Bretagne Classic 2023, Plouay › Plouay (258km)

[RedheadDane]

(You just gotta do everything yourself... )

And by "do everything", I mostly mean "copy paste from PCS"...

Startlist for Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2023

Competing teams and riders for Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2023. Top competitors are Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet and Edvald Boasson Hagen.

www.procyclingstats.com

Sorry, I can't be bothered putting everything under spoiler-tags...

I'm gonna guess that several of these climbs have names in the Breton language.

 

[Samamba]

Way harder parcours than last few years. Really doubt this ends in a sprint.

Also lots of (serious)crosswind sections during the day.

 

[Red Rick]

Happy MvdP is racing this, even if he doesn't get a result. Didn't really want him to just do 1.1 glorified Belgian kermisses the rest of the year

 

[tobydawq]

Great start list. And 258 kms. It could be a great race.

Sagan's last WorldTour race?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Spoiler: Please use spoiler tags

You're triggering my PCSD!

I hope a local rider wins, because there hasn't been a Breton victor since 1992.

 

[RedheadDane]

Spoiler: Please use spoiler tags

You're triggering my PCSD!

Spoiler: NO

You what?

Normally, I would have put stuff under spoiler tags, but I was too lazy.

 

[rallybanana]

It's funny how PCS lists the top competitors as the 3 highest riders in their all-time rankings even though they're all pretty much also-rans at this stage of their careers. Why don't they use their 12-month rankings which would give Van der Poel, De Lie and Philipsen?

 

[RedheadDane]

Why don't they use their 12-month rankings which would give Van der Poel, De Lie and Philipsen?

Well...

Top competitors in Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2023

The highest ranked competitors on the Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2023 startlist are Jasper Philipsen, Mathieu van der Poel and Arnaud De Lie.

www.procyclingstats.com

1	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2097	5
2	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1664	9
3	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Dstny	1437	12

 

[QueenStagiaire]

JAN! will win this bike race.

 

[rallybanana]

Spoiler: Please use spoiler tags

You're triggering my PCSD!

I hope a local rider wins, because there hasn't been a Breton victor since 1992.

Last year Axel Laurance was the first Breton rider to podium in over 20 years. He could have gone one better but he's riding in Italy this weekend!

 

[rallybanana]

Well...

Top competitors in Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2023

The highest ranked competitors on the Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2023 startlist are Jasper Philipsen, Mathieu van der Poel and Arnaud De Lie.

www.procyclingstats.com

1	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2097	5
2	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1664	9
3	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Dstny	1437	12

I spent 5 minutes trying to work out the highest-ranked riders in the race...and all I had to do was press a button

 

[RedheadDane]

Surprisingly only 2 riders in the break.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Something to smile about

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

black shorts...classy. no need for this white shi te.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I've never realised there was a mens edition.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

94km to go, Fausto has been chilling at the front of the peloton, in the top 15 riders for a while. The focus is there for wolfpack, vansevenent looks poised

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Catch of breakaway made at 85km to go. Nervous at the front. Jonatan Milan dropped

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Alaphilip attacked hard at 80km to go, didn't get away but triggered a few km of continuous attacking, now Kung and mack van dijk are ahead of peloton

 

[Blanco]

What's this, Van Der Poel in the Jumbo dress. Seriously, this Van Dijck has a similar style like Mathieu.

 

[Samamba]

So Alaphilippe started attacking but now there's a group gone without a QS rider. No Alpecin either after riding all day.

Weird situation. Everyone wanted to be in front, then they went hard for 10 minutes straight just to stop afterwards and now they gave Kung and Van Dijcke 2 minutes.

Van der Poel looks bad.

 

[RedheadDane]

That didn't look too good.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

HUGE work being done by mauro schmidt , what a rider. Vansevenent and Fausto sitting a few wheels back, wolfpack riding well.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

HUGE work being done by mauro schmidt , what a rider. Vansevenent and Fausto sitting a few wheels back, wolfpack riding well.

Attack Fausto

 

[Ilmaestro99]

ATTACK FAUSTO MASNADA!!!!!!!!

 

[Potomac]

How do I watch two races at once?