Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[Samu Cuenca]

Lippert is sick today and hasn't started the final stage. That's a bummer after she had put herself in a great position yesterday.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

With Vollering taking KOM points on Jaizkibel and Bredewold only adding one additional second to her lead before Mendizorrotz (it's now 20 seconds), it looks like Demi might be going home with multiple jerseys. Sara Martín is the virtual leader, but that won't last much longer.

The blue youth jersey is a pretty heated affair with 13 riders separated by 2 seconds (I'm not sure if they are all in the group though).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Niedermaier gave it a great shot, but the elastic eventually snapped. Bredewold was only able to hang on to García's earlier attack.

 

[RedheadDane]

FDJ has found a brilliant way to break SD Worx domination:

Sign the person who won 2 of the first 3 editions.

 

[JR1012]

FDJ has found a brilliant way to break SD Worx domination:

Sign the person who won 2 of the first 3 editions.

Still 11 out of 12 stage wins.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wow, I did not expect Van Dam to keep her streak going today. If she isn't staying at Ceratizit (if the team even exists next year) she should be getting plenty of offers.

Win no. 51 and 52 for Demi, which puts her ahead of ELB and Kopecky. There's still some way to 100, but it's not impossible that she'll be over 60 at the end of this year.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Kate Richardson wins the Tour de Feminin in Czechia. Nice to see a Hess survivor have success.

 

[RedheadDane]

Question:
Why couldn't they have Emakumeen tomorrow, and of course with an easy available stream? Don't they know tomorrow's a rest day in the Giro?
Are we all supposed to just... have a whole day without watching cycling?

 

[Izzyeviel]

Make sure you watch Emakumeen - its your chance to see Team Farto in action. I presume they made the calculation that people would rather a race than rubbish cyclists cycling on their own.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Question:
Why couldn't they have Emakumeen tomorrow, and of course with an easy available stream? Don't they know tomorrow's a rest day in the Giro?
Are we all supposed to just... have a whole day without watching cycling?

You should rather call it Durango or Durango-Durango, as Emakumeen just means women's.

 

[RedheadDane]

You should rather call it Durango or Durango-Durango, as Emakumeen just means women's.

I specifically did not want to call it Durango, because... isn't that a town in Colorado?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I specifically did not want to call it Durango, because... isn't that a town in Colorado?

Durango in Colorado got its name from Durango in Mexico which in turn is named after the Basque Durango where this race takes place.

 

[RedheadDane]

Durango in Colorado got its name from Durango in Mexico which in turn is named after the Basque Durango where this race takes place.

Ah, so:

Basque: Durango
Mexico: Durango Durango
Colorado: Durango Durango Durango

Anyway; my point still stands!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Ah, so:

Basque: Durango
Mexico: Durango Durango
Colorado: Durango Durango Durango

Anyway; my point still stands!

I still don't really understand the reasoning.

 

[RedheadDane]

I still don't really understand the reasoning.

To avoid a cycling-less day!
Do they - UCI, or the organisers - expect us to go a whole day without cycling? That's cruel!

 

[Izzyeviel]

How do you cope in the off season? I thought I had it bad...

 

[RedheadDane]

How do you cope in the off season? I thought I had it bad...

Have you considered, that maybe I just go crazy?

I also watch CX, so that helps.

 

[JR1012]

Could it finally happen that we see the first battle in the high mountains of Kopecky vs Vollering in Burgos?Kopecky already confirmed. Altough the final climb on stage 3 might be a little too steep for Kopecky.

But a good test, with stage 3 finish and a TT, where she stands against the likes of Vollering and Reusser.

 

[awavey]

Could it finally happen that we see the first battle in the high mountains of Kopecky vs Vollering in Burgos?Kopecky already confirmed. Altough the final climb on stage 3 might be a little too steep for Kopecky.

But a good test, with stage 3 finish and a TT, where she stands against the likes of Vollering and Reusser.

Vollering went back to Switzerland, she could come back I guess in time, but not ideal prep, I think she'll skip this.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Ah, so:

Basque: Durango
Mexico: Durango Durango
Colorado: Durango Durango Durango

Anyway; my point still stands!

So do you call the race in March "Trofeo", because Alfredo Binda was a rider, not a race?