Lesser known races 2025 edition

[tobydawq]

Nice 800 meter sprint by Fredheim.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Fredheim is such a class rider. Can’t wait to see him in the proper classics next season.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Indurain 14.30 BST, 15:30 CET (I think depending on whether you lot still do that clocks nonsense)

Notables at a glance, 4 Red Bulls, Nys, Schmid, Onley, Nuggets/Del Toro, Champoussin/Velasco, Vauquelin, Ion, Castrillo, Hisrchi.

Break
+3:00
ZAMPERINI Edoard
HERRADA Jesús
CHARMIG Anthon
SAINBAYAR Jambaljamts
ISASA Xabier
JOUSSEAUME Alan
WOOD Harrison
ESPARZA Unai

They will of course struggle to bring back the rampaging Mongolian War Elephant, Jambaljamts Sainbayar

 

[Samamba]

How did Plapp manage to lose 2'30 already.

Astana has it in the bag. Ulissi will move up to the top 5. more than 200 extra points coming in.

 

[yaco]

Strange indeed seeing Plapp was third over the first climb. Jayco has been disastrous in 2025 when it comes to GC. Even when a rider is OK they have one disastrous day like Da Pretto in Coppa Bartali last week.

 

[Salvarani]

Strange indeed seeing Plapp was third over the first climb. Jayco has been disastrous in 2025 when it comes to GC. Even when a rider is OK they have one disastrous day like Da Pretto in Coppa Bartali last week.

Did they attack the descent? He is really bad descending.

 

[search]

looks like Volta Limburg is live on L1 only?

Volta NXT Classic

Van kronkelende wegen tot steile beklimmingen in het Heuvelland, de renners mogen weer tot het uiterste gaan tijdens de Volta NXT Classic.

www.l1.nl

I was mainly looking for an opportunity to post the profile, though

 

[Tim Cahill]

Must be somewhere between KOM 1 and Stropones given he didn't get any KOM points there, that misty descent didn't look fun at all, hard to derive from the situation though.

Looking good for Lopez, Stussi appears to have prepared for the race though and Q36.5 still have 3 so maybe some action on the last climb.

Lopez +3s at the int.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

looks like Volta Limburg is live on L1 only?

Volta NXT Classic

Van kronkelende wegen tot steile beklimmingen in het Heuvelland, de renners mogen weer tot het uiterste gaan tijdens de Volta NXT Classic.

www.l1.nl

I was mainly looking for an opportunity to post the profile, though

TizCycling Video Player

tiz-cycling-live.io

 

[yaco]

Did they attack the descent? He is really bad descending.

Think not because his teammate ( non climber ) Hepburn is two minutes ahead and surely would wait for him on the descent. Plapp is not an awful descender but just plain average. he can usually follow a group of 20 or 30 on a descent, but if he is by himself he is slow.

 

[Netserk]

TizCycling Video Player

tiz-cycling-live.io

The official broadcast is also free:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sIsadyGxb0

 

[search]

yeah, I was more thinking about international coverage, as I seem to remember watching it on Eurosport. But L1 is fine. Tiz just seems to re-broadcast the same stream.

 

[Salvarani]

Think not because his teammate ( non climber ) Hepburn is two minutes ahead and surely would wait for him on the descent. Plapp is not an awful descender but just plain average. he can usually follow a group of 20 or 30 on a descent, but if he is by himself he is slow.

I think he is quite bad descending-wise and seen him lose time on a lot of descents.

 

[yaco]

I think he is quite bad descending-wise and seen him lose time on a lot of descents.

I watch all races and Plapp manages to hang on descents and i stress hang on. Its obvious today he has not lost it on the descent, but on the ascent. There is no way hepburn should be two minutes ahead and there is no indication Plapp has crashed. He's had a bad day which unfortunately has happened too often for Jayco in 2025.

 

[Samamba]

Think not because his teammate ( non climber ) Hepburn is two minutes ahead and surely would wait for him on the descent. Plapp is not an awful descender but just plain average. he can usually follow a group of 20 or 30 on a descent, but if he is by himself he is slow.

Plapp was in that group earlier (when the broadcast started). I think he just called it quits

 

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In Limburg, Niklas Larson is up the road again - for the 2nd time this week. Don't think he had many more days like this since winning Danmark Rundt.

Kamp is on the attack as well, preparing for his usual Amstel super peak.

 

[SafeBet]

Ulissi is a terribile descender especially in bad weather so I find it unlikely Astana attacked on the descent. Plapp must be having a bad day.

 

[Salvarani]

I watch all races and Plapp manages to hang on descents and i stress hang on. Its obvious today he has not lost it on the descent, but on the ascent. There is no way hepburn should be two minutes ahead and there is no indication Plapp has crashed. He's had a bad day which unfortunately has happened too often for Jayco in 2025.

I only asked a question about today. I dont know.

However, I dont think he is a good descender and has seen him lose ground multiple times on descents.

 

[Netserk]

They are near Gulpen in Limburg. 5 Alpecin riders at the front of the peloton. Jørgen will attack for sure.

 

[Netserk]

Kamp didn't super-peak for today.

 

[Samamba]

Kamp didn't super-peak for today.

He must've thought it was AGR at first, realized it just in time.

 

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before today I didn't even know what team he rides for

 

[Tim Cahill]

Del Toro nasty looking crash, he's back on the bike and trying to make it back onto the group.

 

[Netserk]

Now 4 in front as the chasers minus Kamp made it across. Alpecin looking in control behind.

 

[search]

Now 4 in front as the chasers minus Kamp made it across. Alpecin looking in control behind.

for 🐐 Henri Uhlig? Must be too hard for Boven?!