Lesser known races thread 2022

[RedheadDane]

Kristoff takes it.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Really messy sprint

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Consonni getting blocked in a sprint in Spain on a Sunday in February is apparently a thing now.

 

[tobydawq]

This was Kristoff's first ever win in Spain!

 

[Nirvana]

45th win of Kuba's career.
39 of them have occurred on Asian soil.

More than in Asia the majority of his wins are just in China where there are plenty of 100/130 kms long pan flat stages, when he moved to CCC and stopped riding Chinese races he stopped winning almost altogether, he should try Langkawi, for Guardini worked well.

 

[ice&fire]

There's a new 1-day race today in Spain.

Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior (1.1)
196km, 3100m of climbing and 40km of gravel, most of them uphill.
Expected live on TV at 16:00 CET.

Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior 2022 One day race results

Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior 2022 was won by Alexey Lutsenko before Tim Wellens and Loïc Vliegen.

www.procyclingstats.com

Top competitors

• LUTSENKO Alexey
• WELLENS Tim
• LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
• BARGUIL Warren
• SWIFT Connor
• GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
• ALEOTTI Giovanni
• SERRANO Gonzalo
• ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław
• KRON Andreas

Interesting that PCS does not list Buchmann or Kämna as top competitors for this.

Weather forecast had showers for this past night. We'll see.

 

[zigzag wanderer]

Yes, as only a small part of Turkey, northwest of the Bosphorus Strait, is a part of Europe.

Even the Tour of Turkey have very few stages on that part of the country (saying few just because I'm lazy and I don't want to check if my feeling that there wasn't any there is correct).

The most recent version of the Istanbul stage started in Europe and then crossed the Bosphorus to finish with circuits on the Asian side - so the win was on Asian soil.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

There's a new 1-day race today in Spain.

Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior (1.1)
196km, 3100m of climbing and 40km of gravel, most of them uphill.
Expected live on TV at 16:00 CET.

Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior 2022 One day race results

Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior 2022 was won by Alexey Lutsenko before Tim Wellens and Loïc Vliegen.

www.procyclingstats.com

Top competitors

• LUTSENKO Alexey
• WELLENS Tim
• LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
• BARGUIL Warren
• SWIFT Connor
• GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
• ALEOTTI Giovanni
• SERRANO Gonzalo
• ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław
• KRON Andreas

Interesting that PCS does not list Buchmann or Kämna as top competitors for this.

Weather forecast had showers for this past night. We'll see.

It's because the top competitors is based on ranking over the last year. Buchmann and kamna didn't get many results in 2021.

 

[Top Climber]

Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior (1.1)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1493212919449985027

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Better profile:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1492183069578735618

Really hope the race delivers, might inspire Unipublic in time as well (one can hope).

 

[Samamba]

It's already in a million pieces after the first uphill stretch... I think.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

There are 13 riders in the first group and they're only on the third-last sector.

 

[Samamba]

Looks like 20 guys left lol

 

[Earns1985]

It's already in a million pieces after the first uphill stretch... I think.

It is! Fantastic live pictures on eurosport now!

 

[SafeBet]

Arkea has at least one rider in the front group (maybe two) but chasing from behind?

 

[Earns1985]

Chase group now giving up?

 

[Samamba]

We're gonna see someone solo this I think

Why are they showing 2nd group when Lutsenko is attacking

 

[Samamba]

Insane motorpacing for Lutsenko there

I think Lutsenko is gona already

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Lutsenko looks ominous. Motor certainly helping though...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Lutsenko gone

 

[tobydawq]

Motor certainly helping though...

On an uphill gravel stretch?

 

[Samamba]

On an uphill gravel stretch?

There was headwind there so yes, and even without headwind, a moto in front of you like that always helps.

Lutsenko probably strongest anyways tho.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Annoying that the second motor is not with the second group...

 

[BlueRoads]

I cannot watch this, the camera is so shaky, I get sick.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Really hope the race delivers, might inspire Unipublic in time as well (one can hope).

They will definitely like this section on the motorway...