Lesser known races results 2015

[togo95]

http://www.streaming-hub.com/lequipe-21-live/ I believe they will show live images of the Drome Classic at 2:30. In other news: Dani Martinez is in the break in Lugano, just 18 years old.

Good stream, thanks a lot.

 

[Hugo87]

Lugano field is quite weak, isn't it?

For a 1.HC race, attracted very few strong names.

 

[oliveira]

Classica Loule Cidade Europeia do Desporto (1.2):

1. Michael Woods (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)
2. Cesar Fonte (Radio Popular-Boavista)
3. Jesse Anthony (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)


http://www.uvp-fpc.pt/pagina.php?id_pagina_new=2348&id_modalidade_new=3

 

[mortand]

Good racing in Drome Classic: 15 k to go, Bardet, Mollema and Stetina in front.

Now a group of about 20 riders have bridged

 

[mortand]

10k to go, the short steep Cote d'Allex coming up.

Gautier and Stetina first over the top. Tough bend on the decent almost takes out Stetina.

 

[roundabout]

Could this be one of those days when Felline actually wins something?

 

[mortand]

Could be - but seems like the group is coming back.

 

[nuvolablu]

Bonifazio wins GP Lugano

4 km to go in Drome Classic, nice race and good live stream

 

[mortand]

Gap is growing for Gautier, Stetina, Felline group. Nine seconds, 2k to go.

Final climb - Stetina, Felline goes. 1.5 K to go

 

[mortand]

Here comes Samuel Dumoulin!

Dumoulin solo on descend. 1k to go.

 

[Hugo87]

Fantastic attack by Dumoulin, perfectly timed.

 

[roundabout]

Could this be one of those days when Felline actually wins something?

Lol, no.

 

[mortand]

Dumoulin takes it! Felline second, Delfosse third. Wonderful solo win for Dumoulin.

 

[togo95]

Amazing race, feel bad for Felline, but Dumoulin deserved the win for sure.

 

[mortand]

Spectacular parcours. Short, steep climbs, demanding descends and a great finish through the old town. Quite an interesting race.

 

[Linkinito]

Spectacular parcours. Short, steep climbs, demanding descends and a great finish through the old town. Quite an interesting race.

And no race radios

And it's my home region, so I can't be more excited about the future of this race.

 

[mortand]

Hopefully it'll go on successfully. That was a wonderful race.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Felline didn't win because he still had his jacket in the last kms.

Wonderful work done by Bardet to close the gap between Dumoulin and the Trek group. Nice race.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Spectacular parcours. Short, steep climbs, demanding descends and a great finish through the old town. Quite an interesting race.

Agree, very spectacular end to the race.
Last few kms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm1RtjdjdCY

Still power left in the brownies.

 

[veji11]

Spectacular parcours. Short, steep climbs, demanding descends and a great finish through the old town. Quite an interesting race.

That 2 races weekend is quickly becoming a staple, and particularly with the demise of the Tour Med, it has become THE must race for quite a part of the Paris Nice peloton because the parcours is selective enough to get a proper training for the more selective stages of the "course du soleil".

The Classique Sud-Ard?che (saturday's race) has existed for 15 years but has gotten more traction in the last 5/6 years. With 2 days of racing, it gives more teams the motivation to come there.

Really nice route, we really lack those selective one day races in the french calendar, so it is a really nice addition and I hope it can thrive in the future.

+ in France it was the very first race of the year shown live on non-cable or satellite TV, so that was great. more cycling for free on TV !

 

[De Snelle Duif]

Delfosse should really be in a better team

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2015 (2.1), 06.03 - 08.03

Prologue:

Stage 1:

Stage 2:

Starts today today @14:00 (CET).

Official site: http://www.3dwvl.be/

Startlist: http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjYyNzc=

Joeaar, Barta, Flakemore, Belkov, Meersman, Engoulvent, Bagdonas, Sergent, Boeckmans etc

MTN:
121 BOS Theo Netherlands
122 BRAMMEIER Matthew Ireland
123 FARRAR Tyler United States
124 PAUWELS Serge Belgium
125 NIYONSHUTI Adrien Rwanda
126 THOMSON Jay Robert South Africa
127 VAN ZYL Johann South Africa
128 VENTER Jacobus South Africa

Lets see if MTN's super sprinters can avoid stepping on each others toes.

 

[RedheadDane]

Apparently the majority of CULT think Quaade is a favourite for the prologue, the exception being... Quaade himself. He's just been sick, and isn't really a prologue kind of guy, suppose they're too short for him to ride himself totally over the limit.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Prologue:

Prologue result:
1 VOROBYEV Anton (Team Katusha) 07:57
2 SERGENT Jesse (Trek Factory Racing) 08:01
3 GOUGEARD Alexis (AG2R La Mondiale) 08:01
4 BARTA Jan (Bora - Argon 18) 08:02
5 LAMPAERT Yves (Etixx - Quick Step) 08:05
6 KEIZER Martijn (Team LottoNL - Jumbo) 08:06
7 DRUCKER Jean-Pierre (BMC Racing Team) 08:08
8 WYSS Danilo (BMC Racing Team) 08:09
9 LAPORTE Christophe (Cofidis) 08:09
10 HOULE Hugo (AG2R La Mondiale) 08:10
11 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz (Etixx - Quick Step) 08:10
12 JOEAAR Gert (Cofidis) 08:11
13 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume (Etixx - Quick Step) 08:13
14 HELVEN Sander (Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise) 08:13
15 ROSSKOPF Joseph (BMC Racing Team) 08:14
16 BAGDONAS Gediminas (AG2R La Mondiale) 08:14
17 VAN ZYL Johann (MTN - Qhubeka) 08:15
18 VAN POPPEL Danny (Trek Factory) 08:15
19 DE BIE Sean (Lotto - Soudal) 08:15
20 SILVESTRE Fabio (Trek Factory Racing) 08:16
21 VAN POPPEL Boy (Trek Factory) 08:16

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

So in West-Vlaanderen a small group with Lampaert and Gougeard looking good for the GC attacked quite a bit out and somehow they've managed to maintain a '18 second gap into the last 4km now....

EDIT: 12 secs in the last 2km now....