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Ryan wins after a nice solo. He's been the best climber here, think he gets the double tomorrow.

Berckmoes after 2 3rd places now 2nd, ffs. Great work from Widar, who's getting stronger here.
Tommorow last 17km is flat. This is positive for Visma...
 
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Tommorow last 17km is flat. This is positive for Visma...
I saw in the rules somwhere that for whatever reason the GC timing in begin taken at the start of the flat circuit in the end. So it will definitely be for a climber (but without boni's there I guess). It's super weird.

EDIT: ok I looked it up again, the times will be taken before they enter the velodrome, so it's still a flat part. That's not ideal for a solo rider than indeed. Will probably be the strongest guys together.
 
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Archie Ryan & EF get a win - chapeau! EF having a good week, apart from Bettiol's crash. Pozzovivo moves up to 8th on GC - not bad at all! :)
 
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Fancellu alone in front with around 10ish seconds to a group consisting of Bax, Hagen, Reichenbach, Monaco (who's in fact Italian), Tarozzi, and Masuda.
Peloton at 1:30ish to Fancellu.
 
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Berckmoes wins the final stage, while Bouwman wins the GC.
The last Visma (or Jumbo, as they were called at the time) rider to win Coppi e Bartali went on to win the Tour the following year. Vingegaard better watch out!

And over in the Netherlands, Rasmus Søjberg (Pedersen) won ahead of Joshua Giddings (not Pedersen) and Henrik Breiner Pedersen.
 
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Don't forget that tomorrow it's time for the race with possibly one of the most epic names of the pro calendar:

La Roue Tourangelle Centre Val de Loire - Trophée Groupama Paris Val de Loire or, for lazy people - such as myself - just (La Roue) Tourangelle.
(Interestingly, I think the only team I have seen use the full name on FB is (Groupama) FDJ. Wonder why...)

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Live on Discovery+
 
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I just saw that they fixed the results from yesterday so that the riders that crashed got the same time as the 2nd group that was 4s down instead of 00s.
 
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Was bonus seconds scrapped for the velodrome finish in Coppi e Bartali? Initial results had Berckmoes moving up into 2nd overall after his win due to 10 bonus seconds, but now he's in 4th without those extra seconds.
 
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Was bonus seconds scrapped for the velodrome finish in Coppi e Bartali? Initial results had Berckmoes moving up into 2nd overall after his win due to 10 bonus seconds, but now he's in 4th without those extra seconds.

Yeah it was always in the rules that they were taking the GC times before the velodrome but apparanelty they aslo took away the boni's, which is a w bit weird. Why do this finish when you're not actually gonna give boni's? It wasnt' even dangerous at all.
 
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Coppi e Bartali has been a good edition this year. Ryan, De Pretto, Berckmoes all showing good form. TV coverage has been not always top notch but it's Italy so half expected. Chapeau Bouwman for GC win.
 
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La Roue Tourangelle 2024 - (1.1 races the only ones to watch!) - Will Lapeira make it 3 wins in a row?!