
| 0:18.0 | Hello from Udonards where the men's and women's tour of flanders will finish in a few hours |
| 0:23.0 | and watching the start just now in Antwerp. My name's Richard Moore and in this week's episode |
| 0:28.0 | we're going to switch back and forth between me here in flanders and then in conversation |
| 0:33.0 | after the race with Daniel Freep and Lionel Bernie as we discuss what happened in the second monument of the season. |
| 0:39.0 | The men's race as I've said is just started in Antwerp. The women's race is starting here in Udonard in a few hours. |
| 0:46.0 | Watching the teams and the riders signing on in Antwerp is to be reminded of just how many riders could possibly win. |
| 0:54.0 | Even more than Daniel's list of 18 likely winners, some of these are included in his list, but Peter Sagan |
| 1:03.0 | being spoken to as though he's no longer one of the favourites. |
| 1:07.0 | I don't think he really enjoyed that very much. Dylan Van Baal who won the Warr's Dough of Landren midweek with a long break away. |
| 1:15.0 | Jasper Stauvin who won Milan's San Remo of course Tim Wellens, a teesh benote. |
| 1:20.0 | Cep Van Mark, remember Cep Van Mark still there and still a contender. |
| 1:25.0 | No Philip Gilbert, he is taking a break mentally and physically tired, he said midweek. |
| 1:31.0 | And no Zdenik Steve R, either for the Kooning Quick Step. |
| 1:35.0 | He's had a heart problem and had an operation midweek. |
| 1:39.0 | And he'll be missed. Listening to Mitch Docker's podcast, Luke Durbridge, midweek. |
| 1:45.0 | They were discussing just how important Steve R is for the Kooning Quick Step and what a role he played at E3. |
| 1:51.0 | One by Casper Ascreen, the day in who I'm watching on the screen just now. |
| 1:56.0 | But Ascreen is one of many options still for the Kooning Quick Step. |
| 2:00.0 | Julian Alaphilippe obviously the favourite. |
| 2:02.0 | And he was told at the start this morning that Eddie Merck said pick him out as V favourite for this race. |
| 2:07.0 | That must be an annual tradition in Belgium. |
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