The Lesser Known Women's Road Racing Thread 2023

[Samu Cuenca]

Kern and Wiel gave up and got caught. The fornt group is on the lower slopes of the climb. 27.5 km left.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Everyone was just waiting for Muzic to attack, and only Pintar was bale to follow her. Less than 3 km to the top.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Muzic was unable to drop Pintar, who's now put in a dig herself. But now Morgane Coston has been abel to close the gap just before the top. The pace has dropped, so it looks like other riders might be coming back as well. 20 km remains,

Meanwhile in Andalucia, Aalerud and Bjørndal Ottestad managed to coup Dronova, who looked like the winner after taking the first two stages.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Muzic seems to have won the race now in the rainy descent. Not where I expected her to be the best.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Muzic seems to have won the race now in the rainy descent. Not where I expected her to be the best.

She is a 'crosser, to be fair. Also shout out Dilyxine Miermont in 4th, she seems a useful climber, she was top 15 on Jebel Hafeet in the UAE Tour, admittedly that was a few minutes back and she finished with the likes of Arianna Fidanza, but she hasn't done many climbing races in a couple of years and it looks like that might be her thing now so if she gets a team with better funding than Auber93 and can get some development she could be a useful rider going forward.

 

[yaco]

Strange result in Dwars De Westhook - DSM run 1, 2 and 3 with Georgi, Curinier and Kool - The next riders down by 1m and 18 seconds.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

She is a 'crosser, to be fair. Also shout out Dilyxine Miermont in 4th, she seems a useful climber, she was top 15 on Jebel Hafeet in the UAE Tour, admittedly that was a few minutes back and she finished with the likes of Arianna Fidanza, but she hasn't done many climbing races in a couple of years and it looks like that might be her thing now so if she gets a team with better funding than Auber93 and can get some development she could be a useful rider going forward.

It wasn't that I didn't expect her to be as good or better than Pintar and Coston in the descent, but I was just surprised she wasn't able to drop them for good on the climb, although she might have taken some kind of break after Itzulia.

I agree that Miermont looks like an interesting prospect and one to watch in the non-WWT French stage races this year.


I'm surprised DSM didn't give the win to Curinier, who hasn't won a pro race yet.

 

[awavey]

I'm surprised DSM didn't give the win to Curinier, who hasn't won a pro race yet.

tbf I think Pfeiffer pulled for basically the whole last lap, and deserves a win for setting up Charlottes GC/stages last week

 

[yaco]

Belgium Tour cancelled one week before the start date.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Belgium Tour cancelled one week before the start date.

It's a shame because it was actually good race for some of the lesser know riders to get some breakout results in, but of course they couldn't continue to bring in losses every year.

The Swedish stage in the Tour of Scandinavia has also been cancelled, but that shouldn't harm the racing too much.

 

[yaco]

It's a shame because it was actually good race for some of the lesser know riders to get some breakout results in, but of course they couldn't continue to bring in losses every year.

The Swedish stage in the Tour of Scandinavia has also been cancelled, but that shouldn't harm the racing too much.

But it was cancelled one week before the start - You don't find out one week before that you are making losses.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

But it was cancelled one week before the start - You don't find out one week before that you are making losses.

It turns out that the cancellation was actually a result of safety issues and a lack of race marshalls for the last two stages due to the men's Belgium Tour taking place at the same time.

De Ronde van België voor vrouwen week voor start plots afgelast: "Kunnen veiligheid rensters niet garanderen"

De organisator van de Lotto Belgium Tour heeft de vijfdaagse rittenkoers voor vrouwen afgelast. "Het financiële plaatje liep alsmaar op en er zijn niet genoeg seingevers", vertelt organisator Tom Thienpont.

sporza.be

 

[yaco]

It turns out that the cancellation was actually a result of safety issues and a lack of race marshalls for the last two stages due to the men's Belgium Tour taking place at the same time.

De Ronde van België voor vrouwen week voor start plots afgelast: "Kunnen veiligheid rensters niet garanderen"

De organisator van de Lotto Belgium Tour heeft de vijfdaagse rittenkoers voor vrouwen afgelast. "Het financiële plaatje liep alsmaar op en er zijn niet genoeg seingevers", vertelt organisator Tom Thienpont.

sporza.be

Surely this would come to the attention of the organisers long before one week to go - I am certain that the men's and women's edition have run at the same time for the last few years.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Surely this would come to the attention of the organisers long before one week to go - I am certain that the men's and women's edition have run at the same time for the last few years.

The only thing I know about organising bike races is that it's a lot easier said than done, and I'm sure the late cancellation is a result of them trying to get the race to take place, and not because they've only now realised there was an issue.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The second edition of the Tour des Pyrénées starts tomorrow. The Hautacam MTF on Saturday should be interesting to watch. FDJ are bringing the A team with Uttrup-Ludwig, Cavalli, Brown, Muzic and Adegeest, but Moolman-Pasio might still be the strongest climber in the race.

 

[Izzyeviel]

That was the oddest crash I've seen for years.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

A bit of miracle that there were no crashes in the final. Great sprint by Ash to take the win. FDJ played it well initially, but CUL should probably have led out Brown/Adegeest instead of attacking.

 

[Skalman]

Moolman-Pasio , who needs a team? great win

 

[Leggitte]

In the last 3 kilometers, hardly any of the junctions were closed. I expected a Jean Pierre Monsere moment. It was scary.

 

[Izzyeviel]

The old lady on the left was cycling towards the peloton. Thankfully she had the sense to pull over and stop... what a *** amateur finish that was. For those who missed this race, it got a lot worse.

 

[yaco]

Moolman- Pasio is now the super-sprinter - Hope she left something in the tank for tomorrow's Queen stage - Continue to see Grace Brown in these 2.1 style races - Her talent is being wasted.

 

[theyoungest]

In the last 3 kilometers, hardly any of the junctions were closed. I expected a Jean Pierre Monsere moment. It was scary.

Seen a lot of this in women's racing recently, unfortunately. Something is bound to go terribly wrong. It's great to have more races, but if they're not properly organized maybe it's not the best idea.

 

[awavey]

The old lady on the left was cycling towards the peloton. Thankfully she had the sense to pull over and stop... what a *** amateur finish that was. For those who missed this race, it got a lot worse.

It was happening at 90km to go too, (https://www.youtube.com/live/73yXFsjcx44?feature=share&t=3369 about the 56min mark if the link timing doesnt work properly)

just as Iurani Blanco broke away from her 2up breakaway and there are cars just driving past like its a normal day on the road, there was even a bit where they had a traffic jam and the peloton had to almost stop to get by the queue of cars, ridiculous situation to have let develop its a professional cycling race isnt it ?

though those final kms where Cecilie is suddenly finding a Citroen in the way and almost doing a double take passing it, like wtf is going on in this race.

I cant believe there hasnt been more said from the teams or the UCI about it yet as they surely cant just gallic shrug it away, someone could have been seriously injured.

 

[awavey]

looks like the riders at the CIC Tour Feminin have rolled to a stop, not sure if it was a planned protest in advance, or reaction to more issues on the road today, but theyre not riding at the moment

theres suggestion its the way the moto riders are riding around the riders today

 

[Izzyeviel]

Who will retire first? Vos, Deignan, or Olga Zabelinskaya?