2025 Races with Spoilers.

[Archie from BR]

Todays riders need a chat with Andy Hampsten to learn about cold weather.
(That ride was a bloody long time ago, but still a great memory )

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Meanwhile, it’s scorchio in Frankfurt. 27-28C

 

[matticus]

Another rider protest over weather. The rain must be biblical, as it sure can’t be due to cold.
Nowadays, they often continue to play cricket in the rain, but bike races get cancelled.
Sport in the 21st century can be a strange new world.

Seems to be a pattern. April 2024:

The final day of the Tour of Turkey takes the riders to Istambul finally, but the stage will be shorter than expected. Heavy rains and bad weather forecast led the organizers to decide to neutralize the GC times on the day, which confirms Team DSM-Firmenich's Frank van den Broek as the overall classification winner.

 

[Dorset Boy]

to be fair to the riders, in places like Turkey the roads become like an ice rink when it rains after a prolonged dry spell due to the amounts of diesel and oil on the roads.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Matthew Brennan is currently dropped from the peloton, as Remco has his boys making it hard on the 3rd cat climb.
The final climb is another, double digit beast.

 

[rich p]

Matthew Brennan is currently dropped from the peloton, as Remco has his boys making it hard on the 3rd cat climb.
The final climb is another, double digit beast.

Can't imagine Brennan can hang on till a "sprint".
Nice to see Hugh Carthy getting some in-race training in. It's been a while since he was on form.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Evenepoel with a very late attack over La Chaumont, leads a very select group of GC Favourites.
He’s still pushing on the descent, but there are still 45kms to go.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

The favourites are allowing the breakaway potentially a race winning time gain, by lack of cooperation.

 

[rich p]

Weird stage in the end, gifting a minute to Eetvelt and none of the GC favourites willing to work together.
Probably won't matter in the final shake-up.
Astana have been accumulating more points in the UCI table with Fortunato and Tejada here and Poels and Lopez in Turkey

 

[mididoctors]

ToR was entertaining today . Multiple Breaks and regroupments made it very unpredictable

 

[wakemalcolm]

What, no love for the Eschborn Frankfurt? It's what Bling's been building to all spring, no?