WCS 2021

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A late attack of a Danish duo in stage 6 ; Honoré outsprinted GC leader Vingegaard (see picture), Vingegaard secured his overall GC victory.
The 0:17" gap towards the chasing group, was enough for Honoré to move up one GC place. He finished as 2nd GC, and Schultz 3rd GC.

CFF League stage 6 winner = pizzaboys   

GC winner = Patrick Kok   
Patrick Kok wins also the sprint jersey.
pizzaboys wins the mountain jersey.
there are 3 winners of the youth jersey ; Cosminelul, Vos and Patrick Kok.


Sagan wins stage 6 and De Gendt wins stage 7. The final GC podium = 2nd Porte, 1st A.Yates and 3rd Thomas.

CFF League ;
stage 6 winner = Kalarratas   
stage 7 winner = BrotasTeam   

GC winner = BrotasTeam   
BrotasTeam wins also the sprint- and mountain jerseys.
pizzaboys wins the youth jersey.

a front group of 7 sprinted for victory ; 1st van Aert, 2nd Nizzolo, 3rd Trentin.

CFF League winner = Mitte   

in the womens race Vos sprinted to victory, 2nd Kopecky and 3rd Brennauer.

CFF League winner = Patrick Kok   

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

TOP 6 Divine Champions Trophy

1 Vos   2
2 Kalarratas   2
3 BrotasTeam   1
4 Patrick Kok   1
5 Mitte   1
6 ophiuko   1

TOP 10 Chief of Classics Trophy

1 Vos   5
2 Kalarratas   4
3 Patrick Kok   2
4 Mitte   2
5 pizzaboys   2
6 Cosminelul   2
7 GaoYao   2
8 ophiuko   2
9 Vlominck   2
10 Animatoca   1

TOP 13 Emperor of Stage Wins Trophy 
( including prologue )

1 Cosminelul   7
2 Patrick Kok   7
3 Kalarratas   6
4 pizzaboys   6
5 Mitte   5
5 ophiuko   5
7 Vos   4
8 GaoYao   3
9 BrotasTeam   2
10 Animatoca   2
11 5o&Tapa   1
12 Vlominck   1
13 Xavier Giné   1

TOP 6 Royal Sprint Trophy

1 Patrick Kok   2
2 Kalarratas   2
3 BrotasTeam   1
4 Mitte   1
5 ophiuko   1
6 Vos   1

TOP 8 King of the Mountains Trophy

1 BrotasTeam   1 
2 pizzaboys   1
3 Mitte   1
4 ophiuko   1
5 Cosminelul   1
5 azerite   1
7 Xavier Giné   1
8 Vos   1

TOP 7 Prince of Youth Trophy

1 ophiuko   3 
2 Vos   2
3 pizzaboys   1
4 Cosminelul   1
4 Patrick Kok   1
6 Mitte   1
7 Xavier Giné   1

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next races ;
women ;  22½ hours left to join.
no previous winners.
men ;  23½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; TeamElrosportu ( 2019 ), Ciscoboss96 ( 2018 ), oldmen ( 2017 ).
  4 days left to join.
no previous winners.
men ; 4 days and 21½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Sjiz ( 2020 ), AJFactoryCycling ( 2019 ), Ciscoboss96 ( 2018 ), pizzaboys ( 2017 ).
women ; 5 days and 1 hour left to join.
previous winner ; Kalarratas ( 2020 ).

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women ; 1st van Vleuten, 2nd Niewiadoma on 0:00" and 3rd Ryan on 0:19"

CFF League winner = Vos   


van Baarle wins after an impressive solo of 50km. On 0:26" the reduced peleton sprinted for podiumplaces ; 2nd Laporte, 3rd Merlier.

CFF League winner = Cosminelul   

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The 40yo Valverde wins his first race of 2021. 2nd Lutsenko on 0:06". 3rd Sánchez (37yo) on 0:15"

CFF League winner = Cosminelul   


next races + tour ;
men ; 3½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Sjiz ( 2020 ), AJFactoryCycling ( 2019 ), Ciscoboss96 ( 2018 ), pizzaboys ( 2017 ).

TOP FAVOURITES CFF League Ronde van Vlaanderen 2021 =

In parantheses the RVV results of previous years ( 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 ).
Also mentioned are the results of the 4 WT hillsclassic races of this season, and the palmares of 2021. 

