Minor Races Thread 2015 - [SPOILERS]

[Berk on a Bike]

500kg is pretty big for a salmon. Pretty big for anything awarded on a race podium tbh.

 

[themosquitoking]

500kg is pretty big for a salmon. Pretty big for anything awarded on a race podium tbh.

It's pretty big for a shark.

 

[User169]

Kristoff predictably takes the first sprint in the Arctic Tour, but it was a much closer thing between him and EBH than one might have expected - with the two way ahead of anyone else.

At the Eneco Tour (for those still awake), Jos Van Emden (I had to say 'who?') won the TT, beating people like Malori, Boom and Keldemann, all of whom you'd have fancied.

He set the pace in the 1st stage TT in the TDF - finished 4th or 5th I think - he's excellent in short TTs.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

He set the pace in the 1st stage TT in the TDF - finished 4th or 5th I think - he's excellent in short TTs.

Aye, it was then I had my "who?" moment. Turns out that he's been around for years without me ever hearing of him

 

[Hont]

Turns out that he's been around for years without me ever hearing of him

First WT tour win and, given how self-conscious he was when on camera, you could tell.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Young Sam Bennett takes the sprint in the Arctic Tour today (Daniel Mclay was 5th, good for him!).

Some excitement in the Eneco Tour, where rain caused problems for the peloton and a two-man break of Johan Le Bon (FdJ) and Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Garmin) succeeded. But Wilco Keldermann takes over the race lead.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Johan Le Bon (FdJ)

That must be his first ever pro win - I cannot recall him ever winning anything ever ever. Ever. Not even the race to the showers.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

That must be his first ever pro win - I cannot recall him ever winning anything ever ever. Ever. Not even the race to the showers.

Me neither, but apparently he also won the Boucles de la Mayenne prologue this year. That does seem to have been his first ever win as a pro although he has been on the podium a few times.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

The big boys got serious in the Eneco Tour today. The whole classification got turned upside-down as the like of GVA pushed it out. Tim Wellens won solo and takes over the lead.

Over in the Arctic Race, escapee Rein Taaramae got overhauled by Ben Hermans right at the death. Must be sick as a parrot.

 

[Strathlubnaig]

The big boys got serious in the Eneco Tour today. The whole classification got turned upside-down as the like of GVA pushed it out. Tim Wellens won solo and takes over the lead.

Over in the Arctic Race, escapee Rein Taaramae got overhauled by Ben Hermans right at the death. Must be sick as a parrot.

and Stannard and Sutton DNF'd (at Eneco)

 

[Flying_Monkey]

and Stannard and Sutton DNF'd (at Eneco)

Looks like some post-Tour exhaustion in the case of Stannard. Not quite sure what Sutton's excuse is... maybe the opposite, a lack of race fitness.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Another "jeezo, has he ever won a race before?*" victory in Eneco Tour, with Quinziato taking the stage.

*he has

 

[rich p]

Another "jeezo, has he ever won a race before?*" victory in Eneco Tour, with Quinziato taking the stage.

*he has

He's not as old as Horner

 

[The Couch]

Wellens should take this form to the Vuelta (after horribly failing to find any of it for the Ardennes and Tour)

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Fantastic result for Taylor Phinney taking the sprint win in Stage 1 of the USA Pro Challenge. Way to announce your comeback from injury!