Lesser Known Race Results 2020

[RedheadDane]

Did Wellens just win Tour de Wallonie partly because Gibbons oversprinted Q. Hermans for third?
(Obviously also because Wellens took bonus seconds during the stage.)

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Did Wellens just win Tour de Wallonie partly because Gibbons oversprinted Q. Hermans for third?
(Obviously also because Wellens took bonus seconds during the stage.)

Yes.

 

[TMP402]

Pierre-Luc Périchon won Polynormande.

 

[yaco]

Robert Stannard wins the Sportivo Di Poggiani - Super talent who'll be riding for Mitchelton Scott in 2019

 

[Sestriere]

Samuel Mugisha (20 yo Rwandan) wins the last edition of the Tour of Rwanda as a 2.2 race. He raced a lot of .2 and U23 races this season in Europe without big results (except KOM winner in Giro d'Aosta), so let's see if he can break through on the larger stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

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Samuel Mugisha (20 yo Rwandan) wins the last edition of the Tour of Rwanda as a 2.2 race. He raced a lot of .2 and U23 races this season in Europe without big results (except KOM winner in Giro d'Aosta), so let's see if he can break through on the larger stage.

Does that mean it's becoming a 2.1 race? Nice.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Re: Re:

Samuel Mugisha (20 yo Rwandan) wins the last edition of the Tour of Rwanda as a 2.2 race. He raced a lot of .2 and U23 races this season in Europe without big results (except KOM winner in Giro d'Aosta), so let's see if he can break through on the larger stage.

Does that mean it's becoming a 2.1 race? Nice.

Yeah Rwanda wants to show UCI they can organise a big race. They are in for the first WC organisation in Africa.

 

[tobydawq]

With a second place on the prologue of the Tour of Hungary, Charles Planet was very close to giving Team Novo Nordisk their first pro victory since their inception - obviously in the smallest race imaginable but still a pity he didn't get it I think.

 

[Tim Booth]

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With a second place on the prologue of the Tour of Hungary, Charles Planet was very close to giving Team Novo Nordisk their first pro victory since their inception - obviously in the smallest race imaginable but still a pity he didn't get it I think.

Didn't David Lozano win stage 7 of the Tour of Rwanda for them three days ago?

 

[RedheadDane]

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With a second place on the prologue of the Tour of Hungary, Charles Planet was very close to giving Team Novo Nordisk their first pro victory since their inception - obviously in the smallest race imaginable but still a pity he didn't get it I think.

Didn't David Lozano win stage 7 of the Tour of Rwanda for them three days ago?

The Tour of Rwanda is - or was until this edition - a 2.2 race which, if I understand correctly, doesn't count as a pro race.

 

[Tim Booth]

Re: Re:

The Tour of Rwanda is - or was until this edition - a 2.2 race which, if I understand correctly, doesn't count as a pro race.

my bad, forgot it doesn't become a 2.1 until next year.

 

[Scarponi]

Any mountains in the Tour of Hungary?

 

[DNP-Old]

Echelons in Norway with 120k to go.

 

[RedheadDane]

Gage Hecht won stage 1 of Colorado Classic. Taking every jersey along the way.
Travis McCabe managed to somehow think that he'd won, despite Hecht being right in front of the bunch.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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Gage Hecht won stage 1 of Colorado Classic. Taking every jersey along the way.
Travis McCabe managed to somehow think that he'd won, despite Hecht being right in front of the bunch.

My goodness, you couldn't look more like an American highschooler if you tried. Amazing effort tho.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Somebody make a Colorado thread please!

There is some great racing at the US stage races. That ride by Hecht was sensational. He’s the U23 American TT champ, right?

 

[tobydawq]

Finally, Nicolas Edet takes his first pro victory in the Tour du Limousin after the parked moto semi-scandal in the Tour de l'Ain.

 

[Laplaz]

Viviani wins in Hamburg.

 

[DNP-Old]

There was a late crash that took out Ackermann, unfortunately. Viviani however was superior, he'll be winning a stage or 3 in La Vuelta.

 

[janraaskalt]

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Viviani wins in Hamburg.

Lesser Known Race :lol:

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re: Re:

Viviani wins in Hamburg.

Lesser Known Race :lol:

just nobody cares anymore. It used to be a cool race but then I think the Waseberg was closer to the finish

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Re: Re:

Viviani wins in Hamburg.

Lesser Known Race :lol:

just nobody cares anymore. It used to be a cool race but then I think the Waseberg was closer to the finish

Plus it clached with the BBT, the tour de l'avenir, the artic race and the tour of hongrie Which are all more exciting than a sprintfest.

 

[May0maniac]

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There was a late crash that took out Ackermann, unfortunately. Viviani however was superior, he'll be winning a stage or 3 in La Vuelta.

Degenkolb was almost taken down by Ackermann, had to unclip and regain his position near the front and still managed to finish 4th.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Viviani wins in Hamburg.

Lesser Known Race :lol:

just nobody cares anymore. It used to be a cool race but then I think the Waseberg was closer to the finish

In Denmark Eurosport would much rather show some stupid football match...

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So... what's the name of that little French race that starts tomorrow?
"Tour du Poitou Charentes, Charente, Charente Maritime, deux sévres, Vienne" or "Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine"? For everyone involved I kinda hope it's the second…

 

[PeterB]

4 flat stages in Tour Poitou-Charentes and Demare is the only real sprinter participating???

His competition consists of the likes of Thomas Boudat, Julien Simon, Brenton Jones, Matteo Malucelli and Marco Benfatto... (and to be fair, also Matteo Moschetti, who placed 2nd in the first stage so best of the rest).