Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Samamba]

Brennan riding 1.2 races just a week ago lmao. And the way he won them already said enough. Kid is insane.

One of the better races this season too, very exciting. Was obviously hoping for a better Lotto result there in the end, but don't see what they could've done different. Kopecky and Brennan reacted to everything immediately.

 

[SafeBet]

Another kid riding pro races like he's been doing this for years. He schooled them.

 

[Netserk]

A big shame that Del Grosso punctured. With two teams that could play the numbers, it'd have been even more tactical.

 

[Tim Cahill]

De Lie wins the sprint 30s behind, get him on the first plane to Milan

 

[pastronef]

grande Brennan! he wins today, yesterday podium for Tulett in Milano-Torino, on Sunday a podium for Cat Ferguson in Trofeo Binda. the young Brits are there to stay

 

[RedheadDane]

Not too bad in terms of points for my teams in the various CQ games.

 

[Netserk]

grande Brennan! he wins today, yesterday podium for Tulett in Milano-Torino, on Sunday a podium for Cat Ferguson in Trofeo Binda. the young Brits are there to stay

Sprinting against Hayter, Van den Berg and Bittner, he can also take a WT victory in Catalunya.

 

[Samamba]

Sprinting against Hayter, Van den Berg and Bittner, he can also take a WT victory in Catalunya.

Groves might be a bigger problem.
But yes, I would definitely not be surprised if he wins one.

 

[Didinho]

Didn’t know Brennan was also pretty fast. Good victory.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Yes unfortunately Groves is the king of the miscellaneous Spanish sprint stage so will be hard to beat. Brennan in a spot at the moment where he isn't well known enough to be properly marked so will want to get a few wins together before they really cotton on, Gianni Vermeersch didn't know who he was in his interview.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Gianni Vermeersch didn't know who he was in his interview.

Then again Vermeersch isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, anyone who had remotely done their homework for today would have known how dangerous Brennan could be today.

 

[Netserk]

Groves might be a bigger problem.
But yes, I would definitely not be surprised if he wins one.

Oh, I overlooked and didn't think of him. Will be hard to beat.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Gianni Vermeersch didn't know who he was in his interview.

If veemercsh knew who Brennan was, he would have tried to crash him off the road!!!

 

[theyoungest]

Didn’t know Brennan was also pretty fast. Good victory.

Brennan is primarily known as a sprinter... I think all his wins so far have been from bunch sprints.

In fact I think it's pretty stupid Vermeersch wasn't aware of that.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Fensham

Another kid riding pro races like he's been doing this for years. He schooled them.

Frensham Howe's old boy, had a good team manager.

 

[Netserk]

There's a fair bit of wind tomorrow, but nothing crazy. Mostly tailwind from Kemmelberg to the circuit.

 

[Samamba]

There's a fair bit of wind tomorrow, but nothing crazy. Mostly tailwind from Kemmelberg to the circuit.

Moeren is cross tailwind so pretty perfect, and probably enough wind, but even if it splits it's still way to long to go from there probably.

 

[KZD]

Great win for Brennan, he is one of the most promising sprinters/classics riders

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Do they pass that big-boat-next-to-the-road-restaurant tomorrow?

 

[Berflamand]

Do they pass that big-boat-next-to-the-road-restaurant tomorrow?

De Normandie, yes they do.

 

[Berflamand]

I thought QuickStep didn't race yesterday but looking at the results they actually did. Best placed rider was Lamperti in 64th at nearly 4 minutes. Pretty abysmal.

I had hoped youngsters like Gelders and Vangheluwe could step up a level this year but so far they haven't really shown anything. I feel like Gelders was actually better last year than this year (so far).

Perhaps they all had bad luck/mechanicals at a bad time but it doesn't look great. I hope they can step up in the next races, maybe starting today. At least Lamperti should be in the mix.

 

[Netserk]

First ascent was very quiet. But the first live images we see have the peloton split in two, with a tiny gap.

 

[Netserk]

6+1 riders (most notably Söderqvist and Verner) broke away from the peloton in the winds before the second ascent of Kemmelberg.

 

[Samamba]

That's actually a good group, not a lot of bigger teams that can ride behind.

 

[Netserk]

Morgado in an optimistic move.