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General Race Thread 2026 **spoilers**

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  • #122
    mandartin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭mandartin


    Anyone know what's up with Archie Ryan? He was on the provisional startlists for the French races at the weekend but didn't appear in the end. The vast majority of WT riders have started their season by now…



  • #123
    Dodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,194 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Rory Townsend fractured tibia in one of the big crashes yesterday “out for a while” according to his insta



  • #124
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,384 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Lara Gillespie and nine others are 1:45 up the road in the Beobank Samyn Ladies, with ~ 30 km to go.



  • #125
    retalivity
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124278760#Comment_124278760

    How did that happen??



  • #126
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,384 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Race is on circuits, think the break got away with about 65km to go.



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  • #127
    retalivity
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    I meant more if there was echelons or bad weather/cobbles/crashes at play, Gillespie is probably 2nd favourite today, how did she and a teammate get in a break of 10 that are going to contest the win? Would have thought Kool & team would have shut it down.

    Just turned it on there, weather looks fine!



  • #128
    Mefistofelino
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    Break has over two minutes now, with 18 km to go, but they are starting to mess around. Lara just siting in on the back of the break, Backstedt trying to keep everyone else riding through



  • #129
    retalivity
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    Gillespie playing a dangerous game hanging at the back



  • #130
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,384 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Neither Liv rider is really a sprinter so trying to put Gillespie under pressure on the drags. Unfortunately for Lara, Backstedt is paying the price for her work earlier



  • #131
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,384 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Yesssss



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  • #132
    retalivity
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    No bother to her!



  • #133
    Mefistofelino
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    image.png

    Backstedt played an absolute blinder



  • #134
    Dodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,194 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Lara knew she was the fastest and blew them away. Super win

    Also it’s not unusual in the women’s races that the strongest find themselves in small groups. Wiebes is obviously the best sprinter but she often wins in small select groups too.



  • #135
    Dodge
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    BTW Lara’s last 5 one day races

    1st

    2nd

    2nd

    2nd

    1st



  • #136
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,673 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124279135#Comment_124279135

    Except the one she DNFed which she wasn't team leader for anyway.



  • #137
    Dodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,194 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Aye. I meant finishes!



  • #138
    at1withmyself
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    1000002687.jpg

    Crossing the line...



  • #139
    retalivity
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    Carlton back commentating on Samyn, havent heard him in a long time



  • #140
    Dodge
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    He was doing some stuff with them for the Winter Olympics (speed skating for one)



  • #141
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,384 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    Jamie Meehan and Darren Rafferty in action today in the Trofeo Laigueglia

    Forecast looking decent for the Strade Bianchi on Saturday - sunny, light winds and temps in the mid teens



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  • #142
    retalivity
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    Healy confirmed for Strade Bianche, the only Irish representation.

    Seixas confirmed as well, vs Pog, Del Toro, Pidcock and the rest. Let the hype train commence!



  • #143
    Dodge
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    Looks like Eddie Dunbar is doing Paris Nice which starts on Sunday. Ryan Mullen is confirmed there



  • #144
    breezy1985
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124290972#Comment_124290972

    Healy has as good a chance of any of the favourites for a podium.

    I already feel sorry for Seixas.



  • #145
    retalivity
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124290996#Comment_124290996

    True, I wasn't discounting him by not having him in the other list. Current odds below, i'd imagine Pog will ride away from everyone and Del Toro will snipe a few of the of the other favourites for 2nd, after sitting on for most of the run-in.

    No idea why WVA is 20/1, would have plenty of others ahead of him

    image.png


  • #146
    breezy1985
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124291432#Comment_124291432

    Van Aert is a known name so will have some bets on that will bump his odds. He has little chance given the way his season has been.

    I could see this race looking like the last Worlds.



  • #147
    Mefistofelino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,384 ✭✭✭Mefistofelino


    There are some weird odds out there. Jan Christen and Ben Healy are the same on Oddschecker. Pello Bilbao and Quinn Simmons both on 125/1 despite Bilbao having several top 7 finishes in recent years to Simmons one ( and its not as if Simmons has had a stellar start to 26)

    I think the biggest threat to a del Toro second place is Christen's sense of entitlement to a podium- he'll probably try to chase Isaac down, dragging everyone else along with him.



  • #148
    retalivity
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    Womens race is carnage, vollering ends up in G2 after a mechanical, then they take a wrong turn. 3mins behind now, 30k to go



  • #149
    mewso
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    Led astray by a motorbike. Big problem for the organisers although riders should also be on the ball.



  • #150
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,988 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    brilliant finish to womens strade bianchi

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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  • #151
    retalivity
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    That was fantastic



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