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GVA1.jpgGreg Van Avermaet's Strava data is stunning
When Greg Van Avermaet left Gent on Sunday morning, his priorities probably weren't to post an impressive ride on Strava.
Nevertheless, after he'd casually won one of the biggest Classics, having attacked incessantly from around 70km out and out sprinted Orica-Scott rider Jens Keukeleire, he uploaded a 155mile ride at a stunning 27.2mph average.
Now, he did have the help of a very nervous peloton to accelerate things, but Van Avermaet was involved in attacks quite a way out from the line.
The race takes in some brutal climbs like the notorious Kemmelberg, only a mile in length but topping out at over 20% and all on cobbles.
Van Avermaet took the KoM on that climb, matching Frenchman Arnaud Demare to post a time of 3:48. This was where Van Avermaet made his decisive move, distancing all but Sagan with Degenkolb just about making contact on the descent. The trio were then caught by a small chasing group containing Michael Matthews among others. Keukeleire then split the group when the cooperation amongst the group stopped. Sagan, Van Avermaet, Terpstra, and Matthews' teammate joined him. The group split again when Sagan refused to drag Terpstra to the finish. Van Avermaet led out the 2 man sprint, holding off Keukeleire by a wheel.
View his full ride here
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On another website his strava is in KM, I suspect it's about how the person who pulled the screen shot likes 'their data' not Greg. Greg is a true belgium metric god of thunder, cobbles.. and fries... and beer.. and doilies.. and chocolate... and of the most complicated of government and provinces evar. Praise be to Belgium, all hail Greg, the new king of Belgium!
What kind of cycling person sets their Strava to miles per hour?
The kind of person who will be welcome in post Brexit Britain!
It's metric remoaner attitudes like yours that are dragging this country down and robbing our NHS of £350 per week, every week.
If you want use those dirty foreign units of measurement then off to Belgium with you!
Surely that's £350 million per week, every week.
its actually 350 potatoes a week. You can quote zny unit you like when it does not actually exist.
How may horsepower per stone was he doing up the Kemmelberg? Must have been a fair few BTU.
Fully agree, as an immigrant I can't wrap my head around it. Cyclists use proper units.
He doesn't have as many KOMs as Levi Leipheimer, or me for that matter.