Re: S*** small race thread 2019

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Judging from the race footage I see the fault entirely with the DQS rider (not sure it was Senechal who was the one throwing the punch) and not the Sunweb (Walscheid) rider. The DQS rider was looking the other way and got too close to Walscheid and started skidding and ran his front wheel into Walscheid's back wheel.
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • Senchal apologised straight away. Let me hit him on the helmet and then hold me back. Honour restored!
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Horrible crash for Hodeg today.
    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.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    Roglic wins Giro dell'emilia with Woods and Higuita 2nd and 3rd.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    CRO full on chipper multi day tour.

    Awaiting the Ardenne 1 dayer feed for some kind of panache.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited October 2019
    Today appears to be World Chips day:
    Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    Tour de Vendée
    La DH Famenne Ardenne Classic
    And Tours of Croatia, Iran and Ecuador
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    MVDP in a breakaway of 4. It’s raining.
    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.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    Any word on Hodeg? Looked pretty nasty the way he stayed down like that. Went off by stretcher in a neck brace I think.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Deceuninck-Quick-Step confirmed Sunday that Alvaro Hodeg sustained multiple injuries during a crash in the final kilometer of Belgian one-day race Tour de l’Eurometropole.
    Just two days after winning the Münsterland Giro, the 23-year-old sprinter was left with a left forearm fracture, right shoulder fracture, and two fractured ribs after crashing heavily as the peloton charged toward a sprint finish on Saturday

    Although according to Twitter it was caused by the motor in his bike.
    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.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Small town Italy, Beghelli Gran Premio...
    You just know any small town in the UK would prefer going to B&Q.
    It’ll never change.
  • Gweeds wrote:
    Horrible crash for Hodeg today.

    That crash can't be too much of a surprise to anyone, given the way the legs of the barrier stick out onto the road. These particular barriers have been highlighted before as being dangerous but race organizers continue to use them. Riders safety doesn't appear to be a consideration these days.

    DD.
  • Tre Valli Varesine: camera bike leads the group containing many of the top names a merry dance up the garden path instead of the race route. Primoz Roglic missed the big break but then won this lottery.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Milan Turin
    Michael Woods sticks it to Valverde and Adam Yates
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited October 2019
    Mad_Malx wrote:
    Milan Turin
    Michael Woods sticks it to Valverde and Adam Yates

    Superga yesterday and the iconic climb to Oropa hosting a new finish to Gran Piemonte, today.
    Live on Eurosport this afternoon.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Oropa as in Pantani? Where Tom Dumoulin beat Quintana a couple of years ago?
  • Oropa as in Pantani? Where Tom Dumoulin beat Quintana a couple of years ago?


    Yup.

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    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Mad_Malx wrote:
    Milan Turin
    Michael Woods sticks it to Valverde and Adam Yates

    Already a big fan of Woods but sticking it to Valverde is just *chef's kiss.

    Would really like to see him win Lombardia this weekend (is he even riding?)
  • I enjoyed Binche - Chimay - Binche on Eurosport.

    I always think Rob Hatch makes a race with the commentary and Belgian races look great in the rain.

    Also nice to hear Matt Stevens say "Classy Bike Rider" 300 times and Oliver Naessen manage to not win.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Bernal wins Gran Piemonte (Sosa second). Bernal first one day win (as a pro)?
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Hotting up nicely for Saturday!
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Paris-Tours heading into the last 53km and off-road sectors now.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    ...so cut to the adverts just in case something happens
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Good looking race.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Much more interesting than when it was just almost flat road
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Odd for DQS not to turn up
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    You would have hoped that mavic knew how to change a wheel for terpsra
  • Another ride ruined by the fetish for new tech. How many is that this year, between disc brakes and electric shifting? And for what gain?
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Jelly Wallys takes his second Paris Tours.
    Terpstra probably still cursing poor wheel change and did most to try to pull him back, deserved his second place ahead of Naesen.
  • another great race to watch. complaints about the lottery effect of punctures/mechanicals on the off road bits seem a bit off to me. If a team wants to win they must prepare for issues on those sections. (and use rim brakes)
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    I was watching on Euro sport player on my IPad however with 10K to go the stream with Rob Hatch and Brian Smith just finished. Did this happen to anyone else, had watch it on the stream with no commentary.