- May 10, 2015
- 13,624
- 12,929
- 28,180
Belgian races are also specialist in not giving out the results till like 4 hours after the race. I really don't get it, just annoying. They have the results but they refuse to publish them. If the Tour of Taiwan can publish them like 5 min after a stage a European race can do it too.
- Nov 16, 2013
- 26,686
- 27,792
- 28,180
And voilà, they were 14th, 15th and 16th. A performance of sorts...
- Jul 8, 2017
- 2,303
- 2,983
- 17,180
Only that not of the top favorites goes there. What a waste of a great race.
That's a genius move actually. Make a warm up race (for a monument) which is not raced by any of the top favorites for that monument.
While at the same time you kill a perfectly fine warm-up race for a different monument.
- May 10, 2015
- 13,624
- 12,929
- 28,180
Spanish teams and their team classifications...
That’s just criminal how they ruined Milano-Torino. If they wanted a sprint friendly race in the week of MSR create a new race instead of butchering a once very fine one day classic with a star studded winners list.Milano-Torino: Cancellara happy
(thanks RedHeadDane for the thread advice!)
- Sep 26, 2020
- 25,357
- 27,890
- 23,180
- Aug 14, 2012
- 4,126
- 5,102
- 21,180
And I think a sprint race like this is no use as a warm-up race as well. All flat, pace wise should not be harder than a training day riding in the peloton, and the factor that could call more riders to be there in order to prepare San Remo (small short hills near the finish) don't exist either. It's a better chance to have a crash that hinders their presence in Sanremo than to prepare anything.
I think Laigueglia (maybe a less harder version than the last iterations) or the now defunct GP Industria Larciano would be a better warm-up race than this.
Edit: i thought it was not held last year due to Tirreno changing dates but is now held in the end of march.
- May 10, 2015
- 13,624
- 12,929
- 28,180
It's the "easiest" hilly 1.Pro race of the year now lmao, together with the Japan Cup. Gets held together with Catalunya, that doesn't help.
- Aug 29, 2009
- 7,921
- 7,158
- 23,180
I think the calendar will actually look much worse if the UCI really pushes through the "no WT races at the same time" idea. I really struggle to see that can work out without shortening races like Paris-Nice, Tirreno or Catalunya to ~5 days, at least.
But anyway, over to Denain today, which should be fun. Lots of wind, and as usual, fairly rough cobbles:
But anyway, over to Denain today, which should be fun. Lots of wind, and as usual, fairly rough cobbles:
- Aug 31, 2019
- 3,526
- 6,329
- 14,180
To make it work without shorting the events you need to move Strade and Paris Nice a week earlier.
Given K-B-K is not WT it’s possible to have Omloop at the standard Saturday, Strade the Sunday and then start a 7 stage Paris-Nice on Monday. Then start a 7 stage Tirreno the following Monday. Then San Remo Saturday and a 6 stage Catalunya Monday as this year leaving the Sunday for Gent-Wevelgem.
The losers would be Brugge de Panne and E3, but probably not a big issue to degrade them to .Pro (and therefore have them same dates as now) as there is a lot of WT-races in Belgium already.
- Aug 29, 2009
- 7,921
- 7,158
- 23,180
it may be possible, yes, but I struggle to see any advantage that would come with a calendar like this - apart from for the TV stations.
- Aug 14, 2012
- 4,126
- 5,102
- 21,180
I think the calendar is fine as it is. Even if they are in separate weeks, no one is going to race Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico back to back and the event that changes dates is the one that will suffer the most in terms of participation.
UCI just need to align with race organizers in order to guarantee that both races don't finish at the same time. 1h30 to 2 hour of broadcast is enough for both races, no need to watch paint dry for 3 hours in each race.
UCI just need to align with race organizers in order to guarantee that both races don't finish at the same time. 1h30 to 2 hour of broadcast is enough for both races, no need to watch paint dry for 3 hours in each race.
- Sep 20, 2017
- 12,433
- 23,501
- 28,180
- Sep 20, 2017
- 12,433
- 23,501
- 28,180
- Aug 29, 2009
- 7,921
- 7,158
- 23,180
Kooij was struggling on every cobbled sector so far. Don't think he is even in the chase group anymore
- May 10, 2015
- 13,624
- 12,929
- 28,180
He is, and he wasn't struggling, je just had mechanicals (or crashed) twice. No teammates there for him anyways.
- Sep 20, 2017
- 12,433
- 23,501
- 28,180
If Boasson Hagen can pull this off, he will be both the second-youngest and second-oldest winner in the history of this race.
- Aug 29, 2009
- 7,921
- 7,158
- 23,180
it's not him, and he must have had a load of mechanicals then
edit: it's van Belle from Jumbo in the chase group
- May 10, 2015
- 13,624
- 12,929
- 28,180
He look strong, but if Molano has something left I don't think Hagen can beat him.
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