Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

10k, last lap. Front group with 25s

 

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Good racing. This stage always delivers

 

[Samamba]

Leknessund cant sprint, so Arkea will win this race either with a late attack or with bonus seconds on the line.

Technically still possible that someone else snatches the boni's. I would say it still was a mistake from other teams.

Ok should be done now, unless they let him come back again

EDIT: they are about to let him come back again lmao

 

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now Leknessund blew up, by the look of it.

edit: my stream may be a bit behind

 

[Samamba]

Yeah he's finally dead. Great performance tho

He'll come back again, but will lose the wheels in the sprint again anyways

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Frustration in the group as they can't get rid of leknessund. Ok, gone now.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Kevin takes it. Great racing.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Widar W, can't seem to find a proper video, was it livestreamed at all, I was busy watching Basque?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1910763267653251114

Lotto a bit thin on the ground at the moment, some injuries and De Lie awol. I know he wanted to stay at this level but come on lads.

 

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Widar W, can't seem to find a proper video, was it livestreamed at all, I was busy watching Basque?

Only the final stage is streamed live, I think

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[Samamba]

I know he wanted to stay at this level but come on lads.

Blame the UCI (and the people complaining about "pros" riding worlds). He wants to ride championships and win them, only reason why he's not a pro yet.

 

[Onizuka999]

Today in the Reggio Calabria City Tour sprint won by Luca Colnaghi 2nd Davide Bais and 3rd Lorenzo Finn.

 

[RedheadDane]

Polish Mareczko wins the finale stage of Tour of Mersin.

Please note that Polish Mareczko is in fact the same guy as Italian Mareczko.

 

[Onizuka999]

Yes he changed nationality this year. Like Cesare Benedetti some years ago. From Italy to Poland.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yes he changed nationality this year. Like Cesare Benedetti some years ago. From Italy to Poland.

"Mareczko" was always a more Polish name than an Italian one.

 

[Squire]

Yes he changed nationality this year. Like Cesare Benedetti some years ago. From Italy to Poland.

Is there some special benefit to doing that? It's not the most obvious nationality change I can think of, and now we've had two high-profile cyclists doing it.

Edit: I guess since Mareczko was actually born in Poland, it makes very much sense for him. And maybe Benedetti has some (less obvious) ties to Poland as well.

 

[SafeBet]

Is there some special benefit to doing that? It's not the most obvious nationality change I can think of, and now we've had two high-profile cyclists doing it.

Edit: I guess since Mareczko was actually born in Poland, it makes very much sense for him. And maybe Benedetti has some (less obvious) ties to Poland as well.

Benedetti's wife is from Poland.

 

[Squire]

Benedetti's wife is from Poland.

Yeah, I just found out from reading his Wiki profile. Should have just done my own research in the first place.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Danny Van Der Tuuk also switced to Poland, although his mom is actually Polish. Main reason for that being that he wants to ride Worlds one day.

Vlad Van Mechelen will also likely change to the Lithuanian nationality soon, he'll have more chances to ride Worlds and Olympics.

 

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Giro d'Abruzzo starts today, which now permanently seems to replace Sicily:

The start list doesn't look super strong, but there are some interesting youngsters on there (Torres, Zeray, Rondel, Faure Prost etc on there), and Meintjes, Bennett and de la Cruz to try to put them in their place.

PDF start list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sKzUGhJYYNR9ou7xWm4ZOu6TxWG6AwCu/view

For the start, there's an uphill sprint to come up today:

edit: the finish was used as an intermediate sprint in the Giro before. Sagan attacked from the peloton, but overall, it didn't look very hard: https://streamable.com/pzphua

 

[Cycling111]

The Abruzzo Starlist is tremendously poor

From WT only UAE and Intermarche. No Astana this year.

 

[RedheadDane]

The Abruzzo Starlist is tremendously poor

From WT only UAE and Intermarche. No Astana this year.

I actually quite like the chance of getting a look at some of the more unknown riders.

 

[Potomac]

The Abruzzo Starlist is tremendously poor

I was just looking at the start list and thought the same thing

 

[Potomac]

I actually quite like the chance of getting a look at some of the more unknown riders.

When the start list give you lemons...

 

[RedheadDane]

When the start list give you lemons...

How are we going to familiarise us with new names, if we don't get a chance to watch them race?

 

[Cycling111]

I actually quite like the chance of getting a look at some of the more unknown riders.

Yes, but this looks like a U23 race and Mentjes.

It's surprising that Astana isn't here this year. Even easier than last year.