S*** Small Races Thread - 2022
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The system is ridiculouskingstongraham said:He got 264 points this week - better than 200 for winning two Giro stages!
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Live coverage of Tour of Alsace seemingly available via their website, for any that are interested.
https://live.touralsace.fr/30-juillet-etape-4-kembs-altkirch
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Here can be found complete coverage of each of the other stages, including yesterday's ascent of Belle Filles.
https://www.youtube.com/user/GroupeLarger
Plus here can be found full coverage of Simon Yates's win in Castilla y Leon."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.1 -
If anyone doesn't mind French commentary, L'Equipe have an accessible live stream of the whole stage of the Tour of Poland.
I have tried it and it works fine on tv, through the internet on my Firestick.
https://cycling.today/2022-tour-de-pologne-live-stream/"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Another really bad crash in Poland caused by a very badly barrier set up.
Jumbo win again with Kooij"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
What caused that? It looked to happen in the middle of the pack on a massively wide road.blazing_saddles said:Another really bad crash in Poland caused by a very badly barrier set up.
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There was a huge bulge in the barriers that caused a severe pinch point in that wide road. It looked like someone had decided it was a good vantage point, without figuring the obvious consequences.kingstongraham said:
What caused that? It looked to happen in the middle of the pack on a massively wide road.blazing_saddles said:Another really bad crash in Poland caused by a very badly barrier set up.
Jumbo win again with Kooij
Riders on the side were forced inwards into the tightly packed group and it quickly became a house of cards.
Stupid and completely avoidable."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Haven't watched San Sebastien yet, but did anything major happen? According to PCS only 60 of the 156 finished. Just rider apathy?
EDIT: Apathy isn't too fair, call it post Tour syndrome instead0 -
Yesterday's crash in Poland. You will find it at 3 minutes 15" .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_fg3b0Mmc"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
I think it's always had a high drop out - they're doing loops round the town, so it's easy to leave the race and tootle back to the hotel once your involvement is irrelevant.JimD666 said:Haven't watched San Sebastien yet, but did anything major happen? According to PCS only 60 of the 156 finished. Just rider apathy?
EDIT: Apathy isn't too fair, call it post Tour syndrome instead
The race itself was pretty much decided on a single attack after QS had pulled the break back. Only Yates went with Evenepoel, but got dropped pretty quickly after. Once he'd got a minute it looked done, the chasing group didn't have enough to pull him back and nobody was going to solo to himWarning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
I whizzed through the full race coverage on GCN in the evening - Evenepoel going so far out was impressive but with only Yates making any sort of effort to go with him there was little suspense left and the gap never went downwards to the chasers.No_Ta_Doctor said:
I think it's always had a high drop out - they're doing loops round the town, so it's easy to leave the race and tootle back to the hotel once your involvement is irrelevant.JimD666 said:Haven't watched San Sebastien yet, but did anything major happen? According to PCS only 60 of the 156 finished. Just rider apathy?
EDIT: Apathy isn't too fair, call it post Tour syndrome instead
The race itself was pretty much decided on a single attack after QS had pulled the break back. Only Yates went with Evenepoel, but got dropped pretty quickly after. Once he'd got a minute it looked done, the chasing group didn't have enough to pull him back and nobody was going to solo to him
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It was an epic distance, but one of the least exciting races I've ever watched. Was double-screening with the unchanging time gaps in the TdF Femmes for added tediumandyrr said:
I whizzed through the full race coverage on GCN in the evening - Evenepoel going so far out was impressive but with only Yates making any sort of effort to go with him there was little suspense left and the gap never went downwards to the chasers.No_Ta_Doctor said:
I think it's always had a high drop out - they're doing loops round the town, so it's easy to leave the race and tootle back to the hotel once your involvement is irrelevant.JimD666 said:Haven't watched San Sebastien yet, but did anything major happen? According to PCS only 60 of the 156 finished. Just rider apathy?
EDIT: Apathy isn't too fair, call it post Tour syndrome instead
The race itself was pretty much decided on a single attack after QS had pulled the break back. Only Yates went with Evenepoel, but got dropped pretty quickly after. Once he'd got a minute it looked done, the chasing group didn't have enough to pull him back and nobody was going to solo to him
Will be interested to see what he does at the Vuelta now.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
blazing_saddles said:
Yesterday's crash in Poland. You will find it at 3 minutes 15" .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_fg3b0Mmc
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I only watched it once but it looked like the rider on the front wasn't really looking, so realised too late.kingstongraham said:blazing_saddles said:Yesterday's crash in Poland. You will find it at 3 minutes 15" .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_fg3b0Mmc0 -
Were there any sanctions on the organisers after the Jakobsen crash? If Groenewegen was culpable for causing the crash they were complicit in the severity of the injuries and then having something like the above photos is ridiculous. The status of the race should be reviewed.0
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I think the rider on the front on that side moved in to avoid the barrier, and riders from behind took that opportunity to try and go around on the left to move up, only to find the road no longer there.0
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Tiz have an international live stream for Poland, with Declan Quigley commentating.
It's a tough gig, seeing each stage is covered from start to finish and he's flying solo.
Shiite weather too.
https://tiz-cycling-live.io/live.php"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Horrible crash in the Commonwealth Games scratch race qualifier on the final lap sprint. Cameras cut away so not entirely clear what happened but Bostock from the IoM was stretchered off in a neck brace and the commentators think an English rider ended up in the crowd where there was medical attention (unclear if it was for the rider or a spectator).
Very mixed ability field that had led to two crashes in the previous qualifier but don't think it played a part in this one as any weaker riders would have been dropped by then.0 -
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Horrible crash in the Commonwealth Games scratch race qualifier on the final lap sprint. Cameras cut away so not entirely clear what happened but Bostock from the IoM was stretchered off in a neck brace and the commentators think an English rider ended up in the crowd where there was medical attention (unclear if it was for the rider or a spectator).
Very mixed ability field that had led to two crashes in the previous qualifier but don't think it played a part in this one as any weaker riders would have been dropped by then.
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They've abandoned the session and cleared the velodrome. Doesn't sound good0
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He’s been stretchered out. 40 mins after the crash. That was really bloody nasty.Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.0
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Thank God. Hopefully the spectators are all ok as well.Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.0
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OufffPross said:They've abandoned the session and cleared the velodrome. Doesn't sound good
"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 pm0 -
Several spectators injured as well with one taken to hospital.
I have just received an amazing photo of MW flying into the crowd.
Several terrified faces look on in horror."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Video of the crash has now been posted on twitter. Be warned it's hair raising.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
A good day for Brits on the FDJ development team. Sam Watson took the final stage of Alsace. Finlay Pickering finished in the bunch to win the GC.1
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Alpecin-Deceuninck withdraw from Poland with 5 Covid cases among their staff, but all the riders then tested negative."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0