S*** Small Races Thread - 2021

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Pross said:

    Ineos now trying to work in Group 2 but a lot of others not doing their bit. Still close enough that the front group can't mess around too much.

    I reckon van baarle is just doing a training effort now.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • Not gona lie, this race always leave me a bit flat.

    It just doesn't inspire me like some of the other races.

    9 riders up front with 20k to go, waiting for the inevitable attacks before the (almost) inevitable Wout win
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Bennett is done
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Oufff Bennett
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Bennett loses the wheel. 15k to go
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    Ai, Sam B not looking happy.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593

    Not gona lie, this race always leave me a bit flat.

    It just doesn't inspire me like some of the other races.

    9 riders up front with 20k to go, waiting for the inevitable attacks before the (almost) inevitable Wout win

    I think it was too good too early and the race was split to pieces before coverage started.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Surprised the DQS duo in group 2 didn't work when Bennett had been throwing up.

    Van Poppel tried to offer him a tow but he has sat right up and dropped it into the little ring now.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Pross said:

    Bennett is done

    Well done.
    Time for the DQS boys to work behind

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Sam 23" down.
    Struggling to keep going forward
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593

    Pross said:

    Bennett is done

    Well done.
    Time for the DQS boys to work behind

    DQS will brilliant tactically at E3 but not great today.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Think Sam must have had the same gels I used on my first marathon!
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Pross said:

    Surprised the DQS duo in group 2 didn't work when Bennett had been throwing up.

    Van Poppel tried to offer him a tow but he has sat right up and dropped it into the little ring now.

    Bennett was never going to win, even if it wasn't chucking up. Good to see DQS messing when under pressure like they tend to.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Sam caught by the chasing group. Struggling to hold the wheel.

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    When does Kung go for a flyer?
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Kung has to attack early from the back.of the group
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Yeah Matthews is acting
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Bling faking
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Kung too diesel ...has no jump
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    Well played JV
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Christ he’s got a sprint on him
    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.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Not a surprise sprint
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Probably the most tactically astute win I've see from WVA. JV played it very well.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Very deep by Bennett hope he recovers
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Another excellent edition.
    For once the UCI did something right given them back the missing 50kms
    All in all, a great Flanders weekend.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Interesting sprint in Cholet pays de la Loire. Bouhanni puts Stewart in to the barriers rather than sprint in to gap in front of him.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    LJ do the GW Double

    (i missed the boys...)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Looks like Bouhanni has been disqualified as the initial results had him as third then on the last list he wasn’t showing. He needs banning for this sprint.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    I enjoyed that women's finAle
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Vos is such a certainty in the sprint
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm