Shoot Small Races 2017 *May contain spoilers*

Frank Wilson wrote:

pottssteve wrote:

Frank Wilson wrote:

pottssteve wrote:

Salsiccia1 wrote:

Everyone's favourite cyclo-pugilist covers himself in glory once again:
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bouhanni-apologises-for-behaviour-after-paris-bourges/

Loved this bit of the article:

"Bouhanni had a verbal confrontation with race winner Rudy Barbier (AG2R-La Mondiale) soon after the finish line, which was caught on the cameras of several fans. Bouhanni, who has been a divisive


character in the peloton, had to be separated from Barbier by one of the AG2R La Mondiale team soigneurs as others watched on. He had initially said that he had nothing to say sorry about, but eventually posted a statement on both Facebook and Twitter after the race."

Bouhanni thinks he's right and everyone else thinks he's a d!ck..

But have you seen the final sprint or is your post bandwagon cos everyone has a go at Bouhanni, just

asking like.

No, you are quite right, Frank. You can tell that I love jumping on the bandwagon by the way I post about such popular topics as the Sun Hung Kai Challenge.

I have had a good look at the video, which doesn't show anything untoward, although it is not very clear, unfortunately. However, as barely a week goes by without Bouhanni becoming embroiled in one disagreement or another, I will stand by my original assessment. Perhaps he should return to boxing as at least he's guaranteed to find someone to have a
punch up with whenever he feels the urge...

Best,
Steve

Can you post a link to the video Steve?

I saw this one :

https://www.google.com.hk/url?sa=t&sour ... bZDDQhQkVK

Looks like Bouhanni got boxed in a bit as they round the corner, which is ironic...

So what if he got boxed in, its a fast finish to a cycle race... it happens.

Sam Bennetts's just won again in Tour of Turkey.
They've got bike lanes and everything - far cry from when I cycled there about 15 years ago. Might've been worth considering for a cycling holiday if it weren't for the country's regime.

Sam Bennett is almost Kelly-esque in his domination in Turkey at the moment. Not too many, if any, have won 3 stages in a row at any stage race this year.

DD.

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

Dolan Driver wrote:

Sam Bennett is almost Kelly-esque in his domination in Turkey at the moment. Not too many, if any, have won 3 stages in a row at any stage race this year.

DD.

Its the Tour of Turkey

4 WT teams and a bunch of PC and Conti team, and no real competition on the sprinting front

Cmon

It's not his fault he is so much quicker than the rest of the field. He still has to go out and win each stage with his team. To get it right three days in a row is still notable.

DD.

Dolan Driver wrote:

Richmond Racer 2 wrote:

Dolan Driver wrote:

Sam Bennett is almost Kelly-esque in his domination in Turkey at the moment. Not too many, if any, have won 3 stages in a row at any stage race this year.

DD.

Its the Tour of Turkey

4 WT teams and a bunch of PC and Conti team, and no real competition on the sprinting front

Cmon

It's not his fault he is so much quicker than the rest of the field. He still has to go out and win each stage with his team. To get it right three days in a row is still notable.

DD.

4 starts 4 wins

Last week he took the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro (1.HC) ahead of some top names

1Bennett Sam BORA - hansgrohe2001254:35:26

2Bauhaus Phil Team Sunweb 15085,,

3Greipel André Lotto Soudal12560,,

4Kittel Marcel Quick-Step Floors10050,,

5Groenewegen Dylan Team LottoNL-Jumbo8545,,

6Pelucchi Matteo BORA - hansgrohe7040,,

7Kristoff Alexander Team Katusha - Alpecin

Bennett wins again in Turkey

Just when you thought it was time to hang up your bib shorts for the winter, brace yourselves for the next big race of the year. China - that hotbed of pro-cycling (amongst other things) hosts the Tour of Guangxi:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-o ... 17/stages/

Doesn't appear to have a website, but there's a Fakebook page for all the latest gossip. See Twitter for complaints about air pollution, food, hotel beds etc....

Because it's World Tour status, there will be lots of big names riding, having been obliged to schlep their @rses all the way to China to end the season. Start list here:

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html ... d=MjgyODk=

Some of them may even hang around for the Tour of Hainan, later in the month (although currently Typhoon Khanun is forecast to make landfall there in the next 24 hours, so let's hope it does't smash the place up too much).

I would be interested to know how much it costs to haul all the personnel, bikes, equipment etc. over here for this race, as I assume none of the teams have a service course in Asia. Also, I wonder whether they are expected to fund it all themselves or whether there is some form of sponsorship from the UCI, Wanda etc, as the smaller teams especially must find it an expensive trip.

Steve

SpecialGuestStar wrote:

Chrono des Nations today - capping off a great season

Indeed. Live here: http://chronodesnations.com/direct-du-dimanche

Women out on the course now.

Bennett won 4 out of 7 stages in the Tour of Turkey, yet finished second in the points classification.

How the heck does that work?

RichN95 wrote:

Timoid. wrote:

Bennett won 4 out of 7 stages in the Tour of Turkey, yet finished second in the points classification.

How the heck does that work?

A dumb points system that gives the top fifteen riders 15-14-13-12 etc points. So he was beaten by someone who had five top 4s - one 1st, two 2nds, a third and fourth

Sheesh. And I was annoyed that the Tour didn't give enough weighting to a stage win.

I guess he won't be too miffed at missing out on the green jersey as he is the Shoot Small Races King of green jerseys this year

Well, I've been on the edge of my seat all week watching the Tour of Guangxi. Gaviria picked up 4 sprints to Groenewegen's one, while Tim Wellens takes the overall ahead of Bauke Mollema and Nicolas Roche.

Focus now moves south to the island of Hainan, with a 9 day tour of just over 1500 km, starting on 28th October. Alexey Lutsenko won last year for Astana, and the website doesn't appear to have been updated since then, so I can tell you bugg@r all else. Can't wait!