Minor races 2022 *Spoilers*

[rich p]

First of the year...

...Mark Stewart holds on for the GC after winning the Queen Stage yesterday. Beating, amongst others I've never heard of, George Bennett. Chapeau, as they say in NZ
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-wellington/2022/stage-5-gc

 

[Adam4868]

Lucas Plapp wins the Aussie road nats.A lot of young riders at Ineos coming through by the looks of it.

View: https://twitter.com/CyclingCentral/status/1482597645411823616?t=_zGpbZxEVvO9Lmjrl76B3w&s=19

 

[bitsandbobs]

CX World Champs this weekend.

Zoë Backstedt currently way out in front in the junior race.

 

[Cathryn]

CX World Champs this weekend.

Zoë Backstedt currently way out in front in the junior race.

She crushed it!! What a girl.

 

[bitsandbobs]

Elite women's race.

Brand has destroyed the field within 1 lap. Only Vos can stay with her.

 

[Adam4868]

Just watched Pidcock take gold and the rainbow stripes at the cx world champs.
To say he made that look easy is a bit of a understatement 😁

 

[bitsandbobs]

Just watched Pidcock take gold and the rainbow stripes at the cx world champs.
To say he made that look easy is a bit of a understatement 😁

Smart racing from Pidcock. The Belgian tactics (well the Pauwels Sauces guys at least) seemed to be to try and block him and then have one of them escape. He never let it happen though and once he went on lap 5 it was pretty much over. To be honest, it was a bit of a boring parcours and favoured the riders with proper road pedigree (Vos, Brand and Pidcock).

 

[rich p]

Saudi Tour today.
Race of the sandy balls.
Valencia tomorrow

 

[bitsandbobs]

She crushed it!! What a girl.

Saw a report in the Belgian press this morning that the team Backstedt rides for may be taken over by Quickstep (currently, it's part of Wanty-Gobert). The team got a second gold with Wyseure in the mens u23.

 

[rich p]

Caleb Ewan takes the stage in Saudi, beating amongst others, Gaviria and Groenewegen

 

[Adam4868]

Caleb Ewan takes the stage in Saudi, beating amongst others, Gaviria and Groenewegen

I might watch it later for the scenery 😁

 

[DCLane]

I might watch it later for the scenery 😁

There wasn't much coverage - I could only get the last 20 seconds.

 

[Cathryn]

Saw a report in the Belgian press this morning that the team Backstedt rides for may be taken over by Quickstep (currently, it's part of Wanty-Gobert). The team got a second gold with Wyseure in the mens u23.

Does that mean the poor girl would ride for Lefevere????

 

[BalkanExpress]

Does that mean the poor girl would ride for Lefevere????

Yes and no, reports suggest that the team will be under the quickstep umbrella but as a separate entity/sub-team, if that makes sense. This is tied into Quentin Herman’s future somehow, Others who actually read beyond headlines will be able to tell you more!

 

[rich p]

There wasn't much coverage - I could only get the last 20 seconds.

An uphill finish today and hopefully some better coverage than the last 100 m