Lesser known races thread 2022

[Devil's Elbow]

Jumbo have communicated that Kooij has been taken to the hospital after going down in the big crash.

 

[yaco]

Jakobsen was far from impressive considering the quality of his leadout - Groenewegen again lost his lead out rider Mezgec who was perfectly placed in the last km - And then there was the crash - Unsure if he crashed or was held up.

 

[Jumbot]

So instead being in the Giro, Kooij ends up in hospital in a 2.1 race where everyone comes with a sprinter and where we've seen a lot of crashes in previous years. Oh boi...

 

[RedheadDane]

Jakobsen again.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Jakobsen again.

He still doesn't look that convincing compared to earlier in the season, unless Barbier has suddenly become a world class sprinter.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

He still doesn't look that convincing compared to earlier in the season, unless Barbier has suddenly become a world class sprinter.

Lack of a decent sprint train most likely, combined with a gigantic sprinters field.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I was beginning to think Julien Simon would never win again, but a well timed attack inside the final kilometre earns him a record third title in Morbihan.

01	Julien Simon		TotalEnergies	4:24:58​	200​
02	Alexander Kristoff		Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	+ 00​	150​
03	Jake Stewart		Groupama-FDJ	+ 00​	125​
04	Amaury Capiot		Team Arkéa-Samsic	+ 00​	100​
05	Luca Mozzato		B&B Hotels-KTM	+ 00​	85​
06	Eddy Finé		Cofidis	+ 00​	70​
07	Clément Venturini		AG2R Citroën Team	+ 00​	60​
08	Flavien Maurelet		St Michel-Auber 93	+ 00​	50​
09	Florian Vermeersch		Lotto Soudal	+ 00​	40​
10	Jonathan Lastra		Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+ 00​	35​

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Jakobsen got smoked by Groenewegen there.

 

[postmanhat]

Perfect timing by Groenewegen in terms of the stage, race and The TDF. Will presumably do wonders for his confidence, and have the opposite effect on Jakobsen.

On a side note. Four more days of evidence that Ineos's decision to re-sign Viviani was one of the bizarrest transfers of last year.

 

[yaco]

I could see from the start of the season that Groenewegen had enough speed if he could make it to the last kilometre - He was helped by the technical finale that spread the bunch out - BEX will be relieved

 

[tobydawq]

Jakobsen's pace has been quite underwhelming in this race even if he won two stages. Today, that assessment was thoroughly confirmed.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Did Groenewegen really do this „finger on the lips“ gesture at the finish line today?

That‘s disgusting… I mean, he just beat Jakobsen, who he (Dylan) nearly made die not even two years ago.

 

[Faserr]

Perhaps it is because of people saying he isn't really good anymore? I don't really know.
I think it's really amazing that good riders are often driven so much about opinions of random people (social media) and media in general. Wasn't it the same with Hayter?
It seems to be a lot about the ego for the pros.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Perhaps it is because of people saying he isn't really good anymore? I don't really know.
I think it's really amazing that good riders are often driven so much about opinions of random people (social media) and media in general. Wasn't it the same with Hayter?
It seems to be a lot about the ego for the pros.

That’s my thought on it too.

 

[yaco]

I am more interested that Groenewegen's sprint final was probably the best performance of the year - Jakobsen's win in Ruta Del Sol is the only comparable performance - Groenewegen has been under immense internal team pressure because of his timidness between 3 to 1km in sprint finals and his inability to follow the wheels of his lead out - He can sprint quickly if he is in position.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kirby practically gasping with excitement at Dunbar and "his lead is clearly growing, and it's going to keep growing!" - now Dunbar is hanging on - Kirby somehow thought he was going to accelerate at his attack speed for a full 2km and had written the elegies almost as soon as the attack took place. Gutting for him but he completely hit the wall and Tiberi just hunted him down perfectly and broke his heart on the line.

 

[roundabout]

wait, Tiberi was 13 minutes behind.

meh, takes most of the drama out

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

Dunbar takes the overall.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

wait, Tiberi was 13 minutes behind.

meh, takes most of the drama out

Yes, hadn't realised that because it was such a sprinters' only race until that point. In that case the GC was settled as soon as Óscar Rodríguez didn't make contact with Tiberi on his counter-attack when he lost the remainder of the following group.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Fun last 3km, awesome last 400m

 

[SafeBet]

Tiberi has a tendency to ride at the very back of the peloton. Don't know if it was the case but he lost those 13 minutes in the echelons stage.

Nice to see him get his first pro win though.

 

[Salvarani]

Tiberi has a tendency to ride at the very back of the peloton. Don't know if it was the case but he lost those 13 minutes in the echelons stage.

Nice to see him get his first pro win though.

He is having a pretty decent season so far. Going a bit under the radar. Great with a first win for him!

He will only be 21 in June.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Interesting to see where Dunbar rides next year. presumably not ineos

 

[Samamba]

Tro Bro Leon is straight up hell right now. Why is this on the same day as Blockhaus

 

[Samamba]

Arkea completely dominating Tro Bro Leon.