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De Brabantse Pijl / la Flèche Brabançonne, 18 april 2025 (www.debrabantsepijl.be)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When I read the startlist, I can think of many potential winners. No clear favourite(s).

What is funny is that when I read the startlist of the Besançon Classic which will take place at the same time, I have the same issue of not seeing any clear favourite, but for the opposite reason: I cannot think of any potential winner 😆

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Has pidcock raced anything since Alula? Has Evenepoel since his crash? Some strong riders for sure 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pidcock? Yes, his last race was Milan–San-Remo. And you probably remember him riding with Pogatchar on the Strade Bianche. So his pause was a small month.

For Evenepoel, it is indeed the first time we shall see him this year.

And there are the others :

Del Grosso (very active on Limburg Tour on wednesday) + Hermans (good result here last year) for Alpecin;
Aranburu for Cofidis who just won a stage in Basque Country and was very active on other stages, perhaps Teuns who finished second last year (I don't know about his present shape);
Powless for EF, who won Across Flanders;
Van Aert (!) and Benoot for Visma;
and the guys who will win and finish 2^nd^ and 3^rd^, whom I surely didn't quote. 🤣 Perhaps the unavoidable UAE of the day...