CRO Race 2023, Croatia, September 26 - October 1

[Lequack]

Also the commisaires took out all the cars from the gap. Pretty cruel.

 

[RedheadDane]

Viviani takes it ahead of Lund.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Even a perfect leadout in a field this weak is only barely enough for Viviani these days...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Viviani takes it ahead of Lund.

finally Viviani

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Didn't realise the stage was finishing in a rammstein concert

 

[Lequack]

Mohoric got within 100 meters of the peleton, but at the end he lost like 45 seconds.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Perfect leadout. Viviani only had to sprint for like 100 meters and it was slightly downhill as well so it was a very short sprint (high speed).

A guy like Kristoff have no chance in such a short and fast sprint.

 

[RedheadDane]

1	VIVIANI Elia	INEOS Grenadiers	14	20		4:38:39
2	ANDRESEN Tobias Lund	Team dsm - firmenich	5	12		,,
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	3	7		,,
4	STEWART Campbell	Team Jayco AlUla		5		,,
5	LONARDI Giovanni	EOLO-Kometa		4		,,
6	BURATTI Nicolò	Bahrain - Victorious		3		,,
7	PARISINI Nicolò	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team		2		,,
8	PETRUŠ Jiří	ATT Investments		1		,,
9	GOVEKAR Matevž	Bahrain - Victorious				,,
10	STEININGER Fabian	Maloja Pushbikers				,,

Mielke and J. Mørkøv were not super impressed by the bolded...

 

[yaco]

Think Campbell Stewart can win a stage if he is better positioned in the final.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

1	VIVIANI Elia	INEOS Grenadiers	14	20		4:38:39
2	ANDRESEN Tobias Lund	Team dsm - firmenich	5	12		,,
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	3	7		,,
4	STEWART Campbell	Team Jayco AlUla		5		,,
5	LONARDI Giovanni	EOLO-Kometa		4		,,
6	BURATTI Nicolò	Bahrain - Victorious		3		,,
7	PARISINI Nicolò	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team		2		,,
8	PETRUŠ Jiří	ATT Investments		1		,,
9	GOVEKAR Matevž	Bahrain - Victorious				,,
10	STEININGER Fabian	Maloja Pushbikers				,,

Mielke and J. Mørkøv were not super impressed by the bolded...

From the replays of the crash you could even see Buratti (number 6) being at the tail of the peloton and just riding straight past Mohoric...

 

[Lequack]

I think Oscar Onley now has a great chance at the GC.

 

[yaco]

Dunbar must be a chance if he's recovered from his injuries in the Vuelta.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I think Oscar Onley now has a great chance at the GC.

Him and Sheffield are my two big favorites for this now.
It's basically all coming down to stage 4, isn't it? Could there maybe be some gaps in the small hills on stage 3?

 

[roundabout]

Him and Sheffield are my two big favorites for this now.
It's basically all coming down to stage 4, isn't it? Could there maybe be some gaps in the small hills on stage 3?

That climb on stage 3 is 500 meters at about 10% with the last summit at 4km to go. Hopefully it should be enough for some gaps.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Onley has been recovering from an injury but so far so good I suppose, Sheffield my favourite even without the tt as he was looking sharp in Britain.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Too bad for Moho crashing. Race tailored made for him. Will be hard but hopefully he still tries to bounce back.

 

[Lequack]

Today should be an interesting stage, live coverage starts in 10 mins.

From Mohoric

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706970169141055594

View: https://twitter.com/mohofoundation/status/1706970169141055594?s=20

 

[Lequack]

Should also be some wind today of about 25 kmh.

 

[Rob5091]

I was thinking this will be a sprint, but looking at the profile, there's some lumpy bits up ahead. Someone could go for a long one.

 

[RedheadDane]

Leitao!

 

[Rob5091]

Nah ... sprint! A Portuguese winner (outside of Portugal) - and easy peasy too! Chapeau!
Edit - as he's half the age of the other 2 sprinters here, I think he's got an advantage.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Leitao!

 

[yaco]

The sprinters got that finish wrong - You go earlier when there is a distinct curve in the last 100 metres

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[KZD]

Big win for leitão, probably his biggest one on the road.