Eschborn-Frankfurt 2023, one day classic, May 1

[QueenStagiaire]

The breakaway has gone immediately, six riders, Tu, Walscheid, Reynders, Orts, Moschetti and Desal so I guess Q36.5 and maybe also Cofidis won‘t ride for a sprint.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The breakaway has eight minutes, but worry not, Emanuel Buchmann is there to chase the breakaway down.

 

[Orbit501]

What's the reasoning of Walscheid and Moschetti going in the break do we think?

It's like watching Kristoff in DDV

 

[Filippo_3467]

Buchmann getting a few training km in. Was always clear that this is his role today, I'm more interested in why they brought the in form Konrad to this bike race, when there goal seems to be a sprint.

 

[Filippo_3467]

What's the reasoning of Walscheid and Moschetti going in the break do we think?

It's like watching Kristoff in DDV

A lot of chatter by german riders that the profile is much harder then the last years. I think that's the only possibility for them to be there after the last mountain sp they want to get ahead of the action.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Yes, WT3 races are optional.

SOQ a notable absence so no Jakobsen or Merlier

 

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What's the reasoning of Walscheid and Moschetti going in the break do we think?

It's like watching Kristoff in DDV

the race was way too hard for both of them already before the route change, and even more so now.

In Walscheid's case, it's just about having a bit of fun and happy faces among the spectators, I guess.

 

[Mayomaniac]

What's the reasoning of Walscheid and Moschetti going in the break do we think?

It's like watching Kristoff in DDV

90kg Walscheid probably won't be able to do a lot in the final if the bunch rides hard on the climbs, so he gets a headstart and his teammate Consonni, who is good in a bunch sprint after a hard, hilly race, gets to sit in the bunch.
I guess Moschetti is also not that sure that he'll still have the legs to sprint properly if the bunch rides the climbs at a decent pace, so he wants a headstart.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I feel like Buchmann and Osborne are kind of overdoing it here because the break is terrible at climbing.

 

[Filippo_3467]

I don't know where to put it because there isn't a thread for it but looking through the landscape they are riding through today (Taunus) I wonder how much you could do with the terrain in Germany when it comes to great bike racing.

But coming out of the Ullrich, Zabel and Aldag Days they had image problems, money problems, problems with the organization (comparable to the Netherlands) and they also didn't took risks in doing something bold.

At the moment the racing landscape is mostly sprinters classics (or minor classics) and the Deutschland Tour. Especially the combo of medium mountain ranges and relatively big population enters should allow for a good development of the racing scene if the money flows back in and they have interesting route designs.

 

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90kg Walscheid probably won't be able to do a lot in the final if the bunch rides hard on the climbs, so he gets a headstart and his teammate Consonni, who is good in a bunch sprint after a hard, hilly race, gets to sit in the bunch.

I was thinking about Consonni as a favourite as well, but he just seems to have returned from Colombia this weekend

 

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can't find a profile for the climb as a whole, unfortunately, but this is basically the new (2nd) Feldberg ascent: Mammolshain first, then this side of the Feldberg right after, with only a 2k plateau in between

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Jonas Rutsch attacks, doesn‘t seem too reasonable to me

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Emanuel Buchmann has crashed, a massive surprise

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Thought I'd tune in into the public broadcasting coverage, watched for 10 minutes and German commentator already lamented about Kämna going to the Giro instead of the Tour because it's DA BEST AND BIGGEST race in cycling and we want to see these German role models there (lol). Next they cut to the peleton and he creams himself over Buchmann leading the peleton. Christ. Switched to GCN+ on French now, best way of understanding a bit but not enough to get annoyed.

Fan attendance is mad tho, really a shame that the German WT races are so trivial because the amount of people showing have been really really good (last years Euro was insane, basically champs d'elysee level for such a terrible course).

 

[Tim Cahill]

Looked like a deliberate deviation from Gudnitz, DQ incoming?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

With this new route, it will still just be a rerun of 2021 - Jayco are the only team who want to push on the climbs, therefore everything comes back together for a sprint that is inevitably won by Philipsen.

Scratch that, Jayco aren't trying either. Matthews still missing a bit of form after his miserable spring campaign?

 

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Scratch that, Jayco aren't trying either. Matthews still missing a bit of form after his miserable spring campaign?

may go for Engelhardt instead then, but he normally needs a bit of a selection as well.

 

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the weekly Zoccarato attack now. Joined by Steinhauser. About time

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah, this is not the way to force a selection.

 

[Netserk]

Tuned in a bit ago, but it seems only the final ascent will be raced full gas by the peloton.

 

[Filippo_3467]

If I'm the race organisers I bring in 4 hard ascents of the Feldberg with 6000 elevation gain just to troll the teams and see if the teams still make it a disgrace of an WT race.

 

[Netserk]

Okay, maybe BikeExchange just didn't have the firepower to start earlier.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Is Sinky rehabilitated enough to be shown on the broadcast? He used to be an annual fixture in the broadcast too since he's from Fulda.

His ban is finished at December 31, 2024, afaik.

I hope for a return to Soudal QS afterwards. So Lefevere in future can celebrate two victories in spring one day races, every year: Remco in LBL and Patrik Sinkewitz in Frankfurt.

ATM Patrik trains hard and occasionally trains with faithful fans (recreational riders). Plus, he owns a bike shop.

Patrik has some unfinished business with the TdF, so thumbs up for a comeback.

He however will have to make peace with Bramati, beforehand…

 

[Mayomaniac]

the weekly Zoccarato attack now. Joined by Steinhauser. About time

Man, I really want to see him on a team that races the cobbled classics.