Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

China, stage 4.
Slight incline bunch sprint coming up (most likely).

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10Km to go.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

NIce long sprint by Laas, pretty dominant.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

ToA reminder: Stage 1 starts today.

On paper, a perfect parcours to start with. Race starts at 11:00 local.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Live stream to ToA:

View: https://youtu.be/hrZ86z7JsWQ

 

[Pozzovivo]

Reasonably strong startlist in Austria. 7 WT teams with good riders, but the PRT teams are lacking...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Over 50 kilometres done in Austria and the fight to establish the break is still ongoing. 2025 pro cycling is strange.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Vorarlberg 3 in the break, maybe setting something up for Colin/Konychev ahead of his summer peak?

 

[Potomac]

Vino was the earlier break, and now Beloki?

2003 all over again

 

[QueenStagiaire]

That‘s an all-time terrible broadcast

 

[fenns]

TV coverage leaves something to be desired

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Don't look back, go ffs

 

[Tim Cahill]

Just enjoying the live chat of mostly Mexicans absolutely staggered as to why Del Toro isn't there.

 

[Tim Cahill]

The look back signifies its all over

 

[Tim Cahill]

Good attempt from 'Ryan Archie'

 

[Peyroteo94]

This UAE team looks unfair against this field.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Markel not be lucky.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

4 among the Top 5 for UAE

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage:

1	Großschartner Felix	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	14	20		3:46:36
2	Majka Rafał	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	5	12		0:05
3	Ryan Archie	EF Education - EasyPost	3	7		0:06
4	Baroncini Filippo	UAE Team Emirates - XRG		5		0:16
5	del Toro Isaac	UAE Team Emirates - XRG		4		,,
6	Kämna Lennard	Lidl - Trek		3		,,
7	Álvarez Héctor	Lidl - Trek		2		,,
8	Engelhardt Felix	Team Jayco AlUla		1		,,
9	August Andrew	INEOS Grenadiers				,,
10	Charmig Anthon	XDS Astana Team				,,

 

[Peyroteo94]

UAE can win all stages....

 

[Tim Cahill]

Marco Schrettl should end up on a bigger team

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Big result for Kämna. Maybe he can finally return to his legendary DSM level.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Electric double in the GC group

 

[Didinho]

Don't look back, go ffs

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[Escarabajo]

No love for the sprinters in the Tour of Austria. LOL.
Nice Parcours.

 

[ppanther92]

Marco Schrettl should end up on a bigger team

Indeed. Was also a pretty good junior but then struggled a lot 2023 and 2024 in his first "adult" years. But he was always pretty much on par with Hajek who got a WT contract. In that sense, always a bit of luck involved.

But good results so far in 2025. I would say there should be a team to pick him up.

Happy for Felix Großschartner. He is one of the riders on the brink of getting dropped by UAE for next year (was already close this winter). And I think he is actually better than given credit often. Also wonder why he is not used more for GTs (probably none this year). Always loyal, and while weaknesses in the high mountains, a two time top 10 finisher in the Vuelta himself. But with UAE's packed roster, Tour of Slovenia (also just because Pogi was not there this year) or Tour of Austria are pretty much his only races where he can go for results himself.