Lesser known races 2024 edition

[ingsve]

Start list for Tour of Norway is out and by the looks if it this will be another race completely crushed by Thibau Nys.

 

[Samamba]

Start list for Tour of Norway is out and by the looks if it this will be another race completely crushed by Thibau Nys.

5km at 8%... that might be a bit too much for him, even tho the climbing field here looks absolutely horrible for a European .Pro race

 

[yaco]

Start list for Tour of Norway is out and by the looks if it this will be another race completely crushed by Thibau Nys.

If VWA has decent shape then he is the one to beat.

 

[yaco]

Gronewgen shouldn't be running, he should be suspended after his trying to crash welsford in Hungary

It was aggressive racing but they were both to blame and Welsford even more.

 

[yaco]

I found it interesting to listen to the post race interviews - Groenewegen and De Lie are going to altitude while Ballerstedt just finished an Altitude camp. I wonder if it is necessary for sprinter types to do altitude camps. I wonder how much they benefit.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Gronewgen shouldn't be running, he should be suspended after his trying to crash welsford in Hungary

Sometimes referees are more reluctant to give a yellow card for an infraction if it would be a player's second.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not off to a great start at Alpe Isere Tour!


A.R. Monex Pro CyclingTeam (CLUB)

• 41GARCIA Carlos Alfonso
• 42ZARATE Michael (OTL #1)
• 43RUVALCABA David (OTL #1)
• 44ALCOCER Jose Maria (DNF #1)
• 45RUIZ Sebastian
• 46HERNANDEZ Eduardo (OTL #1)

 

[Mayomaniac]

Meanwhile Nico Vino won a stage at the Tour of Japan.

 

[Nick2413]

Didn’t realize Wout is back. Wonder if he’ll be racing at full gas. Crazy that a stage race in Norway has a biggest climb of less than 6km at 8%

 

[ingsve]

Tour of Estonia starting tomorrow with a surprisingly strong Uno-X team at the start line. They are one of only two PRT teams along with Team Novo Nordisk in a field filled with continental and national teams.

(The reason they are starting this race is because Rasmus Bøgh Wallin is the reigning champion of this race. Otherwise I doubt they would even be at the start.)

 

[Samamba]

(The reason they are starting this race is because Rasmus Bøgh Wallin is the reigning champion of this race. Otherwise I doubt they would even be at the start.)

No the reason is free points. They're not gonna send a full pro team there if it's just cause someone is the reigning champ.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Didn’t realize Wout is back. Wonder if he’ll be racing at full gas. Crazy that a stage race in Norway has a biggest climb of less than 6km at 8%

Even crazier, this is the most challenging stage of the race in years.

For a while it was basically the Tour of the Oslofjord and they tried to bias the parcours so that Kristoff and Boasson Hagen won as much as possible, then the Hammer Stavanger carnival killed the Tour des Fjords on the west coast, and resulted in a stage race that traveled from the old stomping grounds of the latter to the Oslofjord, resulting in a bunch of miserable flat stages.

 

[Nick2413]

Even crazier, this is the most challenging stage of the race in years.

For a while it was basically the Tour of the Oslofjord and they tried to bias the parcours so that Kristoff and Boasson Hagen won as much as possible, then the Hammer Stavanger carnival killed the Tour des Fjords on the west coast, and resulted in a stage race that traveled from the old stomping grounds of the latter to the Oslofjord, resulting in a bunch of miserable flat stages.

It could be one of the most stunning stage races, such a pity.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Got pure puncheur Benoit Cosnefroy winning ****ing flat prologues against 80 kilo track riders now, someone needs to pull apart one of these bikes to see what they're doing.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Got pure puncheur Benoit Cosnefroy winning ****ing flat prologues against 80 kilo track riders now, someone needs to pull apart one of these bikes to see what they're doing.

It isn't a flat prologue though, the main hill may not look like much in numbers but it starts with a chicane and generally most of the route is at least a false flat either uphill or downhill.

 

[Samamba]

It isn't a flat prologue though, the main hill may not look like much in numbers but it starts with a chicane and generally most of the route is at least a false flat either uphill or downhill.

More than flat or not it's the technicality of the prologue that makes it perfect for Cosnefroy or Zingle type of guys. It's super explosive apart from like 1km in the middle.

 

[RedheadDane]

Jeanniére won stage won in Boucles, ahead of Penhoët, Zingle, and a too early starting Salby.

 

[Landeirovic]

Jeanniére won stage won in Boucles, ahead of Penhoët, Zingle, and a too early starting Salby.

great season Jeanniere

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Not off to a great start at Alpe Isere Tour!

A.R. Monex Pro CyclingTeam (CLUB)

• 41GARCIA Carlos Alfonso
• 42ZARATE Michael (OTL #1)
• 43RUVALCABA David (OTL #1)
• 44ALCOCER Jose Maria (DNF #1)
• 45RUIZ Sebastian
• 46HERNANDEZ Eduardo (OTL #1)

Atleast Garcia looks like he's gonna be the second Mexican in the WT soon

Edit: just saw he rides cyclocross, he's gonna be my favorite South-American soon

 

[RedheadDane]

Atleast Garcia looks like he's gonna be the second Mexican in the WT soon

He's a one-man team!

 

[Rob5091]

Young Matthew Brennan (Visma's next big thing) doing Rund um Köln today video at live

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KndOeos7g9U

Edit -add - startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/rund-um-koln/2024/startlist Girmay & Welsford favs for the expected sprint

 

[RedheadDane]

"Will everyone will a fluo right shoulder please come to the front?"

 

[Izzyeviel]

A mad granny tried to take out the entire breakaway & now I've seen everything.

 

[Samamba]

Matthew Brennan is so ridiculously good

 

[RedheadDane]

Van Uden wins in Köln.