Lesser known races thread 2022

[BR2]

Very sophisticated crashing out almost all rivals by Jumbo. Didn't think of Haller, though.

 

[roundabout]

Yes perfect use of Konrad, who was completely cooked. They played this finish and it's route perfectly. Van Aert clearly didn't know the finsih good enough and got therefore surprised by the tactics.

but, but, Jumbo hires youtube guys

and has ten Hag for advice

 

[Mayomaniac]

If you look at his results in the spring classics in recent years Haller has often be up there with the best in the bunch sprint behind. The guy has a great sprint after a hard race.
Him and Politt are also buddies since the Katusha days.

 

[Red Rick]

Van Aert granting great prestige to this race by finishing 2nd.

 

[tobydawq]

Sagan looked alright vere. On the penultimate time op Waseberg, he was far behind (probably because of the crash), yet somehow he managed to get back to the peloton. He didn't do the sprint, though, for some reason.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

good job taking out almost all of the peloton jumbo...

Burgos re-run?

 

[Billie]

Burgos re-run?

many times this season

 

[Valv.Piti]

Yes, lets crash Cristophe Laporte out guys...

 

[RedheadDane]

De Lie won in Belgium.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

De Lie won in Belgium.

Not surprising, best sprinter there.

 

[Samamba]

How is a race with no live images and that start list a UCI pro race. Horrible spot on the calendar obviously, but still. I haven't even seen a picture of the finish 15 minutes after De Lie won. There's Kermesses with better coverage.

 

[Netserk]

How is a race with no live images and that start list a UCI pro race. Horrible spot on the calendar obviously, but still. I haven't even seen a picture of the finish 15 minutes after De Lie won. There's Kermesses with better coverage.

And that length.

 

[Samamba]

And that length.

Goddamn i just saw that now. Wth is that. So it's basically a kermesse but also a pro race. Ok. Probably the only De LIe win this year that I actually think is worth absolutely nothing. He could've won this as a junior.

 

[Red Rick]

Any chance De Lie was a farmer in his last 3 previous lives?

 

[Bonimenier]

Goddamn i just saw that now. Wth is that. So it's basically a kermesse but also a pro race. Ok. Probably the only De LIe win this year that I actually think is worth absolutely nothing. He could've won this as a junior.

Worth quite some well needed UCI points though.

 

[Samamba]

Worth quite some well needed UCI points though.

Just shows how dumb the system is.

Apparently the race won't be an UCI race anymore next year.

 

[RedheadDane]

Fun fact about today's two "lesser known - of various degrees - one-day races:

Viviani was the defending champion of both, having won the latest edition in 2019.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fun fact about today's two "lesser known - of various degrees - one-day races:

Viviani was the defending champion of both, having won the latest edition in 2019.

And this year they didn't come close to defending their titles.

 

[janraaskalt]

How is a race with no live images and that start list a UCI pro race. Horrible spot on the calendar obviously, but still. I haven't even seen a picture of the finish 15 minutes after De Lie won. There's Kermesses with better coverage.

It was live on Eurosport Player

 

[RedheadDane]

It was live on Eurosport Player

Was it? I just assumed it wouldn't be, and logged off as soon as the EC was over. Didn't appear on the schedule on Feltet.dk.
Both the Vuelta and Bemer was shown by Danish tv2.

 

[tobydawq]

It was live on Eurosport Player

They were talking about Schaal Sels.

 

[Blanco]

They did not use their numbers at all.

Got lucky Van Aert fell asleep

Yeah, Bora idiots...

 

[kingjr]

Sagan looked alright vere. On the penultimate time op Waseberg, he was far behind (probably because of the crash), yet somehow he managed to get back to the peloton. He didn't do the sprint, though, for some reason.

Same as Jakobsen basically.

 

[tobydawq]

Same as Jakobsen basically.

True, I never saw him until I saw the results hours later.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, last week we had the Tour du Limousin - Nouvelle Aquitaine. This week - starting tomorrow - we'll have the Tour Poitou - Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine.
The Nouvelle Aquitaine region does not want to have their own bike race, but they'll happily share hosting rigths with neighbouring regions.