Archiv der Kategorie: Kriterium und Rundstreckenrennen

Down Under Classic 2024

01 Narvaez Jhonnatan INEOS Grenadiers 01:01:33
02 Tesfazion Natnael Lidl-Trek + 00
03 Del Toro Isaac UAE Team Emirates + 00
04 Sweeny Harry EF Education-EasyPost + 00
05 Gelders Gil Soudal Quick-Step + 00
06 Onley Oscar Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 00
07 Bauhaus Phil Bahrain Victorious + 00
08 Pithie Laurence Groupama-FDJ + 00
09 McLay Daniel ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00
10 Strong Corbin Israel-Premier Tech + 00
11 Viviani Elia INEOS Grenadiers + 00
12 Fretin Milan Cofidis + 00
13 Scott Cameron Bahrain Victorious + 00
14 Boivin Guillaume Israel-Premier Tech + 00
15 Welsford Sam BORA-hansgrohe

Eine 6-köpfige Spitzengruppe rettete sich auf der Zielgeraden knapp vor dem jagenden Feld ins Ziel.
Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) war als 7ter schnellster Sprinter aus dem Feld heraus.

Radsport Geschichte: Siegerpodium Auto Neuser Preis am 24.4.1983

24.4.1983: Großer Int. Alfa Romeo Auto Neuser Preis in Nürnberg: Veranstalter Fritz Neuser ( elfmaliger DM und Olympiateilnehmer auf dem Rennrad und erfolgreicher Autorennfahrer) gratuliert dem jungen Sieger Rolf Gölz. Zweiter wurde Peter Becker (RC Charlottenburg) und Dritter der niederländische Kriteriumsspezialist Snoeink. Fritz Neuser feiert am 14.2.2017 seinen 85.Geburtstag.
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24.4.1983: Großer Int. Alfa Romeo Auto Neuser Preis in Nürnberg:

Veranstalter Fritz Neuser (elfmaliger DM und Olympiateilnehmer auf dem Rennrad und erfolgreicher Autorennfahrer) gratuliert dem jungen Sieger Rolf Gölz, der später eine erfolgreiche Karriere als Radprofi absolvierte. Zweiter wurde Peter Becker (RC Charlottenburg) und Dritter der niederländische Kriteriumsspezialist Snoeink.
Fritz Neuser feierte am 14.4.2023 seinen 91.Geburtstag.

Absage Großer Auto Neuser Preis 2024

In der letzten Woche hat die fränkischen Radsportfans ein Bericht im Sportteil der Nürnberger Nachrichten / Nürnberger Zeitung, der auch
im Schwabacher Tagblatt erschienen ist, sehr erschüttert:

„Auch das letzte Rennen ist Geschichte“ (Presseartikel vom 29.11.23, siehe unten)

Darin wurde erwähnt, dass Fritz Neuser als Sponsor des Rennens „Großer Auto Neuser Preis“ nicht mehr zur Verfügung steht.

Auf den wahren Grund seiner Entscheidung wurde in dem Artikel leider nicht eingegangen.

Fritz Neuser hatte seinen Grund der Rennabsage den Chef-Redakteuren der obigen Zeitungen mit Schreiben vom 22.11.23 mitgeteilt (Schreiben siehe im nächsten Thread).
Leider ging die Leitung der Sportredaktion, im Presseartikel vom 29.11.23 zur Absage des Rennens, nicht auf sein Schreiben ein.

An Stelle der primären Absagegründe wurden andere Grundlagen für die Absage verantwortlich gemacht.

Grundsätzlich ist die Absage des Radrennens „Großer Auto Neuser Preis“ für den Radsport in Nürnberg / Bayern ein sehr großer Verlust.


Schwabacher Tagblatt/NN vom 29.11.23

2023 TOUR DE FRANCE SAITAMA CRITERIUM: POGAČAR WRAPS UP THE SEASON IN STYLE

Saitama (Japan) – Sunday, November 5th 2023 – Tadej Pogačar wrote the epilogue of a success story and the prologue of a new one. Racing in his Tour de France Saitama Criterium debut, the Slovenian rider came out on top in the Japanese city, the end point of a record-breaking season in which he picked up a whopping seventeen victories, including two Tour stage wins in July. In his final appearance in the white jersey —he will age out of the best young rider’s classification next year— the world number one outsprinted Sepp Kuss for the win, with Peter Sagan on the bottom step of the podium. A short while earlier, Pogačar and his UAE Team Emirates teammates had finished second in the team time trial, which went to Yukiya Arashiro’s Bahrain Victorious.

