S*** Small Races 2023

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,158
    Noah Hobbs seems to be leading virtually every competition. Not bad for a 19 year old.
  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 825
    Pross said:

    Noah Hobbs seems to be leading virtually every competition. Not bad for a 19 year old.

    Wonder if he'll be able to hang on during the Queen stage tomorrow (but hopefully not like he did in the Baby Giro).
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    edited August 2023
    Frederik M.uff in the hotseat at the Tour of Denmark, final stage TT.

    Last week he broke Brian Holm's ancient 10km TT Danish record
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Frederik M.uff in the hotseat at the Tour of Denmark, final stage TT.

    Last week he broke Brian Holm's ancient 10km TT Danish record

    Cerny kicks him out
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Julius Johansen crashed into a pouf and went flying into the verge. First time I've seen that.

    Shame there wasn't a dyke there to land in really
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Mads P utterly annihilated the field. 16km TT and he took them for 24"
    With that he took the GC from Skjelmose who was 4" ahead at the start. Mads on a short TT course is lethal.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Roglic with his trademark final 100 metre kick.
    The whole climb reduced to a bit of a yawn.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    That was a monstrous effort by Pedersen
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    RichN95. said:

    That was a monstrous effort by Pedersen

    Mads has been in beast mode since the World's - wasn't going to waste all that form. He's just blowing stuff up for fun now.
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    First World Tour win for Josh Tarling at the Renewi Tour
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,810
    Gerardsbergen stage is tomorrow, for those not interested but wanting to be interested
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    r0bh said:

    First World Tour win for Josh Tarling at the Renewi Tour

    Also now equal youngest winner at World Tour level - with Remco
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,570
    Is this the Benelux tour?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    gsk82 said:

    Is this the Benelux tour?

    Yes, aka BinckBank aka Eneco.

    I don't think the rebranding has helped interest - I had no idea what it was.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Isaac del Toro takes Mexico's first ever L'Avenir win and does so on the mighty Col de la Loze.
    Big time gaps behind the first two riders.
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    blazing_saddles said:

    Isaac del Toro takes Mexico's first ever L'Avenir win and does so on the mighty Col de la Loze.
    Big time gaps behind the first two riders.

    A very impressive rider and only 19 so qualifies for the young rider jersey. If there were bonus seconds, he'd be 10 seconds closer to the yellow jersey. Without the ridiculously unfair TTT, he'd be wearing it. Definitely a rider to watch.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Huge attack from Cecilie Uttrup Ludvig with 1km to go on the finish climb in Tour of Scandinavia. Got the stage win and sealed the points jersey, but 2 seconds from retaking the GC from Van Vleuten
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Del Toro currently riding himself into the yellow jersey by some margin.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,158
    There’d be a lot of criticism of the route of this women’s Classic Lorient race if it was being held in Spain. Some of the traffic calming they’re being taken through is ridiculous. Luckily they are riding it like a club run in the peloton 5 minutes behind a 3 rider break.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    The whole DSM squad for the ToB is at a beer festival in Rivington that I am currently at.

    Not drinking beer mind - they've been hooning coffee like it's going out of fashion
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    The Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France (formerly the GP Plouay) takes place the day after the woman's race.
    The whole race is live on GCN/ES player.



    The Tour of Qatar also starts today. (formerly the Tour of Britain) Whole race coverage on ITV 4.
    If anyone is expecting a thread to appear - it won't be coming from me.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Oh and if the 3 live European races aren’t enough for some, there’s the Maryland Cycling Classic live from five. (Pm obs)
    It’s got a half decent field preparing for the Canadian WT races.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    The GP Quebec is on. A nine man group including 11 Jumbo Visma riders has a twenty minute lead.

    Not really. Four man break only 40s ahead with 50km to go.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    edited September 2023
    Quebec: Arnaud De Lie gets his first WT win.

    With 1k to go with three Jumbo Visma on the front, I feared the worst.
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  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,822
    RichN95. said:

    Quebec: Arnaud De Lie gets his first WT win.

    With 1k to go with three Jumbo Visma on the front, I feared the worst.

    Pretty incredible sprint from De Lie to win from so far back. Super strong and determined.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,158
    Nice win by Sivakov to beat Carapaz at Toscana, his first one day win.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,158
    Sivakov looks like he's making a point about his non-selection for the Vuelta as he took second today behind Hirschi at Coppa Sabatini
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,449
    Pross said:

    Sivakov looks like he's making a point about his non-selection for the Vuelta as he took second today behind Hirschi at Coppa Sabatini

    The best bit of this race was Carapaz launching a huge sprint for third place with a lap to go. He was so cooked afterwards that he couldn't stay with the rest of the group and got dropped.
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,822
    andyp said:

    Pross said:

    Sivakov looks like he's making a point about his non-selection for the Vuelta as he took second today behind Hirschi at Coppa Sabatini

    The best bit of this race was Carapaz launching a huge sprint for third place with a lap to go. He was so cooked afterwards that he couldn't stay with the rest of the group and got dropped.
    The Ecquadorian National, champ, otherwise known as Caparaz if the Brian Smith’s co-commentator is to be believed. He did alter his naming part way through the GCN coverage.

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