Lesser known races 2024 edition

[RedheadDane]

Just over 70 Ks to go in the misleadingly named "Four Days of Dunkirk", which consists of six stages.
A five rider group has 2:14 to the peloton.

Weather a bit wet.

 

[RedheadDane]

Took a while for them to open the account, but now Cofidis just can't be stopped!

Fretin takes the win.

 

[Sciatic]

Just over 70 Ks to go in the misleadingly named "Four Days of Dunkirk", which consists of six stages.
A five rider group has 2:14 to the peloton.

Weather a bit wet.

So that’s where the other 2 days of De Panne went: Dunkirk kidnapped them!

 

[RedheadDane]

So that’s where the other 2 days of De Panne went: Dunkirk kidnapped them!

It was also "More than four Days of Dunkirk" when it was indeed 3 days of De Panne.

One of my favourite "cycling is a bit weird" situations is from two years ago when, during the same weekend, we had two stages of the Giro... in Hungary, and also stage 5 and 6 of Four Days of Dunkirk...

 

[tobydawq]

SAM BENNETT IS NOT A THIEF!!!

Too bad DNP-Old is not here to see the day

 

[tobydawq]

I had hoped Milan Menten would win today after Milan's victory in the Giro and Milan Fretin's win yesterday.

 

[pastronef]

I am very very happy for Bennett! finally he gets his win with Ag2r.

 

[yaco]

And to think the two posters boys for AG2R Bennett and Lafay have done nothing.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bennett takes it again.

 

[tobydawq]

Bennett the thief now stealing wins all the time.

 

[postmanhat]

Don't know if it was luck or judgement on his part, but joining Decathlon in their miracle season was the best move possible for him. Wonder if they could have done the same for Ackermann?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Speaking of thieves: the Quatre Jours de Démare era is firmly over...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Speaking of thieves: the Quatre Jours de Démare era is firmly over...

He has won one stage here in the last 10 years, so this was probably already the case.

 

[Squire]

He has won one stage here in the last 10 years, so this was probably already the case.

And the two years before that he won five stages across those two editions, plus the overall both years.

But if you'd ask me what really is Demare's stage race, I'd say Tour du Poitou Charentes. He once won all five stages in one edition, including a decent-length TT.

 

[RedheadDane]

GO CORNELIUS!

(Apparently Tomas Kopecky is called Cornelius. It happens...)

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Omg that was horrible

 

[RedheadDane]

Bennett stole that win from Wangheluwe!

Though, Wangheluwe did celebrate too early.

Or not...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I think Bennett just got this.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Brilliant. Despite that he won by about 3mm.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Oh, Vangheluwe did it. Well calculated celebration then.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Vangheluwe, but that was a silly early celebration.

 

[Faserr]

Nice one.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

I think Bennett just got this.

He didn't LOL LOL LOL

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Felbermayr 1-2 headed by Zoidl on a big MTF in a smaller 2.1, what year is this again?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Felbermayr 1-2 headed by Zoidl on a big MTF in a smaller 2.1, what year is this again?

Mareczko even won Stage 1, but at his peak he may have even gotten over the climb in the beginning of stage 2 instead of abandoning. The field is absolutely terrible in Greece this year.