Lesser known races thread 2022

[Libertine Seguros]

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.

Nouvelle Aquitaine is one of the products of the recent re-organisation of French territories into larger administrative regions. It was created by merging three former regions: Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes and Limousin.

While the regions may have been reorganised, however, the départements within them have not, so the upshot of this is that Poitou-Charentes and Limousin no longer exist as administrative entities, but the départements that were part of those regions still host the bike races in the area that previously existed as regional races, but both are tours of (no longer extant, but easily definable) sub-entities within Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

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.

But they're no longer included in the name of a WWT team.

And they don't plaster their name on mountain finishes like Serre Chevalier.

 

[Netserk]

Nouvelle Aquitaine is one of the products of the recent re-organisation of French territories into larger administrative regions. It was created by merging three former regions: Aquitaine, Poitou-Charentes and Limousin.

While the regions may have been reorganised, however, the départements within them have not, so the upshot of this is that Poitou-Charentes and Limousin no longer exist as administrative entities, but the départements that were part of those regions still host the bike races in the area that previously existed as regional races, but both are tours of (no longer extant, but easily definable) sub-entities within Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

For other races, especially Route du Sud, it has changed the race. Dauphiné as well.

 

[MrTea1976]

Having spent quite a bit of time in Charente-Maritime, I always look forward to the Tour Poitou - Charentes and seeing roads/places I know.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sarreau won the first stage, ahead of Theuns and Penhöet.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Sarreau won the first stage, ahead of Theuns and Penhöet.

No relegation team that isn’t French didn’t bother with this race, as it’s going to be down to the TT, which Stefan Küng is the huge favorite.

 

[Samamba]

Insane sprint from De Lie. beats Demare in a clear h2h sprint.

 

[RedheadDane]

Insane sprint from De Lie. Mano a mano with Demare and he wins.

Battle of the Arnauds?

 

[Bonimenier]

De Lie keeps racking up the wins and the important points .

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Insane sprint from De Lie. beats Demare in a clear h2h sprint.

Where did you see it?

 

[Samamba]

Where did you see it?

TV Oost livestream. I think you can rewatch it later. It's still live right now.

 

[Samamba]

The special thing with this kid is that he doesn't lose his sprint speed at all when he's done for. He was in actual throuble tha last few hills (needed to let go of the wheels but team brought him back).

His english got so much better.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sarreau won the first stage, ahead of Theuns and Penhoët.

Or not... now he's listed as having finished 101st... with this being the top-10:

1	SARREAU Marc	AG2R Citroën Team	14	20	10″	4:16:56
2	THEUNS Edward	Trek - Segafredo	5	12	6″	,,
3	MANZIN Lorrenzo	TotalEnergies	3	7	4″	,,
4	COLNAGHI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè		5		,,
5	ABERASTURI Jon	Trek - Segafredo		4		,,
6	BOUDAT Thomas	Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole		3		,,
7	TESSON Jason	St Michel - Auber93		2		,,
8	VANDEPITTE Nathan	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB		1		,,
9	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè				,,
10	BARBIER Pierre	B&B Hotels - KTM				,,

However, if there isn't an FDJ rider right there at the front, then you can call me Mads!

(Please, do not call me Mads.)

And he's not last in the front group, so would be a weird relegation, unless it's a case of UCI points for the first 100, so put him at 101st, so he - and his team - will miss out on the points.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Or not... now he's listed as having finished 101st... with this being the top-10:

1	SARREAU Marc	AG2R Citroën Team	14	20	10″	4:16:56
2	THEUNS Edward	Trek - Segafredo	5	12	6″	,,
3	MANZIN Lorrenzo	TotalEnergies	3	7	4″	,,
4	COLNAGHI Luca	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè		5		,,
5	ABERASTURI Jon	Trek - Segafredo		4		,,
6	BOUDAT Thomas	Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole		3		,,
7	TESSON Jason	St Michel - Auber93		2		,,
8	VANDEPITTE Nathan	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB		1		,,
9	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè				,,
10	BARBIER Pierre	B&B Hotels - KTM				,,

However, if there isn't an FDJ rider right there at the front, then you can call me Mads!

(Please, do not call me Mads.)

And he's not last in the front group, so would be a weird relegation, unless it's a case of UCI points for the first 100, so put him at 101st, so he - and his team - will miss out on the points.

