Shit, Small Races 2016

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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    my man Offredo doing a lot of work to get them all to 2 km - glad he got a spot at Qatar- with Bouhanni and Demarre it will be interesting

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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Roy Jans takes a nice sprint win today in Sluitingsprijs Putte – Kapellen. This is his last race for Wanty before moving to Wallonie-Bruxelles next year.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,002
    The one that fans of dual carriageways in the desert have been waiting for:
    Tour of Abu Dhabi st1
    Nizollo from degenkolb and Cavendish.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Road book for ydays stage #demanding

    https://instagram.com/p/BLysoHIgQ30/


    Good 5th place for Chris Latham
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    I thought the 2016 road-race season had finished. What with the 2017 TDF presentation and parcour anouncement last week with Lombardy, Paris-Tours long gone.
    The long overdue Worlds road racing finished so I thought it safe to watch Cyclocross again with Wout Van Aert having 2 mechanical stoppages and still strong enough to get through the field twice to take the win.Then last Sunday an interesting CX race took place with Mathieu van der Poel winning his second Superprestige of the season at Zonhoven Sunday by outsprinting his long time breakaway partner the World Champion Wout Van Aert.

    However this afternoon I found Eurosport Highlghts showing something called the Abu Dhabi Tour which I thought had been done last February.
    OK I'm wrong as it's live this week with Cavendish getting round Viviani to win the second stage of four and the overall lead.
    So what a season these sprinters have had by racing in Arabia in February and still racing there in October.

    Then next month the GENT 6 day.
    These sprinters earn their crusts
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,919
    deejay, Cav's back on the track on Tuesday for the London 6 Day.... no rest for him atm!!!!
  • ducknumber1
    ducknumber1 Posts: 1,158
    Tour of Hainan was on Eurosport after Abu Dhabi, with Max Walscheid doing a Zabel as the Wilier rider nicked it on the line..
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,558
    Caught the back end of the Abu Dhabi race today... lord that was boring... sorry Cav, no matter how enthusiastic you tried to sound watching a peloton do laps round an empty identikit motor racing track is not exciting or interesting...
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,002
    dish_dash wrote:
    Caught the back end of the Abu Dhabi race today... lord that was boring... sorry Cav, no matter how enthusiastic you tried to sound watching a peloton do laps round an empty identikit motor racing track is not exciting or interesting...

    They may as well do it on rollers it in front of a blue screen in the garage and add the backdrop afterwards.

    Cav earns his appearance fee and gets another jumper for the collection.
    Kiry wins, ahead of castraviejo again, in the chronos des nations.
    Japan cup finishes.

    2017 Classics looking a long way off.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,105
    Have Giant-Alpecin/Team SunWeb unearthed another gem in Max Walscheid?

    He's won two stages of the Tour of Hainan, and should've won the opening stage but celebrated too early and was pipped on the line. He's been touted as the future of German sprinting for some time, but has had a disrupted season as he was injured in the training camp crash that took out Degenkolb et al.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,105
    andyp wrote:
    Have Giant-Alpecin/Team SunWeb unearthed another gem in Max Walscheid?

    He's won two stages of the Tour of Hainan, and should've won the opening stage but celebrated too early and was pipped on the line. He's been touted as the future of German sprinting for some time, but has had a disrupted season as he was injured in the training camp crash that took out Degenkolb et al.

    He's ended up with five stage wins, which should be good for his confidence, and the confidence of his team. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on next year with a full winter's training behind him.

    Alexey Lutsenko won the GC.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    andyp wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    Have Giant-Alpecin/Team SunWeb unearthed another gem in Max Walscheid?

    He's won two stages of the Tour of Hainan, and should've won the opening stage but celebrated too early and was pipped on the line. He's been touted as the future of German sprinting for some time, but has had a disrupted season as he was injured in the training camp crash that took out Degenkolb et al.

    He's ended up with five stage wins, which should be good for his confidence, and the confidence of his team. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on next year with a full winter's training behind him.

    Alexey Lutsenko won the GC.


    Definitely keeping me beadies on him. I know it wasn't exactly tough competition, but still.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,105
    For the ultimate shit, small race, check out the decisive attack at the Saitama crit;

    https://twitter.com/petosagan/status/792643137831395328

    You can see how Froome, Sagan et al tore the race apart with their massive attack.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    andyp wrote:
    For the ultimate shoot, small race, check out the decisive attack at the Saitama crit;

    https://twitter.com/petosagan/status/792643137831395328

    You can see how Froome, Sagan et al tore the race apart with their massive attack.

    the green jersey wearing world champ just pipped the Japanese champion with the yellow jersey third - wow thats quite a coincidence
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,932
    Froome sprinting with Sagan now.
    How can you people believe in him?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Talking of smaller races, nice to see Sol and Algarve as 2.HC for 2017.
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    For the ultimate shoot, small race, check out the decisive attack at the Saitama crit;

    https://twitter.com/petosagan/status/792643137831395328

    You can see how Froome, Sagan et al tore the race apart with their massive attack.

    the green jersey wearing world champ just pipped the Japanese champion with the yellow jersey third - wow thats quite a coincidence

    And this is the organisation wanting to run our sport...
    Half man, Half bike
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Ridgerider wrote:
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    For the ultimate shoot, small race, check out the decisive attack at the Saitama crit;

    https://twitter.com/petosagan/status/792643137831395328

    You can see how Froome, Sagan et al tore the race apart with their massive attack.

    the green jersey wearing world champ just pipped the Japanese champion with the yellow jersey third - wow thats quite a coincidence

    And this is the organisation wanting to run our sport...



    Its all about the bunce. Nowt else, despite the bollox spoken by Prudhomme about the ASO being a bastion of traditions in cycling
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,615
    https://twitter.com/CyclingHubTV/status ... 1866480641
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Rick Chasey wrote:


    Cantona-stylie flying kick in cleats...surely that's a new one?
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Must be something in the water there. The Russian in a fight against half a dozen testosterone filled yet challenged South Americans is legend.

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