S*** Small Races Thread - 2021

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Great finish to the women's race. Perfectly timed catch after Longo Borghini had to tow her breakaway companion for the final 8km with the pair getting caught 200m from the line for Vos to take the sprint. Just a few turns by Paladin might have made all the difference.

    That's the second women's race I've watched and enjoyed this week. It seems to have become far more competitive.

    Graphics were confusing showing the break going into the final km with a lead they looked likely to hold then getting a 3km banner. Hopefully the leaders knew the correct distance.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Marianne Vos. The greatest.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Was a good finish, with a would they, wouldn't make it right up to the last few hundred metres.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    webboo said:

    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.

    Just saw that on Instagram, had no idea who the rider was but guessed it was Bouhanni... what on earth was he playing at??
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Looks bad from the overhead. Lucky the barriers did their job, but certain deserves at least a couple of months considering his actions.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    Just catched up on the womens' GW. Very different race. Know it was shorter and they didn't loop up towards the coast, maybe the wind died off. Vos is just something else. Respec'.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I thought the crowds were very big in Barcelona today.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56556451

    The gig was held as part of a research project looking at the viability of holding Covid-secure mass events following rapid-testing of guests.

    It follows a similar experiment in the Netherlands last week, when fans attended a two-day music festival after showing proof of a negative Covid test.
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  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Looks bad from the overhead. Lucky the barriers did their job, but certain deserves at least a couple of months considering his actions.

    Dylan G should kick off big time if Bouhanni isn't given a similar ban. The difference was the barriers, not the offence.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    yorkshireraw said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Looks bad from the overhead. Lucky the barriers did their job, but certain deserves at least a couple of months considering his actions.

    Dylan G should kick off big time if Bouhanni isn't given a similar ban. The difference was the barriers, not the offence.
    Bouhanni's was far worse.
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    gsk82 said:

    yorkshireraw said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Looks bad from the overhead. Lucky the barriers did their job, but certain deserves at least a couple of months considering his actions.

    Dylan G should kick off big time if Bouhanni isn't given a similar ban. The difference was the barriers, not the offence.
    Bouhanni's was far worse.
    Doesn't he have a previous record of similar actions? That and a rep for not being a very nice chap.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Apparently Bouhanni approached Stewart afterwards and told him he "had no respect"........

    Not sure what Stewart was supposed to do. Fall off and impale himself?

    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/outrage-as-nacer-bouhanni-shoves-jake-stewart-into-barriers-in-sprint-finish-at-french-one-day-race-494900
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195


  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    edited March 2021
    Turns out it was even worse than we thought...

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    He's had enough chances now, really needs to get a lengthy ban. He could have ended a 21 year old's career there if the barriers had been to Polish standards.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Pross said:

    He's had enough chances now, really needs to get a lengthy ban. He could have ended a 21 year old's career there if the barriers had been to Polish standards.

    Yup.

    On the positive side, those barriers did a great job.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    JimD666 said:

    Apparently Bouhanni approached Stewart afterwards and told him he "had no respect"........

    Not sure what Stewart was supposed to do. Fall off and impale himself?

    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/outrage-as-nacer-bouhanni-shoves-jake-stewart-into-barriers-in-sprint-finish-at-french-one-day-race-494900

    Bouhanni has now issued an apology to Jake Stewart saying the collision was unintended. In the overhead shot it looks like he’s more interested in stopping Stewart than winning. It would almost seem he’s trying to get back at him for the earlier clash of shoulders. Especially when he’d said Stewart had no respect.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Second rate sprinter, third rate human.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    He has previous, if the UCI have any balls then it should be the end of the boxer's season.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    Yebbut. French rider, French team, French race, Lappartient... Nothing much to see here, shuffle some papers, move on.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    Not that there is anything to defend in Bouhanni's behaviour, but a ban would probably be the end of his career; self-inflicted, but nonetheless.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    Christ, I seem to have wondered onto the Daily Mail forum by mistake.
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    Treatment as per Groenewegen would seem pretty appropriate considering the degree that he deviated from a straight line sprint. Obviously in this instance the consequences were negligible barring Stewart's inability to take part in the final sprint for the line but he was a hair's breadth from a potentially big crash.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    I honestly think the peloton should forget the uci and police this themselves the old fashioned way. Nobody would be that upset to see him accidentally put into a ditch next time he races.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    It seems Stewart's hand was broken in the incident and is out of upcoming races.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I finally got around to watching the whole thing.
    Stewart came past Bouhanni on his left hand side, causing him to have a bit of a wobble.
    Which clearly incensed Bouhanni, as he then chased Stewart all the way across to the other side of the road, just that he could issue to coup de grâce, with the shoulder into the barriers.
    Then the "no respect" cheek.

    He's certifiable.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited March 2021
    Edit. Bumping the appropriate thread instead.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    I did say this a few posts above and Andypandy likened it to the Daily wail.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    When did this thread turn into another running commentary by all and sundry?

    Oh yeah, page 9.

    [Insert rolling eyes icon].
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited April 2021
    The old generation showing they still have something to offer at the GP Indurain. Valverde winning, LL Sanchez in third. 38 years as a pro between them.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    At least LL Sanchez won't be bemoaning his luck by being second again.
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