Lesser known races thread 2022

[Mayomaniac]

Nibali looks down, Nibali gets dropped. Such an easy read.

 

[Netserk]

Good game.

 

[glassmoon]

Damiano goes.

 

[RedheadDane]

Caruso is off.

 

[tobydawq]

Caruso erupts.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

squalo floundering

 

[SafeBet]

Cepeda very good in april like last year. Let's see if he can bring this shape into the Giro this time.

 

[tobydawq]

It will be Caruso's first ever GC win.

 

[Mayomaniac]

First gc win for Caruso as a pro.
Nice side of the Etna, not a bad climb for the first week of a gt.

 

[Red Rick]

Meintjes decided last minute he wanted to suckwheel Caruso all along

 

[Mayomaniac]

Diego Rosa is alive!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

First GC win for team Italia?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Cepeda very good in april like last year. Let's see if he can bring this shape into the Giro this time.

I think the last minute Giro wildcard last year was a bit of a problem for Androni because they all peaked too early.

 

[HelloDolly]

Luis Metjnes ???

where did he come from

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Caruso was the favourite from 10km out. He looked the strongest, so fluid dancing on the pedals. Everytime he opened a gap, Vincenzo took a little longer to close it.

Pleased with the form of vicnenzo, he is improving slowly. But he is lucky that Damiano took the late decision to start here, because it save him the embarrassment of losing to Meintjes and cepeda.

He did his typical thing of overreaching slightly to follow the strongest. Like against Quintana on Blockhaus in 2017

 

[yaco]

Ewan's back on top. Philipsen could have won if he had had the same lead out though.

And Groves who was following Stewart's late lead out was chopped out with 400 metres to go - It was a strange final.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Cepeda ahead of the wheelsucker on the gc, yes!

 

[SafeBet]

Diego Rosa is alive!

Yeah that was nice to see. I have moderate expectations for the Giro. Also, Albanese looks like a totally different rider since joining Eolo. It was a weak field but top10 in an Etna MTF?

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah that was nice to see. I have moderate expectations for the Giro. Also, Albanese looks like a totally different rider since joining Eolo. It was a weak field but top10 in an Etna MTF?

Field strength: Brother Antonio in top 10.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[tobydawq]

Nibali 10th on GC.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Yeah that was nice to see. I have moderate expectations for the Giro. Also, Albanese looks like a totally different rider since joining Eolo. It was a weak field but top10 in an Etna MTF?

Bardiani just ruins everyone (in recent years) and Albanese was a monster in the u23 ranks.

 

[AlfaLum]

Yeah that was nice to see. I have moderate expectations for the Giro. Also, Albanese looks like a totally different rider since joining Eolo. It was a weak field but top10 in an Etna MTF?

Based on the full top-10 it seems that everybody and their mom could ride to a top-10 on this Etna MTF.

 

[SafeBet]

Based on the full top-10 it seems that everybody and their mom could ride to a top-10 on this Etna MTF.

You don't remember what Albanese was until a couple years ago.
Just check his results in Giro di Sicilia 2019.

 

[Red Rick]

Caruso was the favourite from 10km out. He looked the strongest, so fluid dancing on the pedals. Everytime he opened a gap, Vincenzo took a little longer to close it.

Pleased with the form of vicnenzo, he is improving slowly. But he is lucky that Damiano took the late decision to start here, because it save him the embarrassment of losing to Meintjes and cepeda.

He did his typical thing of overreaching slightly to follow the strongest. Like against Quintana on Blockhaus in 2017

This race has me hopeful he can be good enough to hunt stages in the Giro.

That said, Est in Bagum