Lesser known races 2024 edition

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Astana will be going for Cees Bol today anyway, Cavendish hasn't been well since UAE

Bol was equally invisible in Tirreno, though.

 

[Samamba]

Milano Torino will finish before Nokere gets interesting, no reason for the eye hurting colours.

Hirschi will attack.

 

[Samamba]

All Cofidis climby sprinters dropped

Bettiol going too hard, doing this solo seems pretty impossible. Should absolutely try to take Christen with him

 

[KZD]

Brutal attack from Bettiol, small group chasing behind.

 

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not sure if Hirschi could not or didn't want to follow. He was sick in Tirreno, so may not be at his best.

 

[Rob5091]

Nokere Koerse - Bjerg abandoned ... PCS don't say why.

 

[RedheadDane]

I wasn't expecting anyone to actually take my suggestion seriously...

 

[SafeBet]

Bora with 4 riders in the chasing group so it'll be hard for Bettiol, but he looks sharp.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Sixteen riders with five Boras in the chasing group

 

[Devil's Elbow]

My Bettiol prediction for Sanremo is looking less out there by the minute...

 

[Samamba]

Bora with 4 riders in the chasing group so it'll be hard for Bettiol, but he looks sharp.

Would be impressive if he makes this stick, but I feel like it's pretty impossible? Good example of why you probably shouldn't do such nuclear attacks. Attack sure, but try to take a few guys with you. Definitely when you have a sprint like Bettiol. No reason to go solo. Unless he's ridiculously strong ofc. I mean It's Bettiol, he has some of these days.

 

[Rob5091]

Bettiol looking good if he can get over the last climb.

 

[Brullnux]

Bettiol up there as one of the weirdest riders in the peloton. Sometimes he just goes nuclear and looks unbeatable

 

[Samamba]

Bora train isn't going hard, group behind them is even coming back a bit.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bora looking class sans-Rog, 4 in the main group of about 15?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Nice interview of Jakobsen before the start of NK. Got sick in PN, is still figuring things out at DSM. He seemed relaxed. Looks like having less pressure on him is doing him some good.

 

[Samamba]

The last false flat kilometers are gonna hurt

 

[Rob5091]

The last false flat kilometers are gonna hurt

Yep, the run in is going to be tough.

 

[Tim Cahill]

1.Pro enthusiasts absolutely sick of the sight of Marc Hirschi, I hadn't even realised he was at Tirreno but now he's back in his natural hunting ground, the random midweek Italian race with some Q36.5 guys.

 

[Samamba]

1.Pro enthusiasts absolutely sick of the sight of Marc Hirschi, I hadn't even realised he was at Tirreno but now he's back in his natural hunting ground, the random midweek Italian race with some Q36.5 guys.

He hasn't looked like last year so far this year. Even in the .Pro race he won he was lucky that he could play the team game but he was dropped before. Same today, he doesn't look super at all.

 

[SafeBet]

Who is Bora working for? Herzog? Lipowitz?

 

[Samamba]

Who is Bora working for? Herzog? Lipowitz?

Aren't they all pretty slow? I mean they have to work, no other choice ofcourse but they need to catch them soon so they have time to play the team game

 

[Samamba]

Who are the faster guys in that group? Hirschi, Vermaercke, Schultz maybe? Brambilla not really slow either I guess

 

[Salvarani]

He hasn't looked like last year so far this year. Even in the .Pro race he won he was lucky that he could play the team game but he was dropped before. Same today, he doesn't look super at all.

Last spring he wasnt doing much, not until May did he come into good form and held it over the summer/fall.

He already has a win in Drome this season.

 

[Rob5091]

Has Hirschi a nose bleed or was that sweat?