WCS 2023

[Vos]

GC leader Kopecky wins stage 5. How it unfolded :

The Queen stage of the Simac Ladies Tour started and and finished in Valkenburg and was essentially a mini Amstel Gold Race, with a finish on the famous Cauberg climb.

TdF winner Vollering did not start due to illness. And there were more cyclists with a DNS before- or a DNF after- this race.

In the first half of the race, there were multiple attacks from the peloton trying to establish a breakaway, but none were successful, so the peloton was complete for a long time. With 63km to go, there was a large crash, which took Riejanne Markus (Jumbo-Visma) out of the race.

With 55km to go, Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar), in her penultimate race day of her career, made a move and brought race leader Lotte Kopecky with her as well as Kasia Niewiadoma. They were later joined by Pfeiffer Georgi (dsm-firmenich) and Lorena Wiebes and with 50km to go, Niewiadoma and Georgi made a move by themselves and established a gap over the others.

On the first ascent of the Cauberg, they were caught by the peloton and another group of six riders managed to get away. On the second time up the Cauberg, the break was again caught before another group managed to get away with 8km to go. Floortje Mackaij, Elise Uijen (dsm-firmenich), Quinty Schoens (Parkhotel Valkenburg), Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Elena Cecchini (SD Worx) started to work together, but the pace wasn’t enough for Mackaij who went off the front on her own.

She lead going onto the final ascent of the Cauberg but the peloton behind had gained back enough ground and this provided another launchpad for an attack by Kopecky, Niewiadoma and Wiebes. These three seemed fairly equal on the climb but eventually it was Kopecky who proved the strongest and led home an SD Worx 1-2, with Wiebes second on the stage. Kopecky maintains her GC lead going into the final stage and looks set to win the race barring any mishaps.

CFF League stage 5 winner = ophiuko 
ophiuko is still the GC leader with 1 more stage to go.

  Tiller sprinted to victory in stage 7.
GC leader van Aert tried again a late attack in the final, but was caught with 400m to go.
After 7 stages for sprinters, tomorrow the decisive stage 8 in the Welsh mountains.

CFF League stage 7 winner = Vos 
Vos is the new GC leader with 1 more stage to go.

After total capitulation in stage 13, Evenepoel bounced back with a solo victory in stage 14.

CFF League stage 14 winner = Vos 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Aurora Australis ***
0:14"  Foeke *
0:51"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
0:58"  Kalarratas *****
1:43"  Patrick Kok
2:42"  ophiuko *
2:42"  PieterJanVB
2:47"  azerite
3:17"  GaoYao *
3:52"  Vlominck

top 3 sprint classification ;
1035  Kalarratas *****
982  MarnixStar
949  Patrick Kok

top 3 mountain classification ;
331  GaoYao *
324  ophiuko *
310  Aurora Australis ***

top 3 youth classification ;
175  Animatoca
171  Aurora Australis ***
157  PieterJanVB


next ;
  18 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 + 19 ), Averatalm ( 18 ), Kalarratas ( 17 ).

[Vos]

Let's start this forum post with a tribute to the legendary Annemiek van Vleuten, who retires after a magnificient career.




Thanks to a superb lead out of Kopecky, her teammate Wiebes wins sprint stage 6.
In the picture the final GC ;  2nd Wiebes 0:05",  1st Kopecky 0:00",  3rd Henderson 0:41"

CFF League stage 6 winner = ophiuko    & stage winner of all WCS participants !

GC winner = ophiuko 
ophiuko wins also the sprint- and mountain jerseys.
Vos wins the youth jersey.


Stage 8 solo victory of C.Rodríguez. In the picture the final GC ; 3rd Howson 0:03", 1st van Aert 0:00", 2nd T.Johannessen 0:03"

CFF League stage 8 winner = Vos 

GC winner = Vos 
Vos wins also the sprint jersey.
Animatoca wins the mountain jersey.
Vlominck wins the youth jersey.


After a very exciting final, Costa wins stage 15 by outsprinting Kämna and Buitrago.

CFF League stage 15 winner = Aurora Australis 

TOP 17 GC ;
0:00"  Aurora Australis ****
0:57"  Foeke *
1:29"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
1:53"  Kalarratas *****
2:28"  Patrick Kok
3:28"  PieterJanVB
3:31"  azerite
3:38"  ophiuko *
4:15"  GaoYao *
4:29"  WinterIsComing
- - - - - - - - - -
4:35"  Vlominck
4:45"  Mitte
4:53"  AJFactoryCycling
5:15"  pizzaboys *
5:50"  Animatoca
6:12"  Vos *
6:45"  Combuijs *

top 3 sprint classification ;
1069  Kalarratas *****
1023  MarnixStar
983  Patrick Kok

top 3 mountain classification ;
347  GaoYao *
342  Aurora Australis ****
340  ophiuko *

top 3 youth classification ;
185  Aurora Australis ****
184  Animatoca
165  PieterJanVB



Great victory of A.Yates( UAE ) by outsprinting Sivakov( INEOS ). 3rd Aranburu( Movistar ), sprint-winner of a small group on 0:12"

CFF League winner = Vlominck 

[Vos]

Up to date, so, including Vuelta stage 15.

