Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[yaco]

Strange how PCS gives you a km by km break down, yet, the TV coverage only provides sporadic coverage of km's to go.

 

[Wyndbrook]

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

Last time I was there was sledging at the top and canoeing in the Dee.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Strange how PCS gives you a km by km break down, yet, the TV coverage only provides sporadic coverage of km's to go.

The PCS is ticker is only based on a projected speed. They don't really know anything.

 

[awavey]

Lotsa Capacity wants to solo the rest of this ?

 

[awavey]

40 secs gap 4km to go I don't think the chasers are going to catch them

 

[Didinho]

Kopecky again.

 

[RedheadDane]

She definitely has lot (of) capacity to win.

 

[Izzyeviel]

According to the subtitles its 'lost a pecky' who won.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It probably wouldn't have made a difference anyway, but Henderson should still have stopped pulling a little bit earlier.

 

[awavey]

Kopecky again.

Not surprisingly, given the setup after the Horseshoe pass, I don't think Anna is well know for her sprinting, why I couldn't understand why Lotte was trying so hard to drop her

 

[awavey]

Some good news for Lifeplus Wahoo at least for a change, Ribble have new bikes on the way to them

https://twitter.com/x/status/1799073764262785510

View: https://x.com/RibbleCycles/status/1799073764262785510

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I couldnt't get the Catalunya stream to work, but it's nice to see Wollaston winning. It looks like it was pretty close between her and Vos.

 

[yaco]

It is no surprise to see Woolaston win. I rate her in the second tier of sprinters of which there are 5 or 6 riders. This is only her fifth race day since January.

 

[awavey]

Coverage started early today

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/Cn14qPSpD2k

 

[Samu Cuenca]

We're about halfway through the stage in Catalunya, but the climbing has only just started.

A group with Asencio, Oudeman, CUL, Kiesenhofer, Ghekiere, Susanne Andersen, Oyarbide and Awen Roberts have just been caught.

I got the stream to work today with help from VPN.

Emissió en directe exclusiva per internet, a 3Cat

Mira l'emissió en directe online, que és exclusiva per a internet, a 3Cat

www.ccma.cat

 

[Samu Cuenca]

We're still 4 km from the top of Collada de Toses. Sadly we haven't seen any attacks since that group was caught earlier.

 

[awavey]

aaargh!!! Maddie Leach, who is on her training bike (due to the theft of her race bike), has got a technical issue with the front mech, it sounds like its not shifting into the big ring, but the team car is stuck behind the peloton, 4mins behind and the neutral service doesnt have spare bike.

 

[awavey]

lol, they keep talking about the famous Brickworks climb, and then having to highlight the route turns left and doesnt go that way

 

[awavey]

finally the team car is allowed to get through to Maddie Leach, and she gets a shiny new SdWorx bike

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Molina time now, and Van Empel is the first to attack.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

FVE was brought back, but then De Vries countered immediately. She and Minke have a small gap with 9 km left.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Visma have a buttload of riders, and now Vos attacks.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Only Markus, Vos, Minke, Aalerud and Kerbaol are left in front.

Vos and Aalerud are now alone.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And now Vos is solo. What is happening?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The hardest part of the climb was done with, so it's not weird that Vos would have an advantge here, but the fact that she wasn't dropped on the hard part, unlike Gigante and Muzic among others, is quite a big surprise.