06.10.2022 till infinity: Gran Piemonte / Paris-Bourges

[ciranda]

Gran Piemonte (used to be Giro del Piemonte), 168 km

random favorites ranking

five stars RESTREPO, MOSCHETTI, CONSONNI
four stars ARANBURU Alex, BARONCINI, TRENTIN, SKUIJNS
three stars ARANBURU Jokin, CRAS, OLIVEIRA,
two stars RIABUSCHENKO, STOKBRO

Paris-Bourges 198 km

extra random favorites ranking

five stars DEMARE, MEEUS, RIOU, LECROQ
four stars MOZZATO, BONIFAZIO, CARPENTER
three stars HIVERT, THEUNS
two stars PERICHON, LE GAC, KIRSCH

Both races set to finish around 17.00 central european time. Post here; comments about Piemonte in green, about Paris-Bourges in blue.

 

[Orbit501]

Eurosport Gran Piemonte coverage starts in about half hours time. 14.20 UK time.

4 riders with a gap of 2:40 at the mo:

Soler
Boaro
Moniquet
Skjelmos Jensen

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Ambitious project

Paris-Gien-Bourges is live on Facebook. There is about 95 km left.

Paris Gien Bourges

Paris Gien Bourges

www.facebook.com

 

[Orbit501]

Alex Aranburu was a DNF at The Valli Verasine and a DNF a Milano Torino. Not sure what's going on there.

Makes him doubtful for a 4 star rating though to me.

Also thought this edition was flat enough for Consonni to be lead out for Viviani too?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

What's the point of making such a flat course???

 

[tobydawq]

Flat race today, crazy difficult up and down profile in 2020, Oropa finish in 2019, pancake flat in 2018. The race really seems to aim for as diverse a winner's list as possible.

 

[Orbit501]

What's the point of making such a flat course???

If you're taking about Gran Piemonte, I'm not sure.

Last year's edition was a good parcours that provided an exciting finish.

 

[Orbit501]

Cofidis and Qhubeka doing all the pulling for Viviani and Nizzolo so far.

Gap nice and manageable at just under a minute.

 

[BlueRoads]

Did you all lose some bets or what is this?

 

[ciranda]

Alex Aranburu was a DNF at The Valli Verasine and a DNF a Milano Torino. Not sure what's going on there.

Makes him doubtful for a 4 star rating though to me.

Also thought this edition was flat enough for Consonni to be lead out for Viviani too?

Yeah, don't take the ratings seriously, I picked names semi-randomly.

Leveau, Carisey, Gallopin, Bassett and Ruiz attacked on côte de Jars, Le Gac, Madouas, Riou countered later on côte du Graveron.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

all this colour is turning me green

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If you're taking about Gran Piemonte, I'm not sure.

Last year's edition was a good parcours that provided an exciting finish.

Yes sorry its Gran Piemonte. A race in Piemonte and you can't find some decent climbs and descent???? Last year race was good.

 

[Orbit501]

I'm playing nicely with the colours as was good enough of the OP to start the thread this late in the day

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Did you all lose some bets or what is this?

Haven't you heard about the Gran Piemonte-Paris-Gien-Bourges? You get two races for the price of one.

Yes sorry its Gran Piemonte. A race in Piemonte and you can't find some decent climbs and descent???? Last year race was good.

DUDE, YOU HAVE TO USE THE COLOURS! (I've decided that black is the colour for OT posts)

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Haven't you heard about the Gran Piemonte-Paris-Gien-Bourges? You get two races for the price of one.



DUDE, YOU HAVE TO USE THE COLOURS! (I've decided that black is the colour for OT posts)

This message is about Gran Piemontte

 

[Orbit501]

Catch made a bit early. Still 27km to go.

Suppose there's enough teams set on a sprint that no late attacks are likely to stick anyway.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

No danger of drafting in Paris-Bourges. Can just about spot some riders about 300 yds behind the camera bike but absolutely no idea what is going on

 

[ciranda]

THESE RACES ARE SUPER BORING sorry everyone

 

[Bonimenier]

This colouring really confuses me

It also confuses me in Paris-Bourges

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Eyeballs Out this is your final warning, use blue if your comment is about Paris-Bourges and green if it's about Piemonte.

I'm colour blind. All looks brown to me

 

[RedheadDane]

What is happening here? Is that gonna be the new thing? Create shared threads when there are multipe (lesser) one-day races the same day, colour-code it, and then have everyone ignore the colour-coding?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What is happening here? Is that gonna be the new thing? Create shared threads when there are multipe (lesser) one-day races the same day, colour-code it, and then have everyone ignore the colour-coding?

Yes. Isn't it wonderful?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c1BThu95d8

 

[RedheadDane]

You guys are crazy.

Boiling down to a sprint!

Am I doing it right?

 

[Escarabajo]

Crazy zig zag with 1 km to go.
Eliminated some of the riders!!!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Dumbass finish.