Lesser known races 2024 edition

[Rob5091]

39C at Gatxo race - sweaty!

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I quite like Uno-X's lineup for Denmark. For ToN and ARN, they brought a bunch of Norwegians, and one Dane. Now, they're bringing a bunch of Danes, and one Norwegian.

I think it was planned for Wärenskjold do be doing Denmark, but he's not on the startlist anymore. Quite a big loss for Uno-X in the TTT I would say.

 

[yaco]

I doubt the peleton will bring back this strong breakaway at Polynormandie. Strange to see Lapierre in the break.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Oof, nasty crash for Juampe.

 

[Samamba]

Van Gils crashed hard too. Why is Lopez taking so many risks there, unbelievable.

 

[RedheadDane]

Some intense track-standing, but Lapeira takes it in the end.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I doubt the peleton will bring back this strong breakaway at Polynormandie. Strange to see Lapierre in the break.

Lapierre is something else than Lapeira

 

[yaco]

It was crazy how they let Lapeira in the break. Then he did by far the most work in the peleton and won easily.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Jon Barratnexea with a beast sprint!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[yaco]

What was Caja rural doing in the last 10kms? You have riders in the small peleton, so surely you attack to make it hard for Movistar. Baffling tactics!

 

[pastronef]

Quinn Simmons is on form. nice to see him back!

 

[Valv.Piti]

What was Caja rural doing in the last 10kms? You have riders in the small peleton, so surely you attack to make it hard for Movistar. Baffling tactics!

I think they thought Aular would be the strongest, and then you end up with a couple of other riders in the top-7 as well. Not too shabby, I think Aular under normal circumstances would be the strongest here

 

[Samu Cuenca]

A Basque winner, woohoo!

 

[RedheadDane]

A Basque winner, woohoo!

You, and your riders, need to slow down.
Especially since there are no points for 9th in a 1.1 race...

 

[Valv.Piti]

Brieuc Rolland a sneaky Avenir bet? He's in shape and is light!

 

[Samamba]

I just rewatched that crash. Not looking good for Juanpe, Van Gils and the Astana rider. Juanpe mightve hit the barrier with his head really hard and Van Gils & the Astana rider go full into with their legs and then over it.

EDIT: Juanpe is ok given the circumstances, no serious injuries. Van Gils finished so he's ok too. Not sure about the Astana rider.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You, and your riders, need to slow down.
Especially since there are no points for 9th in a 1.1 race...

What do you mean? Kron scored 16 points, while I didn't have any riders in the top 10. I had Barceló last year, but I dropped him because he's from Aragon.

 

[RedheadDane]

What do you mean? Kron scored 16 points, while I didn't have any riders in the top 10. I had Barceló last year, but I dropped him because he's from Aragon.

Huh? I'm pretty sure I've checked results on CQ in the past, and seen that there was no points for lower top-10s in 1.1 races.
And I thought you had Barrenetxea.

You still need to slow down.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Huh? I'm pretty sure I've checked results on CQ in the past, and seen that there was no points for lower top-10s in 1.1 races.
And I thought you had Barrenetxea.

You still need to slow down.

There are points for the top 20 in 1.1 races.

 

[Rob5091]

Movistar's first win for a while, but chapeau Barrenetxea - first career win. Nasty looking crash for Lopez - hope he's ok.

 

[yaco]

I think they thought Aular would be the strongest, and then you end up with a couple of other riders in the top-7 as well. Not too shabby, I think Aular under normal circumstances would be the strongest here

You send one or two up the road and even if caught you can still get a good result or even the win.

 

[Valv.Piti]

You send one or two up the road and even if caught you can still get a good result or even the win.

Movistar literally had 4 riders in the group though and two people hard pulling, so thats very hard. At the time I thought Movistar should do that instead of riding for Jon as I thought he would get beat

 

[ingsve]

Looks like Jörgen Nordhagen channeled his inner Tadej Pogacar or something in Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana. Winning solo by almost 3 minutes.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1822676281063842257

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