S*** Small Races Thread - 2022

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058


    Livening it up by treating it as a BMX park.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,330
    seanoconn said:

    Short and ugly. Seems a bit pointless.

    The advantage of an ugly prologue over an ugly TT is that at least it's over quickly. Good ride by Hayter though.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 578
    That was a terrible course.
    Vuelta a Asturias this weekend, Bike Exchange are going for Giro prep apparently. Unfortunately no coverage.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    bm5 said:

    That was a terrible course.
    Vuelta a Asturias this weekend, Bike Exchange are going for Giro prep apparently. Unfortunately no coverage.

    There is live coverage, but obviously it will be in Spanish. I watched it the year Carapaz won.
    Not sure if the media player will be compatible, but it's from these guys.

    https://www.rtpa.es/tpa-programa-parrilla:Vuelta Ciclista a Asturias_272237.html

    I see Simon Yates is down to ride, but Quintana is still out of action, following his tumbles in Turkey.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058
    Proper interesting climb up to the finish today, steeper than I expected over the last km or so. Should be a good battle to get into it and probably somebody losing time in a split peloton.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    Hayter doing his usual, riding at the back, gets involved in a big crash.
    Looks as if he’s out. Izagirre and Uran also down.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058
    blazing_saddles said:

    Hayter doing his usual, riding at the back, gets involved in a big crash.
    Looks as if he’s out. Izagirre and Uran also down.

    They'd been saying for about an hour on commentary that he should have been further forward with his team.

    Great finish today, when Dennis' legs were done, they were done.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    Ethan Hayter finished dead last, with de Plus and Rivera leading him home.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,540
    Does no one post the results anymore on this thread?! B)
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Edoard Prades comes across the line in the Tor of Hellas celebrates by throwing his arms in the air. thinking he’s won only for his saddle to snap off. When he’s helped up off the floor, he’s informed he’s come second.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    edited April 2022
    webboo said:

    Edoard Prades comes across the line in the Tor of Hellas celebrates by throwing his arms in the air. thinking he’s won only for his saddle to snap off. When he’s helped up off the floor, he’s informed he’s come second.

    That’s going to improve the race highlights on GCN/Eurosport at 10pm.
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  • 50x11
    50x11 Posts: 408
    Hayter needs to stop hanging about the back of the Peloton. G said he really doesn't like fighting for position at the front.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Does no one post the results anymore on this thread?! B)

    I always assumed anyone reading this had access to the Internet :)

    If it would help, I'll post results as well as analysis.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    blazing_saddles said:

    webboo said:

    Edoard Prades comes across the line in the Tor of Hellas celebrates by throwing his arms in the air. thinking he’s won only for his saddle to snap off. When he’s helped up off the floor, he’s informed he’s come second.

    That’s going to improve the race highlights on GCN/Eurosport at 10pm.
    Even worse the highlights appear to be a snooker match with John Higgins.
  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 578
    That climb was pretty brutal. Rohan really wanted to win that cheese.
    Thanks for the Asturias link Blazing.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    webboo said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    webboo said:

    Edoard Prades comes across the line in the Tor of Hellas celebrates by throwing his arms in the air. thinking he’s won only for his saddle to snap off. When he’s helped up off the floor, he’s informed he’s come second.

    That’s going to improve the race highlights on GCN/Eurosport at 10pm.
    Even worse the highlights appear to be a snooker match with John Higgins.
    The nature of live sport, blah,blah and only available with ads off E1.
    Anyhow, there's supposed to be a second chance at 9-15am this morning.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,661
    webboo said:

    Edoard Prades comes across the line in the Tor of Hellas celebrates by throwing his arms in the air. thinking he’s won only for his saddle to snap off. When he’s helped up off the floor, he’s informed he’s come second.

    I watched a clip of that about 10 times with any commentary and couldn’t work out what happened and why the back of his bike seemed to suddenly disappear.
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Well just watched the highlights of the Hellas tour. I can’t imagine the riders were too impressed with it. Scary just watching, park cars everywhere, motor bikes taking the winner down the wrong side of a pedestrian crossing so he has zig zag through the pedestrians. Then the race referee blocking him.almost on the finishing line.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058
    webboo said:

    Well just watched the highlights of the Hellas tour. I can’t imagine the riders were too impressed with it. Scary just watching, park cars everywhere, motor bikes taking the winner down the wrong side of a pedestrian crossing so he has zig zag through the pedestrians. Then the race referee blocking him.almost on the finishing line.

    Crazy last few km. Just as well he was solo and so far clear, could have been very awkward. The cars stopping right in front of him about 100m from the finish was the icing on the cake.

    And then Prades almost getting one of those viz clagg-gone devices over the finishing line by celebrating his second place.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058
    Nice looking place, mind.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    Just saw this:
    Geraint T got a 20 second penalty for taking a bottle where he wasn’t supposed to.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058
    Very strong leadout from Sheffield burying himself from about 1km to go and Hayter sprints from 250m out and holds on from Aberasturi and Gaviria.

  • 50x11
    50x11 Posts: 408
    edited April 2022
    Sorry didn;;t realise this thread had no spoilers.
  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    edited April 2022
    Hayter worked out how to ride in the bunch, and wins a long sprint from Gaviria.
    Monster lead out by Sheffield
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    Is Vlasov going to replace Sam Bennett as Bora’s sprinter at the Tour?
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,540
  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    edited April 2022
    Bevin catches everyone by suprise in the final straight with a great launch, wins from Hayter and Dennis
  • davieb78
    davieb78 Posts: 99
    edited April 2022
    AvV broke her wrist yesterday on a training ride (on mountain bike by the looks of it). Had surgery on it. Different wrist to the one she broke in the Giro in 2020. Will miss the Spanish races in May. Shouldn’t impact Giro and TdF in July.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,722
    Stage 1 of the Vuelta Asturias is available on Tiz and can be watched on YouTube.
    Simon Yates off to a flying start.
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  • bm5
    bm5 Posts: 578
    I watched the live coverage on Asturias TV.
    Simon is in a bit of a no win situation here as he is so much the favourite.
    Going through some beautiful areas tomorrow

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