Races that no longer exist or changed

specialgueststar

talking about the Midi Libre today - a nice little warm up stage race before the big races - finished in early 2000's

what others spring to mind?

dish_dash

Tour of Beijing!!!

RichN95.

Bordeaux-Paris (Mostly before my time)
Zurich-Metzgete
Classique des Alpes
Coors Classic/Tour de Trump/Tour DuPont
Wincanton Classic

(If you have seen the film Foxcatcher, the events depicted lead to the the demise of the Tour DuPont)

Mad_Malx

RichN95 wrote:

Coors Classic/Tour de Trump/Tour DuPont

Was intrigued by this one. Never had The Donald down as a cycling fan.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/ ... ace-213801

rick_chasey

Mad_Malx wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Coors Classic/Tour de Trump/Tour DuPont

Was intrigued by this one. Never had The Donald down as a cycling fan.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/ ... ace-213801

Who say he is?

It's a relatively cheap way to have an entire race named after him.

Richmond Racer 2

dish_dash wrote:

Tour of Beijing!!!

Oh behave! :P

kleinstroker

Tour de San Luis is no more.

rick_chasey

Surprised you lot didn't mention Bordeaux-Paris, given the inaugural winner was a Brit. (Not pictured)

Pross

Rick Chasey wrote:

Surprised you lot didn't mention Bordeaux-Paris, given the inaugural winner was a Brit. (Not pictured)

Have you got Rich on block? First name on his list!

Milk Race - resurrected in recent years but completely different.

So many have changed names that I forget if they still exist or not.

blazing_saddles

Most of the Spanish calendar.
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
Vuelta a Aragón etc etc

Italy:
Giro del Lazio
Giro del Veneto
Giro di Sardegna
Trofeo Baracchi

emadden

Ok the real classic ones from my era:
The Nissan Classic
Kelloggs Tour of Britain
Kelloggs City Center series (UK and ireland)

And then...

Deutschland Tour
Grand Prix des Nations
Trofeo Luis Puig


The old Tour de France which ran for 3.5 weeks.... and the days with two stages

sherer

Wasn't Bordeaux-Paris done half motor pacing behind a dernie before the real racing started ? Although I think it started during the night as well the race was that long.

DeVlaeminck

Tour of the Peak - I remember going to watch the finish not long after I got into road cycling - to say it was low key is an understatement you get more spectators watching the finish of a 3/4.

Rodrego Hernandez

DeVlaeminck wrote:

Tour of the Peak - I remember going to watch the finish not long after I got into road cycling - to say it was low key is an understatement you get more spectators watching the finish of a 3/4.

One of the toughest races of the premier calendar / star trophy, sad that it is now better known as a sportive.

specialgueststar

Rodrego Hernandez wrote:

DeVlaeminck wrote:

Tour of the Peak - I remember going to watch the finish not long after I got into road cycling - to say it was low key is an understatement you get more spectators watching the finish of a 3/4.

One of the toughest races of the premier calendar / star trophy, sad that it is now better known as a sportive.

it used to finish in Buxton and to be fair they did have a lorry with an open side that acted as a podium / presentation and there was a fair crowd once - we are talking one of the best races in the UK and getting what you might expect on a Wednesday eve summer crit in a village in Normandy

Then BCF managed to let it run down to a circuit race that barely registered

davidof

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Most of the Spanish calendar.

Most of the women's calendar

SCR Pedro

emadden wrote:

...Deutschland Tour...

You will be happy to know that it's coming back in 2017. Most likely at the cost of the Bayern Rundfahrt, which last ran in 2014 due to lack of sponsorship. It's also unlikely to run in 2017. It's a pity, as I got to see it in person a couple of times, and it attracted a high level of competition.

Rodrego Hernandez

SpecialGuestStar wrote:

Rodrego Hernandez wrote:

DeVlaeminck wrote:

Tour of the Peak - I remember going to watch the finish not long after I got into road cycling - to say it was low key is an understatement you get more spectators watching the finish of a 3/4.

One of the toughest races of the premier calendar / star trophy, sad that it is now better known as a sportive.

it used to finish in Buxton and to be fair they did have a lorry with an open side that acted as a podium / presentation and there was a fair crowd once - we are talking one of the best races in the UK and getting what you might expect on a Wednesday eve summer crit in a village in Normandy

Then BCF managed to let it run down to a circuit race that barely registered

Agreed, it was a great race and always a hard day out. Races like that, the tour of the cotswolds, bristol gp, tour of lancs etc made for a good uk season for elite riders. It's shocking what it has now become.

joelsim

emadden wrote:

Ok the real classic ones from my era:
The Nissan Classic
Kelloggs Tour of Britain
Kelloggs City Center series (UK and ireland)

And then...

