Lesser known races thread 2022

[tobydawq]

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!

Who would ever listen to anything Jesper Mørkøv says? It's incredible how lousy commentators Eurosport sometimes manage to hire. At least René Wenzel is not on air very much anymore.

 

[tobydawq]

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

I don't think it's that bad, actually. But I would imagine this is a pre-emptive strike by you to undermine a possible Van Aert win?

It's certainly much better than when it was a circuit race. Now, they would just benefit from not colliding with the Vuelta and Deutschland Tour.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I don't think it's that bad, actually. But I would imagine this is a pre-emptive strike by you to undermine a possible Van Aert win?

It's certainly much better than when it was a circuit race. Now, they would just benefit from not colliding with the Vuelta and Deutschland Tour.

Well its not Flanders or Roubaix, but I agree the racing itself is not bad on this course (although there appears to be quite a few crashes)

I more meant the reputation of the race, its a WT race but is not really cared about by the cycling world. Maybe it's a calender position issue, maybe it's just lacking something as a race. Certainly I will be thinking about vuelta and then deutchland today before this.

I had forgotten both Belgian Pozzato and Pogacar were starting. Good opportunity for both to add to their points tallies. Of course if Van Aert wins, he is still a Belgian pozzato, 9 years ago Pozzato himself won

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

2 k’s to go, bunch of about 20 remain.

 

[RedheadDane]

Van Aert wins, ahead of Alexander, who put up quite a fight.




(I'll show myself out.)

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

WVA won, Lotto stupidly led out De Lie early.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Win for Van Aert. DSQ for Kamp?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Belgian Pozzato swerve across the road?

 

[RedheadDane]

Belgian Pozzato swerve across the road?

Naah, Kamp like crazy, though.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Win for Van Aert. DSQ for Kamp?

Kamp DSQ? Why should he?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Belgian Pozzato swerve across the road?

It was not as dangerous as what Kamp did afterwards.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Aside from the Van Aert win, that's one random order for that group to finish in in a sprint.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Wout attacking repeatedly, and winning the spring against De Lie with a great leadout..

 

[Alexandre B.]

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

It's actually one of the best these past few years.

 

[Samamba]

Wout attacking repeatedly, and winning the spring against De Lie with a great leadout..

I mean obviously, it's just insane that De Lie survived that. His legs were empty after all.

 

[RedheadDane]

1	VAN AERT Wout	Jumbo-Visma	400	225	6:04:22
2	LAURANCE Axel	B&B Hotels - KTM	320	150	,,
3	KAMP Alexander	Trek - Segafredo	260	110	,,
4	DE LIE Arnaud	Lotto Soudal	220	90	,,
5	FIORELLI Filippo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	180	80	,,
6	GIRMAY Biniam	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux	140	70	,,
7	NAESEN Oliver	AG2R Citroën Team	120	60	,,
8	THOMAS Benjamin	Cofidis	100	50	,,
9	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Trek - Segafredo	80	46	,,
10	PICCOLO Andrea	EF Education-EasyPost	68	42	,,

 

[SafeBet]

Van Aert not at 100% yet but he's just too strong.
Another great performance by Piccolo.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I mean obviously, it's just insane that De Lie survived that. His legs were empty after all.

Theeres not anything obvious about attacking on every hill in the finale, and still being able to do such a sprint IMO.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kamp DSQ? Why should he?

Because he swerved across the road and didn't hold his line. But he didn't hit Naesen, who was obviously going backwards anyway, so there probably won't be a penalty.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Wout attacking repeatedly, and winning the spring against De Lie with a great leadout..

20-year-old sprinters normally have no business making the final sub-20 rider group in a hilly 250k WT race, fourth is an incredible result for De Lie even with the season he's had.

 

[tobydawq]

Axel Laurance was my second biggest favourite for this race before today.

 

[Samamba]

Axel Laurance was my second biggest favourite for this race before today.

The guy is having an insane season too. People don't see it because he rides for B&B but the kid is only one year older than De Lie. 2nd here is incredible. I'm a fan.

 

[Samamba]

20-year-old sprinters normally have no business making the final sub-20 rider group in a hilly 250k WT race, fourth is an incredible result for De Lie even with the season he's had.

Both Laurence and De Lie performed insane today. It's like you said, they shouldn't have survived that. It was actually made really hard too.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Because he swerved across the road and didn't hold his line. But he didn't hit Naesen, who was obviously going backwards anyway, so there probably won't be a penalty.

He did, yes, but he never endangered anyone and didn't make anyone break so I don't see why he should be disqualified. I mean, you should be able to change lanes all you want as long as you don't mess with anyone else.

 

[tobydawq]

The guy is having an insane season too. People don't see it because he rides for B&B but the kid is only one year older than De Lie. 2nd here is incredible. I'm a fan.

"Insane" might be a stretch. De Lie has won 9 races, Laurance 0. But yes, he seems very promising.

Also, how is Sagan not able to be top 90 here? Does he ever plan on training a little again?