WCS 2021

[Kalarratas]

The bitchy Corona keeps banging and so does Vos with with his updates and remainders like every season, props to you and thanks as usual! 

[Combuijs]

The bitchy Corona keeps banging and so does Vos with with his updates and remainders like every season, props to you and thanks as usual! 

The difference is that Vos does not make you ill...

[Vos]

It seems Corona ( including all new mutations ) is hard to beat ; talking about hard to beat........   


Ballerini wins sprint stage 1.

CFF League stage 1 winner = Kalarratas   

[Vos]

  Ballerini wins also sprint stage 2.

CFF League stage 2 winner = Cosminelul   
Cosminelul is the new GC leader with 2 more stages to go.

[Vos]

  21 hours and 50 minutes left to join.
previous winners ; WinterIsComing ( 2020 ), Vos ( 2019 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ).

At the moment CFF participants of 6 different nations :

[Vos]

  Sosa wins on top of the Mont Ventoux.
His teammate Bernal 2nd on 0:15", Alaphilippe 3rd on 0:18", Poels 4th on 0:29" and 5th Herrada as winner of the chasing group on 0:48"
Sosa is the new GC leader and the same top 4 GC as in this stage. Normally that will not change in the final sprint stage of today.

CFF League stage 3 winner = Xavier Giné   
Vos is the new GC leader with 1 more stage to go.

[Vos]

  Bauhaus wins the final sprint stage 4.
GC winner is Sosa. 2nd GC Alaphilippe and 3rd GC Bernal.

CFF League stage 4 winner = Vos 

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


In the picture ; Nizzolo wins this sprint race, 2nd Sénéchal and 3rd Laas.

CFF League winner = Kalarratas   


next tour ;
  4½ days left to join.
previous winners ; pizzaboys ( 2020 ), TeamElrosportu ( 2019 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ).

[Vos]

next tour ;
  17 hours left to join.
previous winners ; pizzaboys ( 2020 ), TeamElrosportu ( 2019 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ).

also open to join ; the first race/tour of this season classified as World Tour ;
  2 days and 18 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Patrick Kok & pizzaboys ( split victory in 2020 ), Vos ( 2019 ).

[Vos]

Mollema wins stage 1.

CFF League stage 1 winner = Kalarratas   
Because Kalarratas is mentioned many times due to his amazing season start, 
let's mention also that nr2 ophiuko takes the lead in the youth GC, and that nr3 azerite takes the lead in the mountain GC.

[Vos]

  Woods wins stage 2 and is the new GC leader.

CFF League stage 2 winner = Kalarratas   
One more stage to go ; can Kalarratas win all stages in this little tour ?

[Vos]

A great solo victory of Brambilla in the final stage was enough to win the final GC as well. 2nd GC Woods on 0:05" and 3rd GC Mollema on 0:06"

CFF League stage 3 winner = Cosminelul   

GC winner = Kalarratas 
Kalarratas wins also the sprint jersey.
Cosminelul and azerite, both win the mountain jersey.
ophiuko wins the youth jersey.



Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) won a frantic, wind-affected, echelon-strewn opening stage of the UAE Tour.
The first race of the season with a World Tour qualification.

The Dutchman out-spinted David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma) and Michael Mørkøv (Deceuninck-QuickStep) in a small, 23-man group that formed as crosswinds wreaked havoc on the race earlier in the stage.

In the absence of top sprinters Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), who had all been distanced earlier in the crosswinds, Van der Poel’s sprint was quick enough to claim his first win of the road season only three weeks after he won the cyclo-cross World Championships.

In the GC battle, João Almeida (Deceuninc-QuickStep), Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) emerged as early favourites after all of their major rivals were dumped out of overall contention in the wind.
After eventually sitting up after a desperate chase in the wind, all the chasers, who had been separated into various smaller groups during the day, ultimately finished together in a large group eight and a half minutes down.

CFF League stage 1 winner = Animatoca   

[Vos]

stage 2 ( time trial ) top 10 results :

1        Ganna, Filippo        Ineos Grenadiers    0h 13' 56''
2        Bissegger, Stefan        EF Education - Nippo    + 00' 14''
3        Bjerg, Mikkel                UAE Team Emirates    + 00' 21''
4        Pogačar, Tadej        UAE Team Emirates    + 00' 24''
5        Sánchez, Luis León     Astana - Premier Tech    + 00' 30''
6        Almeida, João        Deceuninck - Quick-Step    + 00' 30''
7        Walscheid, Max        Team Qhubeka Assos    + 00' 32''
8        Bod, Stefan de        Astana - Premier Tech    + 00' 33''
9        Martínez, Daniel        Ineos Grenadiers    + 00' 36''
10        Brändle, Matthias        Israel Start-Up Nation    + 00' 38''

Pogačar is the new GC leader. Almeida 2nd on 0:05" and Cattaneo 3rd on 0:18"

The big news of today was already before this stage 2 ; a staff member of Alpecin-Fenix had a positive Covid-19 test.
What means that the only pro-tour team of the UAE tour is out of the race, including stage 1 winner van der Poel.

CFF League stage 2 winner = Animatoca 

[Vos]

Maybe 2 French one-day-races ( on 27 and 28 February ) will be on the WCS calendar as well, but these races are already open to join ;
men ; 4 days and 17 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Xavier Giné ( 2020 ), AJFactoryCycling ( 2019 ), Thorin ( 2018 ), oldmen ( 2017 ).
women ; 4 days and 19 hours left to join.
previous winners ; pizzaboys ( 2020 ), WinterIsComing ( 2019 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ).
  5 days and 17 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 2020 ), Tarod ( 2019 ), AJFactoryCycling ( 2018 ).
  7 days and 18 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Patrick Kok ( 2020 ), Vos ( 2019 ).

[Vos]

Also in 2021 the season trophies. The first overview is up to date, so including the first 2 stages of the UAE Tour.

SEASON TR0PHIES 2021 :
( the only rule= when there is an equal amount of victories, the person who won last will be ranked higher )

TOP 2 Divine Champions Trophy

1 Kalarratas   2
2 Vos   1

TOP 2 Chief of Classics Trophy

1 Kalarratas   2
2 Patrick Kok   1

TOP 7 Emperor of Stage Wins Trophy 
( including prologue )

1 Kalarratas   5
2 Cosminelul   3
3 Animatoca   2
4 Vos   1
5 Xavier Giné   1
6 ophiuko   1
7 pizzaboys   1

TOP 2 Royal Sprint Trophy

1 Kalarratas   2
2 Vos   1

TOP 4 King of the Mountains Trophy

1 Cosminelul   1 
1 azerite   1
3 Xavier Giné   1
4 Vos   1

TOP 2 Prince of Youth Trophy

1 ophiuko   2 
2 Xavier Giné   1

[wacco]

I am back, long time ago I started this, fun to see it is still here. gotta re check the whole game of cff though