Tour of Guangxi 2024?

[Tricycle Rider]

Please bear with me, I've never made a poll before, so chances of me screwing it up are very high. Having said that the Tour of Guangxi starts tomorrow and if you'll be watching and there is interest I'll create a separate thread for discussion with some maps and whatnot, and if not then not.

Frankly due to lack of interest I've never watched the Tour of Guangxi before but it has Froome Dawg on the start list, for crying out loud, so out of sheer and morbid curiosity I want to see if Israel–Premier Tech will be getting their money's worth. (lol!) The rest of the start list isn't too bad either, here's the preliminary version of it.

Startlist for Gree-Tour of Guangxi 2024

Competing teams and riders for Gree-Tour of Guangxi 2024. Top competitors are Lennert Van Eetvelt, Tim Wellens and Chris Froome.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[RedheadDane]

Did you just make a thread... to ask us if we want you to make a thread?

I'll be watching.
Breakfast, and then sit down and relax with some cycling.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Did you just make a thread... to ask us if we want you to make a thread?

I'll be watching.
Breakfast, and then sit down and relax with some cycling.

I sure did, I'm trying to figure out if people want a separate thread for the Tour of Guangxi or if just discussing it in the 'lesser known races' thread will do. I don't want to pollute this forum with unnecessary threads if they're not needed, plus it's a lot of work gathering all those maps and whatnot.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

You missed an important option: "Definitely not watching but need a thread."

Which summarizes my attitude towards cycling in 2024.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

You missed an important option: "Definitely not watching but need a thread."

Which summarizes my attitude towards cycling in 2024.

Remco, Pog, and Vingo won't be there, so I think the race results will be a little more unpredictable. I don't have any high hopes for nice scenery (maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised) or many spectators on the road, but besides Froome I want to see how Chaves, Hirt, and Jakobsen will do. So I'll give it a looky.

 

[dercuforever]

First WT GC victory for France since ages ? Let's go Pavel.

 

[Squire]

First WT GC victory for France since ages ?

Leonard de Eetvelt?

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Glad that the vote results prompted a separate race thread. IMHO Guangxi is the Unofficial World Championships for General Classification Riders.

 

[Potomac]

Please bear with me, I've never made a poll before, so chances of me screwing it up...

You did the most important thing, you included a Vino option.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Have assumed that this will be the thread, so have stickied it.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Have assumed that this will be the thread, so have stickied it.

That seemed sensible until I saw another thread. will unsticky this and lock it in a couple of hours unless anyone provides good reason not to, and sticky the other, (not much to merge).

 

[scribers]

This race makes even the January Australian races feel less hard core fanwise

 

[RedheadDane]

That seemed sensible until I saw another thread. will unsticky this and lock it in a couple of hours unless anyone provides good reason not to, and sticky the other, (not much to merge).

This has a perfect title!

 

[Wyndbrook]

Remco, Pog, and Vingo won't be there, so I think the race results will be a little more unpredictable. I don't have any high hopes for nice scenery (maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised) or many spectators on the road, but besides Froome I want to see how Chaves, Hirt, and Jakobsen will do. So I'll give it a looky.

Oh yes please for Estoban, I really hope he still has a least one decent win to come.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

This has a perfect title!

And this way that title will be preserved forever.

Let's keep whatever might be worth saying about the racing in the thread with the race details in it.

And Kerr-lunk.