S*** Small Races Thread - 2021

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    He's pretty good, roglic.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited October 2021
    Good win by Matt Walls at Piemonte
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    edited October 2021
    Matt Walls gets a big win taking the "classic" Gran Piemonte in what was, a chaotic sprint.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    Good win.

    Still not sure how come nobody fell at that last roundabout.
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Prompted me to check how many GB riders there are in the World Tour - assuming PCS is accurate it's 25, which surprised me a bit.

    Colombia have 22.

    https://www.procyclingstats.com/statistics.php?season=2021&level=1&sekse=1&filter=Filter&p=nations
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    Here's the last km - with the cause of the chaos with 900m to go.

  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    That narrowing in the final kilometer - :#

    Amazed no-one went down.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    How did they pass that run-in as being acceptable? 4FS
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    Pretty sure a cofidis and a euskaltel rider both hit the road sign covered in yellow and just bounced off it without bringing anyone down. Remarkable.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Having not seen the race before I was expecting it to be hilly so was surprised when I turned it on to find a bunch sprint was anticipated. They did say the route varies and some teams seemed to have shown up with a squad based around last year's course.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    It's an anomaly in the series of one day races hosted in northern Italy at this time of the year, in that a bunch sprint is the usual outcome. The rest of the races are hilly, so teams bring their climbers and don't necessarily have a sprinter available to race this one.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    andyp said:

    It's an anomaly in the series of one day races hosted in northern Italy at this time of the year, in that a bunch sprint is the usual outcome. The rest of the races are hilly, so teams bring their climbers and don't necessarily have a sprinter available to race this one.

    Last two winners were Bernal and George Bennett, with Uran, Nizzolo and Colbrelli also winning. It's a different type of race each year, sometimes hilly, sometimesmountaintop finish, sometimes a sprint.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Paris-Tours has definitely become a shiite small race.
    What pathetic coverage.
    Already well into tough stuff when we eventually get live pictures, the race in bits and only Kirby to enlighten us to who is where.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    So far Kirby has given us zero race info. Plenty on the weather though.
    The few riders identified have been by Brian Smith. Timo Roosen in close up, had a puncture and it was "some riders".
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    I thought the gravel had made it a better race pre-rona, but very difficult to get any enthusiasm at all after last Sunday and yesterday.

    Wake me up for the the Strade Bianche.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Kirby convinced demare been saving himself all season for this big one.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Decent finale for the French chipper ...I like the race tbh
    "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: 22,726
    Demare made that sprint look hard, given he was up against Bonnamour. He and Stuyven only caught them with 400m to go. A very good finish indeed.
    Even better when watched on mute.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    How comes Paris -Tours is on PTP? Is it World Tour or not?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Pross said:

    How comes Paris -Tours is on PTP? Is it World Tour or not?


    It was on the ProTour back when the game started in 2006, and it’s just stayed on the calendar. Note it’s still called PTP not WTP
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    More importantly, how come there are races on both the French and Italian calendars after Paris-Tours and the Giro di Lombardia?

    Shocking state of affairs.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    Ben Tullett at the pointy end of the Coppa Agostini over the last climb in a group of 6 - obviously with someone more than twice his age also there.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Lutsenko and Trentin with a slender lead inside the final 7kms.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    When not to cross the road


  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 781
    Lutsenko has learnt from 2 years ago – then he led as he and another approached the finish, but then he lost the sprint, as often happens to the one leading the last 250-750 m out in a two-rider sprint.
    This time it was the reverse, Lutsenko holding back and letting Trentin lead (which sort-of surprised me too, I usually think of Trentin being tactically pretty savvy).
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Trentin loses another 2 up sprint.
    This time to Xandro Meurisse.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    edited October 2021
    mididoctors said:

    Decent finale for the French chipper ...I like the race tbh

    I did too.

    Will watch the cyclo x now that the RR season has fizzled out.
    Wisconsin (Waterloo) lacked atmosphere. Is it worth exporting this discipline across the pond?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    There is no other reason to post this in a cycling forum other than because Rob Hatch posted it but the nostalgia hit it gave me should be shared...



    GooooooooooLAcio!!!!!!!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,198
    Absolutely!!! The memories.... Brigate Rossonere. Fossa Dei Leone.....
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,340
    edited October 2021
    ...
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!

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