Lesser known races thread 2022

[Netserk]

Just finished watching the replay of this race, and OMFG was the coverage bad (mostly before the circuit).

WVA won, Lotto stupidly led out De Lie early.

De Lie and Van Aert launched within 1 second of each other.

 

[ciranda]

Youngest rider on the podium gets to choose flowers or a teddy bear

 

[RedheadDane]

Youngest rider on the podium gets to choose flowers or a teddy bear

What if Van Aert would have liked a teddy bear for his kid?

 

[tobydawq]

What if Van Aert would have liked a teddy bear for his kid?

He should have chosen to be younger then!

 

[Mayomaniac]

What if Van Aert would have liked a teddy bear for his kid?

Selfish Wout would cearly keep the teddy bear for himself!

 

[Skijumper Roglic 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?

Yeah, I was surprised also. Sagan never won GP Plouay, so the race would be nice for his palmares.

He recently joined the Electro Mountain Bike UCI World Championships, and apparently had fun, despite crashing twice.

He actually looks lean and everything, but the results sadly have deteriorated quite a bit, in a rather short period of time. Completely different to Valverde, who is ten years older, and who has been deteriorating extremely slowly.

Turgis quite disappointing, too… Had already a really difficult TdF.

 

[yaco]

Yeah, I was surprised also. Sagan never won GP Plouay, so the race would be nice for his palmares.

He recently joined the Electro Mountain Bike UCI World Championships, and apparently had fun, despite crashing twice.

He actually looks lean and everything, but the results sadly have deteriorated quite a bit, in a rather short period of time. Completely different to Valverde, who is ten years older, and who has been deteriorating extremely slowly.

Turgis quite disappointing, too… Had already a really difficult TdF.

Turgis has not been the same since he rode along into a crosswind/headwing for 60kms in the UAE Tour.

 

[tobydawq]

Turgis has not been the same since he rode along into a crosswind/headwing for 60kms in the UAE Tour.

He had a good Sanremo but yeah, after that, not the same rider as last year.

 

[postmanhat]

Baroncini crashed again at Plouay, fracturing his radius apparently so season over. Not that he's had much of a season. Must be four times he's crashed this year? Seems to finding it difficult to adjust to the larger Pro peletons perhaps?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Baroncini crashed again at Plouay, fracturing his radius apparently so season over. Not that he's had much of a season. Must be four times he's crashed this year? Seems to finding it difficult to adjust to the larger Pro peletons perhaps?

Which is odd, because the U23 Worlds he won was a crash fest and he was also getting results in pro races last year. So you'd think he wouldn't be terrible at staying out of trouble.

 

[Didinho]

MvdP back to winning in the Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen. Went solo and beat his brother and another Dutch guy.

 

[yaco]

MvdP back to winning in the Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen. Went solo and beat his brother and another Dutch guy.

Is than an UCI race ? - It's not listed on PCS.

 

[Bonimenier]

Is than an UCI race ? - It's not listed on PCS.

No, it's a kermesse

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/dylan-groenewegen-michael-matthews-neilson-powless-and-quinn-simmons-among-top-riders-to-race-inaugural-maryland-cycling-classic

I’m excited for the Maryland race, but saying Quinn Simmons and Neilson Powless are stage winners in the Tour de France is false for now.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Which is odd, because the U23 Worlds he won was a crash fest and he was also getting results in pro races last year. So you'd think he wouldn't be terrible at staying out of trouble.

In other words, he & alaphilippe got the same curse.

 

[RedheadDane]

Magnus Bak Klaris just won the GP Lillehammer in some rather interesting conditions.

Tomorrow, is the Gylne Gutuer, where last year, a grand total of... ten riders finished.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

A bit disappointed that Træen didn’t win, but it’s just great to see him back a decent level so quickly after the cancer treatment/surgery in May.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

We got the Maryland Cycling Classic, the first .Pro or above race in the US since 2019, which features a likely flat sprint, which BEX is in line to score some UCI points with both Gronewagen and Matthews starting.

