2025 WC: Thread for all the women's races + Mixed Relay

[Samamba]

Well if anyone deserved it it was Vallieres. She did a lot of work early on in that group already. EF will be happy

 

[Red Rick]

Everyone is completely fried.

 

[Alien Performance]

have met Vallieres a few times, super nice person - would be amazing to see her in Rainbows for the year!

 

[Cycling111]

I don't know who is this woman .
This is more WTF than Tobias Foss ITT WC?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This is like that Mallorcan race last year, but on a much bigger stage for Vallieres. She dropped García there as well.

 

[stetre76]

Reminds me of Anna Kiesenhofer's win in Tokyo at the 2020 Olympics ...

Seems like not much has changed in Women's cycling

 

[Tim Cahill]

Great winner, what it's all about, I know some don't like it when a randomer wins a big race like this but it's really important for the fabric of cycling that this sort of thing happens, every dog has it's day.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

They're all blowing chunks now; I thought García was looking over her shoulder suggesting the chasers were coming but they're all just as fried as the break was.

 

[Unchained]

Who is that marple leaf diesel?

Granddaughter of Steve Buaer

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It went as predicted: A French speaking rider won and a former SDW rider finished second.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Reminds me of Anna Kiesenhofer's win in Tokyo at the 2020 Olympics ...

Seems like not much has changed in Women's cycling

This wasn't a miscounting or miscalculation though. This was the big teams deciding to back odd horses. Vallières isn't a "who?", she was 18th in the Tour and has strong results at a range of one day races. Fisher-Black and García have plenty of palmarès to speak of.

Kiesenhofer was a complete outsider and a shocking miscalculation. This is just a selection being made that was given too much time before the Dutch/French/Italians learned their girls in the break didn't have the legs, and then didn't have enough in the legs to catch it back up.

 

[Red Rick]

Pure, unadulterated Ciclismo

 

[Peyroteo94]

Congrats to Netherlands for this fantastic win.

 

[Red Rick]

Nobody in the peloton had anything either

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It is rather beautifully nostalgic to see such a true, unadulterated, unfiltered Rabofail, though. New faces in the car, but same faces on the road and same results on the road.

Reminiscences of the 2015 European Games.

 

[KZD]

Glad Vallières won, the favourites behaved like a bunch of divas so they got what they deserved, no medals.

 

[Berniece]

Congrats to Netherlands for this fantastic win.

Why is it their fault? Vollering clearly wasn’t good enough. No one from the Netherlands was good enough for the win

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Am I totally ignorant not knowing the winner before 30km's ago, or is she that much of a surprise?

Super nice victory for her. Don't remember her making any mistakes either in all those dynamics.

To use a new German sports phrase I learned today from the commentators: "She threw a real meatball" at the end.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Vollering terrorist

 

[Unchained]

Cannondale happy that they got one win this year.. Too much pressure on Ben Healy to carry the brand

 

[Tim Cahill]

Big French inquest going on at the line

 

[Unchained]

Am I totally ignorant not knowing the winner before 30km's ago, or is she that much of a surprise?

Super nice victory for her. Don't remember her making any mistakes either in all those dynamics.

To use a new German sports phrase I learned today from the commentators: "She threw a real meatball" at the end.

You are going to be gracious enough to translate what a thrown meatball means.. Please

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

This is as bad as when the math teacher won the Olympics

What's wrong with being a Maths teacher??? C'mon @tobydawq , we don't need to put up with such slander.

 

[stetre76]

@Libertine Seguros
All true, but looking at Vollering, PFP, and all the others - nobody wanted to ride, they just looked at each other.
If you want to win, you have to take some initiative at some point of the race

But of course, today they knew that there were riders in front of them, not like with Kiesenhofer, when they just forgot about he

 

[Unchained]

Pure, unadulterated Ciclismo

You don't end it with an A when it a female?