That race really put what Porte was able to do in perspective.

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I won't give anything away as we are going into final lap.

But at some point, everyone should go back and watch the Women today. You will not believe what Ceylin is doing. She has not looked comfortable and in the hurt locker all day.

Edit: Great finish

She has been racing sorta injured for a bit - she has the legs and engine to be up there but if she doesn’t fixes her back then it will be all for nothing

Impress with puk - she and Lucinda are making the races interesting again!

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The entire event (IM) is like "death by 1000 cuts" and the best race is minimizing all those cuts and losing less blood than the other guy. - Dev

Yeah. Was hoping a little time off would help, but she still looked like she was fighting it all day.

OMGGGGG what a race!!!!

Prob the best and most competitive cx race of the year!

punch after punch and wout ALMOST lose the race by his own doing LOL

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The entire event (IM) is like "death by 1000 cuts" and the best race is minimizing all those cuts and losing less blood than the other guy. - Dev

Both races were awesome, maybe the best of the year. Fire and Ice duel in the women's race with Alvarado showing an incredible amount of grit.

I love the (relatively speaking) Revenge of the Regulars in the men's race, crashing the party of what looked like might turn into the predictable 3-way race.

And the Spanish sure do love their CX.

lap 6-7 were a walk in the park - nobody wanted to pull

Wout figure out he didn't need to pull everyone for the whole race LOL

MVPD didn't wan to to touch the front after the mega attack. Pidcock did great but that time in front cost him dearly.

I only watched a bit of the women race sadly

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The entire event (IM) is like "death by 1000 cuts" and the best race is minimizing all those cuts and losing less blood than the other guy. - Dev

wow, the women's race was a corker. feel bad for puck as she rode fast and clean, with her nose in the wind for a long time, and it would've been nice to have a W. still, i get the impression that the olympics are her real goal for the year and so a bunch of CX podiums in the meantime are nice! i saw someone make a joke about "fem van elbow" online; it's a bit of a zinger, but i think fem's biggest gift is her ability to drop huge watts.

performance of the day for me is ceylin, though - what an absolutely lionhearted performance.

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Man perform of the day was wout riding with the seat tube up his ass hahahahhah

The roasting at the team table is probably going to be epic hahah

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The entire event (IM) is like "death by 1000 cuts" and the best race is minimizing all those cuts and losing less blood than the other guy. - Dev

honestly, that was pretty impressive. i kept second-guessing myself that it wasn't broken because he was sort of riding normally. "no, surely he would be standing up if his saddle was gone? what?"

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If he ever misses a break, he can say "I didn't see it"

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He should be ticketed for excess acceleration https://www.instagram.com/...gsh=MXY5MWJwcjRnMzlt

His power on those short punchy climbs like at worlds last year is just insane.

he had to burn a ton of matches to get up there again - that was a power show!

now the last crash was so stupid, like he lost concentration? o perhaps he was so redlined that brain and hands didn't agree LOL

either way probably the best CX race of season 23/24.

btw: who is jumbo clothing sponsor? I can see their next advertising: When your ass is on the line use XYZ bibs LOL stronger and better than ever

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The entire event (IM) is like "death by 1000 cuts" and the best race is minimizing all those cuts and losing less blood than the other guy. - Dev

Post-race interview he said he thought a pole was the flexy kind, but it was rigid. He does tend to push the limits in brushing those things.

He also said he had bad legs - that at the time he went down he was trying to figure out how to win without complete confidence. Might be the pretend modesty that superstars have, but despite the thermobiblical climbs it does check out that he appeared to be lacking a percent or two.

Vanthourenhout gets the award for most crafty racing - hitching his wagon to Pidcock to make it to the front, then switching the wagon to WvA when Piddles petered out. Not sure what happened to Piddles - he went in for a bike change from the front - possible flat - and then just kind of shut down.

That was a vulgar display of power.

Perhaps even more impressive, he knew he could do that AND recover well enough to get to the front and animate the race. Pidcock puts in efforts to get to the front, even tries to go off the front, but he fades.

Yeah, that he came from so far back AND threw down at the front is super impressive. He looked to be the strongest rider by a lot.

That all makes this that much more insane and impressive

E3 Saxo Bank Classic missed the mark on this one. Distasteful, lazy, not even funny.

"We can't do worse than our 2015 ad."

"Hold my beer."

They have a talent for sounding like morons, almost like a little brother syndrome—look at meeee!

I was more impressed with Van Empel's argy-bargy with her arms. It was up there with what sprinters do. Also the really fast leg speed on the barriers.

I remember Van Empel as a teenager giving giving one inch to Vos when Marianne was trying to move her over, didn't care she's a legend. Van Empel takes the position Van Empel wants. Good stuff.

I thought Puck left the inside way too open. And then threw her elbow more than Fem did.