2024 Races with Spoilers !

[rich p]

He's unstoppable at the mo.
And Pidders best of the rest

 

[tarric]

Remco abandoned ☹️ sh1te weather !

Just as well there's good weather forecast for next week.

 

[Adam4868]

Just as well there's good weather forecast for next week.

Not for Lombardia it isn't....forecast rain.Hopefully that'll change 😁

 

[tarric]

Not for Lombardia it isn't....forecast rain.Hopefully that'll change 😁

Sorry go my dates mixed up forgot it's Saturday not Sunday.

 

[Legs]

He's unstoppable at the mo.
And Pidders best of the rest

Suits him

 

[andrew_s]

Pog not his normal self fot Emilia

Spoiler

No tufts!

 

[Adam4868]

Oded Kogut of Israel PT wins the final stage of the cro race.
Overall win goes to Brandon McNulty....nice to see Fred Wright taking third on GC.

 

[tarric]

Another day another win for Hirschi at the Coppa Agostoni.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Taco van der Hoorn fourth in Paris Tours. I think anyway, they never showed us the full list.

1,2,3 was Christophe Laporte, Mathias Vacek and Jasper Phillipsen. But nobody cares about that. We all want to know how Taco did.

Bum. It wasn't Taco at all. Commentator had the wrong Intermarche rider. Mike Teunissen was fourth. Taco came in 27th. To be fair everyone was so coated in mud that he was doing well to identify the jerseys.

 

[Adam4868]

Max Poole takes the overall victory at the Tour of Langkawi 😍

 

[Adam4868]

Taco van der Hoorn fourth in Paris Tours. I think anyway, they never showed us the full list.

1,2,3 was Christophe Laporte, Mathias Vacek and Jasper Phillipsen. But nobody cares about that. We all want to know how Taco did.

Bum. It wasn't Taco at all. Commentator had the wrong Intermarche rider. Mike Teunissen was fourth. Taco came in 27th. To be fair everyone was so coated in mud that he was doing well to identify the jerseys.

Watched the last 10k of that...Laporte and Vacek did well to hold the peloton off !
I was torn who I wanted for that victory....but I guess you've got to feel a little sorry for Visma this year,consolation prize 🙄

 

[Adam4868]

Remco back racing tomorrow at the Coppa Bernocchi....needs a win to give him a bit of confidence for Lombardia 😁

 

[matticus]

Taco van der Hoorn fourth in Paris Tours. I think anyway, they never showed us the full list.

1,2,3 was Christophe Laporte, Mathias Vacek and Jasper Phillipsen. But nobody cares about that. We all want to know how Taco did.

Bum. It wasn't Taco at all. Commentator had the wrong Intermarche rider. Mike Teunissen was fourth. Taco came in 27th. To be fair everyone was so coated in mud that he was doing well to identify the jerseys.

This is not a race I knew much about. But it now intrigues me;
apparently they only quite recently diverted it down the current "farm tracks" (are they proper tarmac? is there pave?)
Tours** is a very nice town, on a direct fast train from Caen*. And the French lay on supreme bike facilities on the services that connect with the ferry. Actual humans whose soul job is to wait on cyclists. I must post my photos some time ...

*It stops at Le Mans too, so motorsport touristes can have a nose round there too.
** I have no idea how close Paris-Tours actually gets to Tours itself.

 

[Dogtrousers]

This is not a race I knew much about. But it now intrigues me;
apparently they only quite recently diverted it down the current "farm tracks" (are they proper tarmac? is there pave?)
Tours** is a very nice town, on a direct fast train from Caen*. And the French lay on supreme bike facilities on the services that connect with the ferry. Actual humans whose soul job is to wait on cyclists. I must post my photos some time ...

*It stops at Le Mans too, so motorsport touristes can have a nose round there too.
** I have no idea how close Paris-Tours actually gets to Tours itself.

If you can listen to the streaming of the commentary they discussed the history quite a lot. I wasn't really listening properly but ...

The final 60? km of the race is similar to Tro Bro Léon and the farm tracks are quite like the "ribinous" dirt roads. No they aren't tarmac. They are gravelly. It's like P-R in that it's a road race with mucky sectors but they aren't pavé. I think they were introduced in 2019(?).

There was one guy, I forget who*, who won both before and after the switch to dirt road sectors. Historically it has a reputation of being a race for the sprinters, but now I guess it's a race for sprinters covered in mud.

* Jelle Wallays

 

[Adam4868]

Victory for Stan Van Tricht at Coppa Bernocchi....first ever pro win !