Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Rob5091]

Well, we've had the warm up and Saturday and Sunday are the main course, the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var (2.1)

startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-des-alpes-maritimes-et-du-var/2025/startlist

roadbook at HERE

Stage 1 - Contes to Gourdon, 162.4 km, start at 12.35 CET, TV from 14.35 CET (Update - 15.10 CET latest)

Stage 2 - Villefranche-sur-Mer to Vence 131.8 km, start 13.50 CET, TV from 15.40 CET

 

[Rob5091]

3 guys have DNS (Ferron, Vaneeckhoutte and Fontaine) and Segaert has abandoned. Lotto have lost 2 guys, have they got the "Visma bug"?

 

[Rob5091]

It seems to be curtains for the 6 guys in the break as they're only 20 seconds in front of the peloton with over 100km to go.
Burgaudeau has also abandoned.

 

[Rob5091]

It's a long drag to the finish so a guy who can tempo his way up to the line might have a better chance then the lightweight climbers.

 

[Squire]

It's a long drag to the finish so a guy who can tempo his way up to the line might have a better chance then the lightweight climbers.

And AG2R are stacked with guys like that. Godon, Lapeira, Gautherat, Vendrame, APP ... Bit of a fail if they don't win this one.

 

[Rob5091]

Damp and a bit dangerous conditions.

 

[Potomac]

Everytime I look up I see EF leading the peloton.
Yesterday I saw the same thing and Carapaz got 24th out of it.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Odd race selection for Richard really, you'd think the Spanish races would've been a bit more in his wheelhouse, climb is too shallow to bring out his best qualities.

 

[pelotonIQ]

Looked at the profile and thought that the last 2 climbs were steep, turns out theyre not which made me a little disappointed.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

excellent camera view.....

 

[Tim Cahill]

Lovely bridge/river/rocky outcrop

Giving me vertigo though in this wet descent, if you fall off there Remco-style then it's bye bye sunday football.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

surely Vendrame can't make this stick against the pink machine... Solid effort nevertheless. Good descender it seems.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Jarno, Blackmore still there, group of 10 or so

Santi attack coming

 

[Squire]

This stage seems to have turned out infinitely much harder than it looked like from the profile.

 

[Netserk]

Santi has such a graceful style on the bike.

 

[Rob5091]

Carapaz gone, but still 5km to go.

 

[Tim Cahill]

He is flying, so is Scaroni(?), think he gave Algarve a miss because of Rog/Vingegaard but he would've been up there given what happened

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who could have predicted that Carapaz would blow himself up?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Come on Christian don't work with em

 

[Dazed and Confused]

the pink machine got severly washed out...

 

[Netserk]

Heh, he will have to shave once again!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Group of 5 against Lenny Martinez on a false flat and the gaps going out, for shame.

 

[repre]

Scaroni will take it

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ian Scaroni

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The Fox strikes again!