Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Lol, some just rode into a car park. Serves the pavement riders right.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Elia Gaviria, maybe leading out Mentin actually

 

[Netserk]

Fretin on Aniolkowski's bike.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Fretin won. Very powerful sprint. Congrats.

 

[zlev11]

there needs to be less of, or zero of these stupid "sprinters classics" with not enough selective terrain. boring to watch and needlessly dangerous. but i'm sure we'll get even more of them and instead have a Giro stage cancelled or ruined because it's too cold.

 

[E_F_]

Classic Belgian race. A bunch sprint preceded by stuff happening.

Classic Belgian race. A bunch sprint preceded by stuff happening.

 

[Netserk]

there needs to be less of, or zero of these stupid "sprinters classics" with not enough selective terrain. boring to watch and needlessly dangerous. but i'm sure we'll get even more of them and instead have a Giro stage cancelled or ruined because it's too cold.

I think today was a fine race with a reduced group in the end.

 

[zlev11]

I think today was a fine race with a reduced group in the end.

even with the reduced group there was a crash in the last km and guys riding off the road and even ending up behind the barriers

 

[SafeBet]

Ellia Gaviria

I think he was leading Menten out.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lol, some just rode into a car park. Serves the pavement riders right.

By the time a bunch of riders got on the wrong side of the barriers, there was no bike lanes anymore.
Okay, looked more like they simply got too far out in the corner. Not a case of deliberately riding onto the sidewalk, or whatever it was.

 

[Samamba]

I think he was leading Menten out.

No. Giddings and De Buyst did the leadout. Viviani disappeared before the technical part with 1.5k to go

 

[Samamba]

Classic Belgian race. A bunch sprint preceded by stuff happening.

Classic smaller race that isn't too hard since UCI points became a thing.

Also Alpecin had the key and completely mismanaged this race.

 

[Netserk]

even with the reduced group there was a crash in the last km and guys riding off the road and even ending up behind the barriers

I solely blame the riders for that, they have been past the finish several times today.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I think he was leading Menten out.

Yeah he was looking behind so I assume that's what they were going for, 3rd isn't a bad result to be fair, he benefitted from being on Fretin's wheel.

 

[Netserk]

Disappointing that Lidl-Trek went for a sprint in the last lap.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Disappointing that Lidl-Trek went for a sprint in the last lap.

Don't think they had enough horsepower to go with Del Grosso on the last cobbles section.

 

[E_F_]

Classic smaller race that isn't too hard since UCI points became a thing.

Well, there are races where much less stuff happens, aren't there?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Henry Well Done up there in 10th!!!

 

[RedheadDane]

Henry Well Done up there in 10th!!!

BRAVO!

 

[Samamba]

Well, there are races where much less stuff happens, aren't there?

No idea what you're even trying to say

 

[Black Betsy]

there needs to be less of, or zero of these stupid "sprinters classics" with not enough selective terrain. boring to watch and needlessly dangerous. but i'm sure we'll get even more of them and instead have a Giro stage cancelled or ruined because it's too cold.

You sound like the manufacturer of Vandevelde's bike

 

[Samamba]

I solely blame the riders for that, they have been past the finish several times today.

You are right, signalling or not is not an excuse cause they've been there 3 times before, BUT that does not mean you can't criticize the fact that the barriers start there; It's a bit weird to put them there knowing it's just after a sharp turn where riders definitely could go wide.

 

[Wvv]

Galvan lowkey performing strong, was part of that strong group when Del Grosso made his first move, did a leadout in the penultimate km and still a decent result. He and Pau could be the next Kern riders making promotion. Shame they are not invited to the Vuelta.

 

[E_F_]

No idea what you're even trying to say

You said that this was a typical low level professional one day race with an easy parcours - as a response to me calling it a classic Belgian race where stuff happens before a bunch sprint. I'm saying that I think the Belgian bunch sprint races probably have more action than those outside Belgium, but I'm not sure, to be honest.