stu_kawagoe
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- Jun 23, 2018
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Just terrible. The Guardian are saying he hit a wall on a descent and has a suspected broken leg.
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Just terrible. The Guardian are saying he hit a wall on a descent and has a suspected broken leg.
The problem with racing in the rain on a race track is all the tire rubber embedded in the track surface... The course for Men's Elite is 223 km with 3,000 meters of climbing!
I like how they used the track's service roads and not just the course itself.
Every year the JCF puts out a list of races and results that act as qualification for the national champs. This year's: link. Top ten on a couple of JBCF races in E1 is enough, and the three "Challenge Cycle Road Race" (number 11) are pretty much open to anyone. So any amateur can join the race if they have the legs.By the way, as some E1 / University riders do join the race, I was wondering what are the criteria to join the race for the non j-pro tour guys? Based on the results of some other races ?
@GrantT
Thanks for the link. I was supposing the E1 actual or previous year ranking would also have been a criteria but not.
Interesting story for Genta Konno.
I think one of your teammate did also do well.
Was there a lot of fans in Fuji ?
by this weather.....
It was my first time watching the nationals this year. It was interesting to see how the local continental team riders stacked up against the two guys on world tour teams. Seemed they did pretty good.
Every year the JCF puts out a list of races and results that act as qualification for the national champs. This year's: link. Top ten on a couple of JBCF races in E1 is enough, and the three "Challenge Cycle Road Race" (number 11) are pretty much open to anyone. So any amateur can join the race if they have the legs.
One interesting story this year was that Genta Konno, one of the best non-pros, could have finished top ten, but dropped places on the last lap to avoid getting UCI points. He's planning to compete at Niseko then at the Gran Fondo world champs in Poland this year, and having UCI points would have disqualified his entry.
Alaphilipe's break after the final category climb to get the win was great too. That guy is so exciting to watch.
LOL that is some pro-level sandbagging.
There are about 30 different ways to get into nationals but you have to be a citizen of the country in question, hence why there aren't a bunch of Spanish JProTour riders in the nationals.
I love that the tour goes back to France with a Frenchman in yellow. Probably beyond Alaphilipe, but it would be great to see a French GC winner (now that Porte seems unlikely (already))
Last night's stage was fantastic entertainment. This is my first year to watch The Tour properly and I haven't been disappointed. I actually resubscribed to JSports 4, which has definitely been worth it as they've got the sub channel in English. It's a couple of Aussie guys and they're not bad, though I'm not sure exactly who they are.
Tonight will be the first test for GC contenders and certainly, an entertaining stage too.
I also resubscribed to JSports as for the past few years as the streaming I was watching was stopping too often. Really irritating when that happens during the final km , or a key move…
If I'm not wrong, one of the commentators is the ex-pro Robbie McEwen so I guess JSports does use the SBS broadcast. Aussies could better answer. Beyond the good analysis they do, I think they are very quick to react and to recognize accurately the pros seen on the images.