2026 Races....Spoilers.

[Blazing Saddles]

Terrible crash in the finishing straight in Denmark.
Pedersen wins again……only it’s Rasmus.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

This Tour of Denmark stage is terrible. Reminds me of crit I did in the early 90s on Wincanton bypass just before it was open to traffic that went up one side, turned at a roundabout, down the other side and around another roundabout to complete the first of what felt like a thousand laps.

It's Rødovre. An outskirt of Copenhagen.

Imagine the ToB finished in London, but it was a circuit of Croydon or Enfield or Barnet or something.



Massive crash there at the finish, Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen (Decathlon) takes the win for the Denmark team. Wout had the door closed on him and wisely opted to coast in.

 

[Pross]

Huge crash in the sprint, won by Rasmussen Pedersen of the Danish national team who was very brave taking a gap that was being closed against the barriers.

 

[Pross]

It's Rødovre. An outskirt of Copenhagen.

Imagine the ToB finished in London, but it was a circuit of Croydon or Enfield or Barnet or something.



Massive crash there at the finish, Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen (Decathlon) takes the win for the Denmark team. Wout had the door closed on him and wisely opted to coast in.

As I said, a terrible stage 😂

 

[No Ta Doctor]

It has come to my attention that the French overseas Departement of Guadeloupe has a 2.2 stage race.
The race comprises of no less than ten stages (two are ITTs), with a total of 1224.2 kilometers to be raced.
For an island territory with a population of 378,561 this is remarkable.

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What's even more remarkable, in my eyes, is that the two main islands of Guadeloupe (which will have all stages between them) comprise an area of just 1,435km². That's:

• 221km² smaller than the Isle of Skye
• Les than four Isle of Wights
• About two and a half Isle of Mans
• 134km² smaller then Greater London
• 2 Angleseys
• And in the SI units we all understand, just over 1/15th the size of Wales

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Ten stages. Ten. Whole. Stages.
In fairness, they do seem to have a decent mountain to work with, but anyway.

"The Tour doesn't come past my house" moaned Jean-Paul, of Bouillante, around 10km from both Vieux-Habitants and Mahaut

 

[Archie from BR]

Are we all ready for the return of Oscar Onley at the tour of Burgos on tuesday ??

 

[wakemalcolm]

Are we all ready for the return of Oscar Onley at the tour of Burgos on tuesday ??

If only to ponder, if Seixas finished 4th in this year's tour, who knows what next year might bring?

 

[rich p]

Are we all ready for the return of Oscar Onley at the tour of Burgos on tuesday ??

I'm praying he has an injury free run for once. Metaphorically, anyway

 

[Dorset Boy]

It has come to my attention that the French overseas Departement of Guadeloupe has a 2.2 stage race.
The race comprises of no less than ten stages (two are ITTs), with a total of 1224.2 kilometers to be raced.
For an island territory with a population of 378,561 this is remarkable.

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What's even more remarkable, in my eyes, is that the two main islands of Guadeloupe (which will have all stages between them) comprise an area of just 1,435km². That's:

• 221km² smaller than the Isle of Skye
• Les than four Isle of Wights
• About two and a half Isle of Mans
• 134km² smaller then Greater London
• 2 Angleseys
• And in the SI units we all understand, just over 1/15th the size of Wales

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Ten stages. Ten. Whole. Stages.
In fairness, they do seem to have a decent mountain to work with, but anyway.

I used to ride with one of the riders in this race, There's a big cycling scene there and he's riding for a team based there. He came third in the first TT. It;'s his first UCI race of this level.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Guadeloupe is also where Death in Paradise is set.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

I used to ride with one of the riders in this race, There's a big cycling scene there and he's riding for a team based there. He came third in the first TT. It;'s his first UCI race of this level.

You'll be pleased to know it's being livestreamed on Youtube then

 

[mididoctors]

This Tour of Denmark stage is terrible. Reminds me of crit I did in the early 90s on Wincanton bypass just before it was open to traffic that went up one side, turned at a roundabout, down the other side and around another roundabout to complete the first of what felt like a thousand laps.

It's true to.its location. I always think the tour of Britain should have a 10 in it

 

[mididoctors]

Are we all ready for the return of Oscar Onley at the tour of Burgos on tuesday ??

No

 

[mididoctors]

Tour of Poland 200 km of leg churning status quo

 

[wakemalcolm]

Tour of Poland 200 km of leg churning status quo

Any downhill bunch sprints this year?