 

[yaco]

It has 2300 metres of elevation which is right on the borderline for Groenewegen - Beware the local CT teams causing an upset.

 

[StryderHells]

It has 2300 metres of elevation which is right on the borderline for Groenewegen - Beware the local CT teams causing an upset.

The US national team could be interesting as well, McGill is in great form.

 

[yaco]

The US national team could be interesting as well, McGill is in great form.

McGill is well off the level - Yes he won two sprints in the Tour of Portugal but in the Tour of Turkey he was outside the top 10 in all the sprint finishes.

 

[rallybanana]

Is than an UCI race ? - It's not listed on PCS.

The 2022 result is on PCS now
Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen 2022 One day race results (procyclingstats.com)

If you want a history of winners then Wikipedia and Cycling Archives have more information than PCS
Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen - Wikipedia
Geraardsbergen (cyclingarchives.com)

 

[RedheadDane]

Significantly more riders finished Gylne Gutuer this year than last; a whopping 39!

1	DREGE André	Team Coop	40	15	4:07:27
2	STOKBRO Andreas	Team Coop	30	10	0:51
3	JENSEN Frederik Irgens	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm	25	7	,,
4	CHRISTENSEN Ryan	Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling	20	4	0:53
5	LARSÉN Richard	Motala AIF Serneke Allebike	15	2	,,
6	BREGNHØJ Mathias	Riwal Cycling Team	10	1	0:55
7	FLØTTEN Øyvind Brekke	Team Ringerikskraft	5		,,
8	STÅLBERG Albin	MIX Ryska Posten Racing Team / Svealand Cycling Team	3		1:01
9	PEDERSEN Rasmus Søjberg	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm	3		1:42
10	AALRUST Håkon	Team Coop	3		1:43

Meanwhile, over in France (Doubs):

1	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama - FDJ	125	75	4:53:07
2	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	TotalEnergies	85	55	,,
3	LOUVEL Matis	Team Arkéa Samsic	70	40	,,
4	GIRMAY Biniam	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux	60	32	,,
5	THOMAS Benjamin	Cofidis	50	28	,,
6	VENTURINI Clément	AG2R Citroën Team	40	24	,,
7	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	35	20	,,
8	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	30	18	,,
9	PEÁK Barnabás	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux	25	16	,,
10	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama - FDJ	20	14	,,

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Significantly more riders finished Gylne Gutuer this year than last; a whopping 39!

1	DREGE André	Team Coop	40	15	4:07:27
2	STOKBRO Andreas	Team Coop	30	10	0:51
3	JENSEN Frederik Irgens	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm	25	7	,,
4	CHRISTENSEN Ryan	Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling	20	4	0:53
5	LARSÉN Richard	Motala AIF Serneke Allebike	15	2	,,
6	BREGNHØJ Mathias	Riwal Cycling Team	10	1	0:55
7	FLØTTEN Øyvind Brekke	Team Ringerikskraft	5		,,
8	STÅLBERG Albin	MIX Ryska Posten Racing Team / Svealand Cycling Team	3		1:01
9	PEDERSEN Rasmus Søjberg	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm	3		1:42
10	AALRUST Håkon	Team Coop	3		1:43

Meanwhile, over in France (Doubs):

1	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama - FDJ	125	75	4:53:07
2	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	TotalEnergies	85	55	,,
3	LOUVEL Matis	Team Arkéa Samsic	70	40	,,
4	GIRMAY Biniam	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux	60	32	,,
5	THOMAS Benjamin	Cofidis	50	28	,,
6	VENTURINI Clément	AG2R Citroën Team	40	24	,,
7	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama - FDJ	35	20	,,
8	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	30	18	,,
9	PEÁK Barnabás	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux	25	16	,,
10	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama - FDJ	20	14	,,

Madouas finally gets a win in his best season yet. And it's only his third pro victory.

 

[RedheadDane]

Madouas finally gets a win in his best season yet. And it's only his third pro victory.

I just sort of assumed he wins this year...