Lesser known races thread 2022

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Filippo_3467]

Kanter looked good in this finish. I don't really know what to make of him, he doesn't win anything but is now often there in the races he should be.

Will they take him to the Tour or Vuelta?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Figueiredo wins the GP Internacional Torres Vedras for the 3rd year in a row, he crushed his opponents on the Alto do Montejunto MTF

1	FIGUEIREDO Frederico	Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor	7	5		4:21:54
2	BOU Joan	Euskaltel - Euskadi	3	2		0:44
3	DÍAZ José Manuel	Burgos-BH	1	1		0:49
4	LASTRA Jonathan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA				,,
5	ANTUNES Tiago	Efapel Cycling				0:53
6	NICOLAU Joel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA				1:09
7	NIEVE Mikel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA				1:16
8	BARCELÓ Fernando	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA				,,
9	MADRAZO Ángel	Burgos-BH				1:29
10	FERNÁNDEZ Delio	Atum general / Tavira / Maria Nova Hotel				,,

Meanwhile Fiorelli won the first road stage of the Tour of Sibiu, Nicolas dalla Valle finished 2nd and Andrea Piccolo 3rd.
It's gonna be interesting to see how Piccolo will do on the big Balea Lac MTF tomorrow, if he's in this kind of shape he should be one of the favourites.

 

[SafeBet]

Meanwhile Fiorelli won the first road stage of the Tour of Sibiu, Nicolas dalla Valle finished 2nd and Andrea Piccolo 3rd.
It's gonna be interesting to see how Piccolo will do on the big Balea Lac MTF tomorrow, if he's in this kind of shape he should be one of the favourites.

First professional win for Pippo Fiorelli.

 

[Mayomaniac]

First professional win for Pippo Fiorelli.

He deserves it, at the NC he looked like he wasn't feeling the chain.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Kanter looked good in this finish. I don't really know what to make of him, he doesn't win anything but is now often there in the races he should be.

Will they take him to the Tour or Vuelta?

Yeah, Kanter rides well at Movistar. They will be happy with his performances. Movistar does not care all that much about sprinters. They are happy if they achieve Top-10 ranks in sprint finishes.

If Kanter continues like this, he will stay at Movistar. The team is also happy about Hollmann, and had good experiences with Sütterlin.

 

[SafeBet]

Aleotti wins on Balea Lac after a powerful attack by Uijtdebroeks who then pulled him almost to the line.
Vanhoucke second, Cian third.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Aleotti wins on Balea Lac after a powerful attack by Uijtdebroeks who then pulled him almost to the line.
Vanhoucke second, Cian third.

And Chris Harper fourth.

 

[SafeBet]

And Chris Harper fourth.

Or someone who they thought was Chris Harper.
But not Vingegaard.

 

[RedheadDane]

Or someone who they thought was Chris Harper.
But not Vingegaard.

Someone, quick! Make the Gijs Leemreize is not Chris Harper either thread!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Or someone who they thought was Chris Harper.
But not Vingegaard.

The day Harper retires, I'm sure I'll be misremembering the quality of his palmarès. By now he almost has a greater list of unofficial results than Armstrong.

 

[SafeBet]

GC is quite open ahead of tomorrow's MTT.

Aleotti
Vanhoucke 10"
Uijtdebroeks 15"
Leemreize 27"
Piccolo 31"
Berwick 33"
De Bod 34"

 

[Mayomaniac]

GC is quite open ahead of tomorrow's MTT.

Aleotti
Vanhoucke 10"
Uijtdebroeks 15"
Leemreize 27"
Piccolo 31"
Berwick 33"
De Bod 34"

De Bod and Piccolo have the engine to do well on such a MTT on a not so steep climb. Aleotti isn't bad either and I also rate the 2 Belgians highly. Could be a close call.

 

[SafeBet]

De Bod and Piccolo have the engine to do well on such a MTT on a not so steep climb. Aleotti isn't bad either and I also rate the 2 Belgians highly. Could be a close call.

Leemreize rode a solid TT at the end of the Giro and he seems in good shape.
I'd probably put my money on him and De Bod.
Piccolo and Cian are untested in TTs at this level (+Piccolo likely has had very limited TT training in the past couple of years).

 

[Mayomaniac]

Leemreize rode a solid TT at the end of the Giro and he seems in good shape.
I'd probably put my money on him and De Bod.
Piccolo and Cian are untested in TTs at this level (+Piccolo likely has had very limited TT training in the past couple of years).

Yeah, but in an uphill tt on 5-6% gradients soneone's engine is probably more important than just TT skills, that should help Piccolo.

Nice to see that Astana are finally using De Bod as a gc rider in small stage races. The guy finished 3rd in the Österreich Rundfahrt in 2019 by finishing 5th on both the Kitzbüheler Horn (ahead of O'Conner) and on the Glockner (ahead of Vlasov, who won on the Horn a few days later). He can handle hard mtfs and is a good tter, so sending him to small stage races as a team leader should be a no brainer...

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Uijtdebroeks is still young and already really strong. Curious to see by how much he will improve within the next few years.

 

[Samamba]

Don't see why pure TT skills would be relevant for tomorrow. No TT bike and a 9k climb at 6ish% followed by a 3k false flat. Engine is going to be important, but the climb is also pretty irregular with 2km over 8% en 2km over 7%, so pure climbers like a Vanhoucke or Alleotti definitely have a chance.

Cian was probably the strongest in the race today, impressive stuff.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Don't see why pure TT skills would be relevant for tomorrow. No TT bike and a 9k climb at 6ish% followed by a 3k false flat. Engine is going to be important, but the climb is also pretty irregular with 2km over 8% en 2km over 7%, so pure climbers like a Vanhoucke or Alleotti definitely have a chance.

Cian was probably the strongest in the race today, impressive stuff.

I agree on most points, but Aleotti is probably more of a punchy classics rider than a pure climber. He's at his best on short, steep climbs.

 

[SafeBet]

Early start for the MTT today.
Javier Romo has the first interesting time in 27'24".

A few riders are using their TT bike.

 

[SafeBet]

Aleotti wins in front of De Bod.
Great performance by Cian as well. Bora should go 1-2 in the GC I think.

Edit: Vanhoucke was never showed but did great as well, so he should be second in GC.

 

[Samamba]

top 3 in GC stays the same, De Bod will be 4th now. Best climbers were definitely ahead yesterday. Very strong from Aleotti tho, did not expect him to win today too. Cian once again strong too. No idea why they weren't showing Vanhoucke like he didn't exist.

A bit sad that Cras got a positive COVID test before this race, could've been a really exciting Bora vs. Lotto duel. Also for Lotto's UCI points, as Vanhoucke isn't in their top 10 yet (only 30 points will count).

 

[Remy55]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544256080150253568

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[SafeBet]

Seems like both Piccolo and Leemreize rode on their TT bikes. Considering where they finished, I don't think it was the best strategy.

 

[Samamba]

Seems like both Piccolo and Leemreize rode on their TT bikes. Considering where they finished, I don't think it was the best strategy.

Yeah and they weren't the only ones, I have no idea what they were thinking tbh. Not a single rider on a TT bike did good.

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Seems like both Piccolo and Leemreize rode on their TT bikes. Considering where they finished, I don't think it was the best strategy.

It´s always a big and common mistake in a uphill TT with no crazy gradients, maybe ir you are Dumoulin and you have the reputation of climbing like a a beast in your TT bike, well ok (still a mistake despite some goods results with it). Pretty sure that Leemreize perfomance was not worse than his teammate Harper...