S*** Small Races Thread - 2022
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A quick Google suggests he's already 5kg lighter than Pog.0
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Pog 5cm taller0
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Maybe it’s their respective builds but he looks 5 inches taller to me.mrb123 said:Pog 5cm taller
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Really enjoyed watching the Basque country tour. Some great attacking racing. But overshadowed by Milan Vader's injuries.
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Which are still a bit difficult to establish.bm5 said:Really enjoyed watching the Basque country tour. Some great attacking racing. But overshadowed by Milan Vader's injuries.
The Dutch media claim that he's in an induced coma hasn't yet been confirmed by the team and the claim has so far, only been repeated by the BBC.
Anyhow, it's Monday, so all we have got is this: Another Turkish sprint.
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One of the most entertaining 7 day races I have seen in a very long time, really fascinating viewing.Dorset_Boy said:
Where's he going to lose 7 kg without a significant losss of power?DeadCalm said:
Remco most certainly does have the engine. It's a power to weight issue. 2kg lighter and he'd have won that comfortably. 7kg lighter and he'll be challenging Pogacar.orraloon said:Good race has been the Itzulia Basque, cracking stage today. He says after catching up, again. So Remco hasn't got the engine for the steep hills?
T'internet reckons Remco is 61kg - surely that can't be right, he's properly built by the looks of it, almost more of a sprinter physique.Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
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The Tour of Turkey was not without incident.
High winds caused both echelons and crashes.
Nairo Quintana crashed twice, first time into a ditch but he escaped unhurt. The second time he was not so lucky, crashing just outside the 3km mark. He looked a bit bashed about but possibly worse of all was the loss of significant time.
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Did Ewan drop his chain in the sprint? He was dropped off very well, and suddenly stopped riding1
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Because someone who is shorter has the potential to be lighter. Pogacar has minimal scope for losing weight. Remco has plenty, based on his current weight. Check out the picture on the cyclinews report of Evenepoel's reaction to his loss and compare his frame to the Trek rider behind him. The trick is to do it without losing power.Pross said:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/remco-evenepoel-disappointed-to-miss-out-on-podium-at-itzulia-basque-country/0 -
If you thought that the first two stages of Turkey were flat...
Also today we have the first stage of The Tour of Sicily.
While both of the above have live coverage, I don't think that Paris - Camembert does....
....other than maybe here.
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Tour of sicily - Caruso is riding for an Italy team. I guess because it's his so close to home and his team isnt going.
How unusual is that for a rider that good?0 -
Italy and GB often have national teams in these kinds of races
From memory Nizzolo and Viviani have raced for Italy in recent years and Ben Swift (I think) has raced for GB1 -
Today looks like a flat, scenic, coastal course with a slightly uphill, straight final 250 metres with no sprinters in the field.0
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I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but Nacer Bouhanni had a really unfortunate, not to mention serious incident yesterday.
A spectator wandered onto the course just as the peloton arrived.
The end result has seen Bouhanni flown back to France with a fractured vertebra in the lower back region. Another rider had a broken elbow, which required an operation.
Be warned, the footage ain't pretty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1L19z3dV4Y "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Marshal took one for the team there. I can't work out if he minimised the collision or made it worse but suspect more would have gone down if he hadn't attempted to pull the idiot out of the way.
I thought similar was going to happen last Sunday at AGR where the race was approaching a spectator walking on the edge of the road with his back to them but he got out of the way in time. Some people really do seem to live on a planet of their own thinking they are in a bubble from the world around them.0 -
It's another busy Wednesday. First up is the Queen stage in Turkey.
Followed by a rolling stage inland in the South of Sicily.
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I wish I could find a 200k ride that flat here.blazing_saddles said:If you thought that the first two stages of Turkey were flat...
Also today we have the first stage of The Tour of Sicily.
While both of the above have live coverage, I don't think that Paris - Camembert does....
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How about a little lump to warm the legs, then some downhill before all that flat?
Turkey really needs to upgrade it's parcour to justify it being 8 stages. No surprise that Nairo Quintana isn't hanging around for the rest of the race, after his crashes and with nothing to interest him.
Sicily today looks somewhat more interesting.
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Blatent attempt to get "likes" - photos of cakes!0
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Sicily has definitely been the one for scenery this week.0
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Fair play to Jez Cox for saying this is more interesting than the Tour of Turkey
And also to Brian Smith for making the Duran Duran reference0 -
Guess it's pretty boaringkingstongraham said:Fair play to Jez Cox for saying this is more interesting than the Tour of Turkey
And also to Brian Smith for making the Duran Duran reference0 -
Welsford wins stage 5 DSM finally break the duck1
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There was a really nasty crash inside the final km.neonriver said:Welsford wins stage 5 DSM finally break the duck
Jasper Philipsen got squeezed and ended up putting a couple of his team mates into the barriers. One looked to have broken a CB.
He still finished second.
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And in Sicily, it was very pretty and 19 year old Fran Miholjević attacked from the five man break of the day 10 km from home and won by 41 seconds to take the leader's jersey.0
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Turkey's 6th stage is the only other one that ends by going uphill, although it's not what I would call tough.
Meanwhile, Sicily has definitely opted for the big finale.
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Also live on gcn/Eurosport today is the Grand Bescancon Doubs which features a very steep finishing climb.
Pinot is among a decent start list."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Couldn’t get very excited about this (dull commentary) and camera missed key moments in final km.blazing_saddles said:Also live on gcn/Eurosport today is the Grand Bescancon Doubs which features a very steep finishing climb.
Pinot is among a decent start list.0