Deutschland Tour
Grand Prix des Nations
Trofeo Luis Puig


The old Tour de France which ran for 3.5 weeks.... and the days with two stages

The Nissan Classic is back on again. Being funded by the UK taxpayer.

webboo

The Skelton Two Day. Even the sponsor has gone to the wall, best bread shop in the East Riding.

shockedsoshocked

sherer wrote:

Wasn't Bordeaux-Paris done half motor pacing behind a dernie before the real racing started ? Although I think it started during the night as well the race was that long.

The trick in that race was some fishing wire with a cork on the end attached to the derny, which the cyclist held in his mouth for a considerable part of the race (possibly under the cover of darkness?) by all accounts!

kleinstroker

Webboo wrote:

The Skelton Two Day. Even the sponsor has gone to the wall, best bread shop in the East Riding.

I remember Skeltons well! Devonshire cream splits! Hmm

deejay

Rick Chasey wrote:

Surprised you lot didn't mention Bordeaux-Paris, given the inaugural winner was a Brit. (Not pictured)

He had to prove he was an amatuer to the English govening body the NCU before they accepted he had won.
Later when the BLRC (League of Racing Cyclists) merged with the all powerfull NCU and part of the agreement was Peloton racing on the open road provided they had Police permission and then we had the Tom Simpson win in 1963.
The picture shows professionals riding about the time of Tom Simpson, before the Dernies had reached their final nominated Stopping place.

There used to be a long distance B-P event and to qualify you needed to have completed various long distance Audax events and I believe there is now an Sportive event.
I seem to remember in 1965 while working in the Renault factory in Boulogne-Billancourt Paris that I got out to hang about to see Anquetil come by to win but the riders came by in smal groups (two's and three's) after the Dernies had ceased.
Just sit in a Cafe and wait. ????

RichN95.

deejay wrote:

I seem to remember in 1965 while working in the Renault factory in Boulogne-Billancourt Paris that I got out to hang about to see Anquetil come by to win but the riders came by in smal groups (two's and three's) after the Dernies had ceased.
Just sit in a Cafe and wait. ????

That was the year of Anquetil's famous double

3pm Finish Dauphine in Avignon as winner
5pm Finish post race interviews & presentations
6.30pm Take off from Nimes airport
8pm Land in Bordeaux
8.30-12am Sleep
12am Pre race meal
1am Start Bordeaux-Paris
4pm Finish 15 hour race as winner

He must have been ripped off his tits on pills and whizz

Richmond Racer 2

RichN95 wrote:

deejay wrote:

I seem to remember in 1965 while working in the Renault factory in Boulogne-Billancourt Paris that I got out to hang about to see Anquetil come by to win but the riders came by in smal groups (two's and three's) after the Dernies had ceased.
Just sit in a Cafe and wait. ????

That was the year of Anquetil's famous double

3pm Finish Dauphine in Avignon as winner
5pm Finish post race interviews & presentations
6.30pm Take off from Nimes airport
8pm Land in Bordeaux
8.30-12am Sleep
12am Pre race meal
1am Start Bordeaux-Paris
4pm Finish 15 hour race as winner

He must have been ripped off his tits on pills and whizz

We've all been there

davidof

deejay wrote:

There used to be a long distance B-P event and to qualify you needed to have completed various long distance Audax events and I believe there is now an Sportive event.

It ran in 2014 and might run again in 2018. One to pencil in to your diaries. It is 620km to be completed in less than 32 hours, that's an average of 19km/h (douche comprise).

https://vimeo.com/97321643

shockedsoshocked

Are you not on about Paris-Brest-Paris?

Paul 8v

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

deejay wrote:

I seem to remember in 1965 while working in the Renault factory in Boulogne-Billancourt Paris that I got out to hang about to see Anquetil come by to win but the riders came by in smal groups (two's and three's) after the Dernies had ceased.
Just sit in a Cafe and wait. ????

That was the year of Anquetil's famous double

3pm Finish Dauphine in Avignon as winner
5pm Finish post race interviews & presentations
6.30pm Take off from Nimes airport
8pm Land in Bordeaux
8.30-12am Sleep
12am Pre race meal
1am Start Bordeaux-Paris
4pm Finish 15 hour race as winner

He must have been ripped off his tits on pills and whizz

We've all been there

I'd love to see this race brought back. Maybe minus the pills and whizz but something tells me it wouldn't be so good without them!

Richmond Racer 2

Paul 8v wrote:

I'd love to see this race brought back. Maybe minus the pills and whizz but something tells me it wouldn't be so good without them!

For the riders or the spectators? :shock:

specialgueststar

Plink plank was Eneco. ?
Has Vuelta Burgos always been called that?

Dorset_Boy

WRT the long distance derney races, how far can a derney do on a tank of 2 stroke? What did the riders do whilst their derney filled up? Did they carry on and let the derney catch up, or did they use it as an opportunity to refuel too?