The champions of the Tour headed to the other side of the world for the last bout of the season, riding in summer-like temperatures under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of Japanese fans. The ninth edition of the Tour de France Saitama Criterium roared to life as soon as the flag went down. Ten years after becoming the first winner of the race while clad in the yellow jersey, Chris Froome fired the opening salvo on the first of seventeen 3.5 km laps, right after the very first turn. His gutsy ride and relentless attacks throughout the race earned him the combativity award.

Cavendish and Ciccone hunting for points

The peloton reeled in the first breakaway shortly before the first intermediate sprint, where Mark Cavendish, a 34-time Tour de France stage winner racing alongside Froome in the Legends squad, took the first step in his ultimately successful challenge for the points classification. Meanwhile, Giulio Ciccone (Lidl–Trek) was determined to do justice to the polka-dot jersey he won last July. Mission accomplished for the Italian, who featured in multiple breakaways and grabbed enough points to become the king of the mountains.

Sagan and Kuss attack but Pogačar has the final word

Egan Bernal, second in Saitama in 2019, and Chris Froome were the driving force behind a new breakaway that was caught just before the last intermediate sprint, won by Peter Sagan (Legends). The Slovak kept the momentum going to charge full steam ahead. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Sepp Kuss (Jumbo–Visma) joined the three-time world champion a lap later, with 7 km to go. Cofidis set a frantic pace at the front of the peloton to close the gap, but it was not to be. Not fancying his prospects in a sprint, Kuss tried to outsmart his fellow escapees with an attack from 2.5 km out. Sagan had no answer to this and had to settle for third, but Pogačar held on and came around the American to ride to victory and into the gorgeous sunset.

Arashiro’s clique beats the clock

The day had got under way with a time trial that put the spotlight on homegrown talent and the stars of para-cycling, as well as giving the pros the chance to warm up and get a feel for the circuit, lined by massive crowds. „It was mind-blowing, there were spectators everywhere, not just at the finish“, said a happy Thomas Champion, third in the team time trial with Cofidis. Yukiya Arashiro’s Bahrain Victorious outfit took the spoils in 3′43″42‴, three seconds faster than Tadej Pogačar’s UAE Team Emirates. „In Singapore, we finished third, behind UAE Team Emirates and Cofidis. We were determined to win today“, explained the 39-year-old Japanese, who had planned the turns with his teammates Pello Bilbao, Matevž Govekar and Kamil Gradek in painstaking detail. It was Arashiro’s maiden win in the team time trial and his second overall in Saitama, following his triumph in the road race in 2019. The local hero, who has not missed a single edition of the event since its launch in 2013, has good reason to be proud. „Winning in front of the Japanese crowds means the world to me. Doing so once was already great, but doing so twice is even better!“

RC Herpersdorf Stadtparkrennen Schwabach 3.10.23 – Bayr. Kriteriumsmeisterschaft und inoffizielle DM Kriterium Frauen

Leider konnte ich in 2023 durch einen vorherigen Termin nur das Frauen und das ELITE Rennen mit meiner Kamera beobachten, alle Fotos im Artikel von Plomi.
Im übersichtlichen Feld der Damen wurde neben der BM erstmals eine inoffizielle DM Kriterium ausgefahren und hier erwies sich Romy Kasper (Soudal-Quickstep) als absolut stärkste Fahrerin, sie fuhr fast das ganze Rennen solo an der Spitze und stand mehrmals kurz vor der Überrundung des Restfeldes. Bayerische Meisterin wurde mit 2min 30 Sekunden Rückstand Lena Gömmel vom ausrichtenden RC Herpersdorf. Schade, dass sich die Beteiligung auf diesem schönen Rundkurs in Grenzen hielt.


Romy Kasper


Lena Gömmel


Feld der Damen

Das Hauptrennen der ELITE Männer wurde wie gewohnt sehr flott ausgefahren, die Akteure bewältigten die 60km in 1h20min, also einem Schnitt von 45km/h, obwohl ein kräftiger Wind blies und während der letzten beiden Runden dann auch noch heftiger Regen einsetzte.
Wie erwartet war der RSC Kempten die dominierende Mannschaft, deren Übermacht auch die zahlreichen Akteure von 54×11, Storck und Valeo aus Regensburg anerkennen mussten.
Es siegte mit Hilfe seiner starken Mannschaft schließlich der Deutsche Meister Kriterium Dario Rapps vor Jonas Schmeisser und Jaro Bräuning, alle RSC Kempten.


