Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2020

[heywoodu 15,174]

Clovis Kamzong won the 4th stage in La Tropicale, which could very well be the first ever pro victory for a rider from Cameroon

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo/2020/stage-4

[bestmen 2,827]

Reguigui won the 5th stage , that's why heywoodu kept silence

i felt something strange

 

[heywoodu 15,174]

About freaking time he won a stage there  

 

He has finished top-10 in 19 (!) stages there, including eight 2nd or 3rd places, but without ever winning a race - and no, it's generally not a very strong field. Also Algeria's first ever stage win in the Bongo, about time.

[heywoodu 15,174]

Richie Porte did NOT win the final Tour Down Under stage   After 6 consecutive wins on Willunga Hill, he now came in only 2nd (and still won the overall)

 

Matthew Holmes of Lotto-Soudal won the final stage, quite a big surprise for the World Tour rookie.

[heywoodu 15,174]

In the Bongo Natnael Tesfatsion showed he, like most African riders, still has a whole lot to learn in terms of tactics...throwing away the GC win by one second because of not paying attention in the intermediate sprints

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo/2020/stage-7

[Olympian1010 7,990]

20 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

In the Bongo Natnael Tesfatsion showed he, like most African riders, still has a whole lot to learn in terms of tactics...throwing away the GC win by one second because of not paying attention in the intermediate sprints

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo/2020/stage-7

To be fair, most African riders are more concerned about the Olympics, World Championships, and African Games where things like that don’t exist.

[heywoodu 15,174]

6 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

To be fair, most African riders are more concerned about the Olympics, World Championships, and African Games where things like that don’t exist.

 

I'm talking about the ones who are from countries where more and more are getting in the bigger teams, like Eritrea. They are in it to be a pro cyclist, not just to compete in those championships. Obviously it's still early days for African cycling, but they really do need to learn those things, especially if we want to see an African win a race like this.

[heywoodu 15,174]

Remco Merckx thrashed around the entire competition in the 3rd stage of the Vuelta a San Juan, a 15k individual time trial. Filippo Ganna was the only one in the entire field (which admittedly isn't incredibly strong) who was not humiliated.

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-ciclista-a-la-provincia-de-san-juan/2020/stage-3

[dcro 10,210]

20 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Remco Merckx thrashed around the entire competition in the 3rd stage of the Vuelta a San Juan, a 15k individual time trial. Filippo Ganna was the only one in the entire field (which admittedly isn't incredibly strong) who was not humiliated.

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-ciclista-a-la-provincia-de-san-juan/2020/stage-3

 

#TheWolfPack !

[heywoodu 15,174]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

#TheWolfPack !