S*** Small Races Thread - 2022
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Well done cofidis ... Didn't balls that up"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
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Max Walscheid from Dries de Bondt then Adrien Petit"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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A nice little win for Cav' really. Will he do better this year I wonder?blazing_saddles said:
He's just become the first British winner of the race.davidof said:
Cav' has scared them offkingstongraham said:Any reason most of the big name sprinters are missing?
Quite a hard, slightly uphill sprint.
Bouhanni left fighting his handlebars again.
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Tomorrow's offering could also be known as the second, one day of the 3 Days of De Panne, as it starts just outside Ostend, heads inland, before returning to the coast, next door to De Panne. It bares a strong resemblance to an old style Gent-Wevelgem.
The Bredene Koksijde Classic is 201 kms of mostly flat Flanders.
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No Pogacar or Roglic, so a chance for lesser mortals to take a WT stage race spoils.
Starting today we have the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. A bit more sprinty looking than usual and another trip up La Molina.
Anyhow, today's route.
Top Trumps
VALVERDE Alejandro
COLBRELLI Sonny
ALMEIDA João
CARAPAZ Richard
WOODS Michael
YATES Simon
QUINTANA Nairo
MATTHEWS Michael
MARTIN Guillaume
PORTE Richie
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Echelons!
Jumbo must be hammering it with Dennis. Yates, Woods and Sivakov the only obvious GC guys besides in group 1.
Group 2 must have everyone else but are 30” behind."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Tough first day all round. Finish looks like it will be as expected.0
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Well, Colbrelli obviously doesn't believe in not drifting across the the entire width of the road in that sprint.“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
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Bling from Colbrelli, with Pacher in third.
Hard drag uphill. I reckon there'll be a couple of GC men shipping some seconds.
Carapaz on the deck on another descent, too."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Colbrelli looks to have had cardiac incident after finish line, received "cardiac massage" on finish line.
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Indeed.50x11 said:Colbrelli looks to have had cardiac incident after finish line, received "cardiac massage" on finish line.
Eurosport bailed on coverage so quickly, I had no idea. The news filtering through at the moment is mostly not in English, but it seems to be fairly serious. He's been taken to hospital. Fortunately it was a place where medics are always present.
Now CN have it:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rider-in-emergency-condition-after-volta-a-catalunya-opening-sprint/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_content=cyclingnews&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR21agWlbLqHgKx0jMs11fpWLVSH7mzD0dl_Tb3-Y2Q2k6_IU96zGN-4T94"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
The fact he seems to be conscious is at least one bit of good news. Fingers crossed that his prognosis is good.0
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Holy moly. If he wasn't fully recovered, that was a hell of an effort to put out up the finishing straight.50x11 said:Colbrelli looks to have had cardiac incident after finish line, received "cardiac massage" on finish line.
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I hasten to add that I never knew he been taken ill when I posted this. I hope all will be OK.dabber said:Well, Colbrelli obviously doesn't believe in not drifting across the the entire width of the road in that sprint.
“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
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My thought was that it didn't age well.dabber said:
I hasten to add that I never knew he been taken ill when I posted this. I hope all will be OK.dabber said:Well, Colbrelli obviously doesn't believe in not drifting across the the entire width of the road in that sprint.
Hopefully Colbrelli will be OK and recover fully.
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yes - bronchitis.Dorset_Boy said:
My thought was that it didn't age well.dabber said:
I hasten to add that I never knew he been taken ill when I posted this. I hope all will be OK.dabber said:Well, Colbrelli obviously doesn't believe in not drifting across the the entire width of the road in that sprint.
Hopefully Colbrelli will be OK and recover fully.
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Ooh, nasty. Just watched the ES coverage on catch up and indeed closed out quickly so didn't know about Colbrelli until doing a retro on the spoilers. Best wishes to the man.0
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BBC can't help itself with innuendo ...
"Colbrelli won last year's Paris-Roubaix monument classic - his biggest career win to date, reflecting a vast improvement in form"0 -
For the first time in years today isn't a split stage and no TTT.RichN95. said:Coppi e Bartali tomorrow and a couple of Brits are making their season debut. James Knox and YouTuber Chris Froome
Stage 1:
A few more names of note taking part besides the two you mention.
Top competitors
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
ULISSI Diego
HAYTER Ethan
THOMAS Geraint
CATTANEO Mattia
HIRSCHI Marc
HERMANS Ben
FOSS Tobias
BETTIOL Alberto
NIBALI Vincenzo
Highlights only I am afraid, so it will be found at the likes of Tiz etc.
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While in Catalunya, the stage crosses the French border for a finish in Perpignan."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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Haig and (obviously) Colbrelli not starting today for Bahrain.0
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And they go through a town called Argeles sur Mer where we used to go to on family holidays when I was a kid. I'm going back there in June.blazing_saddles said:While in Catalunya, the stage
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And they go through a town called Argeles sur Mer where we used to go to on family holidays when I was a kid. I'm going back there in June.blazing_saddles said:While in Catalunya, the stage
I spent a summer working just inland from there at Palau del Vidre, working at the restaurant L'Anciene Ecole. It's still running I think. Lovely part of the world.RichN95. said:
And they go through a town called Argeles sur Mer where we used to go to on family holidays when I was a kid. I'm going back there in June.blazing_saddles said:While in Catalunya, the stage
Le Perthus on the Spanish border used to be a duty free town and we used to go there to buy cheap Spannish gin to fuel the G&Ts we had in our water bottles in the kitchen!
There was a nice cafe in Elne too and Colliore is really pretty.
Palau had a pretty good rugby league team too, and got to the regional cup final that year. The whole village went along, and it was a real grudge match, with a couple of sendings off.
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Crashes have marred the race, despite there being no real pressure."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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not ideal - that's Jensen passing his bike back up to the road0
