34th Tro-Bro Léon 2017 (1.1, Coupe de France, April 17th)

[roundabout]

There's a bit in this article (in French, sorry)

http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/yvelines-78/cyclisme-damien-gaudin-je-ne-cours-pas-apres-l-argent-24-02-2017-6707142.php

This article actually reminded me that Turgot did not get a ride even at conti level.

 

[the asian]

Happy for Gaudin !. The Army team gets invited to all of the French 1.1 races, It's not that bad having to step down to a French Conti level team.

 

[Anderis]

Re:

What went wrong for Gaudin in between his days as Paris-Roubaix fringe contender and this win? How was he so bad that he ended up at a Conti team?

I'm not sure. If you look at his results in 2016, they were not great but still better than good enough to be a solid domestique in northern classics at WT level.

 

[BigMac]

Re: 34th Tro-Bro Léon 2017 (1.1, Coupe de France, April 17th

Nice win for Gaudin. Didn't think he could win after working so hard in the final kms but he had something left in his legs!

Your avatar is huge, haha. How did the system accept it?

 

[sprints n stones]

Just watched the repeat this morning. Never cheered so much for a rider I didn't know. What a fantastic finishing​ spurt. Multiple chapeau to Gaudin.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: 34th Tro-Bro Léon 2017 (1.1, Coupe de France, April 17th

Nice win for Gaudin. Didn't think he could win after working so hard in the final kms but he had something left in his legs!

Your avatar is huge, haha. How did the system accept it?

It's now simply possible to have bigger profile pitures

 

[movingtarget]

Very strong win by Gaudin.

 

[lartiste]

Amazing race and I am happy for Gaudin too!

 

[search]

Re:

There's a bit in this article (in French, sorry)

http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/yvelines-78/cyclisme-damien-gaudin-je-ne-cours-pas-apres-l-argent-24-02-2017-6707142.php

This article actually reminded me that Turgot did not get a ride even at conti level.

to be fair, Turgot lost motivation and did not really look for a new team. He asked Direct Energie, they said no, and that's it (that's the way I understood it at least). When the local club approached him then, he agreed to become a bit of a mentor for the youngsters. That's how he ended up on DN3 level.

 

[Bolder]

That was a nice race by Gaudin -- you could tell he was riding with some anger. As to the larger point about whether Tro Bro will ever be another monument -- the 4 (?) finishing loops were kind of meh. This was my first time watching it (though I've ridden in that part of Brittany), and I was impressed but not blown away.