Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[Izzyeviel]

claire steels is really having the season of her life, great to see.

 

[yaco]

Feel that Sansesteban needed to drop Moolman-Pasio on the descent as she is superior in this facet of cycling .

 

[RedheadDane]

43ish Ks to go in Burgos.
Valgonen solo in front.
While Consonni was just involved in a small crash.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Easy win for Wiebes, who was the only one who could respond to Balsamo's acceleration.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wiebes won the stage ahead of Balsamo and Dygert.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Worst sprint train ever award goes to Jayco for their performance at Burgos stage 1. They get to the front, then somehow get swamped before launching Manly from 50th.

Dygart sprints into 3rd again.

 

[Didinho]

43ish Ks to go in Burgos.
Valgonen solo in front.
While Consonni was just involved in a small crash.

Did Consonni contest the sprint after her crash?

 

[RedheadDane]

Consonni 4th, so not too badly banged up after her crash.

 

[Didinho]

Consonni 4th, so not too badly banged up after her crash.

Thanks, forgot about this race today and couldn't find the stage result.

 

[yaco]

Worst sprint train ever award goes to Jayco for their performance at Burgos stage 1. They get to the front, then somehow get swamped before launching Manly from 50th.

Dygart sprints into 3rd again.

Except they were sprinting for Paternoster who has definitely lost her speed - Paternoster should have been sent to the Thuringen Tour.

 

[Didinho]

Except they were sprinting for Paternoster who has definitely lost her speed - Paternoster should have been sent to the Thuringen Tour.

After her broken collarbone and concussion in the summer she hasn't been in her best shape indeed. Also a new team and maybe different training method which isn't working well. Hope she can get back to her best self. She's still young.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

"Ah, Vuelta a Burgos. That's always a good, testing little race in the Vuelta build-up, with some interesting climbs. Oh Look! There's a women's version, that should be an entertaining climbers' battle....oh"

Edit: I somehow had failed to notice stage 4 when I wrote that, so I guess I should withdraw that.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The crosswinds have delivered today, and less than 20 riders are now left at the front of the race with 22 km to go.

 

[Dk one]

Ugh, why are fdj so bad at echelons..

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wiebes with another victory, but it looked like she took risk by going for a small gap to come past Vollering and Dygert.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wiebes did get relegated in the end.

 

[yaco]

Wiebes did get relegated in the end.

And rightly so.

 

[awavey]

And rightly so.

yes just seen the highlights on Eurosport, was like strewth Lorena you cant make the space by riding into the other rider to force them out of your way, if she was getting boxed in she needed to communicate that with Demi to make the space for her pronto instead, which surely was the darn finish plan in the first place if Demi was leading her up the climb on the narrow non cobbled bit, they werent expecting her to have shift over to sprint on the cobbles were they ? if Balsamo or Dygert attacked ?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Was it actually any different than is seen, and deemed acceptable, in every bunch sprint ever? she used her shoulder to make space: try telling any sprinter in the male peloton that that is not allowed. It maybe looks worse because there were only three people there: perhaps some perceive it as worse because aggressiveness between women is less expected. But if that is a demotion, how many would there be in a typical bunch sprint?


And given that a time difference was recorded between Wiebes and Vollering, what does it mean for her to be relegated to last place in the group that she was in? That would mean demotion from 1st to, errmmm, 1st. Commissioners inventing rules to replace poorly drafted rules.

 

[andrew_s]

Relegated to last place in the group she was in at the time the infraction occurred - i.e. 3rd

 

[awavey]

Was it actually any different than is seen, and deemed acceptable, in every bunch sprint ever? she used her shoulder to make space: try telling any sprinter in the male peloton that that is not allowed. It maybe looks worse because there were only three people there: perhaps some perceive it as worse because aggressiveness between women is less expected. But if that is a demotion, how many would there be in a typical bunch sprint?


And given that a time difference was recorded between Wiebes and Vollering, what does it mean for her to be relegated to last place in the group that she was in? That would mean demotion from 1st to, errmmm, 1st. Commissioners inventing rules to replace poorly drafted rules.

she rode into Chloe Dygert and then gave her a good old shove with her shoulder for good measure to get her out of her way, you cant do that in a sprint within the final 1km, it pushes Chloe off her line, and Chloe said the contact pushed her hand against her shifter which downshifted twice, and she couldnt regain momentum. so it absolutely had an impact on the result.

the UCI rule says deviation from the chosen line that obstructs or endangers another rider or irregular sprint (including pulling the jersey or saddle of another rider, intimidation or threat, blow from the head, knee, elbow, shoulder, hand, etc.)” is strictly disallowed.

View: https://youtu.be/kJ8DT6ySK3Y?t=57


fwiw Pidcock was relegated from a sprint earlier in the year at the Volto ao Algarve where he just put his hand up to stop another rider coming across his line, now they frown more on taking a hand off the handlebars in a sprint, but the impact was barely more than a touch in comparison to this.

normally for an aggressive shove the rider is given outright disqualification from the race, I wouldnt have expected the Vuelta a Burgos to go that far, maybe if Chloe had hit the deck as a result of the shove they would have, but you cant ride like that in a sprint, relegation was absolutely the correct call.

 

[Luis_Mcdowell]

Right, I'm starting this thread mainly so I can ask a question: Does Hitec really only have five riders on their roster this year?

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[Didinho]

So they were at 12sec and let it grow again to 50sec? Watch them not being caught.

 

[F_Cance]

alright, another great day for womens cycling

the sport would be so much better without this team

 

[theyoungest]

That was a great finish. Epic sprint by Wiebes, passing the entire front group just before the line.