S*** Small Races Thread - 2022
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There's a second French race live on GCN/Eurosport, today. Yesterday's was just the second edition of Besançon, this one is brand new. Good additions.
If anyone fancies an alternative to Turkey as warm up before the women's Paris-Roubaix.
Tour du Jura Cycliste.
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The final stage of the alternative to the Tour of Qatar. Almost certainly the 6th sprint stage, after yesterday's surprise break from the norm.
This race is desperately in need of an overhaul.
It gets worse.
Rain has caused the cancellation of today’s race.
The rain seems light but there have been crashes.
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Back to Earth with a bang, today. The race that signals The Giro is just around the corner.
45th Tour of the Alps (aka Giro del Trentino)
Top competitors
BILBAO Pello
NIZZOLO Giacomo
BARDET Romain
PORTE Richie
LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
DE LA CRUZ David
LANDA Mikel
CHAVES Esteban
CARTHY Hugh
SIVAKOV Pavel
PINOT Thibaut
DUNBAR Eddie
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Close finish. Beautiful backdrop. Apple mascot. Smiling Esteban.0
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Strong breakaway from which Sivakov has just attacked.
Small peloton left and Bouchard is begging to struggle"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Ineos climbing. Bahrain descending. Fruit blossoming. Esteban 7th0
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It's a good watch this year. I get confused, but I'm sure previously its not always been this good to look at.
Good to see the kid Martinez living the dream.0 -
I always like this race as it so often goes over roads I've ridden. The Furcia today. It's a shame they go straight on to the finish rather than try and finish at the Lago di Braies.kingstongraham said:It's a good watch this year. I get confused, but I'm sure previously its not always been this good to look at.
Good to see the kid Martinez living the dream.
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How is that even a real place? It looks like a computer simulation of "the most awesome lake getaway".PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230
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Early start. Traeen crash. Bora win. Esteban 9th.0
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It is pretty but extremely popular. When we went there the car park was full of coaches. If mountain lakes are your thing, I personally found the much less well known Lago Fusine on the border between Italy and Slovenia to be much quieter (and the restaurant in the picture is fantastic)m.r.m. said:How is that even a real place? It looks like a computer simulation of "the most awesome lake getaway".
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Come on peanut!0
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Not a hope.0
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Pinot did better than I thought to finish second. The way his legs just stopped working 800m from the finish when trying to stay with Lopez showed how deep he'd gone.0
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Thanks for the recommendation, @phreak ! My girlfriend loves hiking, so maybe we will take a trip there this summer. Personally, I feel hiking sits in the same niche as cycling and I'd much rather go cycling. 😝😂phreak said:
It is pretty but extremely popular. When we went there the car park was full of coaches. If mountain lakes are your thing, I personally found the much less well known Lago Fusine on the border between Italy and Slovenia to be much quieter (and the restaurant in the picture is fantastic)m.r.m. said:How is that even a real place? It looks like a computer simulation of "the most awesome lake getaway".
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Bardet .. just always there but never dominant .. frustrating career"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 pm1
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I can highly recommend Slovenia both for hiking and cycling.m.r.m. said:
Thanks for the recommendation, @phreak ! My girlfriend loves hiking, so maybe we will take a trip there this summer. Personally, I feel hiking sits in the same niche as cycling and I'd much rather go cycling. 😝😂phreak said:
It is pretty but extremely popular. When we went there the car park was full of coaches. If mountain lakes are your thing, I personally found the much less well known Lago Fusine on the border between Italy and Slovenia to be much quieter (and the restaurant in the picture is fantastic)m.r.m. said:How is that even a real place? It looks like a computer simulation of "the most awesome lake getaway".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEq4mY_zivk
The climb Pogacar is riding in that video is the Mangart, which is really cool. Indeed, the whole ride into Italy, over the Predil pass into Slovenia, over the Mangart bridge (which is where he's standing in the thumbnail for the video - stunningly beautiful view from it) and up the pass is fantastic. You could then carry on along the Soca valley and back over the Vrsic pass. You might not encounter another soul all day.
It has all of the natural beauty of the Dolomites but isn't anywhere near as busy (and if you stay on the Slovenian side it's a fair bit cheaper too). Just down the road from the Fusine lake is the Planica ski jump where Roglic cut his teeth. If you happen to visit at the right time you'll see little kids about knee high going off the jump, which is pretty mad.0 -
Too many ragga tips.mididoctors said:Bardet .. just always there but never dominant .. frustrating career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXCN1DhHTZA
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Would have been a difficult decision to not go for GC when at his peak, but with a TT like his there was always likely to be someone better.mididoctors said:Bardet .. just always there but never dominant .. frustrating career
Plus he's the one of only a very few to ever wear polka dot shorts, for whom it was an improvement on his team kit.
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Awful parcour this year.
Every stage has ended in a long uphill drag, including today's laughable MTF.
Absolutely useless for attacking on and bonus seconds waiting at the finish."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
It doesn't seem to have the same tendency as, say, the Route du Sud or even the Dauphine to experiment with new climbs that ultimately find their way into the Giro.blazing_saddles said:Awful parcour this year.
Every stage has ended in a long uphill drag, including today's laughable MTF.
Absolutely useless for attacking on and bonus seconds waiting at the finish.0 -
The last climb tomorrow, whilst only a cat 2, is 3 kms at 12%, which should make for a GC shake up.0
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It's a very punchy stage at just 114kms.andyp said:The last climb tomorrow, whilst only a cat 2, is 3 kms at 12%, which should make for a GC shake up.
Both the categorised climbs are steep.
10 kms left from the top and there is a finishing ramp of about 1km which looks about 6%. (according to the CN forum it's 0.6 km at 8.5%.)
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The uncategorised climb after the hard side of the bannberg looks tasty too.
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It may look tasty, but we won't see just how tasty.kingstongraham said:The uncategorised climb after the hard side of the bannberg looks tasty too.
It's brilliantly positioned to be over, just before live coverage starts."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Hopefully Bardet will make this interesting today.0
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The first 17 flat kms covered in 18 minutes.
96kms left and 90 minutes to live pictures.
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Probably be past the steep bit of the easy side of the Bannberg by the time we see anything.
Seems a shame to miss all this
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