Those 2 circuit races, and of course especially the Montréal one, will be a live rehearsal for the World Championship that will take place in Montréal 2 weeks later.

Tour de France riders are back on the road: Del Toro🇲🇽, Seixas🇫🇷 and Evenepoel🇧🇪. The Mexican won the Tour of Germany as an appetiser.


Québec tomorrow Friday:

Matthews🇦🇺 won it in 2024 (and many other times), but last year it was a surprise victory by Alaphilippe🇫🇷. The Frenchman retired a couple of few weeks ago (another surprise) but the 35 yo Australian will be present again.


Montréal on Sunday:

Pogatchar🇸🇮 won it solo in 2024, and on a tandem with McNulty last year.

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago*

Québec tomorrow Friday

I came when there was something like 45 km to go. I kept on cursing at the TV until after the line.

  1. A bunch of idiots didn't relay after they had dropped Evenepoel in the climb.
  2. A bunch of idiots let Evenepoel go 'alone' (with 3 riders + Bettiol who was ahead) on the flat.
  3. This new bunch of idiots relayed Evenepoel, who dropped them one after another as laps passed.
  4. The bunch of idiots behind let one single Visma rider do all the job, despite the presence of several domestiques from other teams.
  5. Despite the fact that this rider had managed to keep the gap very small (10-15 seconds), that bunch of idiots then stopped everything (as it happens often on this race).
  6. The only idiot remaining with the Belgian at the front waited until Evenepoel arrived at the exact distance he needed to place his usual acceleration that always brings the Belgian to the line.

Matthews (🇦🇺 Jayco), 6^th^, is probably the rider who optimised his (own and team) ressource the best. For example, when he felt a climb could be decisive, he would come at the front of group, so that he had the margin to go backwards if it was going too fast for him. This is his 10^th^ top-10 in 10 starts here! This is his race! 👍👍👍

(The Charmig case is disputable, as I consider him lucky to finish on the podium, thanks to both S. Simmons blowing up after his intense solo effort on the flat, and the idiocy of the group behind him).


UAE came as tourists (and Del Toro🇲🇽 wasn't good). But they often come as tourists here, to prepare for the Sunday race.

Seixas (🇫🇷 Decathlon) made many wrongly timed choice. It's Lapeira🇫🇷 who managed to to detach in a group of 4 or 5 in the final lap when, to save a little bit of the race for the race.

FDJ couldn't ride like idiots, as they never had anyone in the front groups 👍👍👍 🤣


I think it was Ayuso (🇪🇸 Lidl-Trek) who managed to crash in the sprint for the umpteenth place 🙄

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