Étoile de Bessèges 2025 February 5th - 9th

[Tricycle Rider]

5 guys up the road with 3 minutes on the peloton at the moment. 100 km still to go.

I just tuned in with 72km to go, must be the same 5 guys as with 100km to go. (Unfortunately I'm not familiar with any of them.)

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice aqueduct!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Nice aqueduct!

1st Century AD, still standing, what did the Romans ever do for us, Pont Du Gard

 

[SafeBet]

I just tuned in with 72km to go, must be the same 5 guys as with 100km to go. (Unfortunately I'm not familiar with any of them.)

Louis Kitzki's is the 2024 Zwift Academy winner.
Axandre Van Petegem is the son of multiple Monument winner Peter Van Petegem.

Can't help you with the other three, I fear.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Louis Kitzki's is the 2024 Zwift Academy winner.
Axandre Van Petegem is the son of multiple Monument winner Peter Van Petegem.

Can't help you with the other three, I fear.

No worries, thank you nonetheless!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Great to see AG2R lining up and showing faith in their man, cycling fans from 2020-2022 will remember Irish semi-sprinter Samuel Bennett! Peaking no doubt for his favoured race the 4/5/6 Jours de Dunkerque

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Peloton picking up the pace, the 5 escapees are very close to being caught with another 25km to go.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Very sturdy-looking bridge, they don't make them like that anymore.

 

[Rob5091]

Great to see AG2R lining up and showing faith in their man, cycling fans from 2020-2022 will remember Irish semi-sprinter Samuel Bennett! Peaking no doubt for his favoured race the 4/5/6 Jours de Dunkerque

Sam's contract runs out this year so he'll no doubt be giving it his all.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Sam's contract runs out this year so he'll no doubt be giving it his all.

The Marcus Rashford gambit

 

[Rob5091]

Car on the road?!

 

[RedheadDane]

Idiot driver just entering the route, causing a crash!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I actually like the Cofidis' jersey with the yellow sleeves now, with all the other red jerseys it's easier to spot from heli shots.

 

[Berniece]

Idiot driver just entering the route, causing a crash!

Is it the person's fault? They probably didn't know, because why would you do that otherwise. Maybe it wasn't communicated properly or they should've put people there to handle these situations.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is it the person's fault? They probably didn't know, because why would you do that otherwise. Maybe it wasn't communicated properly or they should've put people there to handle these situations.

Pretty sure they'd have been able to see the riders...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Idiot driver just entering the route, causing a crash!

That Mini Cooper will be on every cycling fan's shitlist.

So far it's been such a quiet race (which was kinda nice), but then a car came along....

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Break caught, 3km to go, Mads for the win!

 

[RedheadDane]

Break caught, 3km to go, Mads for the win!

Been sitting at the back...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Even in a 2.1, there's going to be at least something in the way of cars/motorcycles in front of the peloton, right? And they weren't between the peloton and the car, so hard to see how the driver isn't at least partially at fault...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Been sitting at the back...

Where's Cort at?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Monster leadout from whoever that was from Ineos, brother Caleb would've won that.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Crash by Kern rider!

He seems all right though, he's walking under his own power.

 

[Berniece]

This was so badly filmed, no idea what happened

 

[Devil's Elbow]

What a strange sprint and ditto solo crash.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wærenskjold takes it.
Kern guy crashing in the finale, but everyone else managed to stay upright.