I don't know why (well I do) but I can't help but think looking at stage 1's results "ooh-ee-ooh, I look just like Buddy Holly / oh oh, and you're Mari Hole Mohr / I don't care what they say about us anyway / I don't care 'bout that"
I don't know why (well I do) but I can't help but think looking at stage 1's results "ooh-ee-ooh, I look just like Buddy Holly / oh oh, and you're Mari Hole Mohr / I don't care what they say about us anyway / I don't care 'bout that"
Stage 3 of Uppsala is on. Not much happening,
There was a random (male) UAE rider* riding on the bike lane next to the peloton for a while.
*Probably just a guy in UAE kit.
Did he look like a rouleur? I've heard they could use some of those.
I don't understand the km graphics. They're supposed to ride 77 km, and not even if you add the TTT do you get 130 km.
1 | DOEBEL-HICKOK Krista | EF Education-TIBCO-SVB | 16 | 01:56:20 | |
2 | BAUERNFEIND Ricarda | CANYON//SRAM Generation | 12 | + 05 | |
3 | DEMAY Coralie | St Michel-Auber 93 | 8 | + 15 | |
4 | MARTURANO Greta | Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | 6 | + 15 | |
5 | YONAMINE Eri | Human Powered Health | 5 | + 15 | |
6 | BACKSTEDT Zoe | EF Education-TIBCO-SVB | 4 | + 04:25 | |
7 | ZANARDI Silvia | BePink | 3 | + 04:25 | |
8 | DOCX Mieke | Lotto Soudal Ladies | 2 | + 04:25 | |
9 | POMPANON Margot | St Michel-Auber 93 | | + 04:25 | |
10 | POWLESS Shayna | USA | | + 04:25 |
Yet another strange result in a puzzling week in the peleton - How do you allow Doebel-Hickok into the break after EF won the TTT by 56 seconds and when you consider she 's one of the best two or three climbers it's madness - And they gave her a mere four minutes.
Decent Pro debut for Zoe Backstedt. TTT first, and then winning the 'bunch sprint'. Anyone know why she chose EF when she could have had her pick of teams?
She had her pick of teams, and picked EF?
Well I'm assuming so. Junior World Champion in road and cyclo-cross. There haven't been too many of them.
ThanksI think EF can be a good fit for someone who's still learning the ropes. They've had success with similar deals before (Faulkner and Ewers etc.), but Bäckstedt is of course not someone who's not yet sure if cycling is her thing. Still there isn't a lot of pressure on her, and it shouldn't be a problem for her to get a contract elsewhere from next season on.
With their new CX team being formed, she might also be staying with them for longer than the next few months.
Well I'm assuming so. Junior World Champion in road and cyclo-cross. There haven't been too many of them.
I guess I didn't express myself clearly.
Why would her having her pick of teams make her choice of EF strange?
If a very promising Danish male rider signed for Cofidis, even just as a stagaire, you'd probably also be a bit surprised.
Didn't see it coming, but I don't feel the need to question his choice.
Just like I don't feel the need to question Zoe's choice.
Who could actually have brought them back?
EF and HPH were didsrupting the chase, and both the US national team and Arkéa had a rider up there initially. Massi - Tactic with Špela Kern and Bizkaia Durango with Aileen Schweikart are probably the biggest losers, but they could still feature in the top 5 after tomorrow's stage.
Well I don't think postmanhat was criticising it, but rather just wanted to know more about the decision. And since he also thought it was a long term deal, I can definitely understand that.