Shit, Small Races 2016

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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Dwars door het Hageland today - chipper of chippers, but Boonen's there and the parcours includes cobbles, gravel roads and a finish on the citadel in Diest. Numerous breakaways and splits, but currently Jelle Wallays, Marco Marcato and Liam Bertazzo in front.

    Nieuwsblad preview here: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/blhne_02412601?pid=5748795

    Live video here from 15.45: http://cyclingfans.com/dwars-door-het-hageland/live
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,534
    It's looking like a decent race. Cross between Flanders and arrow Bro Leon. Lost track as been out of the room but it was 10 up front including McNally and a Madison Genesis rider leading from a small group including Terpstra. Think they may have merged now though.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Yup, all together. The Madison rider is Tom Stewart.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    The farm tracks are excellent additions for a bike race.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Funny how Strade Bianche was the Italian Paris Roubaix, and now this and Schaal Sels are the Belgian Strade Bianche.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Attacks off the front now, good watching, this.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    The farm tracks are excellent additions for a bike race.
    Yeah, it's a really good little race this.

    Great to see Stewart up the road too.
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Wout van Aert attacks the front group.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    Terpstra took it, right at the end - good race that.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Terpstra took it, right at the end - good race that.
    Yeah, cracking finish with that 1km of cobbles on an incline too.

    Proper gritty Flemish racing.
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Jelle Wallays ran it clos, but 1) Terpstra 2) Van Aert 3) Senechal.

    Tom Stewart 8th I think.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Crampeur wrote:
    Jelle Wallays ran it clos, but 1) Terpstra 2) Van Aert 3) Senechal.

    Tom Stewart 8th I think.

    Can't think of another race with a tunnel so close to the finish.
  • SCR Pedro
    SCR Pedro Posts: 912
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Terpstra took it, right at the end - good race that.

    I really enjoyed that. As far as chippers go, that's probably the best parcours I've seen for a while, although I only saw the last 20 km. Technical, many surface changes, decent scenery and racing.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Just watched the highlights of this, and echo the previous comments. Great little race with a really interesting parcours. Nice one.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,340
    Last few km's if you want it:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1wdkOI-aE8
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  • the article don
    the article don Posts: 578
    Think this belongs here... watched Dwars door het Hageland last night on Eurosport. Unusual course along canal towpaths and various bumpy country lanes. Won with an impressive burst up very rutted cobbled finsh by Niki Terpstra despite a spirited breakaway from Jelle Wallays. Cant't really find much coverage in English but it was a fun watch...

    http://nos.nl/artikel/2123417-terpstra- ... eland.html
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  • the article don
    the article don Posts: 578
    Oops,just looked upthread. Clearly I was watching a repeat from Friday and should have read the rest of this thread. Thought it was unlike this forum to miss a race completely...
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,712
    Was a lovely little race and a brilliant addition to the calendar.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,559
    My man Kristoff power past Degenkolb and his jumpy gears to take stage 1 of the Arctic Race of Norway. Good to see both of them back on form... sounds like John would have taken the win were it not for mechanical issues.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Hoping My Man, Rein, can retain his title.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Danny Van Poppel wins the sprint on stage 2 from John Degenkolb in the Arctic Race of Norway. He now takes the GC jersey leading Degenkolb by 2 secs. Kristoff @ 4 secs is in third.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,153
    A debut pro win for Gianni Moscon in the queen stage of the Arctic Race of Norway. Many more wins should follow (starting with GC tomorrow barring incident)
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  • deejay
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    If you enjoyed Hageland, then its Schaal Sels tomorrow - another Belgian chipper with gravel sections. A reinvigorated parcours last year and some rubbish weather lead to some of this:

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    and this:

    2015-schaalsels-06.jpg

    Starts at 11 CET tomorrow. Oh, and the winner gets a cow.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,534
    Crampeur wrote:
    ...Oh, and the winner gets a cow.

    Surprised Bertie hasn't entered.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Pross wrote:
    Crampeur wrote:
    ...Oh, and the winner gets a cow.

    Surprised Bertie hasn't entered.

    It's Nico Mattan's cow apparently, so bound to be full of something.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Having just caught up with yesterday's (first) stage of the Tour des Fjords which finished in Bergen, hopefully the route for next year's world championships will be better organised; first the peleton was sent the wrong way and then a hairy ride through the wet streets of central Bergen where it appeared life had been going on as normal before traffic was pulled aside just minutes before the race passed through. French commentators on L'Equipe21 not impressed.

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/wrong-turn-forces-tour-des-fjords-riders-weave-traffic-video-281344
  • The_Boy
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    The Euros gets a thread of its own but nothing about GP Wallonie?

    Galloping Tony from Vakoc by a bawhair, fwiw.
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  • the article don
    the article don Posts: 578
    The_Boy wrote:
    The Euros gets a thread of its own but nothing about GP Wallonie?

    Galloping Tony from Vakoc by a bawhair, fwiw.

    That was an exciting wee finish.

    Great to see the Scottish technical term "bawhair" being used in the forum.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,111
    Gaviria just schooled by Timothy Dupont in some shoot, small Belgian race.

    Joelsim will not be happy.

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