Lesser known races thread 2022

[Samu Cuenca]

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?

At least some of them are streamed online.

 

[Netserk]

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

I can do it with my right hand, but not my left.

 

[tobydawq]

I can do it if I fix my pinky by pressing it into my palm. Maybe that's what he does even though it doesn't really look like that in the photo.

 

[yaco]

Strange there is no TV coverage of Druivenkoers - Last year watched Remco sail away into the distance.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sarreau repeats.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sarreau repeats.

Is he cloning his results?

 

[RedheadDane]

Is he cloning his results?

The winning part, yes. Riders like doing that.

 

[RedheadDane]

Louvel takes it in Belgium.

 

[yaco]

Bike Exchange is awful in these one day Belgium/French type races - They would have been better to go to the Deutschland Tour.

 

[RedheadDane]

1	LOUVEL Matis	Team Arkéa Samsic	125	75	4:24:38
2	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama - FDJ	85	55	0:08
3	VAN GESTEL Dries	TotalEnergies	70	40	,,

Perfect!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Poitou Charentes stage 3a goes again to Sarreau, 3 out of 3 . This afternoon ITT.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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.

My wife never ceases to amaze me. I showed her the photo and she immediatelyreplicated it (well, not the sprinting ahead of a peloton of pro riders bit), with all other fingers vertical.

 

[tobydawq]

Poitou Charentes stage 3a goes again to Sarreau, 3 out of 3 . This afternoon ITT.

Will he pull a Démare?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Will he pull a Démare?

There are some decent time triallists in the race so I doubt it

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Will he pull a Démare?

If he fails to win anything else in the race, he'll have done a 2013 Bouhanni. Voeckler won the only ITT in his career in that race

 

[RedheadDane]

No surprise in France.
Winner is not French.
He rides for a French team.

 

[RedheadDane]

Manzin won the final stage.
Küng defended the jersey, and has taken the overall.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If he fails to win anything else in the race, he'll have done a 2013 Bouhanni. Voeckler won the only ITT in his career in that race

So in the end he did pull a Bouhanni.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-dmz/2022/stage-2/result/result
Now this is an interesting racing location. The racing doesn’t seem too good though. A 1-2-3 and a 1-2-3-4 for the same team with huge gaps to the rest.

 

[FjPavels]

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-dmz/2022/stage-2/result/result
Now this is an interesting racing location. The racing doesn’t seem too good though. A 1-2-3 and a 1-2-3-4 for the same team with huge gaps to the rest.

You can find the stages on YouTube,

https://youtube.com/c/SLTVSPORTS

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Tomorrow(or today for you Europeans and most others) is the Bretagne Classic Ouest France, which is the 86th edition to be held.

Tadej Pogacar once again lines up here to start his late season build up, but Wout Van Aert certainly will challenge for the win. Last years victor Benoit Cosnefroy lines up once again, with the other notable French team being FDJ with Gaudu and Demare as their leaders. Depending on his admittedly shakey form, Bini Girmay could challenge for victory, as could Michael Matthews, or Arnaud de Lie, who could be the dark horse on the day. What we do know is that all of the question will be answered by the end of the day.

 

[tobydawq]

Tomorrow(or today for you Europeans and most others) is the Bretagne Classic Ouest France, which is the 86th edition to be held.

Tadej Pogacar once again lines up here to start his late season build up, but Wout Van Aert certainly will challenge for the win. Last years victor Benoit Cosnefroy lines up once again, with the other notable French team being FDJ with Gaudu and Demare as their leaders. Depending on his admittedly shakey form, Bini Girmay could challenge for victory, as could Michael Matthews, or Arnaud de Lie, who could be the dark horse on the day. What we do know is that all of the question will be answered by the end of the day.

You don't think Madouas and Küng are rhe captains for Groupama? Strong team they're sending here.

Sagan to blitz the opposition.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

You don't think Madouas and Küng are rhe captains for Groupama? Strong team they're sending here.

Sagan to blitz the opposition.

I thought maybe Kung, but in their stacked lineup I admittedly missed seeing Madouas name.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did Jesper Mørkøv just refer to Tsgabu Grmay as Biniam Girmay's brother?
Their surnames aren't spelled the same. They're not even from the same country!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Love that Gp Plouay Ouest France is a WT race and doesn't have its own thread. Shows how bad of a race it is