Lesser known races 2023 edition

[theyoungest]

Gregoire closed the door on Hagenes quite firmly, but Hagenes simply came back and beat him anyway.

 

[shalgo]

Another win for the Veenenmerckx

 

[Bushman]

These 2003 guys look proper good. Gregoire, Hagenes, Martinez, Uijtdebrooks and probably a bunch of other guys who will make themselves known sooner or later. Possibly a new golden year for cycling

 

[staubsauger]

Who came to the conclusion that Rund um Köln should be held on this race overloaded Sunday?

Put it on Pentecost rather!

 

[Filippo_3467]

Who came to the conclusion that Rund um Köln should be held on this race overloaded Sunday?

Put it on Pentecost rather!

We can be happy about it. At least some bike racing not like that race in italy.

 

[Samamba]

Van Poppel beats Menten and De Buyst in Bora's homerace. Was a great race once again thanks to Bora making it hard. After 50km there was 35 riders left in the first group. In the end 12 (Groenewegen just missed it).

Menten lost too much ground in the last corner and came 10cm too short in the end.
Probably would've won if they let De Buyst do the leadout (if that wasn't the plan anyways), but for points this was probably the best choice.

 

[Faserr]

Yes, nice race to watch. Fullgas from the beginning and not boring like the Giro at the moment.

 

[staubsauger]

Guess I watched the wrong race then?

 

[RedheadDane]

Merlier won stage six of the Four days of Dunkerque. Gregoire won the overall.

Over in Antwerp there's just over 50 Ks to go, and it seems stuff is happenening.

Guess I watched the wrong race then?

Yes, nice race to watch. Fullgas from the beginning and not boring like the Giro at the moment.

You lucky bastards had access to it on GCN+?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Merlier won stage six of the Four days of Dunkerque. Gregoire won the overall.

Over in Antwerp there's just over 50 Ks to go, and it seems stuff is happenening.




You lucky bastards had access to it on GCN+?

No, but I had access to it via german public television.

 

[RedheadDane]

No, but I had access to it via german public television.

I need to go invade Germany!

 

[yaco]

DeBuyst leads out Menten and Lotto get the win - Chasing points lookks good on the scoresheet but it costs you wins. Maybe Van Poppel went super early because he guessed that Lotto were focused on UCI points.

Jayco went to the wrong race - They should have been at the Antwerp race - And the team performance today was rubbish - Only two riders O'Brien and Groenewegen were in the split with 60kms to go

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I need to go invade Germany!

Watching it on Sportschau.de would be safer.

 

[RedheadDane]

Watching it on Sportschau.de would be safer.

I would probably mostly be in danger of getting locked up in the "crazy house".

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I would probably mostly be in danger of getting locked up in the "crazy house".

On the second thought, please invade Germany as soon as possible!

 

[Samamba]

DeBuyst leads out Menten and Lotto get the win - Chasing points lookks good on the scoresheet but it costs you wins. Maybe Van Poppel went super early because he guessed that Lotto were focused on UCI points.

Yes, if they wanted the win the ideal scenario wouldve been De Buyst in front of Menten before the corner, but in the end the actual reason Menten doesn't win this is because his cornering there was horrible and he loses 3 bikelengths. That's probably also the reason Van Poppel went early.

 

[Samamba]

Alpecin domination in Antwerp Port Classic. Low quality field obviously, but they smashed it.

1. De Bondt
2. Kielich
3. Hermans

Vermeersch, Bonnet and De Pestel were the other guys in the front group.

 

[RedheadDane]

Vermeersch, Bonnet and De Pestel were the other guys in the front group.

F. Vermeersch to be precise. G. Vermeersch was close to the front as well, but then he had a mechanic.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I need to go invade Germany!

You Danes still wanna reclaim all of Schleswig-Holstein?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

F. Vermeersch to be precise. G. Vermeersch was close to the front as well, but then he had a mechanic.

Doesn‘t every rider have a mechanic?

 

[RedheadDane]

Doesn‘t every rider have a mechanic?

I think they need to share them with their teammates.

You Danes still wanna reclaim all of Schleswig-Holstein?

I want to be the singular dictator of the World! Then I shall declare that all bike races* shall be available to watch everywhere.

*cat.1 or above. I'm not completely unreasonable.

 

[Izzyeviel]

stage six of the Tour of Japan looks... easy. It's 11.4km & not listed as a time trial... surely theres some misunderstanding/bad translation going on?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

stage six of the Tour of Japan looks... easy. It's 11.4km & not listed as a time trial... surely theres some misunderstanding/bad translation going on?

Nope, this is a return to the traditional hillclimb stage.

 

[Izzyeviel]

so like a mountain time trial but called something else?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It's just a normal road stage, except that it only consists of one climb. Avenir did something similar with Col de la Loze in 2019.