Lesser known races 2023 edition

[QueenStagiaire]

Way too late by Meintjes

 

[Samamba]

Does Meintjes think he's going to close 40 seconds on Lutsenko on his own lmao.

 

[Tim Cahill]

They might've banished Donovan from the World Tour but he will come back stronger than you can possibly imagine.

Timegaps have been a bit all over the place since the start of the broadcast tbh.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

How are UAE taking turns dropping each other?? That‘s impossibly bad.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

They might've banished Donovan from the World Tour but he will come back stronger than you can possibly imagine.

Timegaps have been a bit all over the place since the start of the broadcast tbh.

I timed at the KOM, they're mostly accurate now.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

"Looks like he's in pretty decent form"
Smith on Lutsenko.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Meintjes and Fisher-Black both can't descend, if it wasn't over after the climb it definitely is now.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Lutsenko annual climbing superpeak

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Looks like Fisher-Black falls off the podium on countback.

21k to go over in France, the remnants of the early break have half a minute left.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pretty sure Martinez could sit behind a Ewan who's in sprint position and still not be able to see what's behind him.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Poor Fisher-Black. Had Majka and Fisher-Black saved themselves a little and instead let Meintjes sail away, he would probably have hung on to the last podium spot.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Poor Fisher-Black. Had Majka and Fisher-Black saved themselves a little and instead let Meintjes sail away, he would probably have hung on to the last podium spot.

Fisher-Black tried to follow the Donovan attack 200 metres below the summit of the final climb for no good reason, blew his legs and almost got dropped. That was the bigger factor in him getting gapped, I think. Oh, and the fiasco on the descent of Etna, of course.

 

[SafeBet]

Lutsenko looks great just before the Ardennes which means he'll likely be invisible there.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Martinez really impressive once again. Cofidis have the numbers though.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Lafay takes it, then Martinez, Adria, Martin and Pinot.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Martinez should've waited for PInot right at the end there, not much chance of beating Lafay on that finish, gamble and try and make things a bit more chaotic.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Martinez should've waited for PInot right at the end there, not much chance of beating Lafay on that finish, gamble and try and make things a bit more chaotic.

Pinot wouldn't have outsprinted Lafay either. Martinez couldn't afford to be in last wheel into the final corner but that's exactly where he was, a bit of inexperience.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Martinez should've waited for PInot right at the end there, not much chance of beating Lafay on that finish, gamble and try and make things a bit more chaotic.

I doubt he knew how close Pinot actually was. Lafay also took a few pulls that made it harder for Martin to come back, though that didn't make a difference.

 

[KZD]

Despite not winning the overall, Fisher-Black did a great race, UAE have a huge depth of young talent.

Lutsenko was really strong today though right on time for the Ardennes.

 

[Bolder]

Just watched the replay. This is one of those "Why isn't Lutsenko winning every race, in all terrains?" Although the field wasn't exactly full of pure climbers, he was still impressive. He's a hardman, throwback sort of rider -- flying to do Amstel Gold after this.

FFB tried hard, but even had UAE ridden perfectly he wasn't going to stay with Lutsenko or Meintjes.

 

[Tonton]

Bravo Lafay, it was nice race, it's crazy to see what the pros do on La Malate and he punched it at the top. Costaud.

Tomorrow, for the first time ever, we'll see pros on Mont Poupet.

 

[search]

8°C and rain all day. The majority of the peloton will probably not get to see Mont Poupet .

 

[Salvarani]

Horrible weather in Tour du Jura.

 

[RedheadDane]

1		45	VAN BOVEN Luca
2		52	TOWNSEND Rory
3		85	AZPARREN Xabier Mikel
4		113	DALLA VALLE Nicolas
5		133	DORN Vinzent
6		145	ISIDORE Noa
7		153	STOKBRO Andreas
8		156	VINJEBO Emil Mielke
9		172	DELACROIX Théo
10		173	VAN NIEKERK Morné
11		185	VERWILT Mauro
12		186	GEENS Jonas

Peloton at 3:30
90ish Ks to go

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Azparren is doing his best Iban Mayo impression at the moment.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIL-CbhUReM&ab_channel=CyclingClimbs