A small winner in France:
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I've started to have grey hair by my mid 20s but i still have all of them on my head nowadays.
True, but one good thing about it is that there hardly ever are serious consequences from crashes in corners like that because the riders are riding quite slowly. Crashes in uncomplicated bunch sprints are much more dangerous, if less likely to happen.
A load of off topic posts here. This is the Nibali thread.
Usually it's really not that difficult, the cyclingnews forum consists of the Nibali thread and the Evenepoel thread, and anybody can distinguish these two riders, but now that Nibali started to win lesser races it's not that easy anymore.
With the finish at 2:30pm, the riders have already started in the CRO Race. It's also the queen stage.
The climbing starts pretty early with the climb to Gračišće.
The main climb of the day, and the race in general, is the Poklon. We have an easy start (just under 5k at just under 4%), then we join the profile below 0.5k in and follow it until the pass at 8k.
Opatija is at the foot of one of the descents of this climb, but we don't head there immediately, instead looping over the Kastav through Rijeka...
...before embarking on a final circuit, taking in the wall below twice. According to the signs alongside the road, it peaks at 17%.
Over in France, we have the Classic Loire Atlantique on the outskirts of Nantes. The finish is just after 5pm, sadly coverage will be limited to a highlights programme. We have 11 laps of the circuit below:
These are the climbs:
For reference, the uncategorised hill just before the finish line is 800 metres at 4.3%.
Doesn't look like much, but it's usually been enough to stop the sprinters, with the exception of the most recent edition (in 2019) won by Rudy Barbier.
The climbing starts pretty early with the climb to Gračišće.
The main climb of the day, and the race in general, is the Poklon. We have an easy start (just under 5k at just under 4%), then we join the profile below 0.5k in and follow it until the pass at 8k.
Opatija is at the foot of one of the descents of this climb, but we don't head there immediately, instead looping over the Kastav through Rijeka...
...before embarking on a final circuit, taking in the wall below twice. According to the signs alongside the road, it peaks at 17%.
Over in France, we have the Classic Loire Atlantique on the outskirts of Nantes. The finish is just after 5pm, sadly coverage will be limited to a highlights programme. We have 11 laps of the circuit below:
These are the climbs:
For reference, the uncategorised hill just before the finish line is 800 metres at 4.3%.
Doesn't look like much, but it's usually been enough to stop the sprinters, with the exception of the most recent edition (in 2019) won by Rudy Barbier.
After the race blew up on the big climb, Yates, Zoidl and Williams still have 45 seconds in hand on what's left of the peloton with 15k to go with the gap going out. The stage winner should be the one to take the GC lead too.
First time up the little wall and Williams takes 10 metres on the other two. About 10 riders left in the chase at 35 seconds.
Did the commentator just call Markus Hoelgaard a "German rider"? 
That's almost as bad as referring to Danes as"Norwegians". I mean, generally I think commentators should know the nationalities of riders.
That's almost as bad as referring to Danes as"Norwegians". I mean, generally I think commentators should know the nationalities of riders.
Williams takes it. Hoelgaard second 9 seconds down, Van Dijke third, still all to play for tomorrow especially with Williams sitting up to celebrate
Also, as much criticism as the organisers deservedly get for the sprint finish designs, taking out the big MTFs and replacing it with this has worked really well.
PCS says 11 and 12 seconds. The chase group coming in at 10 seconds.
Going off what was shown on screen. I think PCS have forgotten that Williams took additional seconds in the intermediate sprints today.
Did the commentator just call Markus Hoelgaard a "German rider"?
That's almost as bad as referring to Danes as"Norwegians". I mean, generally I think commentators should know the nationalities of riders.
Amalie Dideriksen apparently received a fan letter this week (or at least that's when she posted it on Instagram) originally adressed to the Norwegian federation. It was probably from the same guy who made the graphics during the WC RR.
Meanwhile in Denm...I mean Norway
View: https://twitter.com/VegarKulset/status/1444277599090401282
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