Lesser Known Race Results 2016

[Cance > TheRest]

Bouhanni and Cofidis messes up the lead-out again. 10 meters longer and Bouhanni was gonna win.

 

[TMP402]

Bouhanni nearly went into the barriers and then nearly got slapped by Coquard. What an afternoon.

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

Re:

Bouhanni and Cofidis messes up the lead-out again. 10 meters longer and Bouhanni was gonna win.

Incredible, no? The Cofidis train was working so well earlier in the spring, but so far at 4 Jours they've messed it up twice. You can see that Bouhanni was clearly the fastest in the closing meters, but he had too much ground to make up.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Wasn't the tour of azer(spelling) shown live on Eurosport last year?

Several stages of the Tour d'Azerbaidjan (official race name) were broadcast live on Eurosport last year, but none will be this year. However, Eurosport and I believe Eurosport 2 are both showing highlights at some point in the evening/night.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Second consecutive stage win for Synergy Baku at its home race, the Tour d'Azerbaidjan. This time it was Matej Mugerli in the sprint.

GC leader now Daniel Schorn of Felbermayr.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Very impressive sprint from Coquard.

He nearly had a 1" gap on Planckaert.

 

[yetanothergreenworld]

Re:

Very impressive sprint from Coquard.

He nearly had a 1" gap on Planckaert.

I suspect that Coquard has really taken it up a level this year. It's hard to say, because (thanks to a combination of injury and not being in the World Tour) we haven't seen him in a lot of sprints against top-notch guys. But come the Dauphine and the Tour we may discover that he's now in a new league. He's only 24, so this kind of growth is plausible.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Another week, another small Spanish stage race, this time the two stage Vuelta a Madrid. In recent years this has shrunk to a one-dayer then climbed back up to a stage race, but they've got rid of the Morcuera MTF this time, instead going with a bumpy intermediate first stage from Las Rozas into the mountains and back, and then the slightly bumpy short second stage in Barrio del Pilar, same as last year.

14 teams, fairly standard. Movistar the only WT team, Caja Rural, Androni and Delko for PCT, then the usual Spanish péloton of Burgos, Murias Taldea and the Dominicans of Inteja-MMR, Lokosphinx, the Portuguese bunch (Radio Popular, LA-Antarte, Loulé), the Colombians (Manzana-Postobon and Boyacá) and a Spanish national/U23 team.

 

[jmdirt]

Latchlan Morton is showing some good form at Tour ot Gila (USA). Many thought this kid was one of the next great riders, but his head couldn't live up to his body. Maybe a few extra years of life will help him come around.

 

[rodanafrenteguigs]

Sérgio Sousa (Team Voralberg) wins the 4th stage of the Fleche du Sud and takes the lead on the gc as well

 

[Scarponi]

Last 10km of the 4 days of Dunkirk was pretty fun I must say

 

[PunchingRouleur]

Coquard clearly on new level this year. Great performance.

 

[jens_attacks]

Good showing for delio, finally.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re:

Coquard clearly on new level this year. Great performance.

He believes he's near Matthews level, according to post-race interviews.

 

[TMP402]

Lobato wins Stage 1 of the Vuelta a Madrid.

Wackermann wins Stage 4 of the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan. New top three is Eibegger, Stalnov and Nocentini, who made up 2-4th place on the stage after Wackermann.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Coquard will be brutal moving forward.

 

[DNP-Old]

Molano wins the 2nd stage in Madrid. First victory for Manzana!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes, good win, short, tight bumpy but not really hilly circuit in dreadful weather conditions. Lobato 2nd so he keeps the GC.

 

[DNP-Old]

 

[Alexandre B.]

Terpstra accused of giving a kick at a rider who were lying on the ground (and caused the crash) at 4 Days of Dunkirk.
https://twitter.com/FelixPouilly/status/729302716204388353

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Terpstra behaving like an ass is nothing new

 

[TMP402]

Schwarzmann wins the final stage of the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Eibegger wins the overall.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Re:

Terpstra behaving like an *** is nothing new

Terpstra doesn't behave like an ***, he is an ***.

 

[hrotha]

Terpstra vs Kennaugh. Fight!

 

[BigMac]

Terpstra hits Kennaugh with Paris-Roubaix trophy.

Kennaugh cries.

It's super effective.