Lesser known races thread 2022

[QueenStagiaire]

Then the commenators mis-identified. Shouldn't trust those commentators.

Well, the English commentators said it was De Rossi and I think it was his BIB.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

This is a great race for the le petit climbers of Movistar, both Sosa and Rubio looks good.

 

[RedheadDane]

A Movistar, EF duo chased by another Movistar, EF duo.

Træen has caught - and passed - Zeits, and is on his way up to Rubio and Chaves.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Strong finish by Træen, but didn’t make it quite up to Rubio and Chaves. 5th is okay for him, but I was hoping for a little bit more.

Sepulveda 6th?

 

[RedheadDane]

Movistar
EF
Movistar
EF

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

So the overall will be between Sosa and Carthy.
The rest are all more than 2 minutes behind.
Let's see on Monday if Sosa can have two good climbing results in a row.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Sainbayar just outside the top 10 and still 10th on the gc, nice! I expected his teammate Budyak to be up there, this is a pleasant surprise.

 

[tobydawq]

Nice crowds.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Sainbayar should do even better on the easier 2nd MTF. I think he might earn himself a chance at PCT level with his performances here, at least they'll generate some interest from certain teams.
Come on Astana, sign this warrior from the open steppe!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

A while back, when reviewing Genting Highlands for my Race Design Thread version of Langkawi, I suggested Movistar should probably have taken a look at Kevin Rivera on a flyer off of the post-RusVelo waiver wire. However, they basically already have a better version of him in Iván Sosa, he has a lot of the same flaws and issues that have stalled him out, but in the right environment he can remind you why he was so highly rated in the first place.

 

[Mayomaniac]

A while back, when reviewing Genting Highlands for my Race Design Thread version of Langkawi, I suggested Movistar should probably have taken a look at Kevin Rivera on a flyer off of the post-RusVelo waiver wire. However, they basically already have a better version of him in Iván Sosa, he has a lot of the same flaws and issues that have stalled him out, but in the right environment he can remind you why he was so highly rated in the first place.

While he's a similar type of rider, a specialists for MTFs after a rather easy stage, his ceiling is much higher. After all he managed to win the gc in Burgos twice in a row at a young age. From what I know his actual racing weight is also clearly lower than the often listed 58kg (I've seen him listed at 51kg and looking at how skinny he is for such a short guy that wouldn't even surprise me).

 

[Ilmaestro99]

KUBA

The finish was somehow very sketchy despite the riders having plenty of road to play with

 

[RedheadDane]

1		3	GIBBONS Ryan	8:50
2		12	ARMÉE Sander	6:32
3		16	TOUMIRE Hugo	10:36
4		25	MONIQUET Sylvain	10:11
5		31	KANTER Max	21:50
6		33	NORSGAARD Mathias	18:34
7		46	VAN DEN BERG Julius	36:19
8		51	MOSCON Gianni	19:56
9		65	TAMINIAUX Lionel	34:52
10		94	OKAMIKA Ander	6:04
11		133	BETTLES Carter

Peloton at 1:20
40 Ks to go

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Hahahaha this is the worst production of a finish sprint i have ever seen.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

They secured the worst coverage award in like one second.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Godlike camerawork.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not like you need to show the sprint for the win...
Taminiaux takes it ahead of Van Den Berg.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

2 minute after the finish we actually got to see the winner cross the line. Another one for Alpecin.

 

[tobydawq]

Lol, how stupid can you be as a director?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Bunch sprints and MTFs is all you‘re gonna see at the Tour de Langkawi.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

I couldn’t watch but appears I didn’t miss anything. Except for the laughs maybe.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Japan Cup is on right now, and according to the PCS ticker, this group of 10 broke away and will likely fight for glory today unless Cofidis wants to mega chase.
CICCONE Giulio
BERNARD Julien
MOSCA Jacopo
TOLHOEK Antwan
PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan
PICCOLO Andrea
SHAW James
WELLENS Tim
CUADRADO Unai
TAKEYAMA Kosuke

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Axel Zingle and Dylan Hopkins made the juncture to the breakaway, it remains to be seen if the break will go away.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

This group is very likely to go all the way, added more firepower for the WT teams except Trek

1		1	CICCONE Giulio
2		2	BERNARD Julien
3		4	MOSCA Jacopo
4		6	TOLHOEK Antwan
5		11	ARASHIRO Yukiya
6		13	PERNSTEINER Hermann
7		14	PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan
8		21	MARTIN Guillaume
9		25	ZINGLE Axel
10		32	PICCOLO Andrea
11		34	POWLESS Neilson
12		35	SHAW James
13		37	OKA Atsushi
14		55	VAN GILS Maxim
15		56	WELLENS Tim
16		81	HOPKINS Dylan
17		102	TAKEYAMA Kosuke
18		121	LEBAS Thomas
19		125	YAMAMOTO Masaki

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Peloton complete with 2 ahead, I’m hitting the sack so if you want updates whoever’s reading this I won’t be there.