Lesser known races 2023 edition

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The Guangxi stage tomorrow features the same Nanning circuit as usual, but this time the other way around, meaning there now is a proper climb in it:

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They do it five times, the last ascent tops at 19.2k to go.
 
Apr 8, 2023
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The Bardiani rider who crashed and went over the barriers is Alessio Nieri. He lost consciousness but he seems all right now. They will transport him to a different hospital and he'll go through a head MRI. He also has a broken wrist.
Thanks for the update - hope he makes a full recovery.
 
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Thanks for the update - hope he makes a full recovery.
Latest news: no head injury but he suffered a collapsed lung which apparently doesn't allow him to fly back home. A doctor will get there from Italy and figure out what to do.

He wasn't even supposed to ride this race. We had lunch together before Giro dell'Emilia and he thought his season was over. Then the Bardiani DS spotted him in the crowd of San Luca and told him from the team car he'd be leaving for Turkey in a few days...

Truly a nice guy. I hope he can recover fully and find a contract for next year.
 
Apr 8, 2023
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Argy bargy in the sprint, which Kooij avoids and wins in Guangxi! De Lie gets brought down so his day was done.
So the breakaway man De Bondt is in the GC lead ... what's his chances of being in the break tomorrow?
 
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I think it will finish around 6:30 am CET. It will start at 2 am and last year it took a little more than 3 and a half hours and the route is the same.
 
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I think it will finish around 6:30 am CET. It will start at 2 am and last year it took a little more than 3 and a half hours and the route is the same.

It looks like the route is 20 km longer this year, but that should of course take less than an additional 40 minutes to complete, so around 7 o'clock will probably be more accurate.
 
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