Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

A wall coming up:

20km to go.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

UAE setting a pretty soft pace so far, if August feels good Ineos should try to see how many riders Leonard and Langellotti can get rid of.

Edit: Langellotti dropping, never mind.

 

[Mayomaniac]

That climb + Kühtai afterwards is hard, I remember riding it on one of the first hot spring days 2 years ago

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Chaves, Majka and Hellemose on the move.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Majka should really ride here, putting pressure on the group behind

 

[Tim Cahill]

Leonard can only do so much, Chaves is playing into UAE's hands and opening himself up to get countered.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Silzer Sattel from Cyclingcols:

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Chaves looks very smooth....

 

[Squire]

Random Chaves resurrection lately, after ages of not doing much.

Also fun to see a some young riders showing themselves in this race. August seems to always come alive in July, ironically.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Everyone with any legs has a rider up front. Majka could well be on his way to a GC win.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Großschartner and August done
Edit: August somewhat hanging on

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Leaders with about 50s to chase group.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Del Toro attacks.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Tactically Del Toro should not really be towing Ryan if that is him, though I think due to the physical difference it probably won't matter.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kämna group only 11 seconds behind, Del Toro did not time that attack well.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Austrian commentator keeps talking about some imaginary rider called Ryan Archie. Engelhardt seems to have successfully transitioned to mountain goat.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

On the small descent. 9km to go.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Was not expecting to have 10 riders together at the bottom of the final climb today.

 

[Squire]

Austrian commentator keeps talking about some imaginary rider called Ryan Archie. Engelhardt seems to have successfully transitioned to mountain goat.

Yes, Ryan Archie the former US champion is pulling on the front.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Was not expecting to have 10 riders together at the bottom of the final climb today.

No aliens.....

 

[ppanther92]

Austrian commentator keeps talking about some imaginary rider called Ryan Archie. Engelhardt seems to have successfully transitioned to mountain goat.

He has a thing for that - there is also a Thomas Geraint in his book

Anyway, Großschartners weakness are certainly the ultra tough mountains like today but would have expected way more. With good form, he should be able to match all the riders up front apart from Del Toro

But Großschartner is really far back with some Austrian CT riders

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Austrian commentator keeps talking about some imaginary rider called Ryan Archie. Engelhardt seems to have successfully transitioned to mountain goat.

He has now also invented a rider called Vergallotti.

 

[search]

Austrian commentator keeps talking about some imaginary rider called Ryan Archie. Engelhardt seems to have successfully transitioned to mountain goat.

reminded me of the good old times when Jansch was still commentating on German ES, and we had Thomas Geraint, Dennis Rohan etc

 

[fenns]

not much beats watching cyclists suffering in the mountains

 

[search]

no wonder Engelhardt has lost his sprint