Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[Libertine Seguros]

Problem is that by your constant referrences to Bjørgen, you're expecting everyone to know who the *** you're even talking about.
And, as Samu alluded to, that would require keeping track of your weird antipathies outside of cycling. It's hard enough to keep track of your weird antipathies within cycling.

Look, I'll watch the occasional atheletics (though mostly during Olympics, when the boredom over lack of cycling is driving me nuts), but I don't go around comparing riders to Duplantis.
Why? Because I'm aware most people here won't care.

As Samu also alluded to, I don't expect everybody to know who I'm talking about, but I know enough of the forum does for the comparison to hold enough weight to make it.

I'm sorry that being reminded of the existence of other sports, or the existence of in-jokes that you feel excluded from, upsets you so.

 

[RedheadDane]

As Samu also alluded to, I don't expect everybody to know who I'm talking about, but I know enough of the forum does for the comparison to hold enough weight to make it.

Five people is enough? Didn't know that...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Five people is enough? Didn't know that...

How many is enough for you? I didn't see a forum rule about the minimum number of people that were required to understand a joke.

If you're so keen on setting the parameters of what people are or aren't allowed to post, you could try being a moderator, or at least report my posts comparing Kopecky to Bjørgen for being off-topic or whatever other forum rule you think I've broken. I've not been alerted by the mods regarding this particular style of content that I post, so I was under the illusion I wasn't breaking any rules and you were just malding.

 

[RedheadDane]

or at least report my posts comparing Kopecky to Bjørgen for being off-topic or whatever other forum rule you think I've broken

I only report spammers on principle. I don't actually want people to be banned.

Anyway. Let's stop this now.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Enough. Civility is compulsory.

 

[Didinho]

Good to see Kastelijn climbing well again. Reusser a level above today.

 

[RedheadDane]

Z (or J?) Backstedt in the hot seat.

 

[Didinho]

Strong effort from Zoë.

 

[RedheadDane]

Kopecky NBT.

 

[RedheadDane]

I lost track, and now Labous is in front.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I lost track, and now Labous is in front.

I doubt one affected the other.

Poor time from Chabbey. I know she isn't the best time trialist, but I had hoped for more after yesterday.

 

[RedheadDane]

I doubt one affected the other.

What? You don't think Labous went:
"REDHEAD NOT WATCHING. Gotta take the lead!" ?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What? You don't think Labous went:
"REDHEAD NOT WATCHING. Gotta take the lead!" ?

I mean we highly suspect that riders have done that many times when Gigs wasn't watching.

 

[RedheadDane]

Reusser wins everything.

Well, she wins the stage, the GC, and - I think - also the points jersey. She obviously doesn't win the BYR jersey.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Reusser wins again, but the gaps were not huge over this distance. I was hoping that Koerner could stay in the top 10, but she lands just outside. Still her best performance yet in a race outside of Denmark.

 

[RedheadDane]

EVERYONE! We were wrong... we thought this was Vuelta a Burgos. It wasn't, at least not all the time:

CQ Ranking - REUSSER Marlen

cqranking.com

CQ Ranking - Vuelta a Colombia Femenina, Stage 3: Valle de Valdebezana - Espinosa de los Monteros

cqranking.com

 

[Izzyeviel]

A comeback worthy of Lindsey Vonn!

 

[JR1012]

When a rider wins 3 jerseys, you know the stage design is terrible.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

When a rider wins 3 jerseys, you know the stage design is terrible.

I don't think there was much wrong with the design, or rather we couldn't really expect it to be any better. Due to the time trial, it's the best they've had so far for this race, but when the best time trialist is also the strongest climber then it ends like this.

Also if it hadn't been for the crash on stage 2, Wiebes would probably have won the points jersey, but that wouldn't have changed the quality of the route.

 

[awavey]

Press releases like this bug me more than they should. The BBC iplayer isn't a mass broadcast channel, it just allows the BBC to tick a box to say they covered it, meanwhile during Wimbledon theyll show continous live coverage 3 channels 2 radio stations and multiple news channels.

Lloyds Tour of Britain Women joins BBC’s Women’s Summer of Sport

There will be extensive coverage of this year’s Lloyds Tour of Britain Women (5-8 June) across BBC Sport as the largest free-to-attend sporting spectacle in the UK joins the broadcaster’s summer schedule of iconic women’s sporting events.

www.britishcycling.org.uk

And does anyone seriously think TikTok videos are the way to attract people to the sport ? 🙄

 

[awavey]

Provisional start list for ToB Women

 

[awavey]

the race doesnt start till next Thursday, so Ill post some stage preview stuff Wednesdayish

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So the women's version of the Tour of Estonia, which is only a one-day race, was raced today, but PCS, First Cycling and CQ Ranking each show their own different top 10. According to the race's Instagram account, it was Karoline Kumiega who won while almost holding hands with Malwina Mul, so the CQ results definitely need to be updated.

The inaugural edition of the the women's Tour of Norway has started today, too, with Justine Ghekiere winning the first of two stages. I've sadly not been able to watch it because TV2 Norway hasn't put it on the main channel, unlike the men's race.

 

[yaco]

That was a good ride by Gigante in her first day of the year. I hope she has improved her descending.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That was a good ride by Gigante in her first day of the year. I hope she has improved her descending.

It's a lot more likely than the reverse, just on the balance of probabilities. Actively getting worse would be a real challenge.