The Lesser Known Women's Road Racing Thread 2023

[Izzyeviel]

Wiebes second despite a leadout from Vollering & Kopecky. Top notch sprint from Balsamo.

 

[Izzyeviel]

This is interesting, procyclingstats is showing lots of time gaps. I can only presume this is an error that'll be corrected.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This is interesting, procyclingstats is showing lots of time gaps. I can only presume this is an error that'll be corrected.

FirstCycling are saying no gaps in the top 103. There definitely wasn't a one second gap between Balsamo and Wiebes.

Michaela Drummond took the first win of her career on the stage 2 in Ardèche. Lots of gaps there due to a crash, so they will probably be neutralised as well.

 

[Didinho]

Elisaaa! Love it.

If someone can find the start times for tomorrow, I would be even more happy.

 

[JR1012]

Elisaaa! Love it.

If someone can find the start times for tomorrow, I would be even more happy.

Startorder | ProCyclingStats

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Izzyeviel]

This is AVV's last race right?

 

[JR1012]

This is AVV's last race right?

Yes.

 

[Didinho]

Kopecky won the TT. Saw all the riders multiple times in the recon and she was the only one who did the little hill full gas there already. Van Vleuten on her golden bike was awesome to see.

2. Markus +2”
3. Backstedt +11”

Vollering 15”.

 

[Bonimenier]

Whose brilliant idea was it to have a 2.4 km prologue and a 7.2 km ITT in the first 3 days?

 

[nightowl]

PCS has the break nearly 8 minutes ahead with 66km to go? If that’s true then that’s…..quite a large gap to make up

 

[Didinho]

Whose brilliant idea was it to have a 2.4 km prologue and a 7.2 km ITT in the first 3 days?

And there were riders who DNS yesterday. Saw Consonni and Gasparrini leaving with their bags to the train station.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kool does it again!

Wiebes got slightly held up by taking the wrong way around the Jayco train, but I don't think she would have won anyway.

 

[yaco]

Kool has beaten Wiebes three times this year - She is the one rider who occasionally can come off Wiebes wheel - In saying that, Wiebes has been a bit off in this race.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kool has beaten Wiebes three times this year - She is the one rider who occasionally can come off Wiebes wheel - In saying that, Wiebes has been a bit off in this race.

Balsamo has also beaten Wiebes twice this year, although it wasn't for the win in De Panne. But Yeah, it's definitely not the best version of Wiebes we're seeing here. It'll be interesting to see if she tries to hold on tomorrow.

 

[yaco]

Balsamo has also beaten Wiebes twice this year, although it wasn't for the win in De Panne. But Yeah, it's definitely not the best version of Wiebes we're seeing here. It'll be interesting to see if she tries to hold on tomorrow.

It was pleasing to see Paternoster do her two best sprints of the year in the Simac Tour - I imagine Jayco will take her to Chongmind Island.

 

[Didinho]

It was pleasing to see Paternoster do her two best sprints of the year in the Simac Tour - I imagine Jayco will take her to Chongmind Island.

Was about to say the same. She's getting better every race, glad for her.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I was hoping Mackaij would have held on, but chapeau to Kasia for trying, but she just ended up in a devil's threeway.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Lorena Wiebes second on the Cauberg. Like, really?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Lorena Wiebes second on the Cauberg. Like, really?

Next year she'll probably finish second on LPDBF.

 

[Didinho]

Lorena Wiebes second on the Cauberg. Like, really?

She got better at the hills this year, but her sprint declined a bit it seems.

 

[awavey]

I was hoping Mackaij would have held on, but chapeau to Kasia for trying, but she just ended up in a devil's threeway.

She ended up in the same position she always does, happy just to podium, why was she in that break with Pfeiffer ? She wasn't going to win from there, she should have been following SDWorx riders moves instead.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

She ended up in the same position she always does, happy just to podium, why was she in that break with Pfeiffer ? She wasn't going to win from there, she should have been following SDWorx riders moves instead.

The road went uphill, so she had to attack, it was demanded by scripture.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Dalej dalej!

 

[RedheadDane]

"Everyone out there, including Taylor Phinney, will be rooting for her."

Without going into too much gossipy talk, I'm pretty sure it's "especially Taylor Phinney."

 

[Libertine Seguros]

"Everyone out there, including Taylor Phinney, will be rooting for her."

Without going into too much gossipy talk, I'm pretty sure it's "especially Taylor Phinney."

I don't think that really classes as 'gossip', it's not like it's rumour being spread, it's pretty well-known and explicitly acknowledged by all parties.