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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    andyrr said:

    Famenne Ardenne Classic today - one of the craziest last few mtrs I’ve seen …

    Just watched that. 😳
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    Nine riders clear in the closing 15 kms of the Coppa Bernocchi - 3 x Soudal QuickStep, 3 Jumbo (including Van Aert), Hirschi, Scaroni and Albanese.

    Who will Van Aert come second too today?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    andyp said:

    Nine riders clear in the closing 15 kms of the Coppa Bernocchi - 3 x Soudal QuickStep, 3 Jumbo (including Van Aert), Hirschi, Scaroni and Albanese.

    Who will Van Aert come second too today?

    He won!
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    andyp said:



    Who will Van Aert come second too today?

    Nobody 😉

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    andyp said:

    Nine riders clear in the closing 15 kms of the Coppa Bernocchi - 3 x Soudal QuickStep, 3 Jumbo (including Van Aert), Hirschi, Scaroni and Albanese.

    Who will Van Aert come second too today?

    6 from one team in a 9 man break
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    Tre Valli Varesine coming into the final stages. Van Wilder attacked from a very strong (pog initiated) lead group.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    Holds on by a long way - nobody counter attacked strongly enough to do anything about it.

    Carapaz second, Vlasov third, then Roglic and Pog.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    A classic case of team leaders lacking support so they wait for someone else to sacrifice their chances by closing the gap. But no one does.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Yikes!

  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 905
    Still finished 2nd!
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    Cake is just weakness entering the body
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    What is it with him and equipment in sprints? Is he just too powerful for road equipment?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    Just watched it - I guess it's Kragh and Marit who get absolutely demolished after they've crossed the line by him being out of control.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    kingstongraham said:

    Just watched it - I guess it's Kragh and Marit who get absolutely demolished after they've crossed the line by him being out of control.

    Kragh's season over, he had a concussion from that
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  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 905
    Great day out for the breakaway at Paris Tours.
    Askey must be squinting through his hindsight goggles questioning whether a solo bid was the way (although with a team mate in the break, the dynamic could have been completely different if he'd stayed).
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    Cake is just weakness entering the body
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    Toughest climb of the year apparently at the tour of Turkey tomorrow. 18km at 10.3% average. All the sprinters will be overjoyed.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    kingstongraham said:

    Toughest climb of the year apparently at the tour of Turkey tomorrow. 18km at 10.3% average. All the sprinters will be overjoyed.

    They will already be out the back by then as the preceding first cat is very irregular and also has several kms averaging over 10%
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    Has the Gravel World Championship been discussed somewhere? Valverde managed 4th and beat WvA.




    Results
    1 Mohoric Matej Bahrain Victorious 04:53:56
    2 Vermeersch Florian Lotto Dstny + 43
    3 Swift Connor INEOS Grenadiers + 03:40
    4 Valverde Alejandro + 06:48
    5 Swenson Keegan + 06:48
    6 Hermans Quinten Alpecin-Deceuninck + 07:24
    7 Velasco Simone Astana Qazaqstan Team + 07:52
    8 van Aert Wout Jumbo-Visma + 08:24
    9 De Marchi Alessandro Team Jayco-AlUla + 09:08
    10 Schönberger Sebastian Human Powered Health
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    TheBigBean said:

    Has the Gravel World Championship been discussed somewhere? Valverde managed 4th and beat WvA.




    Results
    1 Mohoric Matej Bahrain Victorious 04:53:56
    2 Vermeersch Florian Lotto Dstny + 43
    3 Swift Connor INEOS Grenadiers + 03:40
    4 Valverde Alejandro + 06:48
    5 Swenson Keegan + 06:48
    6 Hermans Quinten Alpecin-Deceuninck + 07:24
    7 Velasco Simone Astana Qazaqstan Team + 07:52
    8 van Aert Wout Jumbo-Visma + 08:24
    9 De Marchi Alessandro Team Jayco-AlUla + 09:08
    10 Schönberger Sebastian Human Powered Health

    It was a good watch
    "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 pm
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Apparently WvA was a couple of minutes quicker than Matej on moving time, but lost due to being held up for 10 mins by a crash.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Tour of turkey.....stage 3 ultra ludicrous climb stage ... sketchy roads made of cornflakes on lead in.
    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Grovelling 1km into the climb
    "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 pm
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,554
    shirley_basso said:

    Apparently WvA was a couple of minutes quicker than Matej on moving time, but lost due to being held up for 10 mins by a crash.

    Didn't Wout both crash and have a mechanical?
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,649
    mididoctors said:

    Grovelling 1km into the climb

    That road surface is seriously heavy. Jay Vine dropped
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,119
    If I'm reading it right, the toughest part is with about 6km to go.

    You can tell it's tough when it eases up to only 9% for a couple of km.

    Vine goes pop.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,115
    TheBigBean said:

    Has the Gravel World Championship been discussed somewhere? Valverde managed 4th and beat WvA.




    Results
    1 Mohoric Matej Bahrain Victorious 04:53:56
    2 Vermeersch Florian Lotto Dstny + 43
    3 Swift Connor INEOS Grenadiers + 03:40
    4 Valverde Alejandro + 06:48
    5 Swenson Keegan + 06:48
    6 Hermans Quinten Alpecin-Deceuninck + 07:24
    7 Velasco Simone Astana Qazaqstan Team + 07:52
    8 van Aert Wout Jumbo-Visma + 08:24
    9 De Marchi Alessandro Team Jayco-AlUla + 09:08
    10 Schönberger Sebastian Human Powered Health

    anyone ride a gravel bike?
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,814
    Mount Babadag - sounds a bit Tolkienesque
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    7 k to go
    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    mrb123 said:

    Mount Babadag - sounds a bit Tolkienesque

    One does not simply ride up Babadag

    "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 pm
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,554
    davidof said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Has the Gravel World Championship been discussed somewhere? Valverde managed 4th and beat WvA.




    Results
    1 Mohoric Matej Bahrain Victorious 04:53:56
    2 Vermeersch Florian Lotto Dstny + 43
    3 Swift Connor INEOS Grenadiers + 03:40
    4 Valverde Alejandro + 06:48
    5 Swenson Keegan + 06:48
    6 Hermans Quinten Alpecin-Deceuninck + 07:24
    7 Velasco Simone Astana Qazaqstan Team + 07:52
    8 van Aert Wout Jumbo-Visma + 08:24
    9 De Marchi Alessandro Team Jayco-AlUla + 09:08
    10 Schönberger Sebastian Human Powered Health

    anyone ride a gravel bike?
    Yes, Mohoric, and Kasia in the womens, so both winners.

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