Fave 'smaller' races
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I like Pays Vasco too. Often found the Spanish shorter stage races were good value, but sadly dying.
Also 3 Days of De Panne.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
I quite like the Italian autumn one dayers: Emilia, Milan-Torino, etc. Nice punchy finishes, interesting mix of riders. Also, with last year's route, the Eneco Tour. Brilliant racing. Previous years, well...0
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Classica San Sebastien is vastly underrated as far as I am concerned.0
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I don't really consider Pais Vasco a smaller race since it's in the WT.
The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali is my nomination, since it
has a great mix of parcour with Pais Vasco type climbs and is at 2.1 level.
Of course, you need to have Rai Sport 2 on your tele.
Tre Valli Varesine is my one day race pick. Mid August raced around the Italian lakes,
with live coverage.
What could be better?"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Paris-Tours is great. Narrow roads, smaller teams and a wide range of possible winners make it quite entertaining.0
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Besseges - and I loved Midi Libre the best
1986 Belgium Claude Criquielion (BEL)
1987 France Patrice Esnault (FRA)
1988 Belgium Claude Criquielion (BEL)
1989 France Jerome Simon (FRA)
1990 France Gérard Rué (FRA)
1991 France Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA)
1992 France Luc Leblanc (FRA)
1993 Italy Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)
1994 Slovakia Ján Svorada (SVK)
1995 Spain Miguel Indurain (ESP)
1996 France Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
1997 Italy Alberto Elli (ITA)
1998 Switzerland Laurent Dufaux (SUI)
1999 France Benoît Salmon (FRA)
2000 France Didier Rous (FRA)
2001 Spain Iban Mayo (ESP)
2002 Result Void[1][2]
2003 No race
2004 France Christophe Moreau (FRA)0 -
Tour of Norway and for a one day race, Tro-Bro Léon.
Must be something to do with seascapes, because I really enjoyed the early stages of the Vuelta as it wound it's way around the Galician coast last year0 -
Brabantse Pijl
Dwars door Vlaanderen.
Spot a theme?
There's a one dayer in the summer but the name is very forgettable. The finish is up the ramps of some medieval castle but always enjoy that one.0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:Brabantse Pijl
There's a one dayer in the summer but the name is very forgettable. The finish is up the ramps of some medieval castle but always enjoy that one.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Brabantse Pijl
Dwars door Vlaanderen.
Spot a theme?
There's a one dayer in the summer but the name is very forgettable. The finish is up the ramps of some medieval castle but always enjoy that one.0 -
Grand Prix de Wallonie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oZ8eiN ... ata_player
Edit: Sorry FJS, I hadn't updated it before I posted that. I liked that race too.0 -
Yeah. Always enjoy that one. Never look forward to it, but have always enjoyed it when I watched it.0
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Anything with a cobblestone somewhere on the route.0
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At home:
Lincoln GP
Away:
Tro Bro Leon
Settimana Coppi e Bartali
Giro del Trentino
Pais Vasco0 -
Yup, the Tro Bro Leon is definitely a fav of mine, having watched the last 4 or 5 editions.
No love here for the Strade Bianche?
A great little, big race."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
^lots of love, just struggling with trying to distinguish 'smaller'
But fantastic race. Would love to get out to watch it one year.0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:^lots of love, just struggling with trying to distinguish 'smaller'
But fantastic race. Would love to get out to watch it one year.
That's what I meant by the little big race.
Gives that impression, but is still only categorized 1.1."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Strade Bianchi and the newly instigated (or relaunched) Roma Maxima made a great couple of hours viewing over the weekend they were on last year. Especially as they were the first time the Sun had appeared in Europe I think!0
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Got a lot of love for the Strade Bianche.
Didn't catch Roma Maxima. I'm curious to check it out.0 -
DL1987 wrote:EKIMIKE wrote:Got a lot of love for the Strade Bianche.
Didn't catch Roma Maxima. I'm curious to check it out.
Enjoyed RM last year, no race radios allowed for a comedy 2nd place celebration and outside the Colosseum in Rome is a great place to finish a race.
Indeed - a few commentators took the p out of Pippo P but to be fair he seemed to accept it in good humour.
There was some good footage of them winding through narrow cobbled streets etc.0 -
YorkshireRaw wrote:DL1987 wrote:EKIMIKE wrote:Got a lot of love for the Strade Bianche.
Didn't catch Roma Maxima. I'm curious to check it out.
Enjoyed RM last year, no race radios allowed for a comedy 2nd place celebration and outside the Colosseum in Rome is a great place to finish a race.
Indeed - a few commentators took the p out of Pippo P but to be fair he seemed to accept it in good humour.
There was some good footage of them winding through narrow cobbled streets etc.
The tweets to Pippo from other riders like Nibz were particularly funny...
Pippo's got a great sense of humour, got to hand it to him0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:At home:
Lincoln GP
Away:
Tro Bro Leon
Settimana Coppi e Bartali
Giro del Trentino
Pais Vasco
Great shout with Lincoln GP RR. I always like Tour of the Res too.0 -
I liked what David Millar said about De Panne
He said it's the "racers race", as you have to be a good racer to even stand a chance of winning.0 -
Lincoln having the Nat champs next year will be mega, it is a shame its not a 1.1 really as then would get more good teams over for it0
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TakeTheHighRoad wrote:I liked what David Millar said about De Panne
He said it's the "racers race", as you have to be a good racer to even stand a chance of winning.
Is only good viewing if it's bad weather though....
Unless you like watching crashes.0