⭐⭐⭐ Animatoca ( 2, 9, dns, dns ) ; 9º DDV, 6º GW, 8º E3H, 1º OHN
palmares 2021 = 2 stages, 1 classic
⭐⭐⭐ Kalarratas ( 3, 10, dns, 2 ) ; 10º DDV, 2º GW, 10º E3H, 7º OHN
palmares 2021 = 2 tours, 6 stages, 4 classics ( incl. monument Milano-Sanremo )
⭐⭐⭐ pizzaboys ( 9, 6, 5, 1 ) ; 8º DDV, 3º GW, 1º E3H, 8º OHN
palmares 2021 = 6 stages, 2 classics
⭐⭐⭐ Cosminelul ( 6, dns, dns, dns ) ; 1º DDV, 10º GW, 5º E3H, 5º OHN
palmares 2021 = 7 stages, 4 classics
⭐⭐⭐ Mitte ( dns, 3, dns, dns ) ; 7º DDV, 1º GW, 3º E3H, 6º OHN
palmares 2021 = 1 tour ( Tirreno ), 5 stages, 2 classics
⭐⭐⭐ Vos ( 11, 4, 4, 11 ) ; 2º DDV, 5º GW, 2º E3H, 3º OHN
palmares 2021 = 2 tours ( incl. UAE ), 4 stages, 6 classics
⭐⭐ ophiuko ( debut ) ; 4º DDV, 4º GW, 4º E3H, 9º OHN
palmares 2021 = 1 tour ( Paris Nice ), 5 stages, 2 classics
⭐⭐ Patrick Kok ( 10, dns, dns, dns ) ; 5º DDV, 8º GW, 7º E3H, 4º OHN
palmares 2021 = 1 tour, 7 stages, 2 classics
⭐⭐ BrotasTeam ( 7, 8, 9, 10 ) ; 6º DDV, 9º GW, 10º OHN
palmares 2021 = 1 tour ( Catalunya ), 2 stages
⭐⭐ Vlominck ( debut ) ; 3º DDV, 11º GW, 9º E3H, 2º OHN
palmares 2021 = 1 stage, 2 classics


women ; 7 hours left to join.
previous winner ; Kalarratas ( 2020 ).
  1 day and 7 hours left to join.
previous winners ; WinterIsComing ( 2019 ), Tarod ( 2018 + 2017 ).

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I see that Vlominck participated too in RVV ( men's race ), after I posted the top favorites.
Despite the race is already over, I added him to the top favorites ranking also, because of his good season start.
Later the results of RVV ; at the moment the women still have 24km to cycle.

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  Asgreen wins the sprint of van der Poel. Van Avermaet finished as 3rd on 0:32"

CFF League winner = Cosminelul   



In the picture the decisive attack of van Vleuten on the Paterberg.
With 14km to go she soloed to her 2nd RVV victory, 10 years after her 1st RVV victory.
On 0:26" Brennauer (2nd) and Brown (3rd) sprinted to podiumplaces.

CFF League winner = Patrick Kok   


I like the next tour a lot !
  6 hours left to join.
previous winners ; WinterIsComing ( 2019 ), Tarod ( 2018 + 2017 ).

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Roglič wins stage 1, the tricky time trial.

CFF League stage 1 winner = BrotasTeam   


next 2 sprint races ;
men ; 1 day and 4 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 2020 ), pizzaboys ( 2019 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ).
women ; 1 day and 6 hours left to join.
no previous winners.

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Thanks to a solo attack in the descent of the final climb, Aranburu achieved the stage 2 victory.

CFF League stage 2 winner = ophiuko   
Cosminelul is the new GC leader with 4 more stages to go.

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women ; 1st Wiebes, 2nd Norsgaard, 3rd Balsamo.

CFF League winner = Kalarratas   

men ; 1st Philipsen, 2nd Bennett, 3rd Cavendish.

CFF League winner = Vos   



In the end it was a Slovenian battle for stage 3 victory on the brutal final climb ( average 10%, some parts even 20%) to Ermaulde.
Pogačar outsprinted his rival Roglič. 5 seconds later Valverde, Yates and Landa crossed the finishline.

