Minor races 2021...**SPOILERS**

[Adam4868]

Jake Stewart is doing well in his first full pro year at FDJ as Tim Wellens takes the stage

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/etoile-de-besseges/2021/stage-3-gc

Bit of a write up.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/stewart-relishing-groupama-fdj-leadership-role-at-besseges/

 

[Adam4868]

Did someobody forget to tell Ganna the TT is tommorow ! Got to fancy him for one of the classics.

View: https://twitter.com/Cyclingnewsfeed/status/1358072754692648962?s=19

 

[Adam4868]

Here's the moment... love the riders behind all thinking WTF 😁

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1358085746415050753?s=19

 

[rich p]

Here's the moment... love the riders behind all thinking WTF 😁

View: https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1358085746415050753?s=19

Amazing... Bit like Merkcx use to power away from other riders .
You wouldn't want to tow him in a small grouo to anywhere near the finish

 

[bitsandbobs]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but Tom Pidcock posted a run on his IG feed today. 13:25 for 5km. Rather swift!

 

[Big John]

That speed is up there with Brendan Foster in his hay day. That is quick!

 

[Adam4868]

As expected Ganna took the final stage TT...baring a mishap can anybody touch him.Overall Wellens takes it and a decent second place for Kwiato.Jake Stewart with a impressive fourth place.

 

[lyn1]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but Tom Pidcock posted a run on his IG feed today. 13:25 for 5km. Rather swift!

Exceedingly quick. It is shown as 5.05k so quicker than Steve Cram ever ran 5k in his life and faster than anyone ran 5k in UK last year ...and in a pair of baggy shorts and an ill fitting waterproof jacket! Naturally among the comments there are many reservations about faulty recording, mainly downhill, and insufficient leg speed on accompanying video clip. etc. Others suggesting its quite normal and that plenty of people run that fast when trying to get through Gipton.

 

[rich p]

Ballerini wins the first Provence stage wearing a tutu...

...The UCI have now pledged to outlaw tutus from the peloton.

 

[Adam4868]

Ballerini wins the first Provence stage wearing a tutu...

...The UCI have now pledged to outlaw tutus from the peloton.

Watched the finish when in from work.Demare went to early...into a headwind aswell.Still beat the rest by a good distance.Minor hiccup ?

 

[roadrash]

where did you watch it ??

 

[Adam4868]

where did you watch it ??

Sorry Gaz,watched it on the GCN app thingy.Bit the bullet and splashed out 19.99.

 

[andrew_s]

Exceedingly quick. It is shown as 5.05k so quicker than Steve Cram ever ran 5k in his life and faster than anyone ran 5k in UK last year ...and in a pair of baggy shorts and an ill fitting waterproof jacket! Naturally among the comments there are many reservations about faulty recording, mainly downhill, and insufficient leg speed on accompanying video clip. etc. Others suggesting its quite normal and that plenty of people run that fast when trying to get through Gipton.

Going by his Strava activity (https://www.strava.com/activities/4748319774), the distances are out by 15% or so
(5.8 km rather than 5.05 km for the 5 laps of the triangle round St Nicholas school, and 7.7 km rather than 6.6 for the whole track).

15% on the time gives a rather less impressive 15:25

It comes down to whether the claim is based on the track, or whether he timed the 5 laps with a stopwatch, as being a known distance.

 

[rich p]

And Dame Margot Fonteyn wins stage 2 in Provence.

 

[Adam4868]

And Dame Margot Fonteyn wins stage 2 in Provence.

He's got some power in the sprints ! Looked relaxed