Dario Rapps


Paul Keller vor Jonas Schmeisser

Diashow der Rennen 2021 bis 2023:

26.3.23 – RC Herpersdorf Großer Auto Neuser Preis

Die bayerische Straßensaison eröffnete nun schon wie gewohnt der rührige RC Herpersdorf mit dem Kriterium Großer Auto Neuser Preis am 26.3.23 im Nürnberger Norden.
Erfreulicherweise groß waren die Startfelder, vor allem auch in den Nachwuchsklassen.
Weniger erfreulich war für diese über Mittag leider das regenerische Wetter, aber zumindest gab es am Nachmittag zu den Hauptrennen einige Wolkenlücken.
Das Feld der Amateure betrug ca. 60 Fahrer und begann bei trockener Strecke und Marcel Franz (54×11) erwies sich bald als der stärkste Fahrer im Feld, der auch durch die NEXTLVL Mannschaft nicht gebremst werden konnte und sich souverän den Sieg sicherte.
Mitte des Rennens gab es einen kräftigen Schauer mit anschließendem Regenbogen, der die Strecke schwieriger zu befahren machte.

Zum Beginn des ELITE Rennens mit ca. 35 Startern war die schnelle Strecke noch leicht feucht, trocknete dann aber fix ab, so daß die Fahrer ein höllisches Tempo auf den Asphalt zaubern konnten.
Erwartungsgemäß lieferten sich die Fahrer der 3 großen Teams 54×11, RSC Kempten und RC Bellheim spannende Positionskämpfe vor den Wertungen, aber schnell wurde klar, daß der RSC Kempten die stärkste Kraft vor 54×11 war, und so sicherte sich Dario Rapps mit Hilfe seiner Mannschaft den Sieg vor Florenz Knauer und Lukas Herrmann von 54×11.

Diashow noch in Arbeit…..

Jordi Meeus Zweiter zum Auftakt der Saison bei Schwalbe Classic

01 [AUS] Caleb Ewan Australia 01:02:35
02 [BEL] Jordi Meeus BORA-hansgrohe + 00
03 [AUS] Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00
04 [GER] Phil Bauhaus Bahrain Victorious + 00
05 [GER] Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM + 00

06 [NZL] Campbell Stewart Team Jayco-AlUla + 00
07 [GER] Kim Heiduk INEOS Grenadiers + 00
08 [FRA] Paul Penhoët Groupama-FDJ + 00
09 [FRA] Bryan Coquard Cofidis + 00
10 [LAT] Emils Liepins Trek-Segafredo + 00


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Nach einer zweijährigen Pause steht die Tour Down Under wieder auf dem Rennkalender. Die Rennwoche begann mit einem Kriterium, das zwar nicht zur Gesamtwertung der Tour Down Under zählt, aber den schnellen Männern die Gelegenheit bot, ihre Form in einem hart umkämpften Sprint zu zeigen. Nachdem sich eine kleine Gruppe lösen konnte, gelang es Marco Haller wenig später zur Spitze aufzuschließen. Auf der letzten Runde kam das Rennen aber wieder zusammen und Jordi Meeus wurde im Schlusssprint hinter dem Tagessieger Caleb Ewan, knapp Zweiter.

Reaktionen im Ziel
„Es ist ein bisschen schade, wenn man in einem Massensprint knapp Zweiter wird, aber es ist kein schlechtes Ergebnis, die Saison so zu beginnen. Wir wussten, dass Caleb heute Abend einer der großen Favoriten sein würde, aber er ist nicht mit seinem Team hier, sondern mit der Nationalmannschaft. Wir wussten also nicht, welches Team das Rennen kontrollieren würde. Wie erwartet, setzte sich eine kleine Gruppe ab und wir hatten Marco mit an der Spitze, was perfekt für uns war. Die anderen Jungs haben unseren Plan gut umgesetzt und mich so gut wie möglich unterstützt. Am Ende hätte meine Positionierung etwas besser sein können, aber der zweite Platz ist am Ende nicht so schlecht.“ – Jordi Meeus

„Mit einem zweiten Platz beim ersten Rennen der Saison kann man sehr zufrieden sein, besonders wenn man bedenkt, dass Jordi den Jetlag zu verkraften hatte. Ebenso zufrieden sind wir auch mit dem Rennverlauf. Marco Haller hat es geschafft, in die gefährliche Spitzengruppe vorzustoßen und hat da in einer heiklen Rennsituation die Übersicht bewiesen und damit auch gezeigt, dass er schon in Top-Form ist. Für uns war es ein Startpunkt für die Sprintvorbereitung und man kann sagen, dass es in dem Bereich sicher noch Luft gibt, uns zu verbessern. Ich bin sicher, dass wir im Laufe der Tour Down Under es schaffen werden, Jordi den bestmöglichen Support im Lead-Out zu bieten. Im Großen und Ganzen sind wir mit dem Ergebnis und unserem ersten Podestplatz der Saison sehr zufrieden“ – Christian Pömer, Sportlicher Leiter

