Lesser Known Race Results 2016

[scurrrr]

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bouhanni wins there and kennaugh wearing red in spain. cycling loosing again. what a crappy weekend

yes, kleenex please


CYCLING IS LOOSING ?????????????

what is "CYCLING"?, wtf CYCLING IS LOOSING MEAN!

ARE YOU DRUNK ?

no, very sober. "cycling loosing, crappy week end" wow, you dont like a race outcome and all of a sudden cycling is in trouble, loosing, etc etc
(I am not a Bouhanni fan either, but I dont moan)

now Bouhanno got DSQ
is "cycling" still in danger?

IN BIG DANGER

 

[yaco]

A good decision - Bouhanni deliberately changed his line to block Ewan - Poor form by Bouhanni.

 

[deneb]

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DQ'ing Bouhanni for that is farcical to say the least.

Unfortunately, he hasn't the power of Cavendish or Greipel (remember that Giro stage, Ewan ?).

And Germany to have a full 9 men team at the World Championship needs the point from Degenkolb second place

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXF4Z5aNie0

Also lol at a WT event being discussed in the lesser known race results thread

From what I saw in the vid you posted, there's no way Bouhanni should have been disqualified. The situation must look quite different from above, I guess

 

[pastronef]

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bouhanni wins there and kennaugh wearing red in spain. cycling loosing again. what a crappy weekend

yes, kleenex please


CYCLING IS LOOSING ?????????????

what is "CYCLING"?, wtf CYCLING IS LOOSING MEAN!

ARE YOU DRUNK ?

no, very sober. "cycling loosing, crappy week end" wow, you dont like a race outcome and all of a sudden cycling is in trouble, loosing, etc etc
(I am not a Bouhanni fan either, but I dont moan)

now Bouhanno got DSQ
is "cycling" still in danger?

IN BIG DANGER

let´s hope Sagan wins today and save us all

 

[Thepirateisgood]

C'mon people, he didn't headbutt, box or anything but he didn't choose a lane, he did 'em all.

Ewan looked in control ftw until Nacer made the right move (right as in direction )

Good dq

 

[May0maniac]

That wasn't DQ worthy, come on!
Everyone knows that Nacer is a nutjob, but that wasn't a crazy sprint. Cav wasn't DQed for the move that he did on that one sprint stage in the Tour when Kittel complained.
Nacer got DQed because of his bad reputation, someone else could get away with that kind of move.

 

[Gigs_98]

I'm surprised this time so many people say Bouhanni shouldn't have been disqualified. There have been situations where I wasn't sure if a DQ would be the right decision, but in this case he illegally changed his line which is why Ewan didn't win the sprint. If that shouldn't get punished, what should be?

 

[Thepirateisgood]

I'm surprised this time so many people say Bouhanni shouldn't have been disqualified. There have been situations where I wasn't sure if a DQ would be the right decision, but in this case he illegally changed his line which is why Ewan didn't win the sprint. If that shouldn't get punished, what should be?

My view exactly, the one in Tirreno or Nice or whatever earlier this year against McMattews was much more debatable in my mind. If you're against the barriers in the start of the sprint then that is one thing, Ewan today had the whole road, only some guy blocked most of it..

 

[rehy90]

I'm surprised this time so many people say Bouhanni shouldn't have been disqualified. There have been situations where I wasn't sure if a DQ would be the right decision, but in this case he illegally changed his line which is why Ewan didn't win the sprint. If that shouldn't get punished, what should be?

My view exactly, the one in Tirreno or Nice or whatever earlier this year against McMattews was much more debatable in my mind. If you're against the barriers in the start of the sprint then that is one thing, Ewan today had the whole road, only some guy blocked most of it..

I think that his move in Tirreno was a lot worse than this one. This time he shouldnt have been DQed, there was still a lot of space for Ewan to get around and the move from Bouhanni was not so brutal (and Im not a fan of his at all). Ewan was just too close to his wheel. In track cycling Bouhanni probably wouldnt even get out of the sprinting line with this move (above the red line), so there would be no DQ. On the other hand it is his own fault that he has this reputation and that all his sprints are surrounded by controversy.

 

[Gigs_98]

I'm surprised this time so many people say Bouhanni shouldn't have been disqualified. There have been situations where I wasn't sure if a DQ would be the right decision, but in this case he illegally changed his line which is why Ewan didn't win the sprint. If that shouldn't get punished, what should be?

