Lesser known races 2024 edition

[kingjr]

Impressive long sprint from Girmay once again. Good to see.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hirschi 125 UCI points, good haul!

 

[Samamba]

Zingle was so happy De Lie wasn't here, and then he gets beaten by Girmay lmao.

Good win for Bini, good for the confidence. Also good for Intermarché, important race for them and they're having a pretty bad season.

 

[Samamba]

Matyas Kopecky is gonna get some WT "pls score me some points" offers, very good season. Novo Nordisk actually paying off.

 

[Rob5091]

He attacks, he crashes, he chases back on, he attacks etc etc he wins! I think Little Lenny M has been getting riding tips from Arnaud De Lie! Chapeau & what the heck happened to Gaudu? AG2R & Berthet get on the podium, which is a good result for him. AG2R having a good year so far, even Sam Bennett is winning stages!

Good to see Girmay get back to winning ways - hope he's learnt how to open a bottle of champers now.

 

[Unchained]

Impressive long sprint from Girmay once again. Good to see.

Nobody was even close and double trouble when the group of 3 off the front included his team, he did nothing until he had to and has awesome speed. Fun to watch!

 

[Roku]

Zingle was so happy De Lie wasn't here, and then he gets beaten by Girmay lmao.

Good win for Bini, good for the confidence. Also good for Intermarché, important race for them and they're having a pretty bad season.

Horrible season indeed, also plenty of crashes and injuries... Hopefully things start to turn around to stay somewhat safe from relegation.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Those Colombians dominating all the French races!

Kyrgyzestan Sepulveda? And where is Nerurkar from?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Matyas Kopecky is gonna get some WT "pls score me some points" offers, very good season. Novo Nordisk actually paying off.

I doubt a WT team would take a risk on him, because of the Diabetes thing. They're still pretty prejudiced against it. I see it more likely that he joins his brother on TDT-Unibet.
They need riders like him if they want to grows + there is a good story in it for their social media.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Kyrgyzestan Sepulveda? And where is Nerurkar from?

I think that‘s Montenegrine Sepulveda and South Sudanese Nerurkar.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

I think that‘s Montenegrine Sepulveda and South Sudanese Nerurkar.

Fair enough, more likely to have a cyclist from Montenegro than the second coming of Eugene Wacker

 

[tobydawq]

Kyrgyzestan Sepulveda? And where is Nerurkar from?

South Sudan obviously. You can almost hear it on the name that he must be from there. Very typical South Sudanese name.

 

[Rob5091]

Saturday June 1 and we have Heistse Pijl (1.1. the only races worth watching) 196.5 km, start 13.00 CET TV from ... no TV live it seems see edit!
Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/heist-op-den-berg/2024/startlist

Roadbook at https://www.heistsepijl.be/files/Technische_Gids_HP2024_v2.pdf

Favs - should be a sprint finish, so Meeus, Thijssen, Kristoff, Van Uden (who won in Cologne the other day) and one to watch out for Israel PT's Blackmore.

EDIT - Add - I see Sporza has it live from 15.30 CET so check your normal TV cycling channels

 

[Rob5091]

Can two half brothers do a double today? Felix Ørn-Kristoff, younger half brother of Alexander, wins stage 3a TT at LVM Saarland Trofeo. Big brother Alexander rides later in Heistse Pijl.
Result of LVM Saarland Trofeo stage 3a
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/trofeo-karlsberg/2024/stage-3a

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Jan Willem Van Schip looking like the second coming of Graeme Obree with that steering set-up

 

[Samamba]

Jan Willem Van Schip looking like the second coming of Graeme Obree with that steering set-up

At this point he's just trying to get UCI to ban things. Like this is just beyond stupid. He's trolling.

 

[Tim Cahill]

What on earth, thought it was some kind of proportion illusion at first

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

At this point he's just trying to get UCI to ban things. Like this is just beyond stupid. He's trolling.

He committed to it at least.
JWVS: "Well?"
UCI: "It's unorthodox..."
JWVS: "Yeah, but it isn't illegal so....?"
UCI: "So I guess you can start the race"

 

[Samamba]

He committed to it at least.
JWVS: "Well?"
UCI: "It's unorthodox..."
JWVS: "Yeah, but it isn't illegal so....?"
UCI: "So I guess you can start the race"

Problem is that his weird stuff gets things that are pretty normal banned cause it always gets attention when he goes extreme.

 

[Rob5091]

So after 4 hours we're still averaging 47 km/h - chapeau!

 

[RedheadDane]

Problem is that his weird stuff gets things that are pretty normal banned cause it always gets attention when he goes extreme.

I'm confused... weren't extremely narrow handlebars already banned?

 

[Rob5091]

Double Kristoff today then. The elder half brother wins too - chapeau! Van Uden a second place.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Gudmestad doing a great job for Kristoff by trying to kill half the sprint field, looks like he's not even been relegated too, well worth it.

 

[Kazistuta]

Gudmestad doing a great job for Kristoff by trying to kill half the sprint field, looks like he's not even been relegated too, well worth it.

That's what I thought as well. A massive "head under the arm" move.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Jan Willem Van Schip looking like the second coming of Graeme Obree with that steering set-up

His 2018 gent wevelgem performance is one of the biggest 'streets won't forget` moment in cycling