Since we're kind of between races, I feel it could be a good time for this.
'Small' here is pretty all-encompassing: anything outside of the grand tours, monuments and the bigger classics (Amstel, Fleche Wallone, Strade Bianche, Gent-Wevelgem, E3, CSS (and potentially omloop but we'll see about that)). So I guess smaller is a better word than small. But anyway, just list a top 5 or 10 of your favourite of these perhas less well known races, just to see which ones are the most widely liked, and also maybe some people will pay closer attention and watch a smaller race that a couple of people really like that perhaps they have never thought to check out.
My list:
Brabantse Pjil - it's coming up and I'm excited, I've always enjoyed this race, I don't really know why, but something about it appeals to me. The mixture of cobbles and hills maybe, or the balance between attackers and sprinters.
Giro dell'Emilia - iconic finish and just generally a great race. the first spotting of the untamed chris froome, who will surely go down as the greatest cyclist in history.
Giro del Trentino/Tour of the Alps - the mountain stage race. It's just great.
Ruta a Burgos - kind of similar reasons
GP Miguel Indurain - it's actually quite a cool race
Dwars door Vlaanderen - yeah, it's WT, but it's still good and less well known than gent-wevelgem, for example
Chrono des Nations - the real itt wc
Tour of Turkey - before it became wt, it was actually a really fun race with a very odd mix or riders, wind and mountains
GP Industria & Artigianato - always a fun race with young riders
I've missed loads of obvious ones too, hopefully some good ones will come up
Edit: I've decided that the big 7 one week races (pn, ta, catalunya, itzulia, romandie, dauphine and suisse) don't count either
'Small' here is pretty all-encompassing: anything outside of the grand tours, monuments and the bigger classics (Amstel, Fleche Wallone, Strade Bianche, Gent-Wevelgem, E3, CSS (and potentially omloop but we'll see about that)). So I guess smaller is a better word than small. But anyway, just list a top 5 or 10 of your favourite of these perhas less well known races, just to see which ones are the most widely liked, and also maybe some people will pay closer attention and watch a smaller race that a couple of people really like that perhaps they have never thought to check out.
My list:
Brabantse Pjil - it's coming up and I'm excited, I've always enjoyed this race, I don't really know why, but something about it appeals to me. The mixture of cobbles and hills maybe, or the balance between attackers and sprinters.
Giro dell'Emilia - iconic finish and just generally a great race. the first spotting of the untamed chris froome, who will surely go down as the greatest cyclist in history.
Giro del Trentino/Tour of the Alps - the mountain stage race. It's just great.
Ruta a Burgos - kind of similar reasons
GP Miguel Indurain - it's actually quite a cool race
Dwars door Vlaanderen - yeah, it's WT, but it's still good and less well known than gent-wevelgem, for example
Chrono des Nations - the real itt wc
Tour of Turkey - before it became wt, it was actually a really fun race with a very odd mix or riders, wind and mountains
GP Industria & Artigianato - always a fun race with young riders
I've missed loads of obvious ones too, hopefully some good ones will come up
Edit: I've decided that the big 7 one week races (pn, ta, catalunya, itzulia, romandie, dauphine and suisse) don't count either
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