My view exactly, the one in Tirreno or Nice or whatever earlier this year against McMattews was much more debatable in my mind. If you're against the barriers in the start of the sprint then that is one thing, Ewan today had the whole road, only some guy blocked most of it..

I think that his move in Tirreno was a lot worse than this one. This time he shouldnt have been DQed, there was still a lot of space for Ewan to get around and the move from Bouhanni was not so brutal (and Im not a fan of his at all). Ewan was just too close to his wheel. In track cycling Bouhanni probably wouldnt even get out of the sprinting line with this move (above the red line), so there would be no DQ. On the other hand it is his own fault that he has this reputation and that all his sprints are surrounded by controversy.

It's right that "There was a lot of space for Ewan to get around it" but that argument only means that Bouhannis move wouldn't have been an excuse for a crash. But we aren't talking about a crash we are talking about who won and Ewan didn't win because he was already beside Bouhanni when he made a forbidden move.
Imo there is only one case in which you absolutely can't say everything was okay and thats when a rider makes something forbidden (which was the case) and that illegal act is the reason this rider wins (which also is the case). Again, I absolutely don't understand how anyone can think what Bouhanni did shouldn't get punished.

 

[jsem94]

Don't think he should have been DQ'ed this time, and I can't stand him.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Don't think he should have been DQ'ed this time, and I can't stand him.

But why?

 

[hrotha]

If the judges are harsher on him than on other sprinters, he brought it on himself.

 

[Davesta]

I've certainly seen worse deviations than that from Bouhanni, but either way, he needs to start looking where he's going!
Every time I see him sprint, he's got his head down. That's understandable for a few seconds - all sprinters put their head down momentarily when they're in full effort - but for Bouhanni, he's not looking where he's going for the entire sprint!
No wonder he causes so many incidents. Start looking where he's going and he might manage to actually sprint in a straight line!!

 

[veji11]

He really has to control his instincts, he got these very defensive moves where he reacts instinctively to a rider coming up to him by trying to "parry" it, a bit like a riposte in fencing. It might come from his love of combat sport but this is a bad instinct in cycling. Man it must be so frustrating for him this year : he could have bagged MSR, Vattenfall and some Tour de France stages if it wasn't for dumb fights with drunken dudes, bad luck in MSR and really stupid "fight" instincts like in Paris Nice and here....I love him but I am not shocked he got DQed, the issue is rather that in similar situations the comissars swallow the pill a good 50% of the time...

 

[Alexandre B.]

No wonder he causes so many incidents.

He causes far less crashes than His Majesty Cavendish.

 

[Billie]

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No wonder he causes so many incidents.

He causes far less crashes than His Majesty Cavendish.

Cant remember Bouanni ever causing a crash

 

[Davesta]

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No wonder he causes so many incidents.

He causes far less crashes than His Majesty Cavendish.

I'm not sure how this is relevant? Cav's being reckless doesn't justify nor excuse Bouhanni doing the same...

 

[Alexandre B.]

Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) wins stage 1 of Tour du Poitou-Charentes.

Putting a finger on his mouth to silence some doubters as a celebration win.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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If the judges are harsher on him than on other sprinters, he brought it on himself.

Two (or more in Bouhanni's case) wrongs don't make a right

There's been a few times where he should have been DQ'd but for some reason wasn't. This was one where he shouldnt have been DQ'd

 

[TMP402]

Tim Merlier wins GP Stad Zottegem.

 

[PeterB]

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Tim Merlier wins GP Stad Zottegem.

In front of the mythical Timothy Dupont...

 

[Netserk]

I'm surprised this time so many people say Bouhanni shouldn't have been disqualified. There have been situations where I wasn't sure if a DQ would be the right decision, but in this case he illegally changed his line which is why Ewan didn't win the sprint. If that shouldn't get punished, what should be?

It is only 'illegal' to change your line *if* you endanger someone else by doing so. Not to mention that one has to look at precedences to interpret the rule (in which case it is fair to bring Cav into the argument, to see how much one is allowed to do when your name isn't Nacer).

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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Tim Merlier wins GP Stad Zottegem.

Cyclocrossers doing great this year on the road