S*** Small Races 2024

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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,232

    Whoop whoop! It is haggis 'n' whisky week, innit. Nice one Oscar. (From Kelso in the "far north of Scotland" according to Jez Cox... no it isn't, 'sno that far fae the Border...)

  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 911

    Het, Stephen Williams!

    Took it out like a club run 30 sign.

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253

    When was the last time a Pro Conto team won a World Tour race (excluding stages)? I think it's years ago.

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Early Arkea win something like catalunya? total guess

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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556

    Worth watching the final 15km of the women's race in today's Mallorca Challenge with the finish up by the Castell de Bellver overlooking Palma.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    She got taken wide big time

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  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,663

    Rather unsporting I thought:

    a squeeze into the kerb

    a tight line into the right hander (well, that's racing, I guess)

    a drift and ease off in the final corner


    Enjoyable though.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    You don't see it too often these days . I think it was more accidental tbh. Unlike Sorensen vs Leblanc 1996 stage finish in the massif where Sorensen took Leblanc deliberately towards the barriers forcing him to yank the anchors

    You don't see road craft like that much these days . Probably get dq for it .

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Simon carr looking early season fit.

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  • Webboo2
    Webboo2 Posts: 1,010

    Why did Vaslov and McNulty let him sit on the climbs, they gifted him that win.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Vlasov rides a lot in general ....tbh ... I think they under estimated him and let him sit on

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726

    My part of Mallorca looking enticing in beautiful weather.

    I thought Carr rode it pretty cannily but ultimately it was McNulty’s cramp that probably cost him the win.

    Sprinter’s course today.

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  • 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

    Mallorca sprint ....new names

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553

    That was Magnier's first race as a pro. Not a bad start, with a perfect lead out by Lamperti.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Vlasov ... "Shit finish" says the guy who came 3rd ...lol

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited January 27

    We're not yet in February and the following WT teams have already got a win

    Movistar

    Intermarche

    Soudal-QS

    EF

    Bora

    Jayco

    UAE

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  • 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
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553

    I'm hoping for a Visma-Lease A Bike vs Ineos fight to be the last WT team to win this season.

  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337

    I'm thinking they are waiting for the F** Big Races 2024. Well, Visma at least. 😉

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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,159
    edited January 29

    Van Aert is on the start list for Clasica Jaen (and Pog isn't so far). Would that one count as a win or is it too low rent?

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    "You don't see sky's like that anymore "


    "Maybe In the desert you do "

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    People thinking about splitting it the crosswinds.....but decided against it

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655

    There's a 20 year old Zubeldia (Unai) riding the AlUla Tour today for the carrots. Not sure if he's related to Haimar, but probably not as he's very visibly got himself into a four man break

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Norsgard rolls a tubeless

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Tight spread across the road in the

    Sprint ...... Another new name .

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Dylan was the fastest but got boxed in to far back

    "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