Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[Samu Cuenca]

Perekitko wearing lucky number 88 keeps on delivering.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice to see Reusser win after those difficulties!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Reusser wins the M&M sprint easily, but it's De Jong, I think, who takes home the chocolate medal.

Nice to see Marlen back and on form, getting a nice hug and kiss from Hendrik Werner after the line.

 

[Mina.S]

It’s always wild to me that Jayco don’t send a team when Garcia always performs well at these races.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It’s always wild to me that Jayco don’t send a team when Garcia always performs well at these races.

They're getting their best rider for these races to race free of costs, so I don't think they mind much.

 

[Mina.S]

They're getting their best rider for these races to race free of costs, so I don't think they mind much.

True. It’s just kind of weird you send off one of your top riders to get some of her better results of the season not wearing your shirt. Especially when she is kind of perfect for TDU.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

True. It’s just kind of weird you send off one of your top riders to get some of her better results of the season not wearing your shirt. Especially when she is kind of perfect for TDU.

Since she's never raced TDU in her career (although it isn't the longest in history despite her advanced age), I assume she's quite comfortable with not having to leave Mallorca/Spain before later in the season. Most of the riders who are going to UAE won't have done TDU either. But since the rest of their riders have been training in Spain anyway, it would of course have been possible to field a team on Mallorca.

 

[yaco]

Since she's never raced TDU in her career (although it isn't the longest in history despite her advanced age), I assume she's quite comfortable with not having to leave Mallorca/Spain before later in the season. Most of the riders who are going to UAE won't have done TDU either. But since the rest of their riders have been training in Spain anyway, it would of course have been possible to field a team on Mallorca.

If you understand Garcia's characteristics she is a much better rider in mild to warm conditions. Get the temperature under 15c and she is hopeless. Garcia should have been at the TDU which is a perfect lead up to the UAE Tour.

 

[yaco]

It’s always wild to me that Jayco don’t send a team when Garcia always performs well at these races.

Their choice of calendar continues to be a concern. Of course Jayco should have a team at these races. Anyway, with Gene Bates back leading the team we should see an improvement in both tactics and the race calendar.

 

[Mina.S]

Their choice of calendar continues to be a concern. Of course Jayco should have a team at these races. Anyway, with Gene Bates back leading the team we should see an improvement in both tactics and the race calendar.

I shall hope so but I will believe it when I see it.

 

[yaco]

I shall hope so but I will believe it when I see it.

Loved that Abbie Mickey in a podcast called out stage one and stage three in the women's TDU as disappointing which is true. Seriously, half the peloton could have won stage one if allowed to break away like the winner.

 

[RedheadDane]

Less than 30 Ks to go:

• 1		2	BENITO Mireia
  2		17	REUSSER Marlen
  3		18	MEIJERING Mareille
  4		24	IVANCHENKO Alena
  5		26	PERSICO Silvia
  6		35	DE JONG Thalita
  7		41	DE ZOETE Mylène
  8		49	BERG EDSETH Marte
  9		50	ANDERSON Solbjørk Minke
  10		55	KLÖSER Rosa Maria
  11		56	SKALNIAK-SÓJKA Agnieszka
  12		59	KOLESAVA Anastasiya
  13		79	VAN BOKHOVEN Julia
  14		81	LEE Lucy
  15		102	SOTO Catalina Anais
  16		148	KERBAOL Cédrine
  17		149	VALLIERES Magdeleine
  18		150	BERTON Nina

• 2
  
  +1:09
  

  1		27	GASPARRINI Eleonora Camilla
  2		45	HASHIMI Fariba
  3		107	KUSKOVA Yanina

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Due to the official profiles being quite compressed, I hadn't realised how much harder the finish is this year.

20 km left.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Movistar not being tactically perfect here.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not enough rain for Kerbaol to make the difference it seems.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Great ride by De Jong, who's continuing her rise to the top on the road. Kerbaol started too early, while Persico possibly should have gone into the read a little earlier, considering the sprint she had left in her at the end, but De Jong was the strongest anyway.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Great ride by De Jong, who's continuing her rise to the top on the road. Kerbaol started too early, while Persico possibly should have gone into the read a little earlier, considering the sprint she had left in her at the end, but De Jong was the strongest anyway.

With her current form maybe she should rock up in Lieven on Saturday afternoon and relive the glories of 2016.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

With her current form maybe she should rock up in Lieven on Saturday afternoon and relive the glories of 2016.

Even if she wants to, she won't be allowed to do that. Persico, on the other hand, could probably just ask for a spot and get it, but that won't happen either.

 

[awavey]

Shaping Legends podcast with Demi Vollering

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-6Wp75BSyU

 

[yaco]

Woolaston defeats Dygert and Baker in the Surf Classic. She is fast and not that far behind the Balsamo level in sprints.

 

[Didinho]

Ally wins again. Expect a lot from her this year.

 

[yaco]

As much as I rate Woolaston, her winning this race, reflects on the passive racing of the women's pelton in the Australian summer of races.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

As much as I rate Woolaston, her winning this race, reflects on the passive racing of the women's pelton in the Australian summer of races.

The group was roughly the same size as it's been the last few years. The main differences were that the attacks were closed down this time around and Wollaston was on a great day and had a team to set her up.

 

[yaco]

The group was roughly the same size as it's been the last few years. The main differences were that the attacks were closed down this time around and Wollaston was on a great day and had a team to set her up.

Woolaston does not make that final if the race was ridden hard from the start. The teams ambled for the first 80 or 90kms of the stage.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Woolaston does not make that final if the race was ridden hard from the start. The teams ambled for the first 80 or 90kms of the stage.

Maybe it would have been harder for Wollaston if Bradbury had been able to start. I don't expect her to be able to win every year, but she said herself that she was feeling good all day, and she was the only "sprinter" that made it in there. It would have been different if the likes of Schweinberger or Barbieri had survived. I was a lot more surprised after Reijnhout's victory last year.