S*** Small Races 2024

No_Ta_Doctor
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January 2023

Time to start this one.

Lucas Plapp is the Australian champion again, winning ahead of Clarke and Matthews

Another year, but little has changed

Time to start this one.

Lucas Plapp is the Australian champion again, winning ahead of Harper and O'Brien

He's the TT champion as well.

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  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 923

    I know that a precedent has been set and it sits outside of the rest of the nationals but it always seems to be a shame that this race sits in the s*** small races thread: it's not as if Greipel ever won it.

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,606

    Narvaez won the pre tour down under crit from the break.


    Uttrup Ludvig is leading the women's tour down under after the second of three stages.

    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,243
    edited January 13

    Watched that on catch up after the cyclocross. Cecilie was well on form 👍

  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556

    Sarah Gigante left them all on Willunga Hill to take the GC today.

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,383

    Surely every team sets out with the ambition of winning every race? Then reality hits ambition...

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,182

    Very even sprint - Bora getting Wellsford on the last wheel before it launched proving decisive. Well, that combined with Ewan not having the legs.

  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,243

    Given his rather obvious fail today / yesterday / stage 1, is it see ya for Caleb? Given the big WT sprinter guns were not there...

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909

    .that plan got old quickly

    "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
  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 923

    Not a bad 2nd day at the World Tour office for Derek Torro. Thought it was Simmons' for the taking.

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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,243

    Good finish. Last 10km worth watching.

  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293

    Nice to see Jayco AlUla's stated goal of winning all the stages is still going well.

    Sam Welsford with a fairly comfortable sprint again with Viviani managing to pop up in 2nd and Dan McLay 3rd

  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,558
    edited January 18
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293

    Ouch. I knew he'd had, what looked like, most of the Astana team on top of him but didn't see the aftermath of the crash

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,481

    A lesson to learn there - make cycling jerseys out of the same material as HRM straps.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909

    That crash looked ouchie with Astana guys


    He isn't going to sleep well

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  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 923

    Think you could hear him in the showers from the northern hemisphere.

    Encore today as a bush 1.5k out seemed to upstage an impressive number of parked cars on the parcours.

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,182
    edited January 19

    A really nice finish from Welsford today. Timed to perfection, as they would say on Masterchef.

    Ineos very generously taking the lead duties from miles out with two absolute engines before delivering an impressive 13th and 19th in the sprint.

    Going to take a while to get used to Jumbo Visma not being called Jumbo Visma. The new name is weak.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,481

    In an ever changing world it's always reassuring when something stays constant - thank you Ineos!

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909

    Slightly uphill .was made for binni ....Sam just monstered it through

    "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
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,606

    Big day for the English down under with Oscar Onley winning on Australia's biggest climb and Stephie Williams taking the overall lead.

    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,558

    You forgot actual Englishman Simon Yates taking 6th, continuing Jayco-Alula's domination of the battle for 5th and 6th place this week.

  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,257

    I was very close to taking a bite out of that bait

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  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 923

    All this jingoistic chat is forgetting that Alaphillipe got to the top of Willunga first making a very late run for the mountains jersey.

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  • Sounds like JA got close to a sneaky win, pipped with few hundred metres to go.

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,558

    He really didn't. I'm not sure if he was confused by the finish, but he went for the KoM line rather than the finish line.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909

    DSM have to be happy about that

    "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: 18,909

    What's this lofty mountain like tomorrow?

    "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: 18,909

    Not that lofty

    "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