Tour du Rwanda 2024, February 18-25

[ingsve]

Now I wish the TTT had actually counted for individual GC. Race would almost have been over.

 

[RedheadDane]

We've had over 300 GT's, someone is gonna do a Bradbury sooner or later.

Did you mean to hit the "Edit" button, rather than the "Reply" button?

 

[Lequack]

So is Lecerf the new Remco?
Also some pics

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So is Lecerf the new Remco?

Lecerf is the next Mauro Brenner is the next Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lecerf is the next Mauro Brenner is the next Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx.

I feel like there could be several more riders in-between Evenepoel and Merckx...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I feel like there could be several more riders in-between Evenepoel and Merckx...

You're right. I completely forgot about the Keldermerckx thread!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Froome is laughing all the way to the bank, 5 million a year, that's a million for every minute he lost in the ttt today, if the graphic is correct he'd be last in GC if they were counting time, beaten by almost 2 minutes by the mighty Ethiopian national team.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Did you mean to hit the "Edit" button, rather than the "Reply" button?

I work in mystserious ways

 

[Izzyeviel]

They didn't take the times for GC but still awarded jerseys.

 

[Lequack]

Today stage I think is not televized

 

[shadowrider]

Some pics

 

[shadowrider]

Nice coloured shirts both among the riders and the spectators.

The world championship there will be a top event.

 

[Lequack]

Nice coloured shirts both among the riders and the spectators.

The world championship there will be a top event.

It should be. And Froome will have a big advantage, by racing the World champs circuit beforehand.

PS: About 8km to go. They break have about 8 min of advantage.

 

[Lequack]

A sprint finish

https://twitter.com/x/status/1759554569451761666

View: https://twitter.com/tour_du_Rwanda/status/1759554569451761666

 

[Froome]

At least, froome didn't lost time today.

 

[Lequack]

Not only that, he inspired his teammate to win today.

 

[ingsve]

William Junior Lecerf will totally dominate this race I think. I was expecting him to be the strongest climber on the harder stages but it seems he is even one of the faster ones in a bunch sprint somehow.

 

[Lequack]

William Junior Lecerf will totally dominate this race I think. I was expecting him to be the strongest climber on the harder stages but it seems he is even one of the faster ones in a bunch sprint somehow.

He's the next Remco after all.

 

[ingsve]

It's a bit funny. There are so many development teams participating so the field is really young to begin with so they have drawn the line for the young riders jersey at only age 20.

Otherwise something like 80% of the field would be in the young riders category.

 

[joseph89]

William Junior Lecerf will totally dominate this race I think. I was expecting him to be the strongest climber on the harder stages but it seems he is even one of the faster ones in a bunch sprint somehow.

I'm just going to come out and say it, Lecerf would smoke remco in a two up sprint.

 

[ingsve]

I'm just going to come out and say it, Lecerf would smoke remco in a two up sprint.

Has he shown and sprinting qualities before? I mainly went by PSCs ability rankings where sprinting was his worse ability.

 

[shadowrider]

Lecerf is fast, but not a real sprinter. He'll always lose against (top)sprinters. He is a decent climber, but not in the category of the real climbers. So I think he will develop to a punchy allrounder (not on cobbles). It's always an advantage to have a strong sprint finishing with a small group.

 

[Extinction]

Lecerf is fast, but not a real sprinter. He'll always lose against (top)sprinters. He is a decent climber, but not in the category of the real climbers. So I think he will develop to a punchy allrounder (not on cobbles). It's always an advantage to have a strong sprint finishing with a small group.

And the coglones to be there for the sprint.

 

[Samamba]

William Junior Lecerf will totally dominate this race I think. I was expecting him to be the strongest climber on the harder stages but it seems he is even one of the faster ones in a bunch sprint somehow.

He is decently fast, no doubt. He has a punch too, but please let's not take the bunchsprints in this race serious. He was literally 7 bikelenghts behind the great Eimar Einhorn, who was basically the only so called sprinter in that whole group.

But yes, without bad luck or crazy tactics (Total has the numbers) he should win this race.

 

[Lequack]

Is tomorrow's climb big enough to make a difference?