Lesser known races thread 2021

[MrTea1976]

I think Froome is still there

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I think Froome is still there

The team themselves disagree.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1443560316940476425

 

[bigcog]

The team themselves disagree.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1443560316940476425

Yep doesn't look like he is

 

[Devil's Elbow]

No idea why Israel are pulling...

 

[MrTea1976]

Fair enough. He lasted longer than usual.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

The Don bosses it

 

[Wvv]

Bala wins! And crashes right after the line.

OUCH that looked nasty. Good thing he already has children...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Long sprint from Valverde to win it, and then he crashed after the finish line.

 

[MrTea1976]

Ouch

 

[Mayomaniac]

Valverde time!
Was that Covi finishing 2nd?
Nibali looked good on the climb, always inside the first 10 positions of the bunch until the sprint started.

 

[SafeBet]

Valverde time!
Was that Covi finishing 2nd?

Looked like him.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[railxmig]

Bala being the face of Movistar presented a nice example of a Movi celebration. Geez the guy's evergreen. Wonder about his Italian campaign results.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Arked]

Bala seriously needs to grab those handlebars more tightly.

 

[Blanco]

Bala wins at the first race after injury, we've seen that couple of times already...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Dawg +04:25

 

[tobydawq]

He said he would prefer to not win and not crash than win and crash. Sounds reasonable for a stage in the Giro di Sicilia. I wonder where he draws the line.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

He said he would prefer to not win and not crash than win and crash. Sounds reasonable for a stage in the Giro di Sicilia. I wonder where he draws the line.

Valverde managed to win and crash

 

[tobydawq]

This was only his third win ever on Italian soil, after his Giro stage and win in the Roma Maxima, where he beat Pozzovivo into 5th in a 2-man sprint.

 

[Blanco]

This was only his third win ever on Italian soil, after his Giro stage and win in the Roma Maxima, where he beat Pozzovivo into 5th in a 2-man sprint.

If he's ok after today's crash, I have a feeling No.4 is coming soon...

 

[SafeBet]

Dawg +04:25

+11'15"
Unless you're referring to a different Dawg

 

[tobydawq]

+11'15"
Unless you're referring to a different Dawg

Maybe me? I wasn't participating, though.

 

[RedheadDane]

+11'15"
Unless you're referring to a different Dawg

No one at +04:25. Skjelmose at +04:26, not sure he's a Dawg.

 

[tobydawq]

No one at +04:25. Skjelmose at +04:26, not sure he's a Dawg.

He isn't.