Minor races 2021...**SPOILERS**

[rich p]

Groenewegen takes stage four at Wallonie.

Gaviria couldn't buy a win these days.
Remember when he burst on the scene at the Tour de San Luis(?) and later Cav saying there was a new unbeatable kid on the block.

 

[Adam4868]

Gaviria couldn't buy a win these days.
Remember when he burst on the scene at the Tour de San Luis(?) and later Cav saying there was a new unbeatable kid on the block.

Why is that ? You think it's his team...lead out? Think Nizollo came second today.

 

[rich p]

Why is that ? You think it's his team...lead out? Think Nizollo came second today.

I'm not sure. He left DQS which isn't a good career move for a sprinter!
Maybe they get complacent ... or nervous?

 

[Adam4868]

I'm not sure. He left DQS which isn't a good career move for a sprinter!
Maybe they get complacent ... or nervous?

Yes I reckon you've got to have that "edge" about you...as in Marcel then it went downhill.Probally still hit all the numbers etc,but not in the mix when it comes to the finish.

 

[rich p]

Nobody is as dominant as Cav once was since Kittel?
They all look unbeatable for a period of time...Gaviria, Ewan, Demare, Viviani in the past few years

 

[Adam4868]

Nobody is as dominant as Cav once was since Kittel?
They all look unbeatable for a period of time...Gaviria, Ewan, Demare, Viviani in the past few years

You forgot Greipal...can't believe how much he's won !

 

[Adam4868]

Alvaro Hodeg wins stage 1 of the Tour de l'Ain.

 

[rich p]

Alvaro Hodeg wins stage 1 of the Tour de l'Ain.

Al Hodge finally wins again!

 

[Adam4868]

Decent team for this race,I'm guessing a few might want to show there worth there contract.

View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1420709589088145410?s=19

 

[rich p]

Decent team for this race,I'm guessing a few might want to show there worth there contract.

View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1420709589088145410?s=19

Adam won it years ago I think.
Jetlag and re-jetlag might be an issue for some of them!

 

[Adam4868]

Adam won it years ago I think.
Jetlag and re-jetlag might be an issue for some of them!

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/san-sebastian/2021/startlist
Couple of young Brits in there that I'd not heard of ?
Charlie Quatermam for Trek and Stephen Williams for Bahrain.

 

[rich p]

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/san-sebastian/2021/startlist
Couple of young Brits in there that I'd not heard of ?
Charlie Quatermam for Trek and Stephen Williams for Bahrain.

Charlie Quartermain rings a bell but only faintly. Williams had a year out, I seem to remember, with illness after signing.

 

[mjr]

Charlie Quartermain rings a bell but only faintly. Williams had a year out, I seem to remember, with illness after signing.

Quarterman, not Quartermain. U23 national ITT champion, won at Sandringham in 2019. One of those that looks effortless but goes really really fast.

 

[rich p]

Bob Dylan's brother, Georg Zimmerman won the second stage of the T de l'Ain. The bit I saw was Quinn Simmons futilely trying to get other riders to chase the break down.
And Anna Henderson won the 2nd stage as well as the first, of the Tour de Belle Isle en Terre - Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames . And the GC obvs!

 

[Adam4868]

Bob Dylan's brother, Georg Zimmerman won the second stage of the T de l'Ain. The bit I saw was Quinn Simmons futilely trying to get other riders to chase the break down.
And Anna Henderson won the 2nd stage as well as the first, of the Tour de Belle Isle en Terre - Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames . And the GC obvs!

Simmons won the Tour de Wallonie last week.Must be thinking he's on a roll.