CRO Race 2024 (Oct.1-Oct.6)

[SafeBet]

Lundani!

Was Wright and Zambanini riding against each other?

Bahrain needs UCI points so I wouldn't be surprised if all of the riders here are told to sprint for whatever result they can achieve.

Zambanini taking the baton from Tiberi in the amazing race.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wasn't that more of a regular flat stage?
Isn't Haderslev more of a flat town?

It was an uphill finish, but not as hard as this one, and this was a harder stage in general as well.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bahrain needs UCI points so I wouldn't be surprised if all of the riders here are told to sprint for whatever result they can achieve.

Zambanini taking the baton from Tiberi in the amazing race.

That's possible, but still it looked like they could both have finished in the top 3 and maybe even won the stage, if they had played it smarter.

 

[Rob5091]

Well, chapeau Tobias Lund Andresen! Uphill sprint on cobbles not bad from him at all. UAE having one of their rare off days.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

In interview Lund is so happy about his win, have to be happy for him!

He also said the riders love the Croatian race and the scenery, but unfortunately there was no time to look around today because they had to concentrate on the road.

 

[tobydawq]

It was an uphill finish, but not as hard as this one, and this was a harder stage in general as well.

There was no 12km climb at 6% on a stage finishing in Haderslev?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Any news on Ganna? I'm stupid with social media and nothing had been mentioned after he crashed on the stream I was watching...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

There was no 12km climb at 6% on a stage finishing in Haderslev?

Not even the occasional piles of mud on the football stadium have ever reached those heights.

 

[RedheadDane]

I have certain questions about the starting-town of today's stage.
Did they forget the vowels?

Who are the last winners in Krk, Croatia?

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[AmRacer]

I have certain questions about the starting-town of today's stage.
Did they forget the vowels?

Who are the last winners in Krk, Croatia?

www.procyclingstats.com

What do you mean? The 'r' should be a vowel?

 

[RedheadDane]

What do you mean? The 'r' should be a vowel?

No, just that... there seems to be missing some vowels.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I have certain questions about the starting-town of today's stage.
Did they forget the vowels?

Who are the last winners in Krk, Croatia?

www.procyclingstats.com

Nah, in Croatian Krk means neck. (In Czech we also frequently skip vowels, in Czeck krk also means neck or throat.)

 

[tobydawq]

No, just that... there seems to be missing some vowels.

It's an island. Maybe Croatia's largest. However, the island of Cres is exactly the same size so who can tell?

That doesn't explain the missing vowels. I am sure that commentators will invent some, though, like they did with Svrcek who for some reason became Svacek at the U23 worlds.

 

[RedheadDane]

It's an island. Maybe Croatia's largest. However, the island of Cres is exactly the same size so who can tell?

That doesn't explain the missing vowels.

I'm glad you pointed that out...

Maybe you just have to make a sound like something's stuck in your throat...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I'm glad you pointed that out...

Maybe you just have to make a sound like something's stuck in your throat...

I think it all depends on how you pronounce the r, in Czech, for example, we have a couple of ways of prounouncing r, one of them includes an accent mark.

In Croatian or Czech the r in krk is prounounced in a way that simply doesn't exist in American English language at least, so that's probably why English speakers struggle with the lack of vowels.

Now somebody please explain Polish and Finnish to me - one language has too many consonants while the other has too many vowels!

 

[RedheadDane]

Now somebody please explain Polish and Finnish to me - one language has too many consonants while the other has too many vowels!

Well.... once upon a time, there was a big war between the Polish and the Finnish over the control of letters. Finally, the two navies met in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
The battle raged for days, and nobody could get an upper hand, then - when it seemed North Europe would descend into linguistic madness, a truce was proposed.
Finland would get the vowels, while Poland would get the consonants.

 

[tobydawq]

Well.... once upon a time, there was a big war between the Polish and the Finnish over the control of letters. Finally, the two navies met in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
The battle raged for days, and nobody could get an upper hand, then - when it seemed North Europe would descend into linguistic madness, a truce was proposed.
Finland would get the vowels, while Poland would get the consonants.

I don't think this is true.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Well.... once upon a time, there was a big war between the Polish and the Finnish over the control of letters. Finally, the two navies met in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
The battle raged for days, and nobody could get an upper hand, then - when it seemed North Europe would descend into linguistic madness, a truce was proposed.
Finland would get the vowels, while Poland would get the consonants.

How about Welsh?

I don't even understand what's going on in the Welsh language...

 

[RedheadDane]

I don't think this is true.

Do I look like the kind of person who would make those things up?

 

[jmdirt]

BMc still in the GC lead!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Well.... once upon a time, there was a big war between the Polish and the Finnish over the control of letters. Finally, the two navies met in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
The battle raged for days, and nobody could get an upper hand, then - when it seemed North Europe would descend into linguistic madness, a truce was proposed.
Finland would get the vowels, while Poland would get the consonants.

It can't have been that long ago, if Meis Poland was alive at the time.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I'm sure most of us will be tuning in to dell'Emilia today instead of watching the CRO race...

I might watch some highlights of today's stage later, but for now see you all back here tomorrow for the final stage!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

One more thing before I go and pollute the dell'Emilia thread with my scenery observations...

Yesterday's stage claimed more victims besides Ganna, still haven't been able to find any updates on him though.

DNF	GANNA Filippo	INEOS Grenadiers				-
DNF	VIVIANI Elia	INEOS Grenadiers				-
DNF	MACIEJUK Filip	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe				-
DNF	QUICK Blake	Team Jayco AlUla				-
DNF	SAJNOK Szymon	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team				-
DNF	WIRTGEN Luc	Tudor Pro Cycling Team				-
DNF	SAMPSON Andy	Ljubljana Gusto Santic

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Brilliant leadout from Uno-X, completely bossing it the last 4 km.
DSM spent their bullets on the last intermediate.