Lesser Known Race Results 2017

[TMP402]

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Kevin Rivera won the first stage and the overal in Tour of China! He has lab tests that trump Bernal's. Looks like Savio already has found Egan's successor.

And he has a four year contract so Savio can get some of that sweet WT buy-out clause €€€.

 

[DNP-Old]

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Duo Normand

Second placed Giant-Castelli risks closing if they don't find a sponsor tomorrow.

This was Fortuneo, the winners', finish. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[RedheadDane]

So... one Fortuneo pair caught the other? How does that feature within the rules?

 

[DNP-Old]

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So... one Fortuneo pair caught the other? How does that feature within the rules?

I very much doubt they were caught, I reckon they just blatantly waited for one another and just starting working with them.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, I didn't watch - was focused on that little race up in Bergen - but... why would they even let two pairs of the same team start after each other?

 

[DNP-Old]

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Well, I didn't watch - was focused on that little race up in Bergen - but... why would they even let two pairs of the same team start after each other?

They didn't start after each other, because the difference between both teams at the line was exactly 6 minutes. So, in all likelihood, Team 1 (Vachon, Gerard) hid themselves behind a house or something and waited for Team 2 (Perichon, Delaplace) to come along and just joined in.

 

[RedheadDane]

And meanwhile the people at the finish line were looking around; "Where the *** are Vachon and Gerard?" :lol:

I guess since Norsgaard and Bjerg couldn't be bothered to hand in a protest, then they probably figured Perichon and Delaplace would've won anyway.

 

[Squire]

Didn't it ever occur to them that "this might not be the right thing to do"? :lol:

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Rebellin wins stage 1 of Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen in Indonesia. What a legend.

 

[Echoes]

... while I thought he was in a nursing home. Pathetic!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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Rebellin wins stage 1 of Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen in Indonesia. What a legend.

Incredible!
Davide!

 

[TMP402]

So glad he finally got a win this year. I think last year had been the first since 1995 where he went winless. Hopefully it'll be at least another 21 years before he goes without a win!

 

[Rollthedice]

Since Lombardia is coming is worth mentioning that Rebellin's first was in 1992, an edition won by Tony Rominger. He finished 9th.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Since Lombardia is coming is worth mentioning that Rebellin's first was in 1992, an edition won by Tony Rominger. He finished 9th.

neo-pro finishing 9th in arguably the most brutally hard ridden Lombardia in history (it's that or 1979).
Heh. And to think by age 30 there was arguing that he was a failed former wonderkid

 

[Forever The Best]

Nice to see Rebellin winning.

 

[Samamba]

Greipel can win again!
He wins the "omloop van de westhoek".

 

[May0maniac]

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Rebellin wins stage 1 of Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen in Indonesia. What a legend.

Incredible!
Davide!

The ageless one also managed to win the gc, at the age of 46.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Greipel won the Omloop Eurometropool, first victory since stage 2 in the Giro.

 

[TMP402]

The Tour of Almaty is a two day stage race this year and three-times winner Lutsenko took the first stage, 19" ahead of the soon-to-be-retired Rémy di Gregorio.

 

[TMP402]

Fuglsang wins Stage 2 in Almaty and Lutsenko wins the GC, breaking his own record, he now has four wins in that race.

 

[Echoes]

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neo-pro finishing 9th in arguably the most brutally hard ridden Lombardia in history (it's that or 1979).
Heh. And to think by age 30 there was arguing that he was a failed former wonderkid

Personally, I'd remember more fondly that Sammie Moreels finished at the exact same place the year before and that as a neopro he was 4th and 5th and the Walloon Arrow and Liège-Bastogne-Liège respectively and that by age 30 there was indeed arguing that he was a failed former wonderkid. But we know all what happened.

 

[trevim]

Luis Leon Sanchez turning back the years with a perfectly timed move to win the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli.

First win in Italy

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Re: Re:

Since Lombardia is coming is worth mentioning that Rebellin's first was in 1992, an edition won by Tony Rominger. He finished 9th.

neo-pro finishing 9th in arguably the most brutally hard ridden Lombardia in history (it's that or 1979).
Heh. And to think by age 30 there was arguing that he was a failed former wonderkid

Interesting profiles in those years. Quite different from today's race.

 

[TMP402]

Daniel McLay wins Eurométropole.

 

[TMP402]

And what a close finish!

https://twitter.com/inrng/status/914507253671133184