SEASON TR0PHIES 2023
( the only rule= when there is an equal amount of victories, the person who won last will be ranked higher )

TOP 11 Divine Champions Trophy

1 Vos   15
2 ophiuko   14
3 Patrick Kok   7
4 Kalarratas   5
5Mitte   4
6 Animatoca   3
7 Vlominck   2
8 PieterJanVB   1
9Averatalm   1
10 MarnixStar   1
11 HtcHun   1

TOP 8 Chief of Classics Trophy

1 Vos   22
2 ophiuko   19
3 Kalarratas   7
4Mitte   5
5 Vlominck   4
6 Patrick Kok   3
7 WinterIsComing   3
8 pizzaboys   1

TOP 26 Emperor of Stage Wins Trophy 
( including prologue )

1 Vos   72
2 ophiuko   56
3 Patrick Kok   44
4 Kalarratas   37
5 Vlominck   30
6Mitte   29
7 Animatoca   21
8 PieterJanVB   10
9 pizzaboys   8
10 Combuijs   7
11 GaoYao   6
12 HtcHun   6
13 Aurora Australis   4
14 MarnixStar   4
15 ZG   4
16 WinterIsComing   4
17Averatalm   3
18 AJFactoryCycling   3
19 5o&Tapa   3
20 ValeronIdolo   3
21 Foeke   2
22 B.E-L   2
23 BrotasTeam   2
24 edu5   1
25 Sjiz   1
26 Teacher   1

TOP 12 Royal Sprint Trophy

1 Vos   15
2 ophiuko   13
3 Patrick Kok   12
4 Kalarratas   3
5 Animatoca   3
6Mitte   2
7 HtcHun   2
8 pizzaboys   1
9 PieterJanVB   1
10 MarnixStar   1
11 GaoYao   1
12 Vlominck   1

TOP 13 King of the Mountains Trophy

1 Kalarratas   9 
2 ophiuko   8
3 Vos   7
4 Vlominck   5
5Mitte   4
6 Patrick Kok   4
7 Animatoca   3
8 PieterJanVB   3
9 Sjiz   1
10 MarnixStar   1
11 pizzaboys   1
12 Combuijs   1
13 GaoYao   1

TOP 10 Prince of Youth Trophy

1 ophiuko   22 
2 Vos   10
3 Vlominck   7
4 Animatoca   6
5 Patrick Kok   6
6Mitte   4
7 Kalarratas   4
8 PieterJanVB   1
9 ValeronIdolo   1
10 WinterIsComing   1

[Vos]

Vingegaard attacked on the final steep climb, and won solo. He moved up to 2nd GC, and now just 0:29" behind team mate Kuss.

CFF League stage 16 winner = Aurora Australis 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Aurora Australis *****
1:33"  Foeke *
2:16"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
3:20"  Kalarratas *****
3:29"  Patrick Kok
4:08"  ophiuko *
4:25"  PieterJanVB
4:29"  azerite
5:02"  GaoYao *
5:10"  Vlominck

top 3 sprint classification ;
1137  Kalarratas *****
1120  MarnixStar
1067  Patrick Kok

top 3 mountain classification ;
357  GaoYao *
356  Aurora Australis *****
350  ophiuko *

top 3 youth classification ;
197  Aurora Australis *****
195  Animatoca
172  PieterJanVB


next ;
Tour de Romandie Féminin ; 2 days left to join.
previous winner ; ophiuko ( 22 ).

[Aurora Australis]

I'm currently 10th in all of WCS for Spain.  Not a lot of points difference between 10th & 135th (Foeke), so I figure I'll do a little self-boasting promo whilst I'm actually up there because it's unlikely I'll be there at the end.

[Vos]

An epic battle of all GC contenders on the mythical Alto de l'Angliru.
But it was again Jumbo-Visma domination ;
Roglič won, in his wheel Vingegaard, and on 0:19" Kuss finished as 3rd, by outsprinting Landa.
Kuss is still the GC leader, but Vingegaard now on just 0:08". Most likely there will be a final GC podium with 3x Jumbo-Visma.

