Paris - Tours 2022: Chartres > Tours 10/09/2022 - 213,5 km

[RedheadDane]

That guy certainly has not been at the back of the peloton after the crash. I don't know who it was that lay still.

The bit in the liveupdate saying it was Rutsch has been removed now.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I don't really get how FDJ are approaching this race. Of all their riders, they trust Le Gac - who's not even in the front group, mind you - to win?

 

[Salvarani]

Gilbert won both Paris - Tours and Lombardia in 2009... not many riders have done that, especially not in the same year.

Two very different races to win in the span of a week, like they were back then, and not the on the same weekend like now. He also won Gran Piemonte in between that week and Coppa Sabatini before Paris-Tours.

What a rider he has been over the years. Legend.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I would really appreciate if they showed more of the leaders and the chasers.

 

[tobydawq]

I would really appreciate if they showed more of the leaders and the chasers.

Giro d'Italia style.

 

[Samamba]

Basically the only riders who got dropped today crashed or had other forms of bad luck.

 

[Salvarani]

It will probably end in a bunch sprint.

Demare wins again.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Giro d'Italia style.

Reverse Giro d‘Italia

 

[Devil's Elbow]

If this does end up in a sprint, it's exactly what ASO deserve.

 

[Samamba]

If this does end up in a sprint, it's exactly what ASO deserve.

I think ASO rather has Demare winning a bunch sprint than with all due respect some random breakaway guy.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Suicide attack by Russo

 

[Samamba]

Lmao Russo

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I think ASO rather has Demare winning a bunch sprint than with all due respect some random breakaway guy.

This design was intended as ASO's answer to Strade Bianche, at the expense of the character of one of the oldest races. To see it blow up in their face in increasingly spectacular fashion each year gives me some schadenfreude.

 

[KZD]

Abrahamsen is probably going to be catched but he is doing one hell of a race.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

This design was intended as ASO's answer to Strade Bianche, at the expense of the character of one of the oldest races. To see it blow up in their face in increasingly spectacular fashion each year gives me some schadenfreude.

But the race ending in some sort of sprint doesn't mean that it hasn't been entertaining.

 

[Samamba]

But the race ending in some sort of sprint doesn't mean that it hasn't been entertaining.

The only relevant attack have come just after 2 massive crashes. I wouldn't call that a great race.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

But the race ending in some sort of sprint doesn't mean that it hasn't been entertaining.

That was also true for the old route. Which didn't have a track record of producing sprints in its final years anyway. And had the added bonus of less crashes and mechanicals.

 

[tobydawq]

This design was intended as ASO's answer to Strade Bianche, at the expense of the character of one of the oldest races. To see it blow up in their face in increasingly spectacular fashion each year gives me some schadenfreude.

How exactly has it done so the other years?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

How exactly has it done so the other years?

Poor fields and luck (via mechanicals) playing a bigger role than in any other race on the calendar.

 

[Samamba]

Ok who hired Campenaerts?

 

[RedheadDane]

We agree that De Lie is out, right?

 

[Samamba]

Well it's Campenaerts, maybe he just doesn't realize it. De Lie is 100% out.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

That was also true for the old route. Which didn't have a track record of producing sprints in its final years anyway. And had the added bonus of less crashes and mechanicals.

Yeah, the old Paris-Tours was usually a great race. I'm not a big fan of these gravel sectors either.

 

[Salvarani]

Maybe it is for Gilbert?

 

[ppanther92]

At the time that GILBERT Philippe won Paris - Tours 2008 , 95% of the riders in this peloton had to become pro.