Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Ilmaestro99]

Bright yellow fluro drilling it on the front, riders dropping like flies

 

[Tim Cahill]

Climb was a baking 45 degrees when Alarcon did the record iirc? He was a man for all seasons, also killing off Nairo in a snowy Asturias

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7264680452168977670

View: https://www.tiktok.com/@lanterne.rouge/video/7264680452168977670

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Peñuela has struck out solo and dropped Classen, but the péloton has already halved their advantage so the chances of winning from the break seem pretty forlorn now. There's a classic Volta sight now: a mountain train of motorbikes in fluorescent lycra.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The speed they are going this climb is fking ridiculous, 189cm Nych looking around and chatting, my god

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Down to single figures in the main group and still three boys in fluoro riding tempo to grind them all to dust.

Tavira guys look so much like they did in 2009-10 with the Palmeiras Resort sponsorship and David Blanco and Cândido Barbosa bringing the hilarity.

 

[Tim Cahill]

This is *** ludicrous, Nych looks like he's about 7 foot 250 pounds

 

[Tim Cahill]

Best hope is Guerin jumps first and they start squabbling

 

[Mayomaniac]

Down to single figures in the main group and still three boys in fluoro riding tempo to grind them all to dust.

As it should be!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This is *** ludicrous, Nych looks like he's about 7 foot 250 pounds

This is a team that had Mauri Moreira at a legit 76kg doing this up the climb en route to a Mapei-style 1-2-3 at the summit, and Filipe Cardoso, a sprinter, won this stage from the break one year for the same team. Artëm Nych isn't even in the top 5 most ridiculous things they've done, and that's saying something.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Nych has the same style on the bike as alarcon

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Gotta love the forum pretending this is 2018 while some IPT Development team rider looks among the best.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Gotta love the forum pretending this is 2018 while some IPT Development team rider looks the best.

Peña also looks pretty good

 

[Ilmaestro99]

'byron munton' hanging in there

 

[Penninepeddler]

Hugo Nunes! The whole grown men crying because of a stage win thing is a bit overblown for me, unless there is a serious backstory (recent loss of a friend/loved one)

I mean, he is 28 years old, his 8th season as a pro (and 3 as a junior before), and this is his first ever win... he never won even any 2.2 or National level races before, and never won as a junior either! And then considering where he is from some of this route is likely on roads he has trained on and his whole family will likely have been there.

That day is likely the peak of his whole cycling career, and he knows it, and that will have been his life for a very, very long time.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

'byron munton' hanging in there

Byron Munton is on a Portuguese team, though. Zac Marriage is the surprise interloper - though I would also point out that even in arguably the single most absurd stage of W52's domination, Guarda 2017, Krists Neilandts - of the Israel Cycling Academy team - was the guy that stayed with Alarcón and Antunes through most of their exploit. The Israel team has a good record here for sure.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

'byron munton' hanging in there

#notmyvolta He‘s not even Portuguese or in a Fluo jersey

 

[Tim Cahill]

Gotta love the forum pretending this is 2018 while some IPT Development team rider looks among the best.

Nah it's clearly that random South African I've never heard of, that's my boy right there.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

#notmyvolta He‘s not even Portuguese or in a Fluo jersey

He's on a Portuguese team though.

The real crime is that he's under 30.

Marriage suffering as interlopers often do on this climb. The last 2km tend to be decisive here.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

He's making them all look like clowns to be fair

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pena looks good free from the WT prison, seems to have done the most work on the climb. Bike Exchange should've done the Volta!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

On a serious note though, this is impressive from Lucas Lopes. He's only 22 and won the Volta do Futuro earlier this year.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Nych is attempting the César Veloso sprint of the last 350m but just doesn't have the legs for it. He'll take the camisola amarela, but he didn't have it to do the full exhibition.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Guerrin not happy at the finish!! Gesturing like remco!!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Byron Munton only stopping his ride on his computer, a Roglič disciple.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Guérin didn't look pleased there, probably a bit upset he's been mugged off by some South African bloke nobody has ever heard of and who isn't even the leader on his own team.