2024 Races with Spoilers !

[Adam4868]

Remco is back, what a win, Tarling second ,Roglic third

Things you like to hear on a boring day at work....let the battle commence !

 

[Adam4868]

Jorgensen for a podium spot 😁

Came fourth 😢 I'm having as much luck as Jumbo this year.

 

[Shadow]

But do not be surprised if Gee, with the leaders yellow skinsuit on, surprises by staying in top 10 GC or higher

6th on the stage, 4th overall. Not bad. Enjoy it while it lasts cos its all downhill from here...until july. 🇨🇦

Supreme ride from Tarling too.

 

[Chislenko]

Young Brit Lukas Nerurkar from EF if looking like a decent prospect.

Son of the former British distance runner Richard.

 

[T4tomo]

Son of the former British distance runner Richard.

Ah I thought the name rung a bell!

 

[Cathryn]

The Tour of Britain Women (weird name) starts today. Hard to see past Kopecky but the GB team of Deignan, Georgi etc looks great! I’m off to Warrington and Manchester at the weekend to watch, really looking forward to.

 

[Chislenko]

The Tour of Britain Women (weird name) starts today. Hard to see past Kopecky but the GB team of Deignan, Georgi etc looks great! I’m off to Warrington and Manchester at the weekend to watch, really looking forward to.

I see one of the British riders got knocked off her bike on a training run then the driver came back and lambasted her!

A lady called Kate Richardson but I can't seem to link the story to here.

 

[T4tomo]

I see one of the British riders got knocked off her bike on a training run then the driver came back and lambasted her!

A lady called Kate Richardson but I can't seem to link the story to here.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/british-pro-cyclist-knocked-off-bike-by-hit-and-run-driver
I read that too this morning.

The Tour of Britain Women (weird name)

The Tour Women of Britain?

 

[Shadow]

Ah I thought the name rung a bell!

Me too...although there cant be many Nerurkars running around the place. Reasonably interesting article from CW a few months back:
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitne...s-tougher-than-running-but-id-push-back-a-bit

Paging @richp: and you might have seen him when riding around town before having a few sherbets on the beach...seeing as his first club was Preston Park Youth CC.

 

[rich p]

Me too...although there cant be many Nerurkars running around the place. Reasonably interesting article from CW a few months back:
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitne...s-tougher-than-running-but-id-push-back-a-bit

Paging @richp: and you might have seen him when riding around town before having a few sherbets on the beach...seeing as his first club was Preston Park Youth CC.

Yes, I remember him around here.
He once rode up Ditchling Beacon (1 mile @ 10%), something like 17 times as a challenge when he was 14 or so IIRC

 

[tarric]

Huge crashes at Dauphine today looks like it involved about half the peloton, race neutralised.

 

[T4tomo]

Steven Kruijswijk (Visma-Lease a bike) was among the most affected by the crash and went into the race ambulance while team-mate Dylan van Baarle seems to suffer from a shoulder injury.

Given the crash which took place in the peloton and the shortage of ambulances, race organisers decided to neutralize stage 5. The riders will go to the finish line under the escort of the Garde Republicaine: “The race is neutralized, there will not be times taken at the finish and no winner in this stage,” organisers said.

from twiiter you can only see back end of it, but it looked very wet and slippy, twas on the final descent with about 20k to go.

 

[Adam4868]

Looked like ice ! Hopefully no serious injuries....watching it looked like most just slid along.
Remainder of the stage has been neutralized.

 

[roadrash]

looked like a bloody ice rink........

 

[rich p]

Kruijswijk and van Baarle hospitalised I think. Visma's dismal season continues.