Lesser known races 2024 edition

[Mayomaniac]

At least Alfonso is putting on a show while Antonio Carvalho is marking Stüssi.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Is Stüssi acually suffering or playing possum?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Figueiredo pulls Moreira back to the Camisola Amarele group, while Alfonso Eulaulio is the virtual leader, and starts pulling right away.
Camargo now attacking from the gc group, now he is the kind of guy you wanna see do well at the Volta!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Diogo Barbosa, the sun of the ultramythical sprinter-climber Candido Barbosa, is also on the attack.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Stüssi done playing possum, crushing everyone right now!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Alfonso Eulalio takes the Camisola Amarela, but get's outsprinted by the Guatemalan prospect Chumil, who was in the breakaway all day and managed to hold his wheel on the 2nd half of the climb (he didn't take any turns). He was only 15sec slower than Figueiredo in 2022, both of them rode in the wind for a really long amount of time, but this year there wasn't really much of a train setting a tempo (besides the false pace by Figueiredo to protect Moreira).

Stüssi was able to drop all those guy who had stayed with him with one big attack (all those who finished ahead of him had attacked earlier) after playing possum, not having his teammate really pull hard, making faces and riding near the end of the group. He gambled, but lost the jersey. He looks like a tall Albino version of Mark Padun, if I might say that,

Inside the stage top 10 we also have the son of the legenday sprinter-climber Candido Barbosa, Diogo Barbosa, who was caught by Stüssi, but was able to stay with him.

Camargo is riding a solid race, showing that his 2nd place on the gc in the Vuelta a Colombia was no fluke. Once again 6th on a MTF.

Honestly, one of the most fun Torre MTFs that I can remember.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Figueiredo having to work early and then having to wait for Moreira makes me feel like LS when younger riders had to work for Rui Sosa in the Volta...

Tbf it wouldn't really have been possible for older riders to ride for Horner in those days.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Tbf it wouldn't really have been possible for older riders to ride for Horner in those days.

How do you feel about Barbosa jr. holding Stüssi's wheel (and his father wanting to become the president of the Portugese cycling federation)?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

How do you feel about Barbosa jr. holding Stüssi's wheel (and his father wanting to become the president of the Portugese cycling federation)?

Eh, Stüssi is still developing, if he's still following Colin's wheel when the latter hits 35 we can talk.

 

[hfgon1]

Afonso Eulalio seems like a really interesting prospect. Noticed him when he finished Prueba Villafranca 5th last year. This year he was 5th at the Vuelta Asturias, 2nd at Internacional Torres Vedras and is now in the lead of the Volta a Portugal. Could be someone who is worth a shot for at least teams like Burgos, Caja Rujal, Kern Pharma or Euskaltel.

 

[RedheadDane]

Kubis alone with 14 Ks to go. However, the peloton is closing in.

 

[RedheadDane]

Alaphilippe takes the stage, Hirschi the GC.

Also, that was terribly filmed!

 

[tobydawq]

Nice win for Alaphilippe.

Also a bit of a cleaner sprint than the last time they sprinted against each other (also featuring two Slovenians).

 

[Squire]

Czech Tour was a really good race. Hirschi mega impressive on a proper MTF (though the opposition wasn't quite Pog and Vingegaard). Andrew August showing promising signs of life. Great stage win by Gloag, shame he couldn't hang on for a better GC in the other stages. Good to see Brenner finally looking consistent across large parts of a season. Only downer was JSM continuing to be awful.

 

[RedheadDane]

The breakaway in Alsace put up a pretty good fight, but the catch is about to be made.
And then the gap seemed to grow again...
Less than 8 Ks to go.

 

[RedheadDane]

Win by Noah Hobbs.
Delbove takes the GC
Pretty nasty crash in the finale, hope everyone os okay.

 

[Offline]

The breakaway in Alsace put up a pretty good fight, but the catch is about to be made.
And then the gap seemed to grow again...
Less than 8 Ks to go.

Nordhagen would have win GC if he was riding for a team that was riding for him.

 

[zlev11]

holy *** Moreira just collapsed on the road. looks like heat stroke? the cameras cut away real quick, very scary.

 

[Penninepeddler]

Mauricio Moreira just seemed to pass out... what the hell. Hope he is okay.

went back to the medical car. Looked dazed. Started to hold onto the car. Then seemed to have no idea where he was as rode into the grass. Seemed to try and get off his bike...

and just flopped onto the side of the road.

It is damn warm today though, hope it is just that. My 5km run this morning was not pleasant in ~34c with 40% humidity... and where they are cycling today has been ~35-37c when they set off and still around 32-33.

 

[Penninepeddler]

holy *** Moreira just collapsed on the road. looks like heat stroke? the cameras cut away real quick, very scary.

He looked like he was struggling even ~20 minutes ago... seemed like he just kept getting worse.

I guess heat stroke. Hopefully nothing too serious.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Apparently many guys were already struggling with heat + humidity yesterday.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Maté is attempting to win in Guarda for the second year in a row, and it looks like he has a decent chance of pulling it off. He won't be the favourite if it comes down to a sprint though

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Tivani has destroyed the rest of the break.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I look away for 5 seconds, and then Maté came back and won!

 

[Ricco']

Gotta admire how ABTF had a special yellow bike in store for Afonso Eulálio