Lesser known races 2024 edition

[Didinho]

Yes Benoit.

 

[DNP-Old]

Something going on with those Decathlon bikes.

 

[RedheadDane]

The other day you said he had to buy the cake himself anyway, so I'll say he can have as much cake as he can afford.

I clearly said that he'd be allowed to buy a piece of cake if Fuglsang flew away and won the GC.
Then he demanded that I deliver the cake...

Cosnefroy won the stage.
I've got no clue who won the GC.

 

[tobydawq]

Cosnefroy won GC too. Nice job getting both 1st and 2nd, otherwise Albanese would have won GC.

 

[Samamba]

Something going on with those Decathlon bikes.

Or those BMC's must've been really bad, which people kinda said they were

 

[Samamba]

Cosnefroy won GC too. Nice job getting both 1st and 2nd, otherwise Albanese would have won GC.

Yeah AG2R played this weird all day but in the end they get everything, so fair play I guess.

FDJ also played this horrible, look at them with 3 in the top 10.

 

[Netserk]

Vermaerke a bit of a one-man army, Bardet's attack was quite short-lived.

 

[RedheadDane]

We might have been slightly used to seeing an M. Pedersen at the top of the GC for these early French 2.1 races. For this one?
Well...

92

PEDERSEN Martin

Lidl - Trek Future Racing

Guess he's not one of those "better than the older brother" type of riders, like... Peter Sagan, or Tadej Pogacar.
Of course, those are in the more... extreme end of the scale.

 

[DNP-Old]

We're writing down debuts by Oscar Chambo, Hoydahl, Brennan, Pattinson and the stolen Colombian, courtesy of Italy, Juan David Sierra in Umag this week. There's also Redae, an Ethiopian with Axeon that was highly regarded until he disappeared of the map for 3 years due to covid.

 

[SafeBet]

We're writing down debuts by Oscar Chambo, Hoydahl, Brennan, Pattinson and the stolen Colombian, courtesy of Italy, Juan David Sierra in Umag this week. There's also Redae, an Ethiopian with Axeon that was highly regarded until he disappeared of the map for 3 years due to covid.

Stealing talent abroad might be the only way to resurrect Italian cycling.
Lorenzo Finn is next in line.

 

[DNP-Old]

Stealing talent abroad might be the only way to resurrect Italian cycling.
Lorenzo Finn is next in line.

I'm expecting much of Finn now that he is in the AutoEder program. Then again, I'm expecting much from everyone in AutoEder, including first years Noah Moller and Thibaut Van Damme.

Alessio Magagnotti is another Italian I have my eyes on, apart from usual suspects like Bessega.

 

[DNP-Old]

We're writing down debuts by Oscar Chambo, Hoydahl, Brennan, Pattinson and the stolen Colombian, courtesy of Italy, Juan David Sierra in Umag this week. There's also Redae, an Ethiopian with Axeon that was highly regarded until he disappeared of the map for 3 years due to covid.

Brennan just won. This is the junior world champion, in world record fashion, in the pursuit btw.

 

[Ricco']

And Jakub Mareczko contested a sprint of a select group on a hilly race, who would have thought.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

And Jakub Mareczko contested a sprint of a select group on a hilly race, who would have thought.

A 'hilly race' only by Mareczko's standards... 1213 metres of elevation and pretty much all of those in false flats. The main reason that it was a reduced sprint anyway is that it's a 1.2 race.

 

[Rob5091]

29th Grand Prix Criquielion today (200 km) (1.1 race, the only ones worth watching) - 7 laps on two different circuits. Start at 12.30 CET TV from 15.15 CET
Everything you need to know at the roadbook - HERE
Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/grand-prix-criquielion/2024/startlist

Welsford won last year (but is not here this year), so we're looking at a sprint probably (unless De Gendt decides to ride off in the breakaway). a whole bunch of guys could win so it'll come down to who feels good on the day.

 

[RedheadDane]

TV from 15.15 CET

Where? Not on Discovery+...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Where? Not on Discovery+...

It's on Proximus in Belgium, so you can watch it if you sign up for a 3 month subscription. It's currently on offer at a discount price of 34.99 Euros per month.

 

[Rob5091]

Where? Not on Discovery+...

I think if you look around the interweb at the "usual suspects" then you might well find a live feed.

 

[Samamba]

First pro win for Alec Segaert in GP Criquelion!

 

[DNP-Old]

Orbea > Decathlon

 

[Rob5091]

First pro win for Alec Segaert in GP Criquelion!

Yep, Lotto are really putting some WT teams to shame at the moment.

 

[RedheadDane]

GP Jean-Piere Monseré is on today.
Live at the Discovery+ from 14:00 (CET)

 

[Bolder]

Big crash into ditch full of cold, muddy water. Gotta love March in Benelux

 

[RedheadDane]

Big crash into ditch full of cold, muddy water. Gotta love March in Benelux

Still better than Dewulf's rather unfortunate landing at the GP Denain last year...

 

[Samamba]

Looks like a really hard race because of the weather, only like 30ish riders left with 30km to go.