Étoile de Bessèges 2025 February 5th - 9th

[RedheadDane]

Let's hope so...

Let's not hope so!

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau Magnier - strong finish. Meeus hung on for second.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Impressive from Meeus too, did a lot there

 

[Squire]

Great stuff from the kid! Only one who didn't look like he was dying near the end. Along with Van den Berg who also looked strong.

The Quickstep jerseys are a bit less distinct from the helicopter shots this year. Was wondering where Magnier was and who that Israel rider was, until I realised it was actually a Quickstep jersey. AG2R and FDJ also not that dissimilar.

 

[Samamba]

De Lie looks good

Edit: looked like he unclipped there?

He did unclip but he did not look good... Good positioning I didn't expect tho, but he was already struggling on his teammates wheel and was getting gapped already when he unclipped.

You can't just undo almost 3 weeks without serious training in a few days.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Thought races like this were too small for de lie?

 

[Rob5091]

He did unclip but he did not look good... Good positioning I didn't expect tho, but he was already struggling on his teammates wheel and was getting gapped already when he unclipped.

You can't just undo almost 3 weeks without serious training in a few days.

Yeah, I wondered if the knee problem might slow him down.

 

[Berniece]

The Quickstep jerseys are a bit less distinct from the helicopter shots this year. Was wondering where Magnier was and who that Israel rider was, until I realised it was actually a Quickstep jersey. AG2R and FDJ also not that dissimilar.

Had the same issue, quality of the stream didn't help though. Hope it'll be better on TV

 

[Squire]

Thought races like this were too small for de lie?

Huh? You're talking about the king of .1 races.

 

[E_F_]

Let's not hope so!

Well if that's not explanation for his poor "showing" today, then...

 

[RedheadDane]

Well if that's not explanation for his poor "showing" today, then...

Would have been better if he had teleported to the front, and won.







(I'm not sure teleporting is allowed, though...)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Perhaps they weighed Magnier with his bike, meaning he was actually 1.8 kg lighter than before.

 

[Rob5091]

Big Mads came in 1min 43 seconds down on the winner so a warm up race for him.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Huh? You're talking about the king of .1 races.

Was a reference to his behaviour in le samyn last year