Lesser known races 2025 edition

[DJO]

Another stellar ride from Del Toro. Also a nice 1-2 with Ayuso.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Eduard Prades

View: https://youtu.be/eKToIrezxPw?t=30&si=smhoHCrV7gTNvOL5

 

[Squire]

That's a seriously brutal time trial won by Rodrigo Contreras in the Vuelta a Colombia today. 33km mountain TT with 31.5 of them being uninterrupted climbing (though some shallow gradients towards the top).

 

[Rob5091]

Del Toro & UAE at Getxo, the old 1,2 although Ayuso looked better then on Saturday. Off to some "altitude training" now before the Vuelta, I guess.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Del Toro & UAE at Getxo, the old 1,2 although Ayuso looked better then on Saturday. Off to some "altitude training" now before the Vuelta, I guess.

Why, are there no more pointless 1.1s so they can test themselves against Agadir Velo Propulsion, Dukla Banská Bystricá, EuroCyclingTrips-CCN, Karcag Cycling Epkar Team, Motala AIF Continental, Pierre Baguette, Sparkle-Oita, Standard Insurance PHI, Tommi's Radltankstelle Team and Uijeongbu Cycling Team?

 

[RedheadDane]

Meanwhile, In Guadelouple:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1952179858727207251

Yeah...

DSQ	Tenniglo Niels	GRC Jan van Arckel	-20
DSQ	van Kapel Huub	GRC Jan van Arckel	-20

 

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Why, are there no more pointless 1.1s so they can test themselves against Agadir Velo Propulsion, Dukla Banská Bystricá, EuroCyclingTrips-CCN, Karcag Cycling Epkar Team, Motala AIF Continental, Pierre Baguette, Sparkle-Oita, Standard Insurance PHI, Tommi's Radltankstelle Team and Uijeongbu Cycling Team?

damn, did Ekimov's Pingtan International Tourism Island Cycling Team guys head back to Russia again already?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Tomorrow Del Toro will bully Iles Balears Arabay… Wait no, there are also guys like Landa, Bernal, Hindley and Ciccone here in Burgos.

Peter Øxenberg debuts with the pros after transferring to Ineos already mid-season.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Tipping up to all these .1s and not even having the decency to do the Volta, must've seen Alexis Guerin in top form and realised this was no place to try and farm a few easy wins.

Speaking of, Moreira isn't doing it this year, number of issues according to Ace:

"Não é por ser o Mauricio Moreira que tem de correr a Volta a Portugal"

José Azevedo explica o que o levou a deixar o vencedor de 2022 fora da edição deste ano

www.ojogo.pt

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tour de l'Ain (2.1) started today. Three stages with the first one being:

Could be an interesting finale from 120km (44km to go)

143km to go now. Peloton together.

Streams will be available.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Tipping up to all these .1s and not even having the decency to do the Volta, must've seen Alexis Guerin in top form and realised this was no place to try and farm a few easy wins.

Speaking of, Moreira isn't doing it this year, number of issues according to Ace:

"Não é por ser o Mauricio Moreira que tem de correr a Volta a Portugal"

José Azevedo explica o que o levou a deixar o vencedor de 2022 fora da edição deste ano

www.ojogo.pt

Anicolor just found out about the magic of altitude training and had a Sierra Nevada training camp for the Volta, so I expect them to be back on track.

 

[RedheadDane]

Tour de l'Ain (2.1) started today. Three stages with the first one being:

Hmm... am I the only one who has a suspicion that if this was the final stage, there might be a few people getting to the finish the first time, and just thinking:
"Naaah... I'm just gonna stop here."

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Visma have turned up to the Tour de l‘Ain with a team like UAE.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

66 km to. Hopefully pro cycling will end on a higher note today.

 

[RedheadDane]

They're approaching Portes!

Nevermind, already there.




(Well, they've been approaching Portes all day, but now they're approaching it more.)

 

[QueenStagiaire]

They're approaching Portes!





(Well, they've been approaching Portes all day, but now they're approaching it more.)

Now Portes is ante portas? Not anymore, they‘re already climbing.

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's the Visma equivalent of 'Tour of a Basque Village'. 4 leaders.

Although Davide is of course here

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The cycling champion has been dropped.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Jegat finds himself in a ditch.

 

[RedheadDane]

Jegat crashed.
Quickly back on his bike, assisted by a teammate.

 

[Tim Cahill]

They need to hit the climb hard in service of Wilco, no reason not to!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The race broadcast calling the German team with zero U23 riders Equipe Allemagne U23 is funny.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Wtf is keldermen doing at this race for French riders. Surely the UCI has to do something about that

 

[Dazed and Confused]

an uphill crash. One for the collection.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Keldermerckx working already