Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[Izzyeviel]

A fun finish despite the parcours. I wish race organisers would think about the tv coverage when designing their routes.

 

[RedheadDane]

Thanks to Lippert, I at least get some points in the prediction game...

Of course, I did gamble by not selecting Vollering.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The last climb was simply positioned too far from the finish. I thought Van Empel went too early, but she wasn't too far away.

It also looks like Persico could have won, if she had found a way through. It was also funny to see Paula Patiño doing a leadout.

 

[yaco]

Last years parcour was much better - And when a team has a rider working on the final climb when the rider with support could make the final and feature in the sprint.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Thanks to Lippert, I at least get some points in the prediction game...

Of course, I did gamble by not selecting Vollering.

I hesitated over whether to go for Uttrup or Niewiadoma with my second GC pick (the Vollering pick would have been obvious even if I didn't have a now long-standing policy of picking Vollering in every race she does in the game) and, just like in the CQ game, came down favouring Cille. I just thought she's historically been better on these climbs of 10km or more than Kasia who has tended to max out at 5-8km climbs as her sweet spot, but has been better on the longer ones this year.

Kicking myself. Since I also had Lippert as my stage huntress, I literally could have had maximum points from this one.

 

[RedheadDane]

I hesitated over whether to go for Uttrup or Niewiadoma with my second GC pick (the Vollering pick would have been obvious even if I didn't have a now long-standing policy of picking Vollering in every race she does in the game) and, just like in the CQ game, came down favouring Cille. I just thought she's historically been better on these climbs of 10km or more than Kasia who has tended to max out at 5-8km climbs as her sweet spot, but has been better on the longer ones this year.

Kicking myself. Since I also had Lippert as my stage huntress, I literally could have had maximum points from this one.

I see I also got some points from Niewiadoma.

 

[awavey]

"I’m happy with my shape to finish on the podium."

So which rider said that at the end of the race?

 

[Dk one]

I hesitated over whether to go for Uttrup or Niewiadoma with my second GC pick (the Vollering pick would have been obvious even if I didn't have a now long-standing policy of picking Vollering in every race she does in the game) and, just like in the CQ game, came down favouring Cille. I just thought she's historically been better on these climbs of 10km or more than Kasia who has tended to max out at 5-8km climbs as her sweet spot, but has been better on the longer ones this year.

Kicking myself. Since I also had Lippert as my stage huntress, I literally could have had maximum points from this one.

Those who have worked on their sprint/explosiveness have suffered a bit on the longer climbs, see e.g. AMP and CUL, while I guess Liopert is in the same categaory. FDJ should absolutely go with Cavalli for mountains while CUl is better or as good in the hilly/classics races, imo, especially since Cavallii’s crash and her subsequent understandable hesitation to fight for position in the peloton.
Also, yay Solbjork Minke Anderson in Watersley

 

[awavey]

Yay Pfeiffer wins @ Binche Chimay Binche

 

[JR1012]

Finally a win for Kasia. Gravel World Champion.
Persico second and Vollering third.

Full result: https://live.endu.net/uci-gravel-world-championships-women-and-men-master/

 

[awavey]

Finally a win for Kasia. Gravel World Champion.
Persico second and Vollering third.

Full result: https://live.endu.net/uci-gravel-world-championships-women-and-men-master/

She finally wins a race,and its off road,lol, Vollering came 3rd,Realini 9th. Did anyone who actually rides gravel enter this race ?

Also wonder if CanyonSRAM will let her ride any events to display the jersey off.

 

[RedheadDane]

It's not only the men doing a lesser known WT race in China these days, with the women riding on Chongming Island.

Mylene de Zoete won stage 1.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nice first pro win for De Zoete. A bit of a messy sprint though, and the camera at the finish was not ideally positioned.

 

[yaco]

Jayco should have had Paternoster or Manly at the race and they win the sprint with that lead-out - Another failure of Jayco to place their riders in the correct races.

 

[RedheadDane]

At this rate, we won't be getting any images from Chongming.
They were supposed to start at 7:05, but they've kept delaying the start, and now it's 8:30...

 

[RedheadDane]

They managed to get coverage started... "early".
Zabelinskaya just ahead of the peloton with 2 Ks to go.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hanna Tserakh won the stage.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Another surprising winner. I didn't even know Tserakh had a contract this year, but I see that Li Ning Star have picked up some of the former Minsk riders.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Consonni finally gets it right.

 

[RedheadDane]

Consonni takes the stage.
Maybe the GC too...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I gotta say I didn't think Vittoria Bussi would be able to reclaim the hour record. She obviously has more track and record attempt experience than Van Dijk plus the (possible) advantage of riding at altitude, but surpassing the old record by more than a 1000 m and thereby being the first woman to reach 50 km is no small feat for a mathematician.

 

[RedheadDane]

I gotta say I didn't think Vittoria Bussi would be able to reclaim the hour record. She obviously has more track and record attempt experience than Van Dijk plus the (possible) advantage of riding at altitude, but surpassing the old record by more than a 1000 m and thereby being the first woman to reach 50 km is no small feat for a mathematician.

Excuse me, this is the lesser known women's road racing thread.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Excuse me, this is the lesser known women's road racing thread.

Bussi is a lesser known road racing woman.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bussi is a lesser known road racing woman.

Yes, but Hour Records still counts as (lesser known) track racing.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yes, but Hour Records still counts as (lesser known) track racing.

You should just feel lucky I didn't post about a Basque male nordic combined skier.