WCS 2023

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After an exciting final 30km with a very active Evenepoel, it came down to a sprint of a reduced peleton.
Groves got a flat tire with about 3 km to go, switched bike with a teammate, returned to the high-speed-peleton, and won !!!

CFF League stage 6 winner = Kalarratas 
5 victories in a row of GC leader Kalarratas. Tomorrow the final stage in Barcelona with the last 5 laps over the tricky Montjuic.

  Gavagna wins TT stage 5. Final GC = 1st Schmid,  2nd Shaw 0:16",  3rd Healy 0:22"

CFF League stage 5 winner = Patrick Kok 

GC winner = Patrick Kok 
Patrick Kok wins also the sprint- and mountain jerseys.
Patrick Kok and Vos, both win the youth jersey.

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A superior van Aert attacked on the Kemmelberg with 50km to go, and only his teammate Laporte could follow.
Both increased the gap, and despite van Aert was by far the best one in this race, he gave the victory to Laporte ( see picture ).
On 1:56" Vanmarcke sprinted to the 3rd podium place.

CFF League winner = WinterIsComing 


This windy, cold and wet race had a lot of crashes, and Reusser won after a long solo.
On 2:42" a reduced peleton sprinted for podiumplaces ; 2nd Jastrab and 3rd van der Duin.

CFF League winner = ophiuko 


In the final stage again a duel between thé 2 GC rivals. Evenepoel won, with Roglič in his wheel who secured the GC victory.
In the picture the final GC ;  2nd Evenepoel 0:06",  1st Roglič 0:00",  3rd Almeida 2:11"

CFF League stage 7 winner = Vos 

GC winner = Kalarratas 
Kalarratas wins also the sprint- and mountain jerseys.
Vlominck wins the youth jersey.

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SEASON TR0PHIES 2023
( 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 ophiuko   6
2 Vos   5
3 Patrick Kok   3
4 Kalarratas   2
5 Animatoca   2
6 Vlominck   2

TOP 6 Chief of Classics Trophy

1 Vos   13
2 ophiuko   10
3 Kalarratas   6
4 WinterIsComing   2
5 Vlominck   2
6 Patrick Kok   1

TOP 11 Emperor of Stage Wins Trophy 
( including prologue )

1 ophiuko   24
2 Patrick Kok   21
3 Vos   20
4 Vlominck   15
5 Kalarratas   13
6 Animatoca   6
7 GaoYao   5
8 Combuijs   3
9 WinterIsComing   3
10 pizzaboys   1
11 BrotasTeam   1

TOP 7 Royal Sprint Trophy

1 Vos   7
2 ophiuko   5
3 Patrick Kok   4
4 Kalarratas   2
5 GaoYao   1
6 Animatoca   1
7 Vlominck   1

TOP 8 King of the Mountains Trophy

1 Kalarratas   4 
2 ophiuko   4
3 Vlominck   3
4 Patrick Kok   2
5 pizzaboys   1
6 Combuijs   1
7 Vos   1
8 GaoYao   1

TOP 7 Prince of Youth Trophy

1 ophiuko   11 
2 Vos   4
3 Vlominck   3
4 Patrick Kok   2
5 Animatoca   1
6 Kalarratas   1
7 WinterIsComing   1

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next 6 races and 1 tour ;
men ; 24½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; BrotasTeam ( 22 ), Cosminelul ( 21 ), TeamElrosportu ( 19 ), Ciscoboss96 ( 18 ), oldmen ( 17 ).
women ; 27 hours left to join.
previous winner ; Vos ( 21 ).
men ; 4 days and 22 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Kalarratas ( 22 ), Cosminelul ( 21 ), Sjiz ( 20 ), AJFactoryCycling ( 19 ), Ciscoboss96 ( 18 ), pizzaboys ( 17 ).
women ; 5 days and 1½ hour left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 ), Patrick Kok ( 21 ), Kalarratas ( 20 ).
  6 days left to join.
previous winners ; BrotasTeam ( 22 + 21 ), WinterIsComing ( 19 ), Tarod ( 18 + 17 ), oldmen ( 16 ).
women ; 8 days left to join.
previous winner ; Kalarratas ( 21 ).
men ; 8 days left to join.
previous winners ; Animatoca ( 22 ), Vos ( 21 + 20 ), pizzaboys ( 19 ), Averatalm ( 18 ).

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Solo victory of Laporte.
On 0:15" the other breakaway-cyclists Lazkano(2nd) and Powless(3rd) just made it by finishing centimeters before the sprinting peleton.

CFF League winner = Vos 

Solo victory of Vollering.
On 0:38" Consonni(2nd) won the peleton sprint, just before Vos(3rd).

