Cro Race, Croatia 27.09-02.10

[yaco]

A lucky win for Mohoric - He was not the best or the strongest rider in the race.

 

[Lequack]

He clearly was, since he won the race

 

[Lequack]

I think in the end it was a much needed win for Vivani after a while, and also nice for Mohoric to get some form back after being sick. The best performances definitely came from Milan and Onley at just 19 years of age, they both showed they will be a force in the future.

 

[sir fly]

I'm not sure that we can call the race management great if a large proportion of the peloton goes the wrong way with 1.5 to go. A bunch of riders must have thought they suddenly had a much better chance for the stage win.

Great was the field they've attracted at this moment.
And the management is just the best part of the event, that's what I've written.

The course through Zagreb was untidy, I agree. Whose responsibility it was I don't know for sure, but wouldn't blame race organizers before the traffic officers. It's an overcrowded city and preparing it for the race caravan isn't that easy without perennial experience and cooperation of the citizens (sort of culture), hence the underground remark. Lines of vehicles were prominent at the majority of junctions throughout the race. Tells what the officers are dealing with and the way they're doing so.

 

[JosefK]

If Mohoric > Vingegaard and Vingegaard > Pog, then Mohoric > Pog.

 

[topcat]

If Mohoric > Vingegaard and Vingegaard > Pog, then Mohoric > Pog.

The transitivity law does not work for humans, they're too illogical.
Can anyone be serious on this forum?
To be real for real.

 

[RedheadDane]

The transitivity law does not work for humans, they're too illogical.
Can anyone be serious on this forum?
To be real for real.

Says the guy, who started two threads dedicated to silliness.
And probably isn't even a cat!

 

[SafeBet]

There's also the Tour of California 2015.

There's also the Cro Race itself, albeit under a different name, in 2017.

 

[Netserk]

There's also the Cro Race itself, albeit under a different name, in 2017.

While it was decided in the finish of the last stage, it wasn't:

decided literally in the last second

 

[Lequack]

Better pic

 

[boneshaker]

I've never seen a proper stage race decided literally in the last second (!), like today.
Also I've never seen a sprinter fist-pumping when clearly losing a sprint to a non-teammate.
Kudos to Mohoric, he absolutely crushed the Fisherman in the GC (by about one second).

Tour of Poland 2011

 

[tobydawq]

Tour of Poland 2011

Sagan really has not had many commanding GC wins.

 

[pastronef]

A lucky win for Mohoric - He was not the best or the strongest rider in the race.

yes, he pushed his pedal so hard helped just by luck. he won the time bonuses for luck, not with strenght.
hahaha!
grande Matej!

 

[pastronef]

So Mohoric made Bahrain win the race by sprinting to 3rd on stage 4.

ain't it great? every second counts

 

[Danskebjerge]

As I see it, Vingegaard lost because Jumbo-Visma's team was weak. They had no riders to take bonus seconds when needed or to launch major attacks.

 

[CHGJ2000]

As I see it, Vingegaard lost because Jumbo-Visma's team was weak. They had no riders to take bonus seconds when needed or to launch major attacks.

Could equally say Vingegaard lost because instead of making the stage 3 MTF hard by attacking on the extremely steep section that started around 300m to go (or even earlier), he sat passively in the group only launching in the final 75m after the accelerations of Milan and Onley making the finish much more suited to Mohoric.

 

[Sandisfan]

@RedheadDane

If Jonathon Milan shows this climbing skill to go with rouler, sprinter chops I can see a thread named Jonathon Milan is or is not the next Wout Van Aert

 

[claude cat]

I'm shocked nobody got badly injured in the finale here.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1576560107416322048

View: https://twitter.com/JohanBruyneel/status/1576560107416322048?s=20&t=92-91juBUAVuG2fyHBjilg

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

As I see it, Vingegaard lost because Jumbo-Visma's team was weak. They had no riders to take bonus seconds when needed or to launch major attacks.

It's the fcking CRO race. Not the TDF.

 

[Kwibus]

People it was the Cro Race and it was a fun race wasn't it?
Vingegaard said congrats to Mohoric, well done with your victory and moves on.

It's not the TdF that was lost. It's ok

 

[sir fly]

People it was the Cro Race and it was a fun race wasn't it?
Vingegaard said congrats to Mohoric, well done with your victory and moves on.

It's not the TdF that was lost. It's ok

Exactly.
It's easy to make an excuse for the Tour loss, but a Tour champion losing the Cro Race... Inexplicable... Unforgivable... SCANDALOUS!

But every cloud has a silver lining... A victory of an Alpine Serb should do better for regional cycling than a victory of a stray Viking.

 

[Lequack]

And there is always the excuse that they only won because Remco wasn't racing.

 

[Kwibus]

Jos van Emden was furious with the UCI. The final circuit was a disgrace and it wasn't the first final circuit during the CRO Race that was a disgrace regarding safety. Riders went to the UCI commissary, but ofcourse they didn't do crap about it.

To be honest the final circuit had some really dodgy parts which shouldn't be used for road racing so I do have to agree with Jos on this one.

Jos also said that the team and Vingegaard decided not to take risks and thus not contest for the seconds. I don't think that if they would that Vingegaard would've won, but I think it was the right choice. It's just the Cro race afterall.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Could equally say Vingegaard lost because instead of making the stage 3 MTF hard by attacking on the extremely steep section that started around 300m to go (or even earlier), he sat passively in the group only launching in the final 75m after the accelerations of Milan and Onley making the finish much more suited to Mohoric.

That's an explanation, too. But it would be hard for Vingegaard to create big gaps on stages without major climbs. He has never done that.

 

[Danskebjerge]

It's the fcking CRO race. Not the TDF.

Let's stick to why Vingegaard lost his 1st place. What you think about how Jumbo-Visma's prioritized the race, is a different matter.