Lesser known races 2023 edition

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2023 The Tour Oqtosh - Chorvoq - Mountain I

The 2023 The Tour Oqtosh - Chorvoq - Mountain I was won by Ulugbek Saidov of Namangan Region.

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Someone won a 20 minute time trial by almost three minutes, give this man a WorldTour contract! Welp, not so fast, because witnesses have seen this man pull a Demare and get pulled by a car. Coincidentally he is the only rider not to upload his Strava file of this race, I wonder why that is.

2023 The Tour Oqtosh - Chorvoq - Mountain II

The 2023 The Tour Oqtosh - Chorvoq - Mountain II was won by Periklis Ilias of Greece.

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From 3 minutes faster than 2nd place, to 41st and almost dead last at almost 6 minutes.

 

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I can feel a first pro victory coming for Gregoire in the coming 20 minutes.

 

[RedheadDane]

I can feel a first pro victory coming for Gregoire in the coming 20 minutes.

Wrong FDJ guy.

1	PENHOËT Paul	Groupama - FDJ	125	75	4:46:22
2	DUJARDIN Sandy	TotalEnergies	85	55	,,
3	ZINGLE Axel	Cofidis	70	40	,,

(Just to clarify; I'm not saying Penhoët is wrong. Just that he's not Gregoire. Gregoire was 10th)

Also, Norsgaard won GP Herning, and went for one of the stranger victory celebrations:

(Likely a reference to the fact that he broke his leg pretty badly a few years ago)

1	NORSGAARD Mathias	Denmark	40	15	4:08:44
2	WALLIN Rasmus Bøgh	Restaurant Suri - Carl Ras	30	10	1:02
3	VALGREN Michael	Denmark	25	7	,,

 

[Samamba]

Greg Van Avermaet can still win! First win since 2019!
Beats Florian Vermeersch in Boucles de l'Aulne. Was way stronger than the rest.

1	VAN AVERMAET Greg	AG2R Citroën Team	125	75	4:21:06
2	VERMEERSCH Florian	Lotto Dstny	85	55	,,
3	BARRENETXEA Jon	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	70	40	,,
4	TIZZA Marco	Bingoal WB	60	32	,,
5	VENTURINI Clément	AG2R Citroën Team	50	28	,,
6	ZINGLE Axel	Cofidis	40	24	,,
7	WATSON Samuel	Groupama - FDJ	35	20	,,
8	VAN BOVEN Luca	Bingoal WB	30	18	,,
9	GRÉGOIRE Romain	Groupama - FDJ	25	16	,,
10	DUJARDIN Sandy	TotalEnergies	20	14	,,

https://twitter.com/x/status/1657772148226703364

View: https://twitter.com/france3Bretagne/status/1657772148226703364

 

[Mayomaniac]

Laureano Rosas won the gc of the Vuelta a Formosa Internacional ahead of the Highlander Oscar Sevilla, MAL finished 4th.
4 days of racing with 2 half stages on the final day, one of them being an ITT, and all flat. That said, looking at the speeds they raced this one really hard. Stage 3 was 190km long and the average speed was 49.5 km/h, stage 1 was 140kms and raced at 48.8 km/h.
Rosas won 2 sprint stages and finished 2nd in the 8km half stage ITT, 2sec behind Sevilla (MAL was 4th, 10sec behind).

Probably not a bad race for the Italian track guys who rode it with the NT, some quality work to improve their endurance.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just over 10ish Ks to go in the somewhat incorrectly named 6-day race Four days of Dunkirk.
Break at 30 seconds.

 

[Samamba]

De Lie crashes again in Dunkerquen, really hard too. Not looking good.

Kooij wins.

 

[theyoungest]

Kooij is so good at finding his own way in these bunch sprints. He's really an ideal guy for a GC team like Jumbo to bring to a GT and not have to bother about him too much, he doesn't need a train. But yeah... they won't bring him to a GT, so it's only logical he's leaving.

 

[RedheadDane]

Gregoire takes the win with a late attack.

 

[DNP-Old]

I can feel a first pro victory coming for Gregoire in the coming 20000 minutes.

See, I was right.

 

[tobydawq]

Sagan and Van Avermaet both in the top 10. Doesn't happen often these days.

 

[RedheadDane]

50ish Ks to go in Wallonie, after an extended neutralisation because of some medical emergerncy - but maybe not a crash? - right on the route.
5-man break has around 1:20.

Meanwhile, over in France, Thomas looks good to take the ITT.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Meanwhile, over in France, Thomas looks good to take the ITT.

Is the current top 3 still (almost) Thomas Bol Larsen?

 

[RedheadDane]

Is the current top 3 still (almost) Thomas Bol Larsen?

Thomas
Larsen
Asgreen

 

[Didinho]

50ish Ks to go in Wallonie, after an extended neutralisation because of some medical emergerncy - but maybe not a crash? - right on the route.
5-man break has around 1:20.

Meanwhile, over in France, Thomas looks good to take the ITT.

Was a (2 motards) accident on the road before the race had to pass there. Had to wait for medical assistance and had to be sure the local lap was safe again for the riders. 45km less.

Politt tried to set up an echelon.

 

[RedheadDane]

Thomas did indeed win the stage in Dunkerque, and is also the new man in pink.
Bloody Frenchy, having to destroy the Danish (stage) party!

 

[Aimar16]

It looks like Sagan is in fairly decentish shape. Hopefully he will win tomorrow

 

[DNP-Old]

Bro, what a horrendous race.

 

[RedheadDane]

That was a confusing sprint.
Meeus wins.

 

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What on earth is happening in Duinkerken?

 

[theyoungest]

What on earth is happening in Duinkerken?

Nothing much, it seems? Bunch sprint, with a fairly convincing win for Kooij.

 

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Nothing much, it seems? Bunch sprint, with a fairly convincing win for Kooij.

I wouldn't call Thomas Benjamin getting brutally murdered by QuickStep, Jumbo and FDJ nothing.

 

[theyoungest]

I wouldn't call Thomas Benjamin getting brutally murdered by QuickStep, Jumbo and FDJ nothing.

Only watched the final few k and those were nothing special. Was it echelons or something?

 

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Some pro team should sign Mathias Bregnhoj.

 

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Gregoire and Hagenes, the illustrious junior duo.