It was probably a case of mistaken identity. They look a lot alike...

Or perhaps Gudmestad was also relegated.

 

[Anderis]

Not sure if it's smart tactics not to ride for De Buyst. He's just one result away from getting into Lotto's top10 riders. His points could well count by the end of the year.

Called it. De Buyst already in the Lotto's top10.

 

[RedheadDane]

Or perhaps Gudmestad was also relegated.

Possible, guess he'd be the Uno-X rider mysteriously missing from the top-results.
Also, PCS has everyone down to Modolo on same time.

 

[Samamba]

Can someone explain to me wth he's doing with his left hand (pinky). How is that possible. Riding a bike fast is one thing, but doing that with you pinky is something else.

 

[Salvarani]

The special thing with this kid is that he doesn't lose his sprint speed at all when he's done for. He was in actual throuble tha last few hills (needed to let go of the wheels but team brought him back).

His english got so much better.

Too bad yours did not.

sorry

 

[tobydawq]

Can someone explain to me wth he's doing with his left hand (pinky). How is that possible. Riding a bike fast is one thing, but doing that with you pinky is something else.

His ninth win. But yeah, pretty nimbly done.

 

[Samamba]

His ninth win. But yeah, pretty nimbly done.

Yeah I know but I didn't know it was possible to hold your 4 other fingers straight while bending your pinky.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

TV Oost livestream. I think you can rewatch it later. It's still live right now.

thx

Beresterke Arnaud De Lie klopt Démare in Egmont Cycling Race

Dan een wielerhoofdstuk. Arnaud De Lie heeft de Egmont Cycling Race gewonnen. Voor het 20-jarige supertalent van Lotto-Soudal al de negende zege van het

www.tvoost.be

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah I know but I didn't know it was possible to hold your 4 other fingers straight while bending your pinky.

The other day he did it with both pinky fingers.

I can't hold 3 fingers straight with my right hand even if I hold down my pinky with the thumb, This meant I had to use my left hand to get my right hand to do the three-finger salute, when I was a scout in my youth.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

I noticed that Turkey has a really big calendar, almost all year long, of 1.2 and 2.2 races. Quite a lot of Eastern European and Asian CT teams and their riders seem to ride these races all year long.

Sadly, we (the world outside Turkey) doesn‘t really notice these races. No TV coversge, no images. That is a little bit sad, because I‘m sure many of us hardcore fans would like to get to know this Turkish racing scene.

Of course they certainly offer low prize money, and the teams and riders there won‘t earn millions. But this racing scene fascinates me. Riders like ex-Lampre Buts, Kononenko, Sayar, Reguigui, and few dozens others of them seem to have done nothing else within the last five to ten years than riding these races, all year long. So many 1.2 and 2.2 races - and, I suppose, that there also could be lots of National Elite races there which hardly anyone knows…

Who of you guys knows more about the world of Turkish 1.2, 2.2 and NE races?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Finger independence, I can do it I assume from 15 years of classical piano, a lot of the earlier years are spent developing 4 and 5 because they are the weakest.

The exercises and pieces that involve this movement are difficult even when fully developed

Don't know what De Lie's story is, maybe it's something some can just naturally do

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I noticed that Turkey has a really big calendar, almost all year long, of 1.2 and 2.2 races. Quite a lot of Eastern European and Asian CT teams and their riders seem to ride these races all year long.

Sadly, we (the world outside Turkey) doesn‘t really notice these races. No TV coversge, no images. That is a little bit sad, because I‘m sure many of us hardcore fans would like to get to know this Turkish racing scene.

Of course they certainly offer low prize money, and the teams and riders there won‘t earn millions. But this racing scene fascinates me. Riders like ex-Lampre Buts, Kononenko, Sayar, Reguigui, and few dozens others of them seem to have done nothing else within the last five to ten years than riding these races, all year long. So many 1.2 and 2.2 races - and, I suppose, that there also could be lots of National Elite races there which hardly anyone knows…

Who of you guys knows more about the world of Turkish 1.2, 2.2 and NE races?

I don‘t have any insights about these races but from looking at PCS for like five minutes that these summer races which are all called Grand Prix X, Grand Prix Y etc. only exist as UCI races for less than three years. Racing in the rest of Asia, especially China has effectively collapsed so these races are important to the asian teams.