Minor Races Thread 2015 - [SPOILERS]

[raindog]

What a difference in sports coverage between BBC and France24, BBC no mention whole F24 has cover of track and several UCI races on the regular bulletins.

Do you mean FranceO ?
http://www.franceo.fr/emission/cyclisme-sur-piste/diffusion-du-20-02-2015-20h00
it's number 19 on my remote

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Do you mean FranceO ?
http://www.franceo.fr/emission/cyclisme-sur-piste/diffusion-du-20-02-2015-20h00
it's number 19 on my remote

France24 a news channel, in english.

 

[raindog]

ah right - I never get as far as 24

 

[rich p]

Contador blows everyone away on the last climb. Froome fighting back to 2nd, 30 secs back with 3.5km to go.
Plus ca change

 

[Crackle]

It's like the Vuelta again.

 

[Crackle]

Contador blew everyone away and then the helicopter blew the hoardings away.

 

[roadrash]

And another hilltop finish tomorrow , will he do it again, ..and contador says hes not in top form yet

 

[rich p]

Geraint Thomas comes in 3rd in the ITT at V a Algarve
Good result from him and reinforces his lead . Kwiat probably 2nd now (edit - TM 2nd)

Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep), 21m51s
Adriano Malori (Movistar), 21m51s
Geraint Thomas (Sky), 21m54s
Michal Kwiatkowski (Katusha), 22m00s
Anton Vorobyev (Katusha), 22m10s
Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar), 22m17s
Rein Taaramae (Astana), 22m17s
Luis León Sánchez (Astana), 22m23s
Sergei Chernetski (Katusha), 22m25s
Tiago Machado (Katusha), 22m28s

 

[rich p]

He makes me smile on Twitter!

UK Cycling Expert ‏@ukcyclingexpert 34m34 minutes ago

Double victory for Team GB in Portugal. Norfolk's Tony Martin won the timed trial and Thomas Geraint retains the leader's overalls.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Contador blows everyone away on the last climb. Froome fighting back to 2nd, 30 secs back with 3.5km to go.
Plus ca change

It's like the Vuelta again.

And another hilltop finish tomorrow , will he do it again, ..and contador says hes not in top form yet

He was 26 seconds slower then Horner on the Alto de Hazallanas.

Obviously he's not as old as Horner so he can only get better as the years pass.

 

[rich p]

Froome substantially in second place but also 3 other Sky riders in the top 8, Kennaugh, Siutsou and Nieve.

 

[raindog]

Froome substantially in second place but also 3 other Sky riders in the top 8, Kennaugh, Siutsou and Nieve.

Kennaugh was fantastic today, and wasn't it great to see the national jersey up front on a climb?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Nice to see Kudus in the top 10 too...

 

[rich p]

Nice to see Kudus in the top 10 too...

I can't believe you missed the kudos to Kudus open goal though.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I can't believe you missed the kudos to Kudus open goal though.

That will rapidly become like 'it's curtains for Karpets", won't it?