S*** Small Races 2023

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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Mads Pederson (Trek - Segafredo) wins the fifth and final (ITT) stage of Bessèges. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) does enough (just) to beat Mattias Skjelmose (Trek) and takes the GC.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    What happened to TGH? Cramp?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited February 2023
    DeadCalm said:

    What happened to TGH? Cramp?


    There was a crash on the last corner in the main group.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    hommelbier said:

    Mads Pederson (Trek - Segafredo) wins the fifth and final (ITT) stage of Bessèges. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) does enough (just) to beat Mattias Skjelmose (Trek) and takes the GC.

    Ineos' 18 year old neo-pro, Josh Tarling took second on the stage, which definitely warrants a mention.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    RichN95. said:

    DeadCalm said:

    What happened to TGH? Cramp?


    There was a crash on the last corner in the main group.
    Thanks.

    Some peculiar tactics in that race.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    DeadCalm said:

    RichN95. said:

    DeadCalm said:

    What happened to TGH? Cramp?


    There was a crash on the last corner in the main group.
    Thanks.

    Some peculiar tactics in that race.
    Was interesting how no body was watching costa ... Ineos letting the wheel go with arnesman rolling off the front may have worked for a stage win if only he hadn't done so much work earlier., Ran out of legs in the sprint .

    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    A classic case of the guy sitting just behind immediate rivals being allowed up the road while they continue to watch each other.

    One for the congested calendar debate.
    After last week’s glut of racing, we have ourselves a dead week.
    The only scheduled race was due to be the Tour of Provence, but the French fed refused to sanction this edition.

    There are a few lightweight one day races over the weekend and highlights only Oman.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,475
    I agree @blazing_saddles. Now would be a good time for those Mallorca races.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    edited February 2023
    Cavendish is listed by procycling stats for UAE tour
    - and Oman
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    I quite like the tour of Oman, bit more interesting than the others in the region. Only stage one would be for Cavendish though. Stiff finishes on all the others.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    Mad_Malx said:

    Cavendish is listed by procycling stats for UAE tour
    - and Oman

    That's normal, isn't it? Cavendish is never on it at his first race, it always takes him a few race days to get to a position where he can be competitive. I haven't checked, but he usually does a race in the middle east before the UAE Tour.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    andyp said:

    Mad_Malx said:

    Cavendish is listed by procycling stats for UAE tour
    - and Oman

    That's normal, isn't it? Cavendish is never on it at his first race, it always takes him a few race days to get to a position where he can be competitive. I haven't checked, but he usually does a race in the middle east before the UAE Tour.
    Sure, but I hadn't seen any mention of his schedule since moving
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    They announced it a few weeks ago https://www.velonews.com/news/road/mark-cavendish-and-the-road-to-the-tour-de-france-starts-in-oman-and-uae/
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    kingstongraham said:

    I quite like the tour of Oman, bit more interesting than the others in the region. Only stage one would be for Cavendish though. Stiff finishes on all the others.

    Yeah, I like Oman too and it is certainly the country in that region I would most like to visit (in a large part due to the cycling coverage).
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited February 2023
    Pross said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I quite like the tour of Oman, bit more interesting than the others in the region. Only stage one would be for Cavendish though. Stiff finishes on all the others.

    Yeah, I like Oman too and it is certainly the country in that region I would most like to visit (in a large part due to the cycling coverage).
    Can visit the haunts yours truly visited growing up there as a baby :)
    _
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Dubai might be better off trying not to advertise itself. What a dump
    "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
    Scrappy final 5k women's UAE.
    "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
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    kingstongraham said:

    They announced it a few weeks ago https://www.velonews.com/news/road/mark-cavendish-and-the-road-to-the-tour-de-france-starts-in-oman-and-uae/

    But will his sunglasses sponsor situation be sorted by then?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    Muscat Classic is on tiz with arabic commentary. No idea what's going on, but looks like they might be fairly close to the finish from the shape of the peloton.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    edited February 2023
    Think they've just gone over the Hamriyah climb. 20km to go.

    Group of about 20 are clear.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    edited February 2023
    kingstongraham said:

    Think they've just gone over the Hamriyah climb. 20km to go.

    Group of about 20 are clear.

    4km to go, no idea who is left in the front group that has a sprint, but they are over the last climb.

    In exciting news, Arkea seem to be pushing it
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    And they take a win! Biermans wins the sprint.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    edited February 2023
    kingstongraham said:

    Muscat Classic is on tiz with arabic commentary. No idea what's going on, but looks like they might be fairly close to the finish from the shape of the peloton.

    No idea if they plan to do the same for Oman tomorrow, but there’s the usual highlights only on GCN/ES player.
    Not exactly what I would describe as a sprinter friendly route as every stage finishes either on an uphill drag (stage 1) or full on climb. (All the other stages)
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    edited February 2023
    Oman Tour live on the Tube but in Arabic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJBViWU8TA

    The stages:











    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    Ben Turner takes his first pro win in the uphill sprint in the Tour of Murcia or whatever it's called these days.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    blazing_saddles said:

    Oman Tour live on the Tube but in Arabic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDJBViWU8TA

    The stages:











    Commentary equally as informative as Carlton for me.

    Astana went too early given the uphill finish, and Merlier just got it right.

    No idea what ag2r were doing hammering it from several kms out.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    I am liking this new Portuguese race, currently live on GCN/Eurosport.
    Splendid parcour. Hard, but not too hard.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    There's a cracking little race around the Spanish vineyards on GCN/Eurosport in one hours time. Very much their version of Strade Bianche. Last year was the inaugural edition, won by Astana's Alexey Lutsenko.



    This year it's gone up a notch, as Tadej Pogacar is on the startlist.



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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    blazing_saddles said:

    There's a cracking little race around the Spanish vineyards on GCN/Eurosport in one hours time. Very much their version of Strade Bianche. Last year was the inaugural edition, won by Astana's Alexey Lutsenko.



    This year it's gone up a notch, as Tadej Pogacar is on the startlist.



    Looks to be run the opposite way to last year - the final climb on gravel was quite something and that's not in it this year.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,164
    Pog rides away on a gravel uphill section with 42km to go, now has about a minute with 26km to go.

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