TOUR DE FRANCE PRUDENTIAL SINGAPORE CRITERIUM

Singapore – Sunday 30th october 2022:

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 Three months after his famous victory on the Champs-Elysées, Jonas Vingegaard was once again the strongest rider to win the first edition of the 57-kilometre Tour de France Prudential Singapore Criterium. Greeted by a chequered flag, the Danish champion beat Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali in a royal breakaway that pulled away in the final two laps.
 Although Mark Cavendish couldn’t find his way into the leading group to use his speed on the Formula One race track, he did win the green jersey as he did in his last Tour participation in 2021, thanks to the intermediate sprints. Among the attackers of the day, Singapore champion Boon Kiak’s efforts saw him win the combativeness award, whilst Cofidis riders Simon Geschke, Axel Zingle, Max Walscheid and Tom Bohli won the team time trial

Key points:
 On the day before the first edition of the Tour de France Prudential Singapore Criterium, the riders have been able to enjoy a day of relaxation and sight-seeing, allowing them, for example, to take time out for a short trip through Chinatown.
 The weekend in Singapore signals the end of an era in modern cycling as two exceptional champions, Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde, bring the curtain down on their careers at the two criteriums in Asia.
 The preparations for the race were concluded by the presentation of the teams held at the finishing line of the Criterium, at the foot of the grandstand named The Float which each year also overlooks the finish of the Singapore Formula 1 grand prix. The programme for the evening included a concert by the Synthony philharmonic orchestra, who have created a fusion between classical and electronic music.
 Tomorrow afternoon, sport will have pride of place, with first of all a time-trial then the Criterium, which will start at 4 pm, for a race over a distance of 64 kilometres.

THE FIRST PEDAL STROKES… IN CHINATOWN

Whilst awaiting to climb onto their bikes to tackle the circuit winding around Marina Bay tomorrow at the end of the afternoon, the riders were able to take time to visit Singapore and temporarily get away from the city centre. While photos of the city have widely made its sky-line famous as well as the three towers of Marina Bay Sands linked by its “sky-way” perched at a height of two hundred metres, the riders were able to discover a different face of the city by visiting the district of Albert Park, very close to Chinatown. In this neighbourhood, the buildings are much shorter and the champions were able to enjoy a quick taste of street food. For the inhabitants of Singapore, it is customary to take a snack with a “youtiao” which, according to Alejandro Valverde, resembles the “churros” found in his native Spain, but which Chris Froome gobbled down, with another reference in mind: “They are exactly like the doughnuts that we call “Mandasi” in Kenya. It takes me back to my childhood, because it’s exactly the type of thing that I would eat after a long training ride to recharge my batteries,” explained the four times winner of the Tour, before taking advantage of a small excursion in a “trishaw” among former wearers of the Yellow Jersey. This time, the usual chauffeurs of these traditional means of transport were sat in the passenger seat and left the handlebars to the experts. On completion of this small jaunt through Chinatown, Mark Cavendish showed himself worthy of his champion of Great Britain jersey by returning to the garage first, ahead of Vingegaard, Valverde, Nibali and Froome. The Manx sprinter is well and truly in form!

NIBALI AND VALVERDE COME TO THE END OF THEIR FAREWELL TOUR
One of them is closing in on his 38th birthday whilst the other reached the age of 42 last spring. Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde have battled for a long time on the world’s roads, both building up rolls of honour that give them pride of place in the history of cycling, with the Italian among the seven riders to have won the three grand tours and the Spaniard ready to leave the professional pack with a total of 133 victories, placing him in 6th place of the overall hierarchy, just behind Bernard Hinault (145). Both men enjoyed emotional farewells on the Vuelta and Il Lombardia, but will be fastening their last race numbers to their jerseys on the Asian criteriums, in Singapore and Saitama. “I’ve been very busy since Il Lombardia,” explained the Astana rider who has already got involved in the running of the Pro-Continental team created by Douglas Ryder for the 2023 season. “I’ve not really realised that it’s the end, because I’m going to stay involved in cycling. However, I’m delighted to come and ride on these Criteriums, which are excellent showcases for our sport”. As for the Spaniard, “Bala” is also looking to the future, having just taken part in the close season training block with Movistar in Pamplona, “with the desire to pass on as much of my experience as I can to the youngest riders”. The former world champion who is in the process of retiring is nonetheless delighted to be climbing back on his bike tomorrow morning: “I’m here to enjoy these last races as much as I can. I’ve been competitive from the beginning to the end of my career – I still finished 6th on Il Lombardia. However, I’ve come here with my family to share these farewells with them as well as with my team-mates. Perhaps now I’ll allow myself to eat a bit more!”

