Lesser known races 2024 edition

[Samamba]

Hirschi is good, by far the best in this race, but given there's a cross headwind here and that there is still a big group behind him this seems like a suicide effort.

A whole ass peloton is like 25 seconds behind him, he should've went slower on the hill and tried to get a few riders with him.

EDIT: alright I might be underestimating him or overestimating the willingness to work together in the group behind.

 

[Samamba]

Wtf is this motopacing

 

[SafeBet]

Hirschi is good, by far the best in this race, but given there's a cross headwind here and that there is still a big group behind him this seems like a suicide effort.

I'm happy he's trying a different strategy for once. We'd be almost sure of his win with a more conservative approach.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Group a bit spooked by Ulissi, looks to be almost over...

 

[Samamba]

Bruh throw this moto out of the race, what is this

 

[Rob5091]

Looks like the guys behind Hirschi will gift this win to him. No one wants to chase.

 

[Samamba]

I'm happy he's trying a different strategy for once. We'd be almost sure of his win with a more conservative approach.

Yeah true and he's proving me wrong. Well I obviously forgot about typical group 2 behavior. Ulissi doing a great job too.

 

[Samamba]

Finally a 2nd group clear that works together, but it's too late probably

 

[yaco]

The teams are riding for UCI points. The teams with multiple riders are happy to get two riders in the top 10, instead of sacrificing a rider for a possible win and having one rider in the top 10.

 

[Samamba]

The teams are riding for UCI points. The teams with multiple riders are happy to get two riders in the top 10, instead of sacrificing a rider for a possible win and having one rider in the top 10.

Yeah but apart from Arkea (pretty obvious they are doing it even tho it looks stupid) most of them shouldn't.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Kristian sparagli!!!!

 

[SafeBet]

Finally a 2nd group clear that works together, but it's too late probably

And I don't think they are strong enough anyway. Still more than 40 seconds.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Kristian sparagli!!!!

Probably the only way he may be able to beat Hirschi

 

[Samamba]

sppppparagli

 

[Samamba]

Field obviously incredibly weak,, even for a .Pro race but Hirsch ridiculously strong again. Good that he's leaving UCI, time to stop with all these smaller races and aim for more big ones again.

 

[staubsauger]

Field obviously incredibly weak,, even for a .Pro race but Hirsch ridiculously strong again. Good that he's leaving UCI, time to stop with all these smaller races and aim for more big ones again.

Epic Tour de Luxembourg showdown coming up: Van der Poel versus Hirschi! 😍

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Probably the only way he may be able to beat Hirschi

Hhahaahahahahahaha

 

[Tim Cahill]

One GT for Hirschi in 4 years at UAE and he was sick for it, absolute cycling terrorism.

 

[Rob5091]

Field obviously incredibly weak,, even for a .Pro race but Hirsch ridiculously strong again. Good that he's leaving UCI, time to stop with all these smaller races and aim for more big ones again.

Maybe Tudor want him to get lots of UCI points at minor races for moving up to WT status?

 

[Samamba]

Maybe Tudor want him to get lots of UCI points at minor races for moving up to WT status?

Hirschi did not sign for Tudor to do the exact same thing there as he's been doing at UAE. He will obviously be riding more big races. He would be in Canada right now (and get 500 points combined there too btw) if he was at Tudor.

Half of his points this year are coming from WT anyways.

 

[Rob5091]

Hirschi does it again - chapeau! I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Hirschi is down for the Memorial Marco Pantani on Saturday. Three in a row?

 

[SafeBet]

Hirschi does it again - chapeau! I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Hirschi is down for the Memorial Marco Pantani on Saturday. Three in a row?

Actually 5 in a row considering San Sebastian and Bretagne. He's been on fire the last month.

 

[Salvarani]

4th win in a row for Hirschi. Incredible.

 

[Rob5091]

Hirschi did not sign for Tudor to do the exact same thing there as he's been doing at UAE. He will obviously be riding more big races. He would be in Canada right now (and get 500 points combined there too btw) if he was at Tudor.

Half of his points this year are coming from WT anyways.

Fair point on riding bigger races and Tudor having Alaphilippe too might help in getting a Tour wild card spot. 2025 will be a real fight for teams to stay as WT so I expect some unusual team tactics.

 

[Rob5091]

Saturday 14th September and the Hirschi Victory Tour continues with the 21 st Memorial Marco Pantani (1.1) 195.4 km from Cesena to Cesenatico, start at 11.20 CET, apparently TV is limited to "RAI Sport schedule shows an hour of recorded late in the evening."

startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/memorial-marco-pantani/2024/startlist
(Hirschi lost to Lutsenko last year and as Astana are not even riding here, I think we can guess who is the favourite)

roadbook at http://www.gsemilia.it/userfiles/files/pantani24depliantok.pdf

Same finish as last year with 4 laps each 5 km long in Cesenatico.