S*** Small Races Thread - 2021

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Quickstep continuing with the feel good stories of the year...



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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Delighted for the guy :)
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Was only a matter of time, but great to see him do it.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    For symmetry, Stage 1 of the race was Groenewegen's first win since the incident
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    I'm very confused - watching a Belgian race while sitting here at 30 degrees in my pants
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Quinn Simmons for Trek takes his first win in a lumpy Wallonia stage
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Nice win that - kept on the front up the nasty finishing hill and trusted he had more power than DeWulf.

  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Been busy and only been following via social media snippets. So what was going on at the Tour de Wallonie? Jacobsen and Groenewegen both won two stage each and Simmons one (and GC). Great to see the two sprinters back. Bit that confused me is that when either one the other wasn't in the top 10. Which seems odd for two sprinters... Was there some sort of agreement that they would not contest the sprint against each other. Or was it just coincidence?

  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,589
    blazing_saddles said:

    RichN95. said:



    With the SD Worx dominance maybe we have to ask whether Women's Cycling needs a salary cap.

    RichN95. said:

    Lanterne_Rogue said:



    Moolman and Vollering from AvdB's SD Worx team round out the top three; Lara Krähemann came in last, a mere 39 minutes after AvdB - on a stage that was won in under three hours - and deserves some sort of award for sheer persistence.

    With the SD Worx dominance maybe we have to ask whether Women's Cy

    Just watched a bit of yesterday's stage, but I am not going to bother with the finish.
    Needless to say AvDB out did Pogacar in the domination stakes, yesterday.
    I have lost all interest in watching top women's racing because the Dutch women have made every race of note a forgone conclusion.
    Not today thankfully

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  • jimmythecuckoo
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    Wallonie was a great race, thoroughly enjoyed it.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    jimmythecuckoo said:

    Wallonie was a great race, thoroughly enjoyed it.

    Lacked a bit of decent commentary on ES.

    Seemingly very chaotic at times.

    So what is 'hot headed' about Q Simmonds?
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  • takethehighroad
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    pinno said:

    jimmythecuckoo said:

    Wallonie was a great race, thoroughly enjoyed it.

    So what is 'hot headed' about Q Simmonds?
    He's a Republican and made a social media faux pas which people can't seem to forgive him for
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Hodge wins first stage of Tour de Ain. Usual classic Quickstep lead out.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,039
    webboo said:

    Hodge wins first stage of Tour de Ain. Usual classic Quickstep lead out.

    To be a pedant, it would appear it is spelt Hodeg - even though it is pronounced (?) Hodge.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    It’s not the Tour de Ain either but I don’t care. :D
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    edited July 2021
    webboo said:

    It’s not the Tour de Ain either but I don’t care. :D

    And can you tell our eminent Mr Kelly that it is not Gillipe Filbert?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    edited July 2021
    takethehighroad said:

    pinno said:

    jimmythecuckoo said:

    Wallonie was a great race, thoroughly enjoyed it.

    So what is 'hot headed' about Q Simmonds?
    He's a Republican and made a social media faux pas which people can't seem to forgive him for
    I see...

    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/quinn-simmons-pulled-from-racing-until-further-notice-over-divisive-incendiary-and-detrimental-tweet-471219

    His biggest crime has been letting that growth on his chin proliferate.
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    Chanced upon the last 20km of women's Donostiako / San Sebastian. Impressive win by AvV, bridge over to the lead group by the foot of the final climb then off she went.
  • davieb78
    davieb78 Posts: 99
    Neilson Powless wins the men’s Donostiako/San Sebastian in a reduced sprint from Mohoric and Honore.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited July 2021
    Great to see Mollema in the top ten for the ninth consecutive edition. The most bankable thing in men's cycling.
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Just catching up with both races, who on earth is the commentator for ES/GCN? I get that many don't like those who they consider overly enthusiastic but this is going the other way by several orders of magnitude.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    JimD666 said:

    Just catching up with both races, who on earth is the commentator for ES/GCN? I get that many don't like those who they consider overly enthusiastic but this is going the other way by several orders of magnitude.


    It was Matt Rendell. Eurosport had tech problems so had to take the world feed commentary
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    RichN95. said:

    JimD666 said:

    Just catching up with both races, who on earth is the commentator for ES/GCN? I get that many don't like those who they consider overly enthusiastic but this is going the other way by several orders of magnitude.


    It was Matt Rendell. Eurosport had tech problems so had to take the world feed commentary
    Thanks for the id :)
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Link to (not very good quality) video of yesterday's race.
    https://videosdecyclisme.fr/video-heylen-vastgoed-heistse-pijl-2021/
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    hommelbier said:

    Link to (not very good quality) video of yesterday's race.
    https://videosdecyclisme.fr/video-heylen-vastgoed-heistse-pijl-2021/

    Is that another dull Kermesse sort of race?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    Was Carr sent off down the road to set Powless up (and possibly have a go himself)?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    edited August 2021
    JimD666 said:

    Just catching up with both races, who on earth is the commentator for ES/GCN? I get that many don't like those who they consider overly enthusiastic but this is going the other way by several orders of magnitude.

    Yes, he started a few sentences but never finished them and um'd and ar'd a bit.
    Had he not done so much of the above, it would have been good commentary.
    I would give him his due as he had no co-commentator and no Harris Bass type researcher with him plus, the live feed because of the weather was intermittent at best with very little info on time gaps etc.

    With a bit more assistance, he is potentially far batter than '..this will be talked about for years... this is going down in history... we'll remember this stage forever... Kruiswickxkxchchchc... Jooléan [Alaphilippe] ...' etcetera Mr Hatch tw@t.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    edited August 2021
    I sometimes wonder what the rest of the English speaking world has done to upset people on the occasions we get to experience their commentators.

    Summed up by them getting CK for the Giro as though it is some kind of special treat for a big race.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    Pross said:

    I sometimes wonder what the rest of the English speaking world has done to upset people on the occasions we get to experience their commentators.

    Summed up by them getting CK for the Giro as though it is some kind of special treat for a big race.

    To be fair, ES have been splitting stages up between Hatch and Kirby.
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  • hommelbier
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    pinno said:

    hommelbier said:

    Link to (not very good quality) video of yesterday's race.
    https://videosdecyclisme.fr/video-heylen-vastgoed-heistse-pijl-2021/

    Is that another dull Kermesse sort of race?
    I like to think it was little bit more than that - UCI 1.1 over 192km Belgian roads.

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    4 Bert VAN LERBERGHE, Deceuninck-Quick-Step 00:00:12
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    8 Oscar RIESEBEEK, Alpecin-Fenix 00:00:21
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    10 Kenneth VAN ROOY, Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 00:00:41

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