CFF League stage 17 winner = Aurora Australis 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Aurora Australis ******
2:42"  Foeke *
3:08"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
4:42"  Patrick Kok
4:55"  Kalarratas *****
5:14"  ophiuko *
5:35"  PieterJanVB
5:38"  azerite
6:00"  Vlominck
6:16"  GaoYao *

top 3 sprint classification ;
1192  MarnixStar
1185  Kalarratas *****
1135  Aurora Australis ******

top 3 mountain classification ;
449  Aurora Australis ******
422  GaoYao *
415  ophiuko *

top 3 youth classification ;
211  Aurora Australis ******
207  Animatoca
178  PieterJanVB


next ;
Tour de Romandie Féminin ; 25½ hours left to join.
previous winner ; ophiuko ( 22 ).

[Vos]

I'm currently 10th in all of WCS for Spain.  Not a lot of points difference between 10th & 135th (Foeke), so I figure I'll do a little self-boasting promo whilst I'm actually up there because it's unlikely I'll be there at the end.

Too soon to tell if you might have a chance to beat all other 2.703 WCS participants. It would be super great if you win, good luck !
And some "AA promotion" on my part ; 
never before someone in the CFF League won all 3 different big tours,
and if you win this Vuelta in the CFF League, you will be the very first CFF participant to accomplish this unique achievement. 

[Vos]

Solo victory of Evenepoel, who secures his mountain jersey.

CFF League stage 18 winner = Combuijs 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Aurora Australis ******
2:38"  Foeke *
3:12"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
4:28"  ophiuko *
4:41"  Patrick Kok
5:25"  Kalarratas *****
5:34"  PieterJanVB
5:36"  azerite
5:37"  GaoYao *
5:58"  Vlominck

top 3 sprint classification ;
1247  MarnixStar
1230  Kalarratas *****
1191  Aurora Australis ******

top 3 mountain classification ;
510  Aurora Australis ******
505  GaoYao *
498  ophiuko *

top 3 youth classification ;
222  Aurora Australis ******
221  Animatoca
190  Combuijs **

[Vos]

Tour de Romandie Féminin ; Bertizzolo wins stage 1.

CFF League stage 1 winner = Mitte 



Dainese wins sprint stage 19.

CFF League stage 19 winner = Patrick Kok 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Aurora Australis ******
2:12"  Foeke *
2:50"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
3:27"  Patrick Kok *
4:45"  Kalarratas *****
5:24"  ophiuko *
5:42"  azerite
5:51"  PieterJanVB
5:53"  GaoYao *
6:14"  Vlominck

top 3 sprint classification ;
1333  Kalarratas *****
1322  MarnixStar
1307  Patrick Kok *

top 3 mountain classification ;
510  Aurora Australis ******
505  GaoYao *
498  ophiuko *

top 3 youth classification ;
231  Aurora Australis ******
225  Animatoca
201  Combuijs **

[Vos]

Tour de Romandie Féminin ; Vollering wins ( the decisive ) mountain stage 2, two seconds ahead of Niewiadoma.

CFF League stage 2 winner = ophiuko 
Mitte is still the GC leader with 1 more stage to go.



Poels outsprinted / outsmarted the other 4 of the reduced break away on the steep final, incl. Evenepoel who finished as 2nd.
There was not really a GC battle in this stage. In the picture how the top 3 GC crossed the finish line ; Kuss is going to win the Vuelta !

CFF League stage 20 winner = Aurora Australis 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Aurora Australis *******
3:06"  Foeke *
4:10"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
4:34"  Patrick Kok *
6:02"  Kalarratas *****
6:08"  ophiuko *
6:18"  PieterJanVB
6:35"  Vlominck
6:38"  azerite
6:52"  GaoYao *

top 3 sprint classification ;
1376  Kalarratas *****
1357  MarnixStar
1350  Patrick Kok *

top 3 mountain classification ;
540  Aurora Australis *******
523  GaoYao *
518  ophiuko *

top 3 youth classification ;
240  Aurora Australis *******
237  Animatoca
212  Combuijs **

[ophiuko]

I think it is very sad for cycling in general that one team takes all places in a GC podium of a grand tour.  Does anyone else think there is something shady with Jumbo Visma? I was already thinking it since Vingegaard's TT at TdF.

[AJFactoryCycling]

I think it is very sad for cycling in general that one team takes all places in a GC podium of a grand tour.  Does anyone else think there is something shady with Jumbo Visma? I was already thinking it since Vingegaard's TT at TdF.

No I don’t, because it’s explainable. The problem is with the other teams, they need to step up and change their approach. Jumbo is miles ahead with every aspect of the game. They don’t leave anything up to chance.

I wonder why you think it’s shady though, maybe you can explain?

