Tour of Flanders 2011 finale

Posted on April 3, 2011 by big jonny

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRR2rtvpaqQ[/youtube]

Note: We’ll post better video as it becomes available. Please provide links in comment section.

Update: “ronde van vlaanderen 2011 final kilometres – Nick Nuyens victory” below.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxAPZIDlLg[/youtube]

Boonen had so much power, and he almost there. C-Store could feel it too, and he started the sprint early to try and keep the distance. I believe that’s Boonen’s legs you can see at the top of the video still on the first embed; he was almost there. So close. And, yet, so far. The second vid shows how he was just out of the frame at the line. Damn. That was awesome.

Second update: Last 50k. Thanks to Expat in NL for the link.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buaUpLCr5Dc[/youtube]

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11 Replies to “Tour of Flanders 2011 finale”

cAT bOner on April 3, 2011 at 2:27 pm said:

watched this live on eurosport – awesome race.
Riis reaction in the team car was brilliant.
big jonny on April 3, 2011 at 2:35 pm said:

You had better believe Riis is stoked. He lost last year’s winner as an athlete on his squad when C-Store took his talents elsewhere, and Riis still came home with the goods.
greg on April 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm said:

good race.. Fabian looked back and Nuyens was gone…
zMud on April 3, 2011 at 3:28 pm said:

For you PHX people. The last two hills were like climbing Sage Dr, if it were cobbled.

F’ing amazing. I was rooting for Boonen, but glad Nuyens held them off.
littlejar on April 3, 2011 at 4:50 pm said:

If you’re not rubbin’ you’re not racin’
Kg_c on April 3, 2011 at 7:06 pm said:

Did any one catch Fabian and sylvan shaking hands a few k before the finish.
David on April 3, 2011 at 8:51 pm said:

Nuyens played that brilliantly. Cancellara was destined to lose in that situation–no one in his right mind would do do a fair share of the work given Cancellara’s stellar power. Cancellara was left to do 90% of the work in the last three Ks.
Kg_c on April 3, 2011 at 9:12 pm said:

Vaughters. “race for third”
bikemike on April 4, 2011 at 6:23 am said:

i’m not sure they were shaking hands..almost looked like some half-assed slingshot to help c-store to the front, i’m also hung over, so most likely i have no idea what the fuck i’m talking about.
Expat in NL on April 4, 2011 at 2:17 pm said:

here are the last 50kms of the race from Sporza; I just watched it again, what great racing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buaUpLCr5Dc

I’m glad I speak Dutch (and understand Flemish) because Michel Wuyts and Jose De Cauwer are top commentators.
big jonny on April 4, 2011 at 3:29 pm said:

Expat’s link embedded below: Baller.

Update: This video has also been added to the post above.