Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2024, 21st to 28th April

[Rob5091]

Good win for Van den Broeck & DSM - having a good tour of Turkey (4 stage wins) . Kudus showed his old team Astana what they're missing now, and Double looked to have gear problems but did n't have a sprint left anyway.
2 guys from Terengganu in the top 4 of GC- chapeau!

 

[RedheadDane]

DSM's on fire!

Figureratively speaking...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

DSM's on fire!

Figureratively speaking...

That's an odd way of spelling the word.

 

[RedheadDane]

That's an odd way of spelling the word.

I like extra sylalebles!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I like extra sylalebles!

Litterarelly or figure skatingly?

 

[RedheadDane]

Litterarelly or figure skatingly?

Absolutely no figure skating!
You don't wanna see that...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Absolutely no figure skating!
You don't wanna see that...

With BlueRoads no longer active on the forum, we may be in need of a new figure skating expert though, but shot put is of course your true passion.

 

[RedheadDane]

With BlueRoads no longer active on the forum, we may be in need of a new figure skating expert though, but shot put is of course your true passion.

Because every cycling forum with respect for itself must have a ... figure skating expert...

 

[Lequack]

Why does this race have so many stages? It's ridiculous.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Frank van den Broek is a ridiculous name. What will be his nickname? VDB3? Now all we need is a Jurgen Vandenbroucke.

 

[staubsauger]

Because every cycling forum with respect for itself must have a ... figure skating expert...

Despite their dominance at speed skating the Netherlands never had any notable success at figure skating. Except for Dianne de Leeuw in the 70s!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Despite their dominance at speed skating the Netherlands never had any notable success at figure skating. Except for Dianne de Leeuw in the 70s!

It sounds like you should be our new expert. Congratulations!

 

[Rob5091]

Why does this race have so many stages? It's ridiculous.

It's to distract people from all the to-ing and fro-ing of the top guys to altitude. Of course that and the hot topics in figure skating!

Any who ... we've had our GC stage now it's time for another sprint stage. Saturday's stage 7 is from Cesme to Izmir, 125.4 km, start at 10.35 CET and TV from 11.30 CET

Finish is flater then flat so will Cav finally get his win here? There was a similar stage in 2022 and Philipsen won a bunch sprint. Apart from doing a 180 around a roundabout with 1.5 km to go, it looks pretty straightforward.

 

[Gratemans]

Despite their dominance at speed skating the Netherlands never had any notable success at figure skating. Except for Dianne de Leeuw in the 70s!

Sjoukje Dijkstra and Joan Haanappel?

 

[Sandisfan]

Absolutely no figure skating!
You don't wanna see that...

IF I can say it here.... The only reason to watch figure skating (and only for a short look) is to see the young ladies skating backwards and their little skirt flipping up.

 

[staubsauger]

Sjoukje Dijkstra and Joan Haanappel?

Looks like I'm not a good figure skating expert!

 

[Rob5091]

Ready to sprint? Hope all get around the roundabout ...

 

[Didinho]

Tobias! He’s leading himself out again. Really strong.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lund!

 

[KZD]

Lund Andersen is in superb shape. DSM dominating this race.

Strange what happen to Cav in this sprint maybe a mechanical or just lack of legs.

 

[AmRacer]

Strange what happen to Cav in this sprint maybe a mechanical or just lack of legs.

Age?

 

[Rob5091]

Yeah, great idea with the roundabout!
Andresen & DSM win again! It's been a good week for them. Cav got a mechincal it seemed but would he have won ....? Kudus went down in the crash, but it's within the last 3 km.

 

[RedheadDane]

If anyone had told me before the start of the race, that the rider leaving with the most stage wins would be Tobias Lund, I'd have asked them what they'd been drinking!

 

[tobydawq]

Andresen & DSM win again! It's been a good week for them.

Well, with five stage wins out of seven and the GC lead, that's hardly an overstatement.

 

[Boehmand]

Jakobsen needs to up his positioning game for the Giro, because Lund has now proven that if Jakobsen can't stick to his wheel he'll just take the win himself