Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Samu Cuenca]

I think it's safe to say that more people are familiar with today's winner from Astana...

Was only half paying attention and had just assumed it was Malucelli

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In Bretagne Hobbs from EF takes another stage win by being the fastest sprinter.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And the first top 3 for Sparfel in his senior career.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

First 60 km of today’s stage in Turkey neutralized because of bad weather. That means a possible break stage is definitively going to be a mass sprint.

 

[DJO]

Turkiye stage 5 cancelled.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If the cancellation in Turkey has left you longing for some other cycling action before the finals in Frankfurt and Romandie, you can instead turn your eyes to the Grand Prix Vorarlberg in and around Nenzing. Coverage is expected to start at around 13:00. The first amateur edition back in 1997 was won by Josef Christen, the father of Jan and Fabio.

2023 winner and runner-up from last year, Michael Boroš, is riding once again, but is facing competition from the likes of good old Riccardo Zoidl, former Volta winner Colin Stüssi and the 2025 revelation Paul Wright (Moran Vermeulen, who finished second two years ago, is now a DS at Team Vorarlberg, so we won't get to find out who's the strongest brother of a successful skier).

Start list: https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=1047&y=2025&k=start

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZtUufhL6gA

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Turkiye stage 5 cancelled.

Robbing hardworking riders of another chance to move up the gc. A shame

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

First 60 km of today’s stage in Turkey neutralized because of bad weather. That means a possible break stage is definitively going to be a mass sprint.

And subsequently cancelled entirely. Undoubtedly a conspiracy by the bigger teams to prevent Kristoff being the next to reach 100 wins.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Paul Wright's young teammate Jaka Marolt, who was part of the early breakaway, leads by 40 seconds on the last lap, but Stüssi is trying to close the gap.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Stüssi got visible contact over the top of the climb, but he couldn't catch Marolt in the descent and wasn't far away from getting caught himself. Marcin Budzinski won the sprint for third.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Final stage in Bretagne with 18kms to go. Dynamic raceaction:

View: https://youtu.be/WlIl9pNlTtA

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm guessing Hobbs again.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

yep, from a reduced peloton. Dominant sprint. Ørn-KLristoff wins GC.