Lesser Known Race Results 2017

[AQETUYIOI]

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Wind from the west?
http://www.euroroad17.dk/wp-content/uploads/Road_Race_20km.pdf

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

Wind from the west?
http://www.euroroad17.dk/wp-content/uploads/Road_Race_20km.pdf

Definitely looks like it. 5 - 8 m/s, possibly 9m/s

 

[AQETUYIOI]

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But will it have an effect on that course?

 

[Echoes]

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It's one destined to go up there with the likes of Tro Bro Léon in the "your favourite small races" pantheon. And only serves to further clutter one of the greatest parts of the season, with Burgos, Portugal, Colombia and Pologne all going on cross-purposes to give you a wide variety of types of racing.

I have a hard time calling it a "small" race though. This is probably due to it being a TV race here in Belgium, even covered by RTBF and it being a part of the Napo Game Cup. Of course Quick Step pulled out of it as usual due to conflicting schedules with the damned Euro Championships (I hate that race) like they pulled out of the Cerami at the last moment for conflict schedule (Tour of France and altitude training) but last year they were present and Lotto-Soudal was present with a reduced team.

In my opinion this race is above Tro Bro Léon, Schaal Sels or Slag om Norg, even if I have a soft spot for the latter one which I've followed since creation in 2012 as a small national race.

 

[movingtarget]

Dwars door het Hageland 2017 - Final Kilometers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhSxwEt0tTg

 

[RedheadDane]

So, other than the failure in the Elite Men's Road Race, I guess this European Championship can be considered a fair success for Denmark.

 

[Anderis]

Am I blind or there is no thread for BinckBank Tour?

 

[RedheadDane]

No, you're not.
I considered making one, but I'm too lazy.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Tour de l'Ain prologue

1- Johan LE BON (FDJ) 4'32"05
2- Alexandre GENIEZ (AG2R La Mondiale) 4'34"02
3- Anthony TURGIS (Cofidis) 4'34"51
4- Thibaut PINOT (FDJ) 4'35"67
5- Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) 4'36"19
6- Stéphane ROSSETTO (Cofidis) 4'37"48
7- Maxime DANIEL (Fortuneo-Oscaro) 4'37"54
8- Valentin MADOUAS (FDJ) 4'38"21
9- Maxime BOUET (Fortuneo-Oscaro) 4'38"38
10- Nacer BOUHANNI (Cofidis) 4'38"70
11- Steven KRUIJSWIJK (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) 4'39"33
12- Alexey VERMEULEN (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) 4'39"67
13- Pierre-Luc PÉRICHON (Fortuneo-Oscaro) 4'39"91
14- David GAUDU (FDJ) 4'40"02
15- Samuel DUMOULIN (AG2R La Mondiale) 4'40"60

 

[RedheadDane]

Just had a bit of fun with the start list for this.
Look at the roster for Cofidis.

 

[tobydawq]

Disappointing that they didn't bring Rayane Bouhanni and invented a third brother to complement the Turgis contingent.

 

[RedheadDane]

Soupe is (Nacer) Bouhanni's lead-out man, right? So, replace Rossetto with Rayane Bouhanni, and rename Geoffrey Soupe "Geoffrey Bouhanni".

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Just wait for the Planckaerts to all ride for Katusha

 

[RedheadDane]

Unfortunately the Kreders split up.
Yes, I know it's only Raymond and Michel who're brothers, but Wesley is part of the family too.

(Still need to figure out how Dennis and Sander fit into the equation.

and we're going wildly off-topic here.)

 

[BalearicBeats]

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Tour de l'Ain prologue

1- Johan LE BON (FDJ) 4'32"05
2- Alexandre GENIEZ (AG2R La Mondiale) 4'34"02
3- Anthony TURGIS (Cofidis) 4'34"51
4- Thibaut PINOT (FDJ) 4'35"67
5- Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) 4'36"19
6- Stéphane ROSSETTO (Cofidis) 4'37"48
7- Maxime DANIEL (Fortuneo-Oscaro) 4'37"54
8- Valentin MADOUAS (FDJ) 4'38"21
9- Maxime BOUET (Fortuneo-Oscaro) 4'38"38
10- Nacer BOUHANNI (Cofidis) 4'38"70
11- Steven KRUIJSWIJK (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) 4'39"33
12- Alexey VERMEULEN (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) 4'39"67
13- Pierre-Luc PÉRICHON (Fortuneo-Oscaro) 4'39"91
14- David GAUDU (FDJ) 4'40"02
15- Samuel DUMOULIN (AG2R La Mondiale) 4'40"60

Not bad for Madouas' first (?) race as a neopro! FDJ has brought quite the team to Ain

 

[del1962]

Lobato wins stage 1

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Artic race now on live feed here: http://www.ustream.tv/embed/22619847?html5ui

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Bouhanni doing a Bouhanni:

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Teuns and Theuns winning on the same day

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Arctic Race mini GC

 

[Squire]

That was Valverdesque. Reenactment of Plumelec 08 with amateur actors.

 

[Monte]

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Arctic Race mini GC

Still 2.HC categorized .. 4 stages.

 

[Kazistuta]

Bouhanni doing a Bouhanni:

That's actually a Sagan

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Who's the other rider?

 

[Monte]

Bouhanni doing a Bouhanni:

That's actually a Sagan

Elbow is Sagan, headbutt is REnshaw and Pulls are THeo Bos .. .

Whos the kicking again?