Lesser known races results 2014

[Dazed and Confused]

Dazed and Confused called it!

Victoire de Jimmy Engoulvent (Europcar) en 5'48'' (Moy : 46, 452 km/h) !

lol, thats it for him this year.

1 ENGOULVENT Jimmy Team Europcar 5'48''75'''
2 SENECHAL Florian Cofidis Solutions Cr

 

[christopherrowe]

And here's the top five on today's 4.5 kilometer prologue of the 2.1 rated Boucles la Mayenne:

1 ENGOULVENT Jimmy Team Europcar 5'48''75'''
2 SENECHAL Florian Cofidis Solutions Cr

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Prologue

1 ENGOULVENT Jimmy Team Europcar 5'48''75'''
2 SENECHAL Florian Cofidis Solutions Cr

 

[Flamin]

Mathieu _O_

Would have liked Senechal to take his first pro win here though. Very close between him and Jimmy.

 

[christopherrowe]

This is weird. Both Dazed and Confused and I are obviously trying to post the podium or top five or something and the posts are being truncated at the same spot. One more try...

Edit: Nope, didn't work that time either. Don't know what's going on. Anyway, the results are at procyclingstats and elsewhere.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Mathieu !!!!!!

What kind of a parcours does this race have? Any chance for Mathieu to take the overall?

1. Engoulvent
2. Senechal
3. Van Der Poel
4. Teunissen
5. Nauleau

 

[christopherrowe]

Aaaaaand, he comes it with a 6'09''35''' on the 4.5 kilometer course, not good enough to crack the provisional top 30. Final results should be available momentarily.

43rd. And he rode 10 kph/hour slower than he did in the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen prologue!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

This is weird. Both Dazed and Confused and I are obviously trying to post the podium or top five or something and the posts are being truncated at the same spot. One more try...

Edit: Nope, didn't work that time either. Don't know what's going on. Anyway, the results are at procyclingstats and elsewhere.

Intriguing, trying from another site here:

1 ENGOULVENT Jimmy Team Europcar 0:05:48,75
2 SENECHAL Florian Cofidis Solutions Cr

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Mathieu !!!!!!

What kind of a parcours does this race have? Any chance for Mathieu to take the overall?

1. Engoulvent
2. Senechal
3. Van Der Poel
4. Teunissen
5. Nauleau

Not sure about the details, but here are some of the past winners of the race:
2013 VEILLEUX David
2012 PICHON Laurent
2011 CASPER Jimmy
2010 GALLAND J

Edit: looks like the post is cut off ....

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

It's crazy how unbeatable Engoulvent is in prologues at this time of year compared to how he usually performs during the rest of the season.

 

[christopherrowe]

It's crazy how unbeatable Engoulvent is in prologues at this time of year compared to how he usually performs during the rest of the season.

Looks like it goes back eight years.

5 June 2014 | Boucles de la Mayenne (2.1) Prologue | 1st
12 June 2013 | Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg (2.HC) Prologue | 1st
30 May 2012 | Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg (2.HC) Prologue | 1st
1 June 2011 | Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg (2.HC) Prologue | 3rd
2 June 2010 | Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg (2.HC) Prologue | 1st
1 June 2009 | Tour de Gironde (2.2) Road Stage | 1st
4 June 2008 | Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg (2.HC) Prologue | 2nd
6 June 2007 | Skoda - Tour de Luxembourg (2.HC) Prologue | 1st

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Boucles de la Mayenne (2.1)

Stage 1:

Race in progress..

Ticker: http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2000/boucles-la-mayenne-etape-1-2-2.html

 

[christopherrowe]

I wrote the organizers of the Boucles la Mayenne and asked about profiles. The race race administrator wrote back that they don't have any available, but that "the Montaigu

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I wrote the organizers of the Boucles la Mayenne and asked about profiles. The race race administrator wrote back that they don't have any available, but that "the Montaigu

Still cutting words off...


still 80km to go.

 

[christopherrowe]

Still cutting words off...

Bah. There's a climb called the Montaigu in this race that averages 10%.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Bah. There's a climb called the Montaigu in this race that averages 10%.

21km to go, riders scattered in three groups. On the small circuit now.

 

[Flamin]

21km to go, riders scattered in three groups. On the small circuit now.

6-man teams FTW! Jimmy dropped it seems.

 

[christopherrowe]

Wow, that was pretty chaotic to follow. But it looks like Armindo Fonseca just picked up his first professional win, in advance of his probable participation in the Tour de France. I think there were still three groups on the road, but I'm not sure. Most of the World Tour riders were in the main group, which was about three minutes down in the closing circuits at one point.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1 FONSECA ArmindoBretagne - S

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Wow, that was pretty chaotic to follow. But it looks like Armindo Fonseca just picked up his first professional win, in advance of his probable participation in the Tour de France. I think there were still three groups on the road, but I'm not sure. Most of the World Tour riders were in the main group, which was about three minutes down in the closing circuits at one point.

yea, lets see what the damage is to the peloton. Very dynamic race from 50-60kms out.

I expect some strong riders were close by in the chase group.

Awaiting info....

 

[christopherrowe]

Looks like the peloton came in five minutes back? But Dumoulin was up there, finishing tenth on the stage. Mike Teunissen of Rabobank Development team to take yellow.

Edit to add: The Teunissen kid has some nice results on his palmares. He just won the Paris-Roubaix Espoirs and it looks like he can time trial. 21. Maybe a name for the future. Heck, maybe a name for the present.

 

[Wallenquist]

Teunissen is ready to step up for sure. Belkin ?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Looks like the peloton came in five minutes back? But Dumoulin was up there, finishing tenth on the stage. Mike Teunissen of Rabobank Development team to take yellow.

Edit to add: The Teunissen kid has some nice results on his palmares. He just won the Paris-Roubaix Espoirs and it looks like he can time trial. 21. Maybe a name for the future. Heck, maybe a name for the present.

Van Asbroeck was up there as well. Been strong most of the season.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Note that Teunissen is a guy from CX. Former u23 world champion.

He started getting some decent results on the road last year and it looks like he stepped up quite a bit this year. He had a horrible CX season this winter, which was mostly due to a string of bad luck. But if he keeps on performing like this, I wonder if he'd want to switch to the road. I hope he can also get some succes in CX again though.

Anyway, it'd be very nice if Teunissen wins. Almost as nice as Van Der Poel ftw.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Note that Teunissen is a guy from CX. Former u23 world champion.

He started getting some decent results on the road last year and it looks like he stepped up quite a bit this year. He had a horrible CX season this winter, which was mostly due to a string of bad luck. But if he keeps on performing like this, I wonder if he'd want to switch to the road. I hope he can also get some succes in CX again though.

Anyway, it'd be very nice if Teunissen wins. Almost as nice as Van Der Poel ftw.

Teunissen does want to go pro on the road, he has said that in a few interviews (already last year).