[Vos]

Lippert sprinted to stage 3 victory. In the picture the final GC ; 2nd Niewiadoma 0:06", 1st Vollering 0:00", 3rd Reusser 0:12"

CFF League stage 3 winner = Mitte 

GC winner = Mitte 
Mitte wins also the sprint jersey.
Animatoca wins the mountain- and youth jerseys.



A thrilling last stage thanks to a six-men-super-break-away-group, Groves won in his green jersey.
In the picture the final GC ; 2nd Vingegaard 0:17", 1st Kuss 0:00", 3rd Roglič 1:08"

CFF League stage 21 winner = Kalarratas 

Congratulations to Vuelta winner Aurora Australis ! 
As only CFF participant, Aurora Australis won all 3 different big tours ! ! !
FINAL TOP 17 GC ;
0:00"  Aurora Australis *******
4:31"  Foeke *
6:03"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
6:16"  Patrick Kok *
7:50"  ophiuko *
7:57"  azerite
8:13"  Vlominck
8:54"  PieterJanVB
8:55"  Combuijs **
9:31"  Kalarratas ******
- - - - - - - - - -
10:10"  GaoYao *
10:41"  AJFactoryCycling
11:09"  Vos *
11:48"  Mitte
12:17"  WinterIsComing
14:37"  Animatoca
14:47"  pizzaboys *

other jersey winners ;
Kalarratas   &  Aurora Australis   &  Aurora Australis

[Vos]

SEASON TR0PHIES 2023
( the only rule= when there is an equal amount of victories, the person who won last will be ranked higher )

TOP 12 Divine Champions Trophy

1 Vos   15
2 ophiuko   14
3 Patrick Kok   7
4Mitte   5
5 Kalarratas   5
6 Animatoca   3
7 Vlominck   2
8Aurora Australis   1
9 PieterJanVB   1
10Averatalm   1
11 MarnixStar   1
12 HtcHun   1

TOP 8 Chief of Classics Trophy

1 Vos   22
2 ophiuko   19
3 Kalarratas   7
4Mitte   5
5 Vlominck   4
6 Patrick Kok   3
7 WinterIsComing   3
8 pizzaboys   1

TOP 26 Emperor of Stage Wins Trophy 
( including prologue )

1 Vos   72
2 ophiuko   57
3 Patrick Kok   45
4 Kalarratas   38
5Mitte   31
6 Vlominck   30
7 Animatoca   21
8 PieterJanVB   10
9 Combuijs   8
10 pizzaboys   8
11Aurora Australis   7
12 GaoYao   6
13 HtcHun   6
14 MarnixStar   4
15 ZG   4
16 WinterIsComing   4
17Averatalm   3
18 AJFactoryCycling   3
19 5o&Tapa   3
20 ValeronIdolo   3
21 Foeke   2
22 B.E-L   2
23 BrotasTeam   2
24 edu5   1
25 Sjiz   1
26 Teacher   1

TOP 12 Royal Sprint Trophy

1 Vos   15
2 ophiuko   13
3 Patrick Kok   12
4 Kalarratas   4
5Mitte   3
6 Animatoca   3
7 HtcHun   2
8 pizzaboys   1
9 PieterJanVB   1
10 MarnixStar   1
11 GaoYao   1
12 Vlominck   1

TOP 14 King of the Mountains Trophy

1 Kalarratas   9 
2 ophiuko   8
3 Vos   7
4 Vlominck   5
5 Animatoca   4
6Mitte   4
7 Patrick Kok   4
8 PieterJanVB   3
9Aurora Australis   1
10 Sjiz   1
11 MarnixStar   1
12 pizzaboys   1
13 Combuijs   1
14 GaoYao   1

TOP 11 Prince of Youth Trophy

1 ophiuko   22 
2 Vos   10
3 Animatoca   7
4 Vlominck   7
5 Patrick Kok   6
6Mitte   4
7 Kalarratas   4
8Aurora Australis   1
9 PieterJanVB   1
10 ValeronIdolo   1
11 WinterIsComing   1

[Vos]

CFF League ; ALL TIME RANKING GRAND TOURS =
( the only rule= when there is an equal amount of victories, the person who won last will be ranked higher )

1.    Aurora Australis 
2.    Patrick Kok 
3.    Txonys 
- - - - - - - - - -
4.    Foeke 
5.    Animatoca 
6.    Sjiz 
- - - - - - - - - -
7.    Averatalm 
8.    Mitte 
9.    AJFactoryCycling 
10. Rekutxu1 
10. pizzaboys 
12. ophiuko 
13. Mlb 
14. Kalarratas 
15. GaoYao 
16. Cosminelul 
17. MarnixStar 
18. oldmen 
19. Tarod 
20. zombie 
21. WinterIsComing