Lesser known races 2023 edition

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Badilatti is coming.

he must really be the worst descender in the field. Was nowhere to be seen at the start of the climb.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This climb of all climbs switching to urban-looking paving stones midway through is hilarious to me.

 

[Earns1985]

Lipowitz seems to be done.

Not yet..

 

[Devil's Elbow]

he must really be the worst descender in the field. Was nowhere to be seen at the start of the climb.

Either that or he had a mechanical.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Not yet..

Now he‘s gone again.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

So when will Kashechkin and Vino leave Ullrich and Klöden behind?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Lipowitz doing his best Almeida impression.

 

[Earns1985]

Lipowitz is the new Almeida

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Badilatti is coming back now

12 minutes later, Kirby and Smith have finally caught up.

 

[Faserr]

Bora has one biathlete and one mountainbiker in the front group. The ski mountaineer is a few places behind.

 

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12 minutes later, Kirby and Smith have finally caught up.

while Rohde on German ES still thinks it's Fedorov up front

 

[Earns1985]

Soon the steepest part will begin..

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Astana guy dropping Astana guy like it's Grand Bornand 2009.

Or just 2009 in general.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

while Rohde on German ES still thinks it's Fedorov up front

Doubly impressive given that Fedorov DNFed yesterday.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Swiss Weening doesn't look like he's coming back. German Almeida does, though.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Of the front 4, Zwiehoff seems to be the strongest while Lipowitz is the weakest which makes for a bit of a dire stalemate given that the Astana guys don't know how to drop Zwiehoff without exposing themselves for a counter.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Of the front 4, Zwiehoff seems to be the strongest while Lipowitz is the weakest which makes for a bit of a dire stalemate given that the Astana guys don't know how to drop Zwiehoff without exposing themselves for a counter.

Think Lutsenko also still has plenty left, he very clearly deliberately slowed down when his attack dropped Tejada.

 

[Rob5091]

It's not a proper climb if there's no chance for some yo-yoing.

 

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Zwiehoff did a Vuelta diary for a German site, and after the final stage said that the thing he was looking forward to the most now is Tour of Turkey.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Lutsekno dragging his strongman physique up this ridiculous climb to drop the featherweights. Legend.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Would be nice if the second motor moved from Novak to Badilatti...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Astana teamcar getting dropped wasn't on my bingo card.

 

[Samamba]

Astana teamcar getting dropped wasn't on my bingo card.

A mechanical, bad luck!

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

This climb is amazing. I assume there is only one road up or would it be possible to use it as a pass?

 

[Samamba]

Lipowitz fully dropped now. (by his own teammate once again). Tejada is also struggling.