Lesser known race results 2011

[hrotha]

Circuit Cycliste Sarthe stage 1:

Bennati finally gets one
2 Dumoulin
3 Bouhanni
4 Forero

A rider called "Forumer"? We should adopt him - although I fear his nationality might prove divisive.

 

[jens_attacks]

benna finally wins...wow it took some time...

and sevilla was a big prospect for the international scene since he was a youngster.hell he was meant to be a superstar.until the cops come in...
but indeed there is a problem with him..he looks younger than 10 years ago!!!!!!i mean wtf??!he uses some benjamin button stuff.rat mcquaid...investigate!

 

[roundabout]

Bennati is back to what he does best.


Second on stage 2 behind Kreder.

Ravard third.

 

[theyoungest]

Lol, even in the weakest sprint field imaginable Bennati has trouble winning

Nice win for Kreder, nonetheless. I started to wonder where the legs he had last spring went.

 

[hrotha]

Nice, Kreder coming out of nowhere to get (me) a win.

 

[Jamsque]

Garmin may be sucking in the classics and working their asses off for no gain in the Basque country but they are winning where it matters.

 

[Moondance]

Kreder wtf?

This comes out of nowhere. Nice for the kid, his first pro win.

 

[Moondance]

Garmin may be sucking in the classics and working their asses off for no gain in the Basque country but they are winning where it matters.

There is no sweeter victory than a Dutch victory. Who cares if they win MSR with a Norwegian, German-Australian or an American if they can win a stage in a 2.1 with a man whose blood runs orange?

 

[roundabout]

Seems like Bennati won the TT though which is a pretty WTF result.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

There is no sweeter victory than a Dutch victory. Who cares if they win MSR with a Norwegian, German-Australian or an American if they can win a stage in a 2.1 with a man whose blood runs orange?

amen brother.

this win lends credence to garmin's existence.

 

[Frosty]

Seems like Bennati won the TT though which is a pretty WTF result.

He's done ok before in short TTs. Suppose Millar is coming back from illness so is not possibly at full fitness.

 

[jaylew]

TT:

1 Benna
2 Millar
3 Zabriskie

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kreder wtf?

This comes out of nowhere. Nice for the kid, his first pro win.

Even Kreder himself thinks it came out of nowhere. He felt crap this morning after his fall yesterday.

But I hope he performs better in uphill stages soon. So far he's been dropped and finishing in the autobus in every stage with climbing...last year that was different

 

[mortand]

TT:

1 Benna
2 Millar
3 Zabriskie

4. Anthony Roux
5. Blel Kadri
6. Alexandre Geniez
7. Laszlo Bodrogi
8. Ramunas Navardauskas
9. Pierrick Fédrigo
10. Svein Tuft

Some quite impressive results from the young Frenchies. Kadri's been terrific so far this season and Geniez is developing nicely. He did pretty good in the Critérium International TT, great to see he's more than just a climber. I'm a fan!

 

[jens_attacks]

gtfo!is this for real?benna beating millar and zabriskie?in an ITT?=)))))))))))))))
what an amazing day.

 

[jaylew]

But it was only 6.8k. As someone above mentioned, he's always been good at the short ones.

 

[Jamsque]

Yeah that's pretty crazy. Only 6.8 KM, I guess he just got up to speed really fast!

Nice to see that Millar is back on form, he's had a rough start to the season. Anyone know what the parcours is like for the next few stages? If there are some decent hills Millar might have a shot at dethroning Bennati for the overall.

 

[roundabout]

The most challenging stage is tomorrow.

Last year it was a 25 man sprint.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/58th-circuit-cycliste-sarthe-pays-de-la-loire-2-1/stage-3/results

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[hrotha]

Ok, seriously, I love Blel Kadri.

 

[royalpig180]

So umm why wasn't Bennati wearing his yellow jersey during the TT? He was still in the lead after the morning stage...

 

[Fus087]

I think it says somewhere in the UCI regulations that if a race doesn't provide a skinsuit for the jersey wearers they're allowed to wear a team skinsuit.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

There is no sweeter victory than a Dutch victory. Who cares if they win MSR with a Norwegian, German-Australian or an American if they can win a stage in a 2.1 with a man whose blood runs orange?

are you sure you shouldn't change your avatar in pvv?

 

[TRDean]

Today...Alexandre Geniez ftw! He is on good form I think.

 

[mortand]

Circuit de la Sarthe stage 4:

1. Anthony Roux
2. Blel Kadri
3. Pierrick Fedrigo
4. Thomas Voeckler

Roux takes the leader's jersey.

 

[Jamsque]

Millar and Zabriskie out of the lead group?