Eschborn-Frankfurt 2023, one day classic, May 1

[Devil's Elbow]

This is the moment at which you really should have a camera at the back of the peloton.

 

[Lequack]

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

It will be a sprint finish 100%.

 

[Netserk]

Nah, maybe Bora will switch to Konrad!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Nah, maybe Bora will switch to Konrad!

I doubt, but after a hard race Haller might be a better option than Bennett.

 

[Filippo_3467]

Bora had 4 guys sitting ing that group and they are still going for a Bennett getting an 6th place in the sprint. It's so stupid.

There are two ascents in the decent that are really steep. Bennett won't make it I guess.

If bora and Intermarche would take it on this race would have been over for most.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Matthews isn't actually in the front, I think.

 

[Lequack]

Half of the riders in the front group will only try to sabotage the break.

 

[search]

Engelhardt is at the very front, though. I think Jayco worked for him

 

[Aimar16]

Low budget race? Or why don't they show the gaps?

 

[Filippo_3467]

I doubt, but after a hard race Haller might be a better option than Bennett.

I would take van Poppel out of a group of 60

...Haller out of a group of 40

...Politt out of a goup of 30

...Konrad out of a group of 20

over a sprint with Bennett in a mass sprint.

This is such a great move for bora and they sabotaging it. What a disgrace of a team after this bad season they had up until now.

 

[Netserk]

Matthews is back now, right?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Matthews is back now, right?

Looks like it. Jayco should probably have someone pulling then...

Edit: and right as I post, they move to the front.

 

[Samamba]

Gap is pretty big tho. This might stick.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Gap is pretty big tho. This might stick.

Hard to say without knowing what the gap actually is. Anything less than a minute atop the final Mammolshain should be closeable.

 

[Netserk]

31 riders in the front group.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

These TV directors are clueless. Why would you have both motors and the helicopter focusing solely on G1?

 

[Netserk]

Politt, Palzer and Konrad from Bora.

 

[Aimar16]

Ffs, show with the helicopter where the second group is and who is there

 

[Lequack]

Who cares about the lesser groups, front is all the that matters!

 

[Filippo_3467]

So many teams with numbers who should have an interest in make it stick. You can take on Matthews at the last mountain.

Also the production of the race is really bad. Unfortunately in german TV they have only real idiots in cycling coverage.

 

[Netserk]

Kudus, Rutsch, Scully and Steinhauser from EF.

 

[Netserk]

Bystrøm, Rota and Zimmermann from Intermarché.

 

[search]

German TV just talked to Zemke, Bennett is in the chase group, with a.o. Degenkolb. Ackermann and Bauhaus are further behind.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Hahaha, organizers actually kinda get what they wanted despite teams racing super negatively and yet they're incapable of giving us useful informations on the gaps or cameras on the dropped groups.

 

[Samamba]

How are they not realizing they need to show atleast the 2nd group.