Lesser known races 2023 edition

[Red Rick]

Sivakov might actually rival some legends for being the worst sprinter in the peloton. In 2 moderately uphill sprints he's gotten dropped by seconds and seconds.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Valgren's first top 10 in a .Pro or WT race since his podium at Leuven worlds.

 

[RedheadDane]

Valgren's first top 10 in a .Pro or WT race since his podium at Leuven worlds.

And, more importantly, since his career-threatening crash last year.
BTW, I suppose you mean GC or one-day races. Not individual stages.

 

[KZD]

Pogacar actually looks pretty bad. Still has a while till Lombardia ofcourse.

3rd place is not that bad, still more than three weeks to go. Hirschi and Sivakov are in pretty good shape too.

 

[Samamba]

3rd place is not that bad, still more than three weeks to go. Hirschi and Sivakov are in pretty good shape too.

It's Pogacar, getting dropped by them 2 days in ago is pretty bad.

Doesn't mean he will be bad for Lombardia ofcourse.

 

[magliaroz]

It's Pogacar, getting dropped by them 2 days in ago is pretty bad.

Doesn't mean he will be bad for Lombardia ofcourse.

I remember him delivering similar under performances in 2021 as well and then he won fine the main goal. But not all years are the same.

 

[yaco]

The Montreal form has stood up will in these two Italian races - I'm surprised that not more of the top ten finishers in Montreal were not at these races.

 

[RedheadDane]

The Montreal form has stood up will in these two Italian races - I'm surprised that not more of the top ten finishers in Montreal were not at these races.

I have a headache... I'm not sure I understand the use of double negatives...

 

[Kaptain Kool]

It looks like it's still on. The Moroccan one-day races on Saturday and Sunday also were raced as scheduled.

Tour du Maroc cancelled after all.

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

Pogacar wondering why he has to chase down his own teammate, I think. This is UAE!

How very UAE.

 

[tobydawq]

Mark becomes Van der Poel when he sees that magic '1.Pro' categorization.

Amateur hour from EF but at least Carapaz looks quite good.

This was actually his first 1.Pro win. It's 1.1 races he usually excels at.

 

[tobydawq]

The Montreal form has stood up will in these two Italian races - I'm surprised that not more of the top ten finishers in Montreal were not at these races.

Riding 48 hours after having travelled 6 time zones eastward is probably not something everybody relishes.

 

[Samamba]

This was actually his first 1.Pro win. It's 1.1 races he usually excels at.

Arnaud De Lie vs. Hirschi is the real battle.

Guess we can't say it anymore now that De Lie won Quebec tho

 

[Netserk]

Arnaud De Lie vs. Hirschi is the real battle.

Guess we can't say it anymore now that De Lie won Quebec tho

Hirschi has won Flèche Wallonne, so Quebec didn't make the difference.

 

[Samamba]

Hirschi has won Flèche Wallonne, so Quebec didn't make the difference.

Sunweb Hirschi was a different Hirschi.

 

[Blanco]

Movistar (men's team) just won a Belgian one-day race...

They won plenty of them, one their guy won 9.

 

[yaco]

Riding 48 hours after having travelled 6 time zones eastward is probably not something everybody relishes.

It has not stopped Sivakov or Hirschi. For example, Jayco needs points and have S.Yates who rode well at Montreal and he is nowhere to be seen.

 

[tobydawq]

It has not stopped Sivakov or Hirschi. For example, Jayco needs points and have S.Yates who rode well at Montreal and he is nowhere to be seen.

It probably did stop Hirschi from riding Wednesday's race.

You're right about Sivakov but I was also really surprised that he was back in action already on Wednesday.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

On the hilly 3rd stage of Slovakia Tour, a group of 11 riders finished ahead of the chasing peloton at 25 seconds. Andrea Bagioli (who dnf the vuelta 2 weeks ago) won the sprint for the stage ahead of Gazzoli. Cavgana came 4th and maintained his 2 mins gc lead.

Kung, Bouwman, Vader, Lemmen, Leemrejze were all in the front group. Asgreen and Armrail were in peloton and slipped down a couple of places in the top 10

https://twitter.com/x/status/1702661426785997156

View: https://twitter.com/LRoisDuPeloton/status/1702661426785997156?t=0FOuISuJGSnr22gw1CRtIA&s=19

 

[RedheadDane]

QS doing Jumbo things in Slovakia. Except, at least they're a bit more creative, and wins with three different guys.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Japser phillipsen wins the Kampionshop von vlaanderen (honestly I haven't got a chance to spell this correclty), beating Gronewegen and Jakobsen in the sprint.

I'm enjoying getting interested in real races again, instead of following this mickey mouse vuelta that makes me want to leave social media

https://twitter.com/x/status/1702686640462823530

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1702686640462823530?t=ufst6oW5XlH6ikWtR2zSIw&s=19

 

[yaco]

I would love to see a close up of that finish as I am not convinced that Philipsen won. It's the first time this year that Groenwewegan has been able to come off Philipsen's wheel.

 

[Red Lobster]

I would love to see a close up of that finish as I am not convinced that Philipsen won. It's the first time this year that Groenwewegan has been able to come off Philipsen's wheel.

Would be nice if Philipsen learned to sprint a little straighter.

 

[Rob5091]

1.1 races are under rated!

Japser phillipsen wins the Kampionshop von vlaanderen (honestly I haven't got a chance to spell this correclty), beating Gronewegen and Jakobsen in the sprint.

I'm enjoying getting interested in real races again, instead of following this mickey mouse vuelta that makes me want to leave social media

https://twitter.com/x/status/1702686640462823530

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1702686640462823530?t=ufst6oW5XlH6ikWtR2zSIw&s=19

 

[RedheadDane]

QS doing Jumbo things in Slovakia. Except, at least they're a bit more creative, and wins with three different guys.

They ran out of creativity. Merlier again.