Lesser known races 2024 edition

[RedheadDane]

To be fair, the sudents just came back to school this week and it was again proven that work is much more tiring with their presence.

 

[Rob5091]

Moving on from seasons around the globe,
Thursday is stage 3 at Tour du Limousin from La Riviere de Mansac to Argentat Xaintrie Val Dordorgne 189.5 km. and no less then 3600 m of climbing. Start at 12.45 TV from 14.20 CET

 

[tobydawq]

My post clearly says students.

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens - today! Nice and sunny weather in the morning, starting to cloud over a bit now, 25°C.

Went out on the bike for errands a couple of hours ago. Many car drivers very confused by the barriers/detours and some decided that driving on, but on the sidewalk, right in front of the police was the answer.

Looking forward to the Wijnperstraat and the Karmelieterberg!

Startpagina - Tour of Leuven

Tour of Leuven – Memorial Jef Scherens Leuven is niet alleen een studentenstad maar sinds het WK Flanders 2021 ook een echte wielerstad. Een onvergetelijk WK in Leuven moet natuurlijk elk jaar in de verf gezet worden. De erfenis als WK-stad en de gekende GP Jef Scherens smelten samen tot het...

tourofleuven.be

https://tourofleuven.be/wp-content/uploads/sites/120/2024/07/2024-06-26_Tour_Of_Leuven_Detailed_Map.pdf

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Turul Romaniei 2024 Stage 2 results

Rudolf Remkhi is the winner of Turul Romaniei 2024 Stage 2, before Ilkhan Dostiyev and Davide Toneatti. was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

Hmmm, Astana Development might have had an OK day today.

 

[Squire]

The Astana kids went absolutely nuclear!

Shame it doesn't count as points for the main team.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Someone sign the boy Lukáš Kubiš he actually looks quite good, though I know nothing about the Slovak conti scene, maybe there's Portugal-style reasons or something.

 

[search]

Someone sign the boy Lukáš Kubiš he actually looks quite good, though I know nothing about the Slovak conti scene, maybe there's Portugal-style reasons or something.

he entered the Czech scene this year, and no one signed Otruba either after a stellar 2023.

Interesting that Astana Devo is allowed to line up a WT stagiaire, by the way. Never knew the rules would include this.

 

[Squire]

Interesting that Astana Devo is allowed to line up a WT stagiaire, by the way. Never knew the rules would include this.

I guess any sort of contract with the main team makes riders eligible to ride for the devo team?

Another interesting part about this is that Lev Gonov is actually a stagiare with the devo team. If they planned to have Ivan Smirnov in the same races, why not just make him a stagiare with the devo team too instead of with the main team? Or I guess it doesn't matter. Gonov can probably be a 'guest' rider for the main team as a devo stagiare too, if they want that.

 

[Rob5091]

Little Lenny M (+3 others) decide with 50 km to go to head off the front at Tour du Limousin.

 

[postmanhat]

No English commentary for Leuven it seems? Only options for French or German.

 

[Squire]

Best racing of today is happening at the Tour of Leuven where it's all kicking off. Van Gils and Abrahamsen bridged to the early breakaway, and people are attacking like mad in the peloton. And I'm watching a feed with zero commentary, which is really nice actually.

 

[Squire]

Nordhagen must have had a nutritious breakfast today. Funny to see him mixing it with all the massive classics guys.

 

[RedheadDane]

Cepeda on the attack in Limousin.

 

[RedheadDane]

He held on to the end.

 

[yaco]

The better Cepeda wins stage two of Limousin. Would do well at the Vuelta, alas, Caja Rural was not selected for the race.

 

[Rob5091]

Tour du Limousin - stage 3 - Chapeau Alverio Cepeda & Caja! Went from 10 km out and took the win. Aulur took second to round off a good day for Caja.

 

[RedheadDane]

The better Cepeda wins stage two of Limousin. Would do well at the Vuelta, alas, Caja Rural was not selected for the race.

I'm getting a theme of "Every guy winning should be at the Vuelta."

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Wanty chasing Wanty chasing Wanty.

 

[Squire]

Abrahamsen power!

 

[RedheadDane]

Who are the German commentators on Discovery+?

 

[Squire]

Abrahamsen, Hoelgaard, Gelders and Teunissen with a decent gap. Clearly the four strongest in the breakaway. Gap to peloton has been stuck at 25 seconds for ages now.

 

[Samamba]

Peloton is way further away than 25 seconds, more like 50. I think this is over

 

[Samamba]

This might be a huge tactical mistake by UNO X. Teunissen beats Hoelgaard in a sprint normally ofcourse.

 

[Squire]

This might be a huge tactical mistake by UNO X. Teunissen beats Hoelgaard in a sprint normally ofcourse.

Think he can get rid of him on one of the climbs. Hoelgaard has seemed super strong.

You're right about the gap. Strong attack from Segaert in the peloton, but nobody wants to cooperate. Which is a bit strange.