Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[yaco]

Strange set of circumstances. Green Edge cycling posted that Paternoster won as did PCS. Now PCS has Kopecky winning and Green Edge removed their tweet.

 

[RedheadDane]

Strange set of circumstances. Green Edge cycling posted that Paternoster won as did PCS. Now PCS has Kopecky winning and Green Edge removed their tweet.

I think there's something wrong here...

1	KOPECKY Lotte	SDW	4:04:18
1	PATERNOSTER Letizia	LAJ	,,
3	GEORGI Pfeiffer	DFP	,,
1	KOPECKY Lotte	SDW	,,
1	PATERNOSTER Letizia	LAJ	,,
3	GEORGI Pfeiffer

Kopecky and Paternoster both won... twice?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I think there's something wrong here...

1	KOPECKY Lotte	SDW	4:04:18
1	PATERNOSTER Letizia	LAJ	,,
3	GEORGI Pfeiffer	DFP	,,
1	KOPECKY Lotte	SDW	,,
1	PATERNOSTER Letizia	LAJ	,,
3	GEORGI Pfeiffer

Kopecky and Paternoster both won... twice?

Georgi was definitely third.

I'd like to see the finish line photo. From the overhead shot, it looked like Paternoster had it.

 

[yaco]

My initial thought was that Kopecky won but watching the replay I give it to paternoster. TV coverage still have no result.

 

[yaco]

Georgi was definitely third.

I'd like to see the finish line photo. From the overhead shot, it looked like Paternoster had it.

Finish line was on the slightest of curves. Anyway, stage 2 will decide the GC.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Georgi was definitely third.

I'd like to see the finish line photo. From the overhead shot, it looked like Paternoster had it.

Guess I was wrong.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1798726251810554199

View: https://x.com/elsterrato/status/1798726251810554199

 

[Didinho]

What?? Nooooo

 

[awavey]

That photo just looks weird though Lot Capacitys posterior appears to be hanging somewhere beyond her rear derailleur

 

[Didinho]

Looked like Letizia came just in front but Lotte with the bike throw just on time.

Gutted. So close.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Versus

I was going to say theres a bit of a decline in the quality of the jerseys.... then I remembered 2022.

Presentation matters.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The first real Volta a Catalunya starts today. Before Sunday, I would have said Muzic was the favourite, but now I'm no longer as sure. Although Bunel isn't riding here, the AGI-S duo of Gigante and Moolman-Pasio is, and they are more familiar with the roads than the French star. We'll see what happens.

Van Empel is also back on the road and so is Vos, while Femke de Vries will be riding her first race after transfering to Visma.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And now the peloton in Britain might become even smaller

https://twitter.com/x/status/1798975684502605859

View: https://x.com/LifeplusWahoo/status/1798975684502605859

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well, today is our big hope for anything interesting happening, since stage 4 is an almost perfect exhibition of the problems with stage design in British races, the hyping of the hard climbing and then all of it being in the first half of a stage run back-to-front.

 

[awavey]

I must have blocked 2022 out of my mind as I'd forgotten how bad it was, but these Ale ones look terrible at least as presentation jerseys, maybe the race ones will be better.

But it looked on some of the photos the white square where they put the sponsor logo, is see thru

 

[awavey]

And now the peloton in Britain might become even smaller

https://twitter.com/x/status/1798975684502605859

View: https://x.com/LifeplusWahoo/status/1798975684502605859

Thats heartbreaking for the team,and really could put them under threat as a going concern, as this was the biggest race they've got on the calendar at the moment.

but they'll be lucky to find any spare Ribble bikes they're notoriously slow at constructing bikes people order

 

[awavey]

Well, today is our big hope for anything interesting happening, since stage 4 is an almost perfect exhibition of the problems with stage design in British races, the hyping of the hard climbing and then all of it being in the first half of a stage run back-to-front.

You won't be surprised that the route creator from the Sweetspot days, is involved with this then

 

[yaco]

The first real Volta a Catalunya starts today. Before Sunday, I would have said Muzic was the favourite, but now I'm no longer as sure. Although Bunel isn't riding here, the AGI-S duo of Gigante and Moolman-Pasio is, and they are more familiar with the roads than the French star. We'll see what happens.

Van Empel is also back on the road and so is Vos, while Femke de Vries will be riding her first race after transfering to Visma.

I have Gigante as favorite for this race IF she can stay on her bike. Some of the peaks she reached in the early stages of the Vuelta are good enough for this race.

 

[Gwbert]

Thats heartbreaking for the team,and really could put them under threat as a going concern, as this was the biggest race they've got on the calendar at the moment.

but they'll be lucky to find any spare Ribble bikes they're notoriously slow at constructing bikes people order

I saw the team car drive past me on the motorway yesterday near Wrexham - gutted that these bikes were then stolen

 

[Gwbert]

And on stage two of the womens tour today, the Horseshoe Pass is a decent climb with two steep pinches (near the bottom and near the top). It’s also really exposed (for Wales at least) so it’s easy to see a similar situation as yesterday where a strong group go clear and stay clear.

 

[awavey]

Seems like they'll be starting the stage at least

https://twitter.com/x/status/1799013195178443092

View: https://x.com/LifeplusWahoo/status/1799013195178443092

 

[Libertine Seguros]

You won't be surprised that the route creator from the Sweetspot days, is involved with this then

The horror! Of all the roles for somebody to keep falling up in... I don't mean to be so mean-spirited but British cycling organisation really does shoot itself in the foot over and over again. The British races could be so good and then they could attract a field of elite stars because the race is worth them being there, rather than this painful, slow sauntering towards irrelevance they've been pursuing ever since about 2016.

It's like Britain got its interest in cycling, and then all concerned decided the job was done and no further work was necessary, and now there's next to no domestic racing, all the young British talent heads abroad early, and it's essentially become just like the pre-Sky days, only with far more talent able to be scouted and go abroad than there used to be.

I have Gigante as favorite for this race IF she can stay on her bike. Some of the peaks she reached in the early stages of the Vuelta are good enough for this race.

Gigante is perhaps always destined to be a what if, she's got all the physical tools to be an elite competitor, but she collects bad fortune and she seems to have various issues that just prevent her from being able to utilise those physical capabilities.

And on stage two of the womens tour today, the Horseshoe Pass is a decent climb with two steep pinches (near the bottom and near the top). It’s also really exposed (for Wales at least) so it’s easy to see a similar situation as yesterday where a strong group go clear and stay clear.

Fingers crossed there's enough competition in here for something to happen on the last couple of days. Ironically enough we might be best served with a Deignan win so that SD Worx have to drill things for Kopecky in the coming days. The two editions of the Women's Tour that Deignan won were the best editions of the race, but you might see a collectors' item if that were to happen: me actively rooting for Lotte Kopecky.

 

[awavey]

Weird place to hold a sprint

 

[Izzyeviel]

Deignan, Wiebes, Kool, Kopecky Paternoster all in the break...

 

[Izzyeviel]

 

[MrTea1976]

Horseshoe Pass is a nice ride. Close to home for me too.