Shoot Small Races 2017 *May contain spoilers*

ridgerider

And Major Dylan wins stage 2 of the Ster.

Richmond Racer 2

^pls file this under General News

blazing_saddles

Luka Mezgec wins the no sprint, sprint stage in Slovenia.
An earlier cloudburst turned the streets into a skating rink.
Mass pile ups ensued. The final one taking out both Sam Bennett and Mark Cavendish.

RichN95.

Route du Sud stage 2

Lanterne_Rogue

Blazing Saddles wrote:

Luka Mezgec wins the no sprint, sprint stage in Slovenia.
An earlier cloudburst turned the streets into a skating rink.
Mass pile ups ensued. The final one taking out both Sam Bennett and Mark Cavendish.

BBC reporting Cavendish missed all the crashes due to being finished (mechanical, actually, but thought I'd get in early with the traditional explanation).

ridgerider

I think there should be a shoot race PTP competition to supplement the main one...not that I am bias or anything...it would certainly have a less predictable nature

Pross

Thought Cav was going to be out for the season?

Mad_Malx

Lovely scenery there today.
Moscon, Rolland and Dillier with about a minute off the front.
G out the back I think (uci channel with no commentary)

Mad_Malx

St3: Rolland well ahead of Moscon and a few other

Lanterne_Rogue

Pross wrote:

Thought Cav was going to be out for the season?

They're apparently trying to manage his workload and see how he goes. Some talk of the Tour, although my hunch is that remains unlikely.

RichN95.

underlayunderlay wrote:

Pross wrote:

Thought Cav was going to be out for the season?

They're apparently trying to manage his workload and see how he goes. Some talk of the Tour, although my hunch is that remains unlikely.

Surely he's worth taking a gamble on. DD aren't exact overflowing with top talent.

dabber

Mad_Malx wrote:

Lovely scenery there today.
Moscon, Rolland and Dillier with about a minute off the front.
G out the back I think (uci channel with no commentary)

Yes, beautiful. I rode up Luz Ardiden earlyish this morning to miss the road closures and get back to Luz Saint Sauveur to see them come through... G was in the third group when I saw him.

specialgueststar

Nocentini - yes him - currently 2nd overall at Volta Portugal riding for a Portugese team - other teams include an FC porto so im presumbing sponsored by football team. Portugese cycling culture seems to be a bit of a closed book

specialgueststar

My man Geniez coming back form unknown virus which put him out the Giro takes second in prologue at Tour l Ain

All round mad man Johan Le Bon takes it

wombly_knees

Cycling mirroring football with Sporting trailing Porto (Nocentini with sporting and Alarcon in Porto)

specialgueststar

Tour l Ain - French let about the only Spaniard in the race take the stage - Lobato from Bouhanni

and Lobato to top of CG - tougher times ahead though....

RichN95.

Tour de l'Ain stage 2

"Nacer, why do you have to so aggressive and wound up all the time? Why can't you be more like Peter Sagan?"

"More like Sagan? Ok, boss, whatever you want"



I don't know what actually happened but there were no penalties handed out.

Frank Wilson

SpecialGuestStar wrote:

Nocentini - yes him - currently 2nd overall at Volta Portugal riding for a Portugese team - other teams include an FC porto so im presumbing sponsored by football team. Portugese cycling culture seems to be a bit of a closed book

Yes team is Sporting Tavira based on the Algarve. Unfortunately Portugal is very much like the Premiersh-te whereby the whole country support only three teams, so expect a Benfica cycling team any day soon.

specialgueststar

today

specialgueststar

RichN95 wrote:

Tour de l'Ain stage 2

"Nacer, why do you have to so aggressive and wound up all the time? Why can't you be more like Peter Sagan?"

"More like Sagan? Ok, boss, whatever you want"



I don't know what actually happened but there were no penalties handed out.

Can't see that myself - that may be stage 1?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVGxZeueVvo

RichN95.

SpecialGuestStar wrote:

Can't see that myself - that may be stage 1?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVGxZeueVvo

It must be stage 2 as Bouhanni is wearing the leader's jersey. Probably right at the top of the straight as they come into view.

specialgueststar

stage 3 . Msr Mad Madiot orders the stage to Gaudu/Pinot junior and Pinot senior to hang back and take GC - and so it was. Geniez up with them

Stage 4 Geniez win !! Grand Colombier last clim of the day and a full on decent to the finish
finishes

GC
Pinot
Gaudu
Geniez

nice small race that....

Looks like Geniez making progress to Vuelta start - another strong Ag2R team

specialgueststar

Nocentini still in second after stage 7 ! This race has 10 stages and a prologue!!

Portugese teams in rankings

1W52/FC Porto 96:51:24
2Efapel3:54
3Radio Popular Boavista8:34
4Sporting Clube de Portugal/Tavira11:31
5LA Alumínios-Metalusa21:16
6Louletano - Hospital de Loulé36:04

ridgerider

The un-official fourth Grand Tour!

rick_chasey

Twitter all up in arms about Portugal tour; looking a bit mid '90s apaz.

dish_dash

Teuns took the Arctic Race overall win. He's in cracking form at the moment... Won Tours of Wallonie and Poland, as well as the Arctic Race.

EnacheV

why do you talk about volta Portugal ? that's not a bike race.

Richmond Racer 2

Rick Chasey wrote:

Twitter all up in arms about Portugal tour; looking a bit mid '90s apaz.

Its hilarious

to paraphrase someone' to me just now 'if you missed the 90s, you're gonna love the re-make in hi-def!'

Richmond Racer 2

dish_dash wrote:

Teuns took the Arctic Race overall win. He's in cracking form at the moment... Won Tours of Wallonie and Poland, as well as the Arctic Race.

lordy lordy Eduardo :shock:

Frank Wilson

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Twitter all up in arms about Portugal tour; looking a bit mid '90s apaz.

Its hilarious

to paraphrase someone' to me just now 'if you missed the 90s, you're gonna love the re-make in hi-def!'

Super teamwork from the two FC Porto riders today to put five minutes into the other contenders.