Lesser Known Race Results 2020

[Alexandre B.]

Grellier crushed by Lutsenko with 200m to go. Duh.

 

[Velolover2]

The break almost made it. What a shame.

But obvious Lutsenko win is obvious.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lutsenko.

 

[del1962]

Nice to see Bart De Clerq finish 21st on Green Mountain, coming back from a year out with injuries

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

Nice to see Bart De Clerq finish 21st on Green Mountain, coming back from a year out with injuries

And with a metal hip.

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau Lutsenko & Astana at Oman - bad luck for Kristoff though.

 

[Salvarani]

3 stage wins and defending the title

This is Lutsenkos race

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Plus a new record on Green Mountain to boot

 

[HelloDolly]

Carlton Kirby still calling it all wrong over at Rut de Sol in Andalucia...sigh

 

[DNP-Old]

Who knew, Vanmarcke can win. Shocker. Tons of crashes apparently.

 

[Anderis]

So it's February but EF only needs one more win to match last year's number.

 

[Robert5091]

Re:

Who knew, Vanmarcke can win. Shocker. Tons of crashes apparently.

Seeing the finish at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-NkIWqLALE the first 14 were way ahead of the rest - infact the peloton cann't be seen!

edit -see at race ticker from stage 1 https://www.directvelo.com/direct/3966/tour-du-haut-var-etape-1 that it was a wet descent to the finish that caused the crashes.

 

[Robert5091]

Saturday's stage 2 of Tour du Haut-Var should see how Pinot & Bardet are doing form wise -

 

[Robert5091]

Ciccone wins stage 2 of Tour du Haut-Var - chapeau! Tonton's main man Pinot comes in second, Bardet third.

 

[tobydawq]

And Julien El Farès was in the front group again. This is probably his best race since Tirreno-Adriatico 10 years ago where he won a stage and rode with the big boys on a couple more occasions.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

And Julien El Farès was in the front group again. This is probably his best race since Tirreno-Adriatico 10 years ago where he won a stage and rode with the big boys on a couple more occasions.

Thats some random knowledge right there Toby.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re:

Ciccone wins stage 2 of Tour du Haut-Var - chapeau! Tonton's main man Pinot comes in second, Bardet third.

Maybe the ladies' showing in Valencia spurred the guys on.

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

And Julien El Farès was in the front group again. This is probably his best race since Tirreno-Adriatico 10 years ago where he won a stage and rode with the big boys on a couple more occasions.

Thats some random knowledge right there Toby.

I just remember him winning the first stage in a two man break, get the jersey and then climb with the best (I've checked, and he was in fact 6th on the Montelupone climb that Purito won on both times it was used), which seemed pretty incredible, considering how unknown he was.

I actually thought he finished 6 in the GC as well, but that was a mistake as his TT was too bad to keep him in the top 10.

But I thought he would amount to something. He didn't. Probably a good example of the jersey giving wings.

And hey, there's no point in watching all this cycling, if I'm only going to forget it again

 

[Robert5091]

Sunday's stage 3 of Tour du Haut-Var - La Londe Les Maures – Le Mont Faron 136 km

Looks easy-peasy but there's a sting in the tail up Mont Faron -

Last major race to finish on Mont Faron was 2005's Paris - Nice stage 5 - see old fuzzy German Eurosport video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsj7IlnXOig

 

[Robert5091]

Chapeau Pinot!

Stage 3 result -
1 Thibaut PINOT (Groupama-FDJ)
2 Romain BARDET (AG2R La Mondiale)
3 Hugh John CARTHY (EF Education First)
4 Lilian CALMEJANE (Direct Energie)
5 Alexis VUILLERMOZ (AG2R La Mondiale)

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

Chapeau Pinot!

Stage 3 result -
1 Thibaut PINOT (Groupama-FDJ)
2 Romain BARDET (AG2R La Mondiale)
3 Hugh John CARTHY (EF Education First)
4 Lilian CALMEJANE (Direct Energie)
5 Alexis VUILLERMOZ (AG2R La Mondiale)

Vuillermoz really has been Mr Consistency in this race. 5th place on every stage. Maybe 4th on GC?

 

[Tonton]

{dance}

Great way to start his '19 campaign. Bravo Thibaut!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Decent showing by Bardet, just two seconds behind. If you were feeling harsh, you could point out that Pinot just took twice the number of wins Bardet has in the last eighteen months in one day, but it’s early season and at this point looking like the form is coming is the most important thing.

 

[Robert5091]

Vuillermoz must have been 4th on GC - so chapeau!

(edit - update - yep, 4th - GC final standings at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-du-haut-var/2019/gc)

 

[Alexandre B.]

Calmejane wins Classic de l'Ardèche.