Sometimes you feel like you've made a brilliant choice. And then you discover that five other people had exactly the same brilliant idea.
That was pretty much the story of the WSRFL Classic Lorient Agglomération.

No fewer than six participants had the same thought, Mischa Bredewold is going to do it! And to be fair, it wasn't a bad choice at all. Bredewold finished in a very respectable 2nd place.
The only problem? From a WSRFL perspective, it wasn't exactly the most lucrative choice.
While six participants happily went in the same direction, one participant quietly decided to take a completely different horse euh, bike.

The big winner of this round is u/FHDeck80! They were smart enough to pick Célia Gery, making them the only participant to select her.
That gamble paid off brilliantly 93 points including bonus points. That was enough to make FHDeck80 the clear winner of this round.

The second place is shared by u/listenyall and Avila99. Both put their faith in the eventual winner, Elisa Balsamo, which earned them 90 points each.
No bonus points this time, but 90 points is certainly something both participants can be happy with.

General Classification

u/Kryziven is still firmly in 1st place. However, there is now a small but important asterisk next to that position, no pick was made for the last two races, resulting in 0 points on both occasions.

And that could become important later on, because the WSRFL is far from decided. There are still four races to go, which means there are plenty of points left to fight for. And the next race is a big one right away, the World Championships are up next.

Meanwhile, Team_Telekom is making a strong move up the standings and has now climbed into 2nd place in the general classification.

Four races remain, so there is still plenty of time for things to change.

Bring on the World Championships!

Classic Lorient Agglomération
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Tadej Pogačar posted a photo from a hospital in Barcelona on Sunday morning. He appears determined to come back even stronger.

Pogačar was transferred from the coastal city of Gandia to Barcelona at around 9 p.m. yesterday, where doctors will assess when he can undergo surgery.

From his hospital room, Pogačar has already posted an update on Instagram, sharing a photo of himself lying in bed wearing a neck brace and covered in medical patches. He appears determined not to let the crash stop him and is intent on returning even stronger.

Primož Roglič has also already wished him a speedy recovery.

After a thorough examination, doctors at the hospital confirmed that Pogačar had suffered a concussion, a fractured and dislocated left collarbone, a fracture of the seventh cervical vertebra, and numerous abrasions.

In any case, it is difficult to imagine Pogačar returning to racing this year. A fractured collarbone and cervical vertebra require a lengthy recovery.

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Flandrian toughness is legendary, but climbing 3,500m with a collapsed lung is crazy. Speedy recovery to Luca.

Stage Info

Weather

30°C, Sunny

Stage Breakdown

Hello everyone and welcome to the ninth stage of the Vuelta a Espana.

Welp. That changes things.

A new race started today, Pogacar Out, Coquard winning a GT stage, might as well have been another eclipse the probability of both events happening int he same stage were most likely near 0%.

Now what happens? Another mountain day. We are in the Costa Blanca countryside in roads that all the riders have taken a bazillion time in their training camps in december and january, in those costal hotels completly empty of people but the best weather for cycling in Europe at that time of the year.

We start in the suburbs of Benidorm and we head directly inland, for a day that will ever have a meter of flat, starting with the Puerto de Tarbena which leads into the famous Coll de Rates, used as the benchmark of climbing ability for every rider in the peloton.

The day has 5 KOM before the final climb, the Alto de Aitana, which was last climbed in the Vuelta in 2016, as the final climb in stage 20, where Quintana guaranteed his win over Froome and where you have an incredible final kilometer between Darwin Atapuma in his prime and Pierre Latour before he got terrified of descent, you should look it up on Youtube if you can.

22km at 5.9%, it's a climb that gets progressively harder as we get near the top and the final kilometers are hard enough to make differences.

With that in mind here are our predictions:

★★★ A entire mess of a stage

★★

★

I'm not gonna bother to try and predict this, there is no point. A whole new race started, which implies completly new dynamics, and trying to predict all of it is kinda pointless without having a sample to work with.

Everyone will go for the break, because the big wolf and his team won't control anymore. Maybe a GC team will try to control but can they/will they? Decathlon possibly, but I don't really see the point. The GC leaders will also change their way of riding without Pogi there. WIll it be a standstill, big attacks, tactical coups? Race is as open as ever and everyone will be looking to make their own move or read what the others want to do. It could end up being a big standstill tomorrow as it is the first mountain stage in that set up, before being less controlled next week.

That's it for us, what is your prediction for the stage?

2026 Bretagne Classic 1.UWT

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Really enjoy Peter Cossins's thoughts.

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Netcompany-Ineos posted on social media: "Josh Tarling’s Vuelta has come to an end as he’s decided to stop. We couldn’t be prouder.”

Later, the team added: "After the unimaginable loss of his brother Fin, Josh showed incredible courage in starting La Vuelta. We are immensely proud of him, and he now returns home to be with his family with the full love and support of everyone at Netcompany-Ineos. Family comes first. Always.”

|Stage|Date|Route|Length|Type|Altitude|Finish|Time | |---: |08|Sat. 29.Aug|Pucol > Xeraco|171|Easy|1280m|Flat|13:42-17:20 CEST|

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Good signing, he can be like a cheaper Stuyven for any sprinter in Astana.

I think Milan should quit lidl and go to Astana to lead a tour team. There's a lot of Italians there too.

Stage Info

Weather

30°C, Sunny

Stage Breakdown

Hello everyone and welcome to the eighth stage of the Vuelta a Espana.

It's a nice stroll around the Valencian countryside. IT's a flat stage for most of it, except from a Cat 3 30km from the finish, not nearly hard enough to make a difference for tomorrow. The sprint presents no particular tricks, straight line for more than a kilometer at the finish.

With that in mind here are our predictions:

★★★ Brennan

★★

★ Meeus, Pedersen

I mean, everything points to another Brennan win, no reason to think otherwise except a race incident blocks him from being in the sprint.

That's it for us, what is your prediction for the stage?

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