Race 1 Etoile de Besseges 1.2.17 (2.1)

specialgueststar
specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
edited February 2017 in Pro race
(A small) but cracking start to the season with a lovely route this year

Poulidor and Caritoux at the 47th edition presentation
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Used to be hard to find info on this sort of race - but now it's all pdf routes and route flyovers

https://www.etoiledebesseges.com/les-etapes

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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Kristoff racing it this year due to the Qatar cancellation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    La Méditerranéenne cancelled now, too.
    So, no follow up stage race after Etoile.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    La Méditerranéenne cancelled now, too.
    So, no follow up stage race after Etoile.

    Lack of Police available. Back next year apparently.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Joelsim wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    La Méditerranéenne cancelled now, too.
    So, no follow up stage race after Etoile.

    Lack of Police available. Back next year apparently.

    probably required for the Le Pen Tour de L'élection présidentielle :?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,820
    They always say "back next year" though don't they. And then never come back...
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    They always say "back next year" though don't they. And then never come back...

    I was thinking exactly this. Hopefully we are both wrong.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Round 1 goes to Demarre from Kristoff.

    My man who isn't in my squad Denz was in a four man break and although this is only the first stage of a 2.1 French cup in the first week of February he's already taken the mountain and youth jersey and looks good at 4th GC - thats almost the season sown up :D
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Stage 2

    Kristoff from Demare :) (with Barbier in between)

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