Minor Races Thread 2015 - [SPOILERS]

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I hope everyone is booing Valverde and cheering for Stybar

 

[iLB]

I hope everyone is booing Valverde and cheering for Stybar

If they can't shake him though, Valverde must be favorite in the final climb...

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Valverde cooked!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Victory for Stybar

 

[raindog]

Stybar!!
fantastic

EDIT
haha - snap, M

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

What a beautiful race, those roads are amazing, and a great finish

 

[Crackle]

I am going for ... Styby

Good call.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Very pleased for Stybar, it's about time. I'm looking forward to seeing the highlights later...

 

[beastie]

With the form he showed throughout last year, I would actually put down Van Avermaet. But he looked a tad less strong last weekend (although that might have just been Vanmarcke looking much stronger) and with that investigation going on...

Valvpity and Sagan won't be far off, but I am going for ... Styby

Fair Play, you covered the top four bang on!

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Etixx won today's stage of the 3 Days of West Flanders too, Yves Lampaert.

 

[oldroadman]

Etixx won today's stage of the 3 Days of West Flanders too, Yves Lampaert.

Which should cheer up the boss!
All he has to do now is sort out the Belgian taxman.

 

[Apollonius]

Wonderful race again. You have got to hand it to these rough-surface one day races. That is pure man against man racing and very exciting. (Will admit to feeling a bit glad when Sagan popped - cocky if you ask me, and as for Valverde...)

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

An awful lot of people seem to be not putting their reputation on the line in pro punditry - waffle away to your hearts content here but punditry bares your soul of cycling knowledge...

Just sayin' like
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/protour-pundit-2015-no-spoilers-please.175627/

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Tour of Langkawi kicks off in the early hours of Sunday morning. Some British interest in the shape of Adam Blythe for Orica. Oh, and Sky have sent a team. The race is dogged by controversy before the first flag drops however; the showpiece summit finish to the somewhat bizarre destination of Genting Highlands has been cancelled. Stop the presses!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Tour of Langkawi kicks off in the early hours of Sunday morning. Some British interest in the shape of Adam Blythe for Orica. Oh, and Sky have sent a team. The race is dogged by controversy before the first flag drops however; the showpiece summit finish to the somewhat bizarre destination of Genting Highlands has been cancelled. Stop the presses!

It does seem that ensuring that teams send personnel to random races in random regions with randomly chosen routes and sponsors is not the way ahead for a sustainable calendar; and neither is a "traditional" European calendar.