The Lesser Known Women's Road Racing Thread 2023

[WKA311]

Broadcast starts 16:00 CET:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhDDW5mtWDM

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice weather!

 

[WKA311]

Nice to see SD-Worx being on the backfoot for once. Will be hard for AvdB now.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Now we just need this weather to travel East to the Province of Siena for tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hammer time!

 

[RedheadDane]

Really confusing how they're calling the chase group "grupo 1". Though, I guess it is the first group, what with Cille being solo.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Nice weather!

"Dane weather"

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Really confusing how they're calling the chase group "grupo 1". Though, I guess it is the first group, what with Cille being solo.

You can't be a group of 1

 

[Broccolidwarf]

That's not 23 seconds, they are right behind her.

 

[RedheadDane]

You can't be a group of 1

But graphics frequently go "Group yellow jersey", and then it's literally only the yellow jersey.

 

[RedheadDane]

That's not 23 seconds, they are right behind her.

DAMN! It looked so good. But the fact that the graphics at one point said they were going twice as fast as her, and the time gap didn't change should probably have beena clue.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Cille is cooked - not today

 

[Samu Cuenca]

At least this isn't a WT race, and there's still podium spot up for grabs.

 

[RedheadDane]

And now Cille is a one-man-group.
Caught by Rooijakkers.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They might still make it back. Kasia must have died.
And now Cille goes alone again.

 

[RedheadDane]

Who's the best sprinter of the Vans?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who's the best sprinter of the Vans?

I expect van der Breggen will win, but in an uphill sprint you never know.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Just made it back, to get dropped in the sprint - great fight

 

[RedheadDane]

Uttrup and Rooijakkes came close in the end. At least I assume it was Rooijakkers...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

She was always going to lose that sprint, and there's no shame in getting third against those two.
And Kasia finished strong.

 

[RedheadDane]

Uttrup and Rooijakkes came close in the end. At least I assume it was Rooijakkers...

Aah, okay. Kasia.
In my defence, Rooijakkers was the last one, other than the first three, I had any idea of where was.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

01	Anna van der Breggen		Team SD Worx	2:51:24​	125​
02	Annemiek van Vleuten		Movistar Team Women	+ 00​	85​
03	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig		FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	+ 03​	70​
04	Katarzyna Niewiadoma		CANYON//SRAM Racing	+ 10​	60​
05	Pauliena Rooijakkers		Liv Racing	+ 26​	50​
06	Arlenis Sierra		A.R. Monex Women's	+ 48​	40​
07	Elise Chabbey		CANYON//SRAM Racing	+ 49​	35​
08	Erica Magnaldi		Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team	+ 49​	30​
09	Ane Santesteban		Team BikeExchange	+ 49​	25​
10	Sabrina Stultiens		Liv Racing	+ 51​	20​

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Well, now this complicates the prediction game for Burgos mightily. There are some epic heart over head and head over heart arguments to be had.

 

[yaco]

Brown wins the sprint from Chabbey and Fisher-Black in stage one of Burgos with 5 seconds to the peleton - Brown attacked just before the end of the second last climb and then rode in the front for 90% of the time over the final drag.

 

[pmcg76]

Nice to see someone other than the usual suspects win today. Good performance by the Winner. Was surprised to see Niamh Fisher-Black working on the front today, thought that as the best placed SD Worx rider, someone else would be doing the work. AVDV pushing it on after the crash a bit dodgy as well, not like she didn't see it as she looked around when it happened. On a side-note NF-B looks tiny compared to most of the other ladies on the bike, very promising future anyway at just 20.