Lesser known races 2025 edition

[QueenStagiaire]

I´m the only one who doesn't know who is the winner?

In Turkey? Hadn‘t seen him before the race either.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Watson got from Andorra yesterday to Saint Imier in a last minute call up.
But he didn't explain how he got a flight with that black-out going on.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Only now do I realise that the HTV Cup is 25 stages. Nick Kergozou de la Boessiere has already won ten stages this year.

A name to become pirate

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Queen stage today in tour of turkeye

Peloton keeping attackers to a small gap

Final climb is 9km at 9.7%

 

[Berniece]

Queen stage today in tour of turkeye

Peloton keeping attackers to a small gap

Final climb is 9km at 9.7%

Poels or Lopez?

 

[Tim Cahill]

That last climb has real potential for some conti-rider hilarity, going for Cosmonaut de Bod to podium.

 

[DJO]

Stream with English language and comms from the race organisers.Gone to Turkish.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5ge1jfP-0&ab_channel=PresidentialCyclingTourofT%C3%BCrkiye

 

[TastyGroceries]

I'm curious about what Adrien Maire will do, his level has been steadily on the rise in the last 2 years. Also whether Van De Broek will repeat his 2024 performance. He beat Lopez by 14 seconds in the main mountain finish of this race last year, but I'd expect things to go the other way around this time.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Carnage in turkey after a crash. Peloton probably not racing, going slowly.

 

[tobydawq]

Are they racing on ice or what's going on?

 

[Samamba]

Are they racing on ice or what's going on?

Rain + roads in Turkey is always carnage

I think most favorites are in the peloton tho. Basically everyone who didn't have ambitions today let go.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Front group on the last climb with 1:40. 9kms to go.

 

[Samamba]

Are the planning on showing the peloton or not?

Ah there we go, Astana as expected

 

[Berniece]

Are the planning on showing the peloton or not?

Ah there we go, Astana as expected

Two biggest favourites for today with Poels and Lopez

 

[Netserk]

Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels will win this bike race!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

25 or so in the peloton, 8km climbing at 10% avg to go. Another form of carnage comingl.

 

[search]

looks like Sosa survived the rainy descents. Should be difficult to beat on a climb like this.

edit: or not. That's not him. De Bod was caught out as well.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Fausto dropped but still a long climb to go. Just doing a steady pace

 

[Samamba]

The battle for the WT has begun. Astana vs. Picnic

 

[Tim Cahill]

Inexperience from the DSM rider bring back Lopez

 

[Berniece]

Picnic going after Picnic

 

[Tim Cahill]

Is that not Guillermo Martinez on the front rather than VDB

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Of course is typical that when fair weather fausto finally get his chance to do a good performance, is cold and rainy. Like always life is not fair. But still this is a sh*t performance

 

[Dazed and Confused]

gotta love this little points sub battle.

 

[Netserk]

Poels should yo-yo a bit, let the two chasers come back and then surge again.