A CHANCE FOR A SINGAPOREAN?
The aim of the Criterium is also to combine the movers and shakers on the Tour de France with the cyclists who make the headlines in the discipline in their own region, within the same pack. As such, the 16 riders from the world’s elite will have the opportunity to measure themselves against the 28 riders selected by the four teams invited to Singapore. While the national federation has chosen four riders to fly the flag for their country, the hopes of shining on a circuit favourable to sprinters will perhaps be held by Malaysian Mohd Harrif Saleh, whose speed has already caused havoc on the Tour of Langkawi (with three stages won between 2019 and 2020), as well as this season on the Tours of Thailand and Taiwan. The crowds expected along the route will especially cast a knowing eye on his Singaporean team-mate at the Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team. At the age of 32 years, Goh Choon Huat will be participating in the last race of his career, marked by seven national titles in total, and he intends to go out with a bang: “I don’t know what I’ll be able to do on this circuit, but I’m determined to seize the opportunity to take the limelight for my farewell, by taking part in a breakaway, for example”. Finally, the Thailand Continental team will most likely try their luck with their two leaders, namely two times national time-trial champion Peerapol Chawchiangkwang and Sarawut Sirironchai, a four times stage winner on the Tour of Thailand.

TOUR DE FRANCE PRUDENTIAL SINGAPORE CRITERIUM: A COLLECTION OF YELLOW JERSEYS

Key points:
 The end of the 2022 season has witnessed the emergence on the calendar of an event set to bring together a selection of riders from among the major players on the Tour de France: the first edition of the Tour de France Prudential Singapore Criterium will take place on 30th October.
 To inaugurate the route that will take in a part of the Formula 1 circuit, the winner of the Tour de France 2022, Jonas Vingegaard, will once again be donning the Yellow Jersey he won this summer and will be accompanied by elite riders who have left their mark on the recent history of the event, such as Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali, Alejandro Valverde or Mark Cavendish.

For its first visit to Singapore, the Tour de France pack will arrive in a reduced format, representing the excellence of the battles played out on French roads during the month of July, with three winners of the event and 10 riders who, thanks to the strength of their legs, have victoriously raised their arms and received the stage winner’s bouquet for a joint total of 59 times. The man with most of these victories is of course none other than Mark Cavendish, the joint record holder for stage wins with 34 successes obtained between 2008 and 2021. The British sprinter has written his name over much of the French map but has never won a Tour de France stage outside the country’s borders. His famous speed and double kick may give him the opportunity to taste victory on the urban route through Singapore, which will take in several portions of the Marina Bay circuit that hosted the Formula 1 grand prix last weekend.

Even as a two times winner of the Green Jersey (in 2011 and 2021), “Cav” will be sharing top billing at the Tour de France Prudential Singapore Criterium with other high calibre title hunters: Chris Froome is one that particularly stands out, having dominated the general classification four times, whilst the career of Vincenzo Nibali demands respect, having also won, like his British counterpart, each of the three grand tours. Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard joined the exclusive club of Tour de France winners last summer by conquering the Yellow Jersey in the mountains and keeping it until the Champs-Elysées. Although he was lucky enough to wear the same tunic for two days of the race in 2008, it was on La Vuelta that the soon to be retired Alejandro Valverde won his only grand tour in 2009. The atmosphere that will overcome Singapore for this Criterium could awaken nostalgia for that winning feeling in the Spanish former world champion.

Riders participating (as of 06/10):

Jumbo-Visma: Jonas Vingegaard (Dnk), Sepp Kuss (Usa)

Cofidis: Simon Geschke, Max Walscheid (Deu), Tom Bohli (Che), Axel Zingle (Fra)

Israel-Premier Tech: Chris Froome (Gbr), Simon Clarke (Aus), Hugo Houle, Guillaume Boivin (Can)

Intermarché – Wanty Gobert Matériaux: Jan Hirt (Cze), Andrea Pasqualon (Ita), Barnabas Peak (Hun), Théo Delacroix (Fra)

Team BikeExchange – Jayco: Callum Scotson (Aus)

Movistar Team: Alejandro Valverde, Enric Mas, Jose Joaquin Rojas, Imanol Erviti (Esp)

Astana Qazaqstan Team: Vincenzo Nibali, Antonio Nibali, Samuele Battistella, Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita)

Legend Team: Mark Cavendish (Gbr), Jasper Philipsen (Bel).