Lesser known races 2024 edition

[Samu Cuenca]

The two Jefferson Cepedas should have been allowed to ride one half of the TT each.

 

[Squire]

By my count he won by 4-5 seconds, not a lot in it at the end

I gave up watching because the stream was awful. So I only had PCS to go by, and they have Kuss +1.08 in their text updates, and +43 seconds in the list of times. I guess the latter is correct then, so he keeps the jersey.

 

[Ricco']

I didn't even noticed that Vine was already coming back to racing until today, but to win a stage in his first race after the extensive list of injuries he had is amazing! I honestly thought we were only see him back next year at best.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Nice result for Ineos' vielta leader Brendon smith rivera

 

[Tim Cahill]

Nice result for Ineos' vielta leader Brendon smith rivera

Antonio Nibali, Juraj Sagan, Jesus Hernandez and Dayer Quintana will be there cheering on their boy Brandon 'Bernal's friend' Rivera!

 

[Rob5091]

Congrats to Vine on the win - a boost to his confidence after the terrible injuries. Nothing definitely upcoming according to PCS.

 

[Potomac]

Can Kuss hang on for the final stage?

 

[ManicJack]

Can Kuss hang on for the final stage?

Just needs to keep the wheels right side down I would assume.

 

[Squire]

Not sure by what metric this is a bad time by Kuss? It's a super fast ITT and he loses only just over 1 second per minute to the likes of Arensman and Tiberi.

Don't think anybody said it was bad? Except me when I believed the first time that PCS had up, which was him losing the jersey to Poole by 20 seconds or so. What he actually did was pretty much as most people expected, I think.

 

[firefly3323]

Simmons abandons.... I'm not watching it, did he crash?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Break can still win, 54 seconds to the peloton, 30s to the counter-move with 10k to go, seems to be going out a little, come on Gamper/Leonard.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pavel Bittner takes it for DSM, good week for them.

 

[Potomac]

No time gaps or heroics at the end in regards to GC, well done Sepp Kuss.
I'm not sure what it means for his Vuelta chances with two time trials to bookend that race.

 

[Potomac]

They showed a replay of the final sprint recorded from a drone.
We need more of that.

 

[Rob5091]

Deja vu all over again at Burgos - first 3 on stage 1 the same on stage 5 ... GC Kuss is back with a win - chapeau!

Edit - I see PCS has changed stage 5 result to Parisini in 2nd place and not his teammate Nizzolo so not quite exactly the same.

 

[Rob5091]

Well, if you liked the San Sebastian race, we're doing it all over again (without UAE) at
Circuito de Getxo - Memorial Hermanos Otxoa 196.5 km (1.1 - the only races worth watching) start at 12.00 CET TV from the beginning in Spanish, or in English from 15.00 CET

Road book with all the details at https://www.puntagalea.com/puntagalea/docs/2024/CIRCUITO_DE_GETXO_79/REVISTA_Circuito_Getxo_79.pdf

Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/circuito-de-getxo/2024/startlist

Another crazy steep climb done twice -

Link to Spanish TV from the start at

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K7qWWHOC68


Favs? Lenny VE & van Gils, 2 Izigarres, Ciccone, Champoussin & quite a few more depending on the legs on the day.

 

[Rob5091]

Scrub Lenny VE from the startlist at Getxo - not surprisingly after San Sebastian. (Ciccone scrubbed too from Trek, but Lopez is still down to start) Lots of CT teams at Getxo so chances for riders to make a name for themselves.

 

[Squire]

Strange for UAE to not be riding this race. Typical farming grounds for Ulissi, Hirschi, Morgado, Christen & co.

 

[Rob5091]

Strange for UAE to not be riding this race. Typical farming grounds for Ulissi, Hirschi, Morgado, Christen & co.

They've got teams at Poland, Denmark and of course the Vuelta next week and the 3 races overlap so missing one one day 1.1 race in Spain (after doing San Sebastain) is not such a big surprise looking at their schedule.

 

[RedheadDane]

They've got teams at Poland, Denmark and of course the Vuelta next week and the 3 races overlap so missing one one day 1.1 race in Spain (after doing San Sebastain) is not such a big surprise looking at their schedule.

Otoh, them doing Denmark was quite a surprise. They weren't scheduled to do so initially, then suddenly: "UAE is coming!"
(Looking at the newest preliminary startlist, it looks like Bingoal dropped out and there was a free spot available.)

I quite like Uno-X's lineup for Denmark. For ToN and ARN, they brought a bunch of Norwegians, and one Dane. Now, they're bringing a bunch of Danes, and one Norwegian.

It's not just in Spain they're racing today. La Polynormande will be live from around 3:30 PM.

 

[Squire]

They've got teams at Poland, Denmark and of course the Vuelta next week and the 3 races overlap so missing one one day 1.1 race in Spain (after doing San Sebastain) is not such a big surprise looking at their schedule.

I guess the Tour of Denmark is even better for farming. Win the TTT and have 3-4 guys in the top 10.

 

[RedheadDane]

Polynormande is live.

 

[Rob5091]

39C at Gatxo race - sweaty!

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I quite like Uno-X's lineup for Denmark. For ToN and ARN, they brought a bunch of Norwegians, and one Dane. Now, they're bringing a bunch of Danes, and one Norwegian.

I think it was planned for Wärenskjold do be doing Denmark, but he's not on the startlist anymore. Quite a big loss for Uno-X in the TTT I would say.

 

[yaco]

I doubt the peleton will bring back this strong breakaway at Polynormandie. Strange to see Lapierre in the break.