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2026 Minor Races Thread (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by EvilCartyen@lemmy.world to c/procycling@lemmy.world

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Ok, so we're not going to create a race thread for ALL races this year, especially since we're only about 10 people reading here :)

This thread is available for you to write about all the races which don't have a race thread.

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[–] Deschanel2027@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Stage 2

On the women (one-day) race, there was a rather spectacular crash in the fences during the sprint 50 m from the line.

There seems not to be any wind at all, even in the area of marshes. 😞

Only Davy (🇫🇷 Nice) tried to attack 9 km from the line, but he was caught after 1.5 km.

Nothing else happened but a couple of crashes, each involving several riders, perhaps 15 or 20 km from the line.

The sprint itself didn't cause troubles, but the mile or two before, Jesus, crossing the city centre to reach the shore, full steam ahead through narrow streets made narrower by random street furniture, it was scary at hell, and we believed there was going to be crashes at the front of the bunch 10 times. Yet no crash was witnessed (at least from the front camera) in that part either...