Lesser known races 2023 edition

[yaco]

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.

And it was won by Alexander Evans of Australia who can not ride on the flat at all.

 

[Mayomaniac]

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.

Also the Baby Giro earlier the same year, Einer Rubio won that one.
Hill climbs with a mass start are really popular in Japan.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The Giro also did something similar this year, and it too was won by Einer Rubio.

 

[Mayomaniac]

About the Tour of Japan, I think the gc will be a battle between Earle, Dyball, Lebas, Budyak, Benji Prades & Paco Mancebo and maybe Sainbayar.
Mount Fuji should b too much for someone like Lamperti. I kinda expect the Aussie Spuniks to be the main gc guys, but it's hard to say at this stage.

 

[firefly3323]

About the Tour of Japan, I think the gc will be a battle between Earle, Dyball, Lebas, Budyak, Benji Prades & Paco Mancebo and maybe Sainbayar.
Mount Fuji should b too much for someone like Lamperti. I kinda expect the Aussie Spuniks to be the main gc guys, but it's hard to say at this stage.

Yeah, I can't see how Lamperti will be able to hold on with grades like the ones on that climb. Suppose you never know but.......

 

[RedheadDane]

Ivo Oliveira won the prologue in Mayenne.

 

[Landeirovic]

Win nr29 for uae

 

[Mayomaniac]

Total Aussie Sputnik domination on Mount Fuji. Earle wins ahead of Dyball and Morey. The Spanish veteran Benji Prades finished 4th, while the local Marino Kobayashi got a 5th place. Big gaps, only 4 guys within 2min of Earle.

 

[RedheadDane]

The guy with one of the best hairdos in the pro peloton, Filippo Fortin, won stage 1 in Estonia:

 

[Samamba]

Lazkano probably on his way to the win (and GC) in Mayenne probably if he's able to drop his breakaway compagnions. Incredible tactics from the French teams, Giro is bad, but this might be even worse. FDJ was chasing an early break, closing them down easily, when out of nowhere AG2R, Cofidis & Arkea starts attacking mid race. Lazkano then jumped to the early breakaway and then all of the French teams just stopped riding and gave him 4 minutes like he's some random conti team rider.

And even now it's the foreign teams that needs to do the work and not AG2R and Cofidis for Cosnefroy and Zingle for example.

EDIT: 12km left 1'47. Stilll 5guys in the lead (Lazkano hasn't dropped his compagnions yet).

EDIT 2: 8km, Lazkano solo, still a big lead. He has this in the bag.

 

[Izzyeviel]

who wants to watch the stage? The whole of stage 6 here:

 

[RedheadDane]

Opening ITT/Prologue of Tour of Norway to Mount Fløyen is currently ongoing.

In Norway, 7.4 KM = Prologue.
In Mayenne, 4.1 KM = Stage 1.

I don't understand anything any more!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Opening ITT/Prologue of Tour of Norway to Mount Fløyen is currently ongoing.

In Norway, 7.4 KM = Prologue.
In Mayenne, 4.1 KM = Stage 1.

I don't understand anything any more!

You might just want to check other sources than PCS: https://www.bouclesdelamayenne.fr/parcours-2022 (it's the 2023 route)

 

[RedheadDane]

You might just want to check other sources than PCS: https://www.bouclesdelamayenne.fr/parcours-2022

Most of the time, PCS is a reliable source.

 

[DNP-Old]

Magnus did the TT on a motorcycle it would appear.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Most of the time, PCS is a reliable source.

Yeah, they're usually quite good at telling everyone how awesome they think they are.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah, they're usually quite good at telling everyone how awesome they think they are.

They're quite good at the important stuff:
Live updates.
Results up fairly quickly.
(Preliminary) startlists.
Navigation of upcoming races.
Navigation of teams.
And of course the various - sometimes quite funny - statistics that give them their name.

Firstcycling is a close second.
CyclingQuotient is only useful for getting the "correct" names for the various CQ games.

 

[DNP-Old]

Thibau is terrific.

 

[RedheadDane]

There seems to be some confusion regarding Plapp.
A. Rasmussen doesn't believe the time that was on screen when he finished.

 

[DNP-Old]

The Tarling Express is rolling.

 

[DNP-Old]

The Tarling Express has derailed.

 

[Samamba]

So that was it for GC then? Don't get this parcours honestly.

 

[RedheadDane]

Ineos' smallest Ben takes the stage ahead of their almost-Norwegian.

 

[Samamba]

Nys really should win his first pro race here, stages suit him.

 

[DNP-Old]

So that was it for GC then? Don't get this parcours honestly.

Norway is notorious for having echelons on the weirdest places (e.g. the summit of Seljestadjuvet). Thibau and the dream of the bonifications is also still in play. If he isn't isolated again, he can win a stage.