2022 - 47th Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio (1.WWT)

[RedheadDane]

Balsamo takes it.

 

[Salvarani]

Balsamo too good. Great sprint.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Pfft. Another break that doesn't work well together.

Classic SD Worx race destroying tactics.

Good win for Trek - impressive team work despite not having the strongest riders on the day.

 

[sir fly]

As if one Elisa wasn't enough for Trek.

 

[postmanhat]

Blimey. Think she was only out of her saddle for 50 metres and won by two bike lengths

 

[SafeBet]

Overhead shot shows Balsamo was on a whole different level. Too strong.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It was a bit easy for Balsamo, though Bertizzolo and Paladin did quite well to finish on the podium.
And again I chose the wrong SD Worx and Canyon-SRAM riders in the prediction game, but at least I get one point in total.

 

[RedheadDane]

01	Elisa Balsamo		Trek-Segafredo	3:36:29​	400​
02	Sofia Bertizzolo		UAE Team ADQ	+ 00​	320​
03	Soraya Paladin		CANYON//SRAM Racing	+ 00​	260​
04	Chantal van den Broek-Blaak		Team SD Worx	+ 00​	220​
05	Elena Cecchini		Team SD Worx	+ 00​	180​
06	Coryn Labecki		Team Jumbo-Visma	+ 00​	140​
07	Elise Chabbey		CANYON//SRAM Racing	+ 00​	120​
08	Silvia Persico		Valcar-Travel & Service	+ 00​	100​
09	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig		FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope	+ 00​	80​
10	Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio		Team SD Worx	+ 00​	68​

 

[Samu Cuenca]

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No garden gnomes as prizes in this race, but some alcoholic frogs instead.

 

[jaylew]

I guess ELB not wanting to work in that 4 rider break was the right decision.

 

[yaco]

So, apparently BikeExchange has a rather prominent "soigneur" today.
The fiance of one of their riders.

Last year at one of the races Valteri Bottas was the soigneur for Tiffany Cromwell.

 

[yaco]

It was a pleasure to watch such a controlled sprint from Balsamo.

 

[RedheadDane]

Last year at one of the races Valteri Bottas was the soigneur for Tiffany Cromwell.

Yeah, I don't think he's quite as prominent as Urska Zigart's fiance.
But as Samu pointed out, he might have been helping the UAE team, since that's the team he rides for the men's version of.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yeah, I don't think he's quite as prominent as Urska Zigart's fiance.
But as Samu pointed out, he might have been helping the UAE team, since that's the team he rides for the men's version of.

Idunno, this is a cycling board so obviously Tadej Pogačar is a higher prominence athlete than a guy whose main claim to fame is being the #2 driver in a top F1 team, but globally I think Bottas is probably more well known to the man/woman in the street due to the prominence of F1 globally. Yes, Tadej has twice won the one race in the sport that everybody is aware of, but there's a gulf between knowing the event and knowing its protagonists.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Idunno, this is a cycling board so obviously Tadej Pogačar is a higher prominence athlete than a guy whose main claim to fame is being the #2 driver in a top F1 team, but globally I think Bottas is probably more well known to the man/woman in the street due to the prominence of F1 globally. Yes, Tadej has twice won the one race in the sport that everybody is aware of, but there's a gulf between knowing the event and knowing its protagonists.

Yeah, I also expect that more people will have heard of Bottas, especially since he's been around for longer. I mean I haven't really watched that much F1 since Rosberg won the championship in 2016, but Bottas was already a household name in motorsport before he took over his half compatriot's seat at Mercedes.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I have to say that Balsamo's sprint looks smooth, very little side movement. Reminds me a bit of Petacchi or Cipo back in the day.