114th Paris - Tours Elite (1.Pro): Chartres › Tours (213k)

[RedheadDane]

EVERYBODY! I have wonderful news. In this up-side-down, topsy-turvy, wacky season, there is at least some sense of normalicy:
Paris-Tours! Right when it was always supposed to be.

Map and profile provided below by the wonderful @SafeBet!
And here's a provisional startlist.

 

[SafeBet]

 

[RedheadDane]

You are a hero!

Actually... since it came so quick; would it be okay if I didn't include it in the OP?

 

[SafeBet]

You're being very lazy.

 

[RedheadDane]

You're being very lazy.

Yes!

 

[RedheadDane]

Evaldas Siskevicius (Nippo-Delko Provence), Elmar Reinders (Riwal Securitas), Petr Rikunov (Gazprom-Rusvelo), Emiel Vermeulen (Natura4Ever-Roubaix-Lille Métropole), Sergio Martin (Caja Rural) and Mikel Artisti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) now enjoy a 3'45'' lead.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Mikel Artisti sounds like a show off to me.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Favourites: Coquard, Kragh Andersen, Cosnefroy... It might also be a complete outsider.

 

[RedheadDane]

Crash! Kragh down...

 

[Wvv]

Rune Herregodts wins Paris-Tours U23! And in what fashion!

 

[RedheadDane]

Rune Herregodts wins Paris-Tours U23! And in what fashion!

Could you even say it was "herre godt"? (can best be translated to "damn good")

 

[RedheadDane]

Cosnefroy and Pedersen in the front. Molard chasing.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Cosnefroy and Pedersen in the front. Molard chasing.

You mean Casper Pedersen? Because Mads is in Gent-Wevelgem.

 

[Netserk]

Danish compounds are in one word, RhD.

 

[RedheadDane]

You mean Casper Pedersen? Because Mads is in Gent-Wevelgem.

Yes, of course I mean Casper! And since Mads is in G-W I didn't think it would be necessary to specify.

 

[Alexandre B.]

It's a mudfest!

 

[T-Nielsen]

Too much motorpace after my taste.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

This is a good race!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

How fast is Cosnefroy on the line? Pedersen is very fast.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Interesting final two as well if they stay away.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Madouas did a big turn on that drag and knocked that gap down from 30" to 20"

 

[Alexandre B.]

How fast is Cosnefroy on the line? Pedersen is very fast.

The Dane seems to be stronger anyway.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

The Dane seems to be stronger anyway.

I remember thinking that about Trentin at worlds

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Danish commentators just mentioned, that when Pedersen won the U23 European Championships, Cosnefroy was 2nd

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

It looked like the chase was going to get them about 3km ago, but either the chase ran out of steam or they found a bit more.