Lesser known races thread 2021

[BlueRoads]

The profile of today´s stage in the Tour of Slovakia:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1438400817392926721

I´m absolutely convinced the final sprint will be decided between Bol, Hodeg and Sagan. Should be a good battle to watch.

Actually I fear Hodeg won't make it over the hills (and maybe Bol not either...) Hope I'm completely wrong of course which is likely because I'm so bad with reading profiles...
In any case I don't see DQS giving their all to keep Hodeg in the mix for the final... their focus will be on Steimle I think. (I wish I could really cheer for Steimle, as a German, and there's nothing to be said against him, but compared to him Roglic has the charisma of Freddie Mercury.)
All in all... this looks like a really good stage for Sagan and it also would be nice for him in his country.

 

[tobydawq]

Actually I fear Hodeg won't make it over the hills (and maybe Bol not either...) Hope I'm completely wrong of course which is likely because I'm so bad with reading profiles...
In any case I don't see DQS giving their all to keep Hodeg in the mix for the final... their focus will be on Steimle I think. (I wish I could really cheer for Steimle, as a German, and there's nothing to be said against him, but compared to him Roglic has the charisma of Freddie Mercury.)
All in all... this looks like a really good stage for Sagan and it also would be nice for him in his country.

Roglic seems much more charismatic now than he has done hitherto in his career, though.

But I wouldn't know how Freddie Mercury was.

 

[ij74]

Actually I fear Hodeg won't make it over the hills (and maybe Bol not either...) Hope I'm completely wrong of course which is likely because I'm so bad with reading profiles...
In any case I don't see DQS giving their all to keep Hodeg in the mix for the final... their focus will be on Steimle I think. (I wish I could really cheer for Steimle, as a German, and there's nothing to be said against him, but compared to him Roglic has the charisma of Freddie Mercury.)
All in all... this looks like a really good stage for Sagan and it also would be nice for him in his country.

Hodeg should be fine, unless DQS decides to start going hard through the hills in order to get rid of Sagan and give a better position for Steimle in the overall classification.

 

[Taxus4a]

Hodeg should be fine, unless DQS decides to start going hard through the hills in order to get rid of Sagan and give a better position for Steimle in the overall classification.

I dont think Steimle climbs better than Sagan. Bora should make a hard final climb to eliminate sprinters as much as possible. The last climb is not very hard, but enough to elimnate several sprinters. There will be 40 km to the end, but with some small climbs, so no easy to come back if one team want.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Baroncini, Colbrelli, Powless, Valgren, Rota, Pedrero, Moscon and Burgaudeau have a minute on a reduced peloton with one lap to go at Coppa Sabatini.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

One-two from EF and Powless has a gap now.

 

[RedheadDane]

Powless caught.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Huge turn from Moscon to close Powless down. They're almost at the climb to the finish now.

 

[postmanhat]

Anyone but Pedrero please

 

[RedheadDane]

Valgren just beat Colbrelli in a two-man sprint.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Valgren takes it like it's 2018 in a sprint-a-deux with Colbrelli, no record for him.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Hundahl is back!

 

[postmanhat]

Valgren is ridiculous. Come the World Champs and he remembers he's a really good cyclist again

 

[Luthor]

Colbrelli again with the dirty moves, the guy can't help it.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hundahl is back!

Maybe, at some point, cycling media will stop referring to him as "Michael Valgren Andersen".

 

[roundabout]

I don't get what Moscon was doing today. Or yesterday for that matter.

 

[postmanhat]

I don't get what Moscon was doing today. Or yesterday for that matter.

I didn't watch yesterday, but today he looked like he was riding for Colbrelli in the last few K?

 

[F_Cance]

young Baroncini rode really strong today.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I didn't watch yesterday, but today he looked like he was riding for Colbrelli in the last few K?

Practicing for the Azzurri team?

 

[roundabout]

I didn't watch yesterday, but today he looked like he was riding for Colbrelli in the last few K?

Looked that way to me as well.

And yesterday he rode on the front on the Monte Serra like TGH was one of the race favorites when TGH was almost at the back of the group at that point so he probably was riding for someone else.

 

[noob]

How could anyone create tour of Slovakia without High Tatra climbs? :O

 

[Mayomaniac]

young Baroncini rode really strong today.

The guy looks like the real deal.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I didn't watch yesterday, but today he looked like he was riding for Colbrelli in the last few K?

Yeah, it's either team building for the WC or he's gonna ride for Bahrain next year...

 

[Taxus4a]

Valgren takes it like it's 2018 in a sprint-a-deux with Colbrelli, no record for him.

Looks like a great race. I will see when possible.

In slovakia Hagen is on the attack, but I think it will be sprint..I dont know how reduced is the peloton or if the main sprinters are in there?

 

[RedheadDane]

In slovakia Hagen is on the attack, but I think it will be sprint..

He has indeed been caught.