Minor Races Thread 2015 - [SPOILERS]

[The Couch]

... I did notice the number of "Come to sunny Croatia" ads during coverage of Amstel Gold at the weekend - just as for the last couple of years there have been lots of "Come to sunny Poland" ads in July/August.

Are there any "Come to sunny Belgium" ads during March and April?
Cause we see many people coming to Belgium in those months

p.s. They must be very good ads to fool convince those people

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Here's someone from today's stage who is absolutely delighted he visited Croatia, so much so that he started to punch the air with one lap to go

 

[The Couch]

Here's someone from today's stage who is absolutely delighted he visited Croatia, so much so that he started to punch the air with one lap to go

Hey... you would probably punch your fists in the air at the start, if you had the chance to start in this/any race, right?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Hey... you would probably punch your fists in the air at the start, if you had the chance to start in this/any race, right?

Only if it was in Croatia, a lovely place by all accounts.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

And onto another lovely place tomorrow, Turkey.
https://www.tourofturkey.org/

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

And onto another lovely place tomorrow, Turkey.
https://www.tourofturkey.org/

If Cav doesn't win this stage then it'll be a monumental balls-up

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

And Cavs takes it. Just.

Greipel looked strong but could not find a gap and was crowded out across the entire road. And Modolo sealed his fate.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Ooft! Tram lines in Croatia.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Good win for Paterski in Croatia, the lovely place that it is

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm not sure if it's up there with the delights of Croatia or Turkey, but the winner of today's La Roue Tourangelle was FDJ's Lorrenzo Manzin

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Cav wins again, but only by inches - apparently because he had a slow puncture...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2015/stage-2/results

 

[raindog]

I thought Greipel would get it today, but he wasn't even top ten.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I thought Greipel would get it today, but he wasn't even top ten.

I'm not sure what's up with him - he's looked out-of-sorts recently and certainly not Gorilla-like.

 

[smutchin]

Paying for his heroics in Flanders perhaps?

 

[Apollonius]

I thought he did a great job as a domestique. What else do ageing sprinters do? Lead outs, I suppose.