S*** small races February 2020
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^that looked like a proper race. Sunshine, architecture, narrow streets, crowds, proper fight to the finish.0
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At least one of the riders (Trentin) wasn't happy with the finish and complained to the UCI on Twitter
Hey @DLappartient ,why at uci you don't make a real race safety analysis of the parcour we do in our races. Today was just crazy..the downhill was far to be safe and the finish line was an absolute joke. Who in @UCI_cycling did omolagate this has to take responsability!0 -
Tour de Provence currently 5k left to the finish on Ventoux. Hard to follow on ES player as ambient sound only and limited graphics. When I switched on with 20k to go a DQS rider had a lead of over 5 minutes. Arkea worked to close it on the early slopes of the climb. Quintana now soloing to victory with 50 odd seconds over a group of 3 (Carthy, Lutsenko and AN Other).0
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Dunbar having a good ride in group 3 but Quintana looks like his old self here. 1' 25" lead with 1.5k to go.0
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Its on gcn with erm... "commentary"Pross said:Tour de Provence currently 5k left to the finish on Ventoux. Hard to follow on ES player as ambient sound only and limited graphics. When I switched on with 20k to go a DQS rider had a lead of over 5 minutes. Arkea worked to close it on the early slopes of the climb. Quintana now soloing to victory with 50 odd seconds over a group of 3 (Carthy, Lutsenko and AN Other).
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Quintana smashed it, early days but it looks like he's settling into his new team. They did a superb job setting that up for him. Lutsenko 2nd about 1' 35" down after nearly messing up the final corner, pushing Carthy into 3rd after he started the sprint early in what seemed too bid a gear. Dunbar leads in group 3 for 5th I think.
Edit - results changed to show Wilco 5th and Dunbar 6th just ahead of Pinot. Quality top 10 for an early season race.0 -
I'm pretty sure Eddie Dunbar finished ahead of Kelderman.
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Reminds me why I once thought Nairo was special. Love to see him ride like that in a GT again.0
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I thought so too, the provisional results showed it that way too then it got revised. Very odd!blazing_saddles said:I'm pretty sure Eddie Dunbar finished ahead of Kelderman.
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That was young Aleksandr Vlasov, Lutsenko's teammate and winner of the Baby Giro in 2018, who had won the previous stage. That 'interesting' shirt he was wearing was the race leader's jersey. It was smart tactics from Astana,I thought, when he bridged to his teammate Lutsenko who immediately went to the front to work for him, but Quintana was simply way too strong for them.Pross said:Tour de Provence currently 5k left to the finish on Ventoux. Hard to follow on ES player as ambient sound only and limited graphics. When I switched on with 20k to go a DQS rider had a lead of over 5 minutes. Arkea worked to close it on the early slopes of the climb. Quintana now soloing to victory with 50 odd seconds over a group of 3 (Carthy, Lutsenko and AN Other).
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Final stage of The Tour of Colombia on now. 40km to go. As far as I can make out, there is a climb to the finish starting at about 10km to go. EF currently have a clean sweep of the podium thanks to smashing the TTT and a fairly uninspiring route.
Live coverage (Spanish commentary) is here on Youtube:
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Errr, I am guessing that was actually a replay of stage 5, since the final stage coverage isn't due until 5pm GMT today.DeadCalm said:Final stage of The Tour of Colombia on now. 40km to go. As far as I can make out, there is a climb to the finish starting at about 10km to go. EF currently have a clean sweep of the podium thanks to smashing the TTT and a fairly uninspiring route.
Live coverage (Spanish commentary) is here on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpyCGgl6yu4
The finish from yesterday.
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Quintana 28.12 to Reynard . Fastest ever. All others going to top apart from 2016 Tour - Mollema 29.24
Mayo's fairy dust 2004 TT effort (and record) went through at 29.00
Super fast still for February
Eg Froome and Quintana went through in 30.53 in 2013
There was that turn it yesterday at the finish onto the Sault road so real time 27.45 ISH if it had been straight to Reynard?0 -
specialgueststar said:
Quintana 28.12 to Reynard . Fastest ever. All others going to top apart from 2016 Tour - Mollema 29.24
Mayo's fairy dust 2004 TT effort (and record) went through at 29.00
Super fast still for February
Eg Froome and Quintana went through in 30.53 in 2013
There was that turn it yesterday at the finish onto the Sault road so real time 27.45 ISH if it had been straight to Reynard?
Eight seconds quicker than Marco Pantani’s previous record of 28-20 at the 1994 Tour de France, according to CW.
He was chasing Eros Poli to the top though, but as you say, without having to negotiate that turn.
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Lutsenko a minute off that pace in February!. So it seems the next three would have beaten Mollema in the Tour0
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The Mollema time was on a day of extremely high winds. By some accounts, Quintana had a strong tailwind for most of the climb, plus much more road to use as it wasn't lined with fans, who'd spent hours waiting for the race to pass.0
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yes but still shows what form Quintana is in already. This isn't a 'I don't believe it thread' more of how impressive it was.andyp said:The Mollema time was on a day of extremely high winds. By some accounts, Quintana had a strong tailwind for most of the climb, plus much more road to use as it wasn't lined with fans, who'd spent hours waiting for the race to pass.
although the Russian champion also has some very fine form at the moment
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Still a lot of racing today. A favourite ride through the Luberon
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It's not as if he's appeared from nowhere. He won the Baby Giro a couple of years ago, and has a really good record as an u23 rider, especially in mountainous stage races.specialgueststar said:
although the Russian champion also has some very fine form at the moment
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Not according to the coverage. Seemed to be very little wind at all. Same as the days before.andyp said:The Mollema time was on a day of extremely high winds. By some accounts, Quintana had a strong tailwind for most of the climb, plus much more road to use as it wasn't lined with fans, who'd spent hours waiting for the race to pass.
Stage 4 break: Combaud, Doull, Garrison and Brandle.
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Indeed, on the GCN coverage they were saying barely any wind, but some people on Twitter were saying there was a strong tailwind, hard to know who was right as the GCN commentator was Kirby and I always ignore anything he says.0
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Breakaway just hold on for Doull to take it.0
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Kirby wouldnt have been onsite so Twitter is more likely to be correctandyp said:Indeed, on the GCN coverage they were saying barely any wind, but some people on Twitter were saying there was a strong tailwind, hard to know who was right as the GCN commentator was Kirby and I always ignore anything he says.
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Massively embarrassed. The 12 hour time difference between here and there is my lame excuse.blazing_saddles said:
Errr, I am guessing that was actually a replay of stage 5, since the final stage coverage isn't due until 5pm GMT today.DeadCalm said:Final stage of The Tour of Colombia on now. 40km to go. As far as I can make out, there is a climb to the finish starting at about 10km to go. EF currently have a clean sweep of the podium thanks to smashing the TTT and a fairly uninspiring route.
Live coverage (Spanish commentary) is here on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpyCGgl6yu4
The finish from yesterday.0 -
Provence is the Yorkshire of France.DeadCalm said:
Really enjoyed that. I was convinced they would be caught right up until the final kilometre. The whole race has been an interesting watch in my opinion.Mad_Malx said:Breakaway just hold on for Doull to take it.
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Strong foehn wind today, even I could beat Pantani's time on the Ventoux today :-)andyp said:Indeed, on the GCN coverage they were saying barely any wind, but some people on Twitter were saying there was a strong tailwind, hard to know who was right as the GCN commentator was Kirby and I always ignore anything he says.
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