Re: S*** small race thread 2019

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    It looks like a really cool route, they've had the Grubers involved by the looks of it and the photos coming out have made it look very appealing. Best of luck to them I say
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Time to bump this thread in readiness for the raft of post tour stuff that's lined up for August.

    The shiny new Ionica race had it's first stage today. A lot of WT teams present, not that it stopped DQS from their season long dominance of...........well..........everything.
    Stage 1.
    01 Alvaro Hodeg [Youth jersey] [Leader jersey] [Point jersey] Deceuninck - Quick Step 04:09:58
    02 Florian Sénéchal Deceuninck - Quick Step + 00
    03 Philippe Gilbert Deceuninck - Quick Step + 00

    Some nice parcour coming up later in the week, including Tre Cime di lavaredo.......

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Time to bump this thread in readiness for the raft of post tour stuff that's lined up for August.

    The shiny new Ionica race had it's first stage today. A lot of WT teams present, not that it stopped DQS from their season long dominance of...........well..........everything.
    Stage 1.
    01 Alvaro Hodeg [Youth jersey] [Leader jersey] [Point jersey] Deceuninck - Quick Step 04:09:58
    02 Florian Sénéchal Deceuninck - Quick Step + 00
    03 Philippe Gilbert Deceuninck - Quick Step + 00

    Some nice parcour coming up later in the week, including Tre Cime di lavaredo.......

    25677.jpg

    Its like Gewiss all over again.

    Whats happened to the tour of Austria? That used to be during the tdf didn't it?
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    It was raced in it's usual slot, two weeks ago. It was won by Ben Hermans.
    The race is still available to watch, as it was shown live on the net.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvgp9y ... shelf_id=1
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,576
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Time to bump this thread in readiness for the raft of post tour stuff that's lined up for August.

    The shiny new Ionica race had it's first stage today. A lot of WT teams present, not that it stopped DQS from their season long dominance of...........well..........everything.
    Stage 1.
    01 Alvaro Hodeg [Youth jersey] [Leader jersey] [Point jersey] Deceuninck - Quick Step 04:09:58
    02 Florian Sénéchal Deceuninck - Quick Step + 00
    03 Philippe Gilbert Deceuninck - Quick Step + 00

    Some nice parcour coming up later in the week, including Tre Cime di lavaredo.......

    25677.jpg

    They don't go up the Tre Cime road, the stage finishes at the Lago di Misurina at the foot of the road up to the Rifugio Auronzo.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    andyp wrote:
    They don't go up the Tre Cime road, the stage finishes at the Lago di Misurina at the foot of the road up to the Rifugio Auronzo.

    Yup.

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,576
    Cavendish has abandoned. Is he done?
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    andyp wrote:
    Cavendish has abandoned. Is he done?
    Given that he claimed he should have been selected for the Tour, looks like DD made the right choice really...
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    andyp wrote:
    Cavendish has abandoned. Is he done?

    I hope he retires at the end of the season. He's doing himself a disservice by carrying on.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,576
    Having seen the weather conditions in Italy, I'm surprised anyone finished.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    andyp wrote:
    Having seen the weather conditions in Italy, I'm surprised anyone finished.

    Conor Dunne hiding in a bush :-D

    https://twitter.com/conordunnealot/stat ... 1521117184

    And his account:
    https://twitter.com/conordunnealot/stat ... 0468766721
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Mark Padun putting his nightmare start to the season behind him lately.
    Wins the Lago di Misurina/Tre Cime di Lavaredo stage and takes the overall lead of the race from the other Quintana and in form Ben Hermans.
    Young James Knox finished just behind the lead 3 and is in 4th.
    DQS maybe sent him to the wrong race?

    As Andy says, if you think the weather in the Alps was bad.......
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Reckon they should have maybe cancelled this stage :shock:

    https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/statu ... 6778838016
  • hypster
    hypster Posts: 1,229
    I thought swim came before the bike in a triathlon, not during it!
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    There's more!
    https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/statu ... 2981993472
  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    Tour of Poland: Stage 1:
    Ackermann wins from Gaviria and Jakobsen
    Cav falls off and takes the wooden spoon
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,066
    Live stream of women's London Classique https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cycling/48953010

    Lap 14 of 20 at time of writing... I think!
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Ride London, the shittest race of them all.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    gsk82 wrote:
    Ride London, the shittest race of them all.

    At least there's a lots and lots of ££££ on offer for very few, very flat kms.
    Sort of a charity race for the women's peloton.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    Ride London, the shittest race of them all.

    At least there's a lots and lots of ££££ on offer for very few, very flat kms.
    Sort of a charity race for the women's peloton.

    I actually meant the men's race.

    The winner of what was pretty much a 2/3/4 crit last night, got the same prize money as third in the tour. Which has made me think... could "equality" (that's the modem use of the word, which is now taken as meaning the same, not equal) be a reason theres no women's tour de France? How could ASO justify paying out so much in prize money for a women's tour? They'd have to pay the same as they pay the men, otherwise a few loud mouths on twitter would be up in arms.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    gsk82 wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    Ride London, the shittest race of them all.

    At least there's a lots and lots of ££££ on offer for very few, very flat kms.
    Sort of a charity race for the women's peloton.

    I actually meant the men's race.

    The winner of what was pretty much a 2/3/4 crit last night, got the same prize money as third in the tour. Which has made me think... could "equality" (that's the modem use of the word, which is now taken as meaning the same, not equal) be a reason theres no women's tour de France? How could ASO justify paying out so much in prize money for a women's tour? They'd have to pay the same as they pay the men, otherwise a few loud mouths on twitter would be up in arms.

    Watching it now and you are not wrong. How this is a WT race is beyond me. Now extremely short for a one day race, but still with only Box Hill to break things up. (done for Caleb Ewan though)
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    The TV coverage is abysmal. Not a single Moto covering the front of the bunch for the final ascent of Box Hill and this missing every attack. Amateur hour.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Gweeds wrote:
    The TV coverage is abysmal. Not a single Moto covering the front of the bunch for the final ascent of Box Hill and this missing every attack. Amateur hour.

    I just posted exactly the same thing in that Ride London crash thread.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Gweeds wrote:
    The TV coverage is abysmal. Not a single Moto covering the front of the bunch for the final ascent of Box Hill and this missing every attack. Amateur hour.

    I just posted exactly the same thing in that Ride London crash thread.

    Great minds and all that.

    Beats me how this is a WT race as mentioned elsewhere.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    edited August 2019
    This has had some reasonable editions in the past but this is absolutely dire. How can sprinters teams be allowed to literally block the road and prevent any attacks on the main 'climb'? Dowsett winning the 'King of the Mountains' sort of sums up the race really. Two poor WT races in one weekend.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, Rochelle Gilmore chips in with her boring opinion.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Chris Boardman now talking about his innovative ideas to make road racing more exciting: turn it into something that sounds very much like track cycling.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    They'll be track standing soon. De Wulf easing up trying to get caught and the peloton still determined to leave him out there.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Spenny part of town this
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Alas the littleun needs a bath *now*

    Look out for my old flat!
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