Minor races 2022 *Spoilers*

[Adam4868]

Guessing nobody's watching Basque race....your missing a great race if not !
Carlos Rodriguez took his first pro win in stage 5 today for Ineos.Great tactics today with Danny Martinez coming in second place.Puts Evenepoel the top spot with Danny Martinez a couple of seconds behind ! Roglic dropped back in the leader board to I think seventh.
All to play for !

 

[rich p]

Guessing nobody's watching Basque race....your missing a great race if not !
Carlos Rodriguez took his first pro win in stage 5 today for Ineos.Great tactics today with Danny Martinez coming in second place.Puts Evenepoel the top spot with Danny Martinez a couple of seconds behind ! Roglic dropped back in the leader board to I think seventh.
All to play for !

I catch up on the highlights if...
.. I'm allowed

 

[bitsandbobs]

Horrible crash for Milan Vader.

 

[Adam4868]

Horrible crash for Milan Vader.

View: https://twitter.com/Domestique___/status/1512513599280930822?t=gOMNEBQ0xqgVV1P8XxaISA&s=19

The latest update today is he's stable.

 

[Adam4868]

What a last stage in Basque today ! Definitely best race I've seen this year so far.Izzagire wins the final stage after taking a fall on the final ascent,jumping back on and winning stage ! Vlasov in second and Soler in third.
Danny Martinez takes the overall win !

 

[BalkanExpress]

What a last stage in Basque today ! Definitely best race I've seen this year so far.Izzagire wins the final stage after taking a fall on the final ascent,jumping back on and winning stage ! Vlasov in second and Soler in third.
Danny Martinez takes the overall win !

There has been high quality racing all week, but as @Adam4868 says today was the best of the lot. I started trying to get the highlights down but there was just too much going on. Martinez looked very impressive. Remco a bit short on the really steep climbs and Roglic not really at the races after the first day time trial. Catch the highlights if you can!

 

[Adam4868]

There has been high quality racing all week, but as @Adam4868 says today was the best of the lot. I started trying to get the highlights down but there was just too much going on. Martinez looked very impressive. Remco a bit short on the really steep climbs and Roglic not really at the races after the first day time trial. Catch the highlights if you can!

To only lose 20 odd seconds on the final climb was pretty impressive for Remco I thought.No teamates with him either.
I thought on the whole though Ineos were pretty impressive,got some great talent coming through.I really don't want to jinx him but Thomas looked good all week ?

 

[rich p]

To only lose 20 odd seconds on the final climb was pretty impressive for Remco I thought.No teamates with him either.
I thought on the whole though Ineos were pretty impressive,got some great talent coming through.I really don't want to jinx him but Thomas looked good all week ?

Did he? Glad to hear you say that because it's not obvious from reading the bare results. Is he on track for a decent showing at the Tour? He's not doing the Giro is he?

 

[Chislenko]

Unfortunately where I am at present there was no TV coverage so I have a missed a Cofidis rider winning the stage and coming second overall 😟

These instances don't happen all that often!

 

[Adam4868]

Did he? Glad to hear you say that because it's not obvious from reading the bare results. Is he on track for a decent showing at the Tour? He's not doing the Giro is he?

Remco isn't riding the Tour I don't think.Did Lefevere not say he's too young ! Has to do the Giro first lol.
As for G I'm guessing there going to go with a Martinez/Yates joint leader thing.But hey you never know,he wasnt the leader when he won it 😁

 

[BalkanExpress]

To only lose 20 odd seconds on the final climb was pretty impressive for Remco I thought.No teamates with him either.
I thought on the whole though Ineos were pretty impressive,got some great talent coming through.I really don't want to jinx him but Thomas looked good all week ?

On Remco, yes but, he was only with the lead group because Martinez got caught up in a crash and fell back and so he and Remco basically did a two up to get back to the leaders. Don’t get me wrong, he is hugely impressive but he’ll need to find a bit more if he is not to drop time on summit finishes in the Giro.

 

[Chislenko]

On Remco, yes but, he was only with the lead group because Martinez got caught up in a crash and fell back and so he and Remco basically did a two up to get back to the leaders. Don’t get me wrong, he is hugely impressive but he’ll need to find a bit more if he is not to drop time on summit finishes in the Giro.

Crash, what crash, Jon got knocked off, remounted and won the stage!!!!

 

[ColinJ]

The Basque race was fantastic!

It was also the first time watching the race that I fancied cycling there (great weather every day) as opposed to 'remind me never to go on a cycling holiday there' (foul weather every day).

 

[BalkanExpress]

Crash, what crash, Jon got knocked off, remounted and won the stage!!!!

Mas and the other Movistar rider who had been in the leading group went down around 30km (?) from the finish. Martinez was behind them and got tangled up.

 

[Chislenko]

Mas and the other Movistar rider who had been in the leading group went down around 30km (?) from the finish. Martinez was behind them and got tangled up.

Yes I know, just bigging up a Cofidis rider as I don't get many opportunities 😊😊

It's a bit like supporting a rubbish football team you get very few moments of glory so you have to make the most of them !