Lesser known races 2024 edition

[postmanhat]

Never watched this race before. Nice route to ride your bike.

 

[RedheadDane]

Tesson takes the win.

 

[Salvarani]

Tesson beat Thijssen!

Pretty bad from Thijssen to not win here.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Big win for Tesson, fourth in De Panne was already impressive but to beat Thijssen here is no mean feat.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Didn't understand Intermarché-Wanty tactics here. They had 4 of the 10 strongest riders in the race but wanted a risky bunch sprint.

 

[Rob5091]

Whilst there's racing in Flanders, there's also a race in France tomorrow (Wednesday) March 27 - Paris - Camembert (1.1 the only races to watch!) 205.6 km, start 11.05 CET, TV from 14.00 CET
Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-camembert/2024/startlist

Cosnefroy starts for AG2R & Tesson (who won on Sunday) & Ferron (who won last year) for TotalEnergies.
(I like to thank the people who spend their time and energy doing the roadbooks at these smaller races, so CLICK HERE to have a read - NB! in French)

 

[RedheadDane]

It's the Great Amazing Cheese Race!

 

[Rob5091]

It's the Great Amazing Cheese Race!

Fromage, I think in the local lingo!

 

[DNP-Old]

Very much looking forward to Bisiaux pro debut today.

 

[Ricco']

Why is Albanese racing this instead of Dwars?

Not saying it's not a race suited to him, but after his E3 and presuming he goes to Ronde, would be a much wiser choice to have another race in belgian roads.

But looking at his PCS schedule, doing Camembert and then GP Miguel Indurain on saturday and Ronde on sunday doesn't make much sense either.

 

[Rob5091]

According to the official Facebook page for the Paris-Camembert race
https://www.facebook.com/Paris-Camembert-Officiel-481109278662168
Info ⚠️ Aucune diffusion télévisée prévue pour demain, ne cliquez pas sur les différents liens proposés en commentaire ! ❌️
Vous pourrez suivre la progression de la course sur notre site Internet www.paris-camembert.fr grâce au tracker live.
googling translate
No ⚠️ TV broadcast scheduled for tomorrow, don't click on the various links in the comments! ❌️ You will be able to follow the progress of the race on our website www.paris-camembert.fr thanks to the live tracker.

According to Tiz - "According to the race Facebook sponsors have pulled out and there is no money to pay for filming."

What a let down!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Race neutralised after a huge crash. No, this is not a post from Sunday I forgot to hit send on.

 

[Rob5091]

Yep, seems to be this weeks thing ... massive crashes. Tesson abandoned

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Cosnefroy returns to the cheese throne.

 

[Rob5091]

Cosnefroy returns to the cheese throne.

6 man sprint and Cosnefroy wins!

 

[Rob5091]

So what would you do if you won your weight in cheese? Buy a lorry load of crackers or make a cheese clone of yourself?

 

[Rob5091]

No it's not a picture of a hedge, but the profile for -
Route Adélie de Vitré (1.1 the only races worth watching!) on tomorrow, Friday March 29 (Easter Friday). 174.2 km, start 11.30 CET, TV from 14.00 CET.
Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/route-adelie-de-vitre/2024/startlist
Last year's winner UNO-X's Dversnes is down to start, as is the Cheese King, Cosnefroy, Coquard for Cofidis and surprisingly Gaudu for FDJ.

 

[DNP-Old]

Someone should have long signed Isidore.

 

[DNP-Old]

Delettre better win this.

 

[DNP-Old]

David Fraudu getting schooled by a CT rider, oof.

 

[Samamba]

Delettre threw this. He was always gonna be the fastest there, shouldve kept the pace higher on the descent part.

Arkea got saved here, but given they basically made the race they deserved the win. They're closing in on DSM and Cofidis thanks to those Coupes de France. They are basically the only team left sending a good team there.

 

[RedheadDane]

 

[Rob5091]

Route Adélie de Vitré. - Chapeau Biermans and Arkea! Left it very late but nicely done. Gaudu plus 2 messed around when they should n't have.

 

[Rob5091]

Saturday March 30 is time for Ion Izagirre to get his one annual win of the year .... normally, at...
Gran Premio Miguel Indurain (1.pro) 198.1 km start 12.10 CET TV from 15.30
Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gran-premio-miguel-indurain/2024/startlist
and we have some top guys (but no Visma) McNulty and Sivakov for UAE, Yates S & Dunbar for Jayco, Gall, Chaves, Rigoberto and young Ryan who showed some good form in Italy recently.

The usual hairy descent finish seems to be on the cards so hopefully no more big crashes.

 

[Samamba]

Delettre in the Coupe de France this month: 25th, 5th, 17th, 15th, 3rd, 3rd
Cofidis in the Coupe de France this month: 8th, 6th, 2nd, 20th, 6th, 43rd

Cofidis dropped Delettre at the end of the season, he would've been their topscorer if he was still at the team this season.