CFF League winner = ophiuko 


the next classic monument race starts on Sunday ;

2022 ; a thrilling RVV ended with a sprint among 4 cyclists ; 1st van der Poel, 2nd van Baarle, 3rd Madouas, 4th Pogačar.
  45 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Kalarratas ( 22 ), Cosminelul ( 21 ), Sjiz ( 20 ), AJFactoryCycling ( 19 ), Ciscoboss96 ( 18 ), pizzaboys ( 17 ).

women ; 48½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 ), Patrick Kok ( 21 ), Kalarratas ( 20 ).

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Tomorrow I will post the RVV updates, but now already this :
the next tour starts very soon ;
  16 hours and 50 minutes left to join.
previous winners ; BrotasTeam ( 22 + 21 ), WinterIsComing ( 19 ), Tarod ( 18 + 17 ), oldmen ( 16 ).

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the very impressive solo winners of RVV ; Kopecky and Pogačar.

men's race =  1st Pogačar,  2nd van der Poel 0:16",  3rd M.Pedersen 1:12"

CFF League winner = Patrick Kok 

women's race =  1st Kopecky,  2nd Vollering 0:36",  3rd Longo Borghini 0:36"

CFF League winner = ophiuko 


  E.Hayter wins sprint stage 1.

CFF League stage 1 winner = Kalarratas 

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  Schelling wins stage 2 and takes the GC lead.
Bilbao ( picked by everyone ) has abandoned due to a respiratory problem after the first stage.
Soler ( 4x picked ), Vuillermoz ( 1x picked ), and 2 others ( 0x picked ) are also abandon, but I don't know the reason(s).

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


next races ;
women ; 4 hours and 15 minutes left to join.
previous winner ; Kalarratas ( 21 ).
men ; 5½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Animatoca ( 22 ), Vos ( 21 + 20 ), pizzaboys ( 19 ), Averatalm ( 18 ).

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women ; sprint results = 1st Wiebes, 2nd Kool, 3rd Consonni.

CFF League winner = ophiuko 

  Vingegaard wins stage 3 and takes the GC lead.

CFF League stage 3 winners ( split victory ) = Animatoca    & ophiuko 
Vos is still the GC leader with 3 more stages to go.

men ; sprint results = 1st Philipsen, 2nd Welsford, 3rd Cavendish.

CFF League winner = Vos 


Monument time !  
Vlominck ( MSR ) and Patrick Kok ( RVV ) won already a prestigious monument this year. Who will win the upcoming "Hell of the North" ?
next races ;
  2 days left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 ), pizzaboys ( 21 ).
  2 days and 21½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 ), Animatoca ( 21 ), pizzaboys ( 19 ), Kalarratas ( 18 ), cavetroid ( 17 ).

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Again a stage victory of GC leader Vingegaard, this time by winning the sprint-a-deux versus Landa ( nr 2 GC ).

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

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  Higuita wins stage 5.

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

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next races ;
  3 hours and 45 minutes left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 ), pizzaboys ( 21 ).
  25½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 ), Animatoca ( 21 ), pizzaboys ( 19 ), Kalarratas ( 18 ), cavetroid ( 17 ).

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Several times the break away group was not caught, that had just a tiny gap towards the group of favorites who looked at eachother.
Very surprisingly ( and mostly thanks to the pace of Jackson ) the break away could sprint for victory in the Velodrome ( see picture ).
Final podium =  1st Jackson,  2nd Ragusa,  3rd Truyen.

CFF League winner = pizzaboys 


Again a solo victory of Vingegaard in stage 6. In the picture the final GC = 3rd I.Izagirre 1:29",  1st Vingegaard,  2nd Landa 1:12"

CFF League stage 6 winner = Patrick Kok 

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


I assume everyone saw the spectaculair final of Paris Roubaix, incl. crucial flat tire of v Aert and magnificient solo victory of vd Poel.
In the picture the final podium =  2nd Philipsen,  1st van der Poel,  3rd van Aert.

CFF League winner = Vos 

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next 4 races and 1 tour ;
women's race ; 1 day and 16 hours left to join.
previous winners ; ophiuko ( 22 ), Cosminelul ( 21 ).
men's race ; 1 day and 17½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vlominck ( 22 ), ophiuko ( 21 ), Vos ( 20 + 19 + 18 ).
women's race ; 5 days and 15½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Animatoca ( 22 ), ophiuko ( 21 ).
men's race ; 5 days and 16 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Patrick Kok ( 22 ), Vos ( 21 + 18 ), TeamElrosportu ( 19 ), Kalarratas ( 17 ).
  6 days and 17 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 + 17 + 16 ), Vlominck ( 21 ), WinterIsComing ( 19 ), pizzaboys ( 18 ).

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women's race ;
A break away group of 6 sprinted for victory ; final results =  1st Persico,  2nd Vollering,  3rd Lippert.

CFF League winner = Vos 

men's race ;
A surprising 2 man break away ; final results =  1st Godon( Ag2r ),  2nd Healy( EF ) 0:01",  3rd Cosnefroy( Ag2r ) 0:21"

CFF League winner = Kalarratas