In stage 4 a break away group formed in the descent of the final climb with about 20km to go,
and it was a strong group ; Ion Izagirre, Bilbao, McNulty, Vingegaard, Buchmann and Chaves.
They sprinted for stage victory, and Izagirre won by beating Bilbao with a very tiny difference.
McNulty is the new GC leader, 0:23"ahead of nr2 GC Roglič.

CFF League ;
stage 3 winner = BrotasTeam   
stage 4 winner = BrotasTeam   
BrotasTeam is the GC leader with 2 more stages to go.


next tour ;
  2 days and 9½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Patrick Kok ( 2019 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ), oldmen ( 2017 ).

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In stage 5 it was a duo-victory of Deceuninck - Quick-Step ; Honoré and Cerny finished together with a time gap towards all others.
No changes in the GC.
In contrast to stage 6, the short but very difficult mountain stage due to the 7 steep mountains, and the high pace and many attacks.
GC leader McNulty lost minutes, and Roglič secured the overall victory by an successful attack of him and stage winner Gaudu.
Behind these two, it was a fierce battle for the GC podiumplaces and this is the final top 3 GC in this spectacular, magnificent Itzulia ;
1. Roglič    0:00"
2. Vingegaard    0:52"
3. Pogačar    1:07"

CFF League ;
stage 5 winner = BrotasTeam   
stage 6 winner = Mitte   

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


The next tour starts in 1 hour !
In 3 days ; the Brabantse Pijl ( open to join ) and the Volta a Valenciana ( not yet open to join ).

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  de Kleijn wins sprint stage 1.
Besides this Dutch stage 1 victory ; this little tour in Turkey is also victorious to another Dutch sprinter ;
Fabio Jakobsen made an emotional return to racing, 8 months after his life-threatening crash at the Tour de Pologne.

CFF League stage 1 winner = Kalarratas   


next races and tour ;
women ; 2 days and 1½ hours left to join.
no previous winners.
men ; 2 days and 3 hours left to join.
previous winner ; Vos ( 2020 + 2019 + 2018 ).
Volta a Valenciana ; not yet open to join, it starts also in 2 days.
previous winners ; WinterIsComing ( 2020 ), Vos ( 2019 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ), Thorin ( 2017 ).
women ; 5 days and 23 hours left to join.
no previous winners.
men ; 6 days and 2½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; TeamElrosportu ( 2019 ), Vos ( 2018 ), Kalarratas ( 2017 ).

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  Cavendish (35yo) wins stage 2, his first victory in over 3 years.

CFF League stage 2 winner = Cosminelul   
Cosminelul is the new GC leader.

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Cavendish wins also stages 3 and 4 ; he scores a hat-trick in this Tour of Turkey.

CFF League ;
stage 3 winner = Cosminelul   
stage 4 winner = Kalarratas   
Cosminelul is still the GC leader halfway this Tour of Turkey. Today a mountain stage.

women
A six-rider break away group formed in the final 20km, and they sprinted for victory.
Vollering (24,NED) celebrated too early, moments later the officials awarded the victory to Winder (27,USA) after reviewing the photo-finish.
Balsamo (23,ITA) completed the podium with her 3rd place.

CFF League winner = Cosminelul   

a solo victory of Scotson in stage 1 of the Volta a Valenciana.

CFF League stage 1 winners ( split victory ) = Kalarratas     &  ophiuko 

men
Tom Pidcock claimed his first major road victory with Ineos Grenadiers,
taking out the Brabantse Pijl ahead of the more experienced Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates).
The slight Briton timed his sprint perfectly from the leading trio - patiently waiting as a chasing group began to close in and letting Van Aert start the surge for the line. Pidcock came off the Gent-Wevelgem winner's wheel with ease and punched the air in celebration.
Trentin, clearly out of gas, drifted in for third, 5 seconds before the chasing group.

CFF League winner = ophiuko   

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Díaz wins the queens stage after an excting, very steep final climb. Naturally he is the new GC leader.

CFF League stage 5 winner = Mitte   
Cosminelul is still the GC leader with 3 more stages to go.

Démare wins the rainy sprint stage 2.

CFF League stage 2 winner = Cosminelul   
Cosminelul is the new GC leader with 3 more stages to go.