2024 Races with Spoilers !

[Adam4868]

thats an awful waste of fizzy stuff; how about feeding the kids and a beer for you instead!!!

Party bucket from Colonel Sanders for them and a Watneys Party Seven for me....tonight we drink 🍻
Pidders 🤩

 

[matticus]

Tee hee. Wiebes learns not to celebrate early especially not if Marianne Vos is charging up behind you.

That the second time I can remember Vos nicking a victory like that. She did it in the Giro Rosa a couple of years ago I think.

Edit: Giro Rosa 2019 stage 3 . Vos' victim that time was Lucy Kennedy.

View: https://twitter.com/josh_mackintosh/status/1779485564422529290?t=uCDROYHox1ffZ_8zZz99Sw&s=19

 

[rich p]

"I was going to say it’s great to win for the second time but that might great some controversy,” Pidock smiled afterwards as he cast mind back to his photo-finish loss against Wout van Aert. “It feels really good.”
Nice quip from Pidders about when he was robbed of the win against WVA!

 

[matticus]

Crikey.I've now watched the Pidders finish .

if you see the slo-mo from side-on, it's not HUGEly different from the women's finish - arms in the air, with a rider next to him doing a full bike-chuck 🫣

 

[Adam4868]

Hot off the press...
... Oscar Onley didn't break his collar bone for once

That aged well ☹️

View: https://twitter.com/GlobalPeloton/status/1779621451936493972?t=MLt5mMk79SfSa94YxnkSKQ&s=19

 

[ColinJ]

Crikey.I've now watched the Pidders finish .

if you see the slo-mo from side-on, it's not HUGEly different from the women's finish - arms in the air, with a rider next to him doing a full bike-chuck 🫣

I did worry, but he won by over a wheel so he had more to play with.

Vos sneaked up on the left while Wiebes looked over her right shoulder.

If you insist on doing the 'look and celebrate' thing then at least be close enough to the barrier to stop that happening!

Putting arms up after a win may not look as cool as winning with arms up, but absolutely nothing looks as uncool as throwing away a win with arms up too early!!

 

[Adam4868]

Tobias Foss wins stage 1 of The Tour of the Alps....Chris Harper came in second and Chaves in third.
Think that's Foss first win for Ineos ?

 

[rich p]

Tobias Foss wins stage 1 of The Tour of the Alps....Chris Harper came in second and Chaves in third.
Think that's Foss first win for Ineos ?

First win for anyone, apparently, apart from the World ITT!

 

[Beebo]

I did worry, but he won by over a wheel so he had more to play with.

Vos sneaked up on the left while Wiebes looked over her right shoulder.

If you insist on doing the 'look and celebrate' thing then at least be close enough to the barrier to stop that happening!

Putting arms up after a win may not look as cool as winning with arms up, but absolutely nothing looks as uncool as throwing away a win with arms up too early!!

Just watched it on catch up. I think he knew he’d won, but it was a bit twitchy.
Pidcock was the only one of the group who actively tried to win from 5km out. The others were just happy with a sprint finish.
The amazing thing is how close they allowed the chasing group to get. It could easily have been a disaster if they had played cat and mouse for another few seconds.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Just watched it on catch up. I think he knew he’d won, but it was a bit twitchy.
Pidcock was the only one of the group who actively tried to win from 5km out. The others were just happy with a sprint finish.
The amazing thing is how close they allowed the chasing group to get. It could easily have been a disaster if they had played cat and mouse for another few seconds.

I think the Quick Step guy (sorry forgotten already) looked over his shoulder and thought "Sod this, fourth is better than nothing, let's go." and led the other three out.

 

[rich p]

I think the Quick Step guy (sorry forgotten already) looked over his shoulder and thought "Sod this, fourth is better than nothing, let's go." and led the other three out.

Lefevre had said to him, "Top 5 or you're toast Mauro! "

 

[matticus]

The amazing thing is how close they allowed the chasing group to get. It could easily have been a disaster if they had played cat and mouse for another few seconds.

Nah, the Pros always get it right <cough> don't google MVDP 2019 edition<cough>

 

[rich p]

Nice for de Marchi to get a breakaway win in the Alpes
He's almost as old as me!

 

[Adam4868]

Fleche Wallone tommorow and Skelly is the bookies favourite....it's got to be Pidders v Hirschi round 2 hasn't it ?

Also looking forward to Liege on Sunday....Pogis back ! Did MVDP take it easy for this race 😍

 

[rich p]

Pidders or Hirschi but my money's on Tommy P...
.... except that it isnt. But I can't remember who I bet on! I'll get back to you when I'm sober