Lesser known races 2025 edition

[RedheadDane]

Godfroid, Mouris, and Van der Tuuk with a decent gap.
Just under 30 Ks to go.

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, now the gap is coming down fast...

 

[RedheadDane]

They were caught, and then everything exploded.


(Where is everyone? The Suisse stage has ended; just in time to go over to Belgium.)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They were caught, and then everything exploded.


(Where is everyone? The Suisse stage has ended; just in time to go over to Belgium.)

What???

I'm in Denmark.

There's another horse in town.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Philipsen rather unimpressive despite winning, even though we keep being denied the H2H it's clear Merlier is faster.

Incredibly stupid crash by Vernon, by the way. Taminiaux should never make that move.

 

[RedheadDane]

Philipsen wins.

 

[Brullnux]

Weird finish. Philipsen did really well to move through the lead outs and get himself into prime position, and after that he was (respectfully) against second tier opposition.

 

[Samamba]

Taminiaux should never make that move.

Look again. Taminiaux moves cause the TDT guy moves. Taminiaux will obviously be blamed cause no one looks twice before judging but yeah not his fault, normal reflex.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Look again. Taminiaux moves cause the TDT guy moves. Taminiaux will obviously be blamed cause no one looks twice before judging but yeah not his fault, normal reflex.

Taminiaux moves way more than the TDT guy, but honestly it felt like all three were riding with their eyes closed. That was as needless a sprint crash as it gets.

 

[Samamba]

Taminiaux moves way more than the TDT guy, but honestly it felt like all three were riding with their eyes closed. That was as needless a sprint crash as it gets.

Yeah he moves more cause it's a reflex. Are we now gonna blame riders for having reflexes? Also I wouldn't say he moves more, he does it faster cause he sees a collision coming (Taminaiux was moving to the right slightly and the Unibet guy to the right). Imo this is just a racing incident. I don't think the move from Taminiaux is bad.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

What happened to the belgiN horse? I missed the racing today

 

[Brullnux]

What happened to the belgiN horse? I missed the racing today

Out of position. Often happens with horse sadly, else he'd have won comfortably.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Looking forward to Evenepoel deciding to 'chip in with a few leadouts' against that dangerous Alpecin train with Van Der Poel and 80kg Groves, trouble on the horizon.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Looking forward to Evenepoel deciding to 'chip in with a few leadouts' against that dangerous Alpecin train with Van Der Poel and 80kg Groves, trouble on the horizon.

That's a lot of horsepower! Everyone else will be looking like present day Desert Orchid.

 

[Tim Cahill]

That's a lot of horsepower! Everyone else will be looking like present day Desert Orchid.

I hope you're keeping something in reserve, I'm saving all my horse-based gags for July.

 

[tobydawq]

Philipsen rather unimpressive despite winning, even though we keep being denied the H2H it's clear Merlier is faster.

Incredibly stupid crash by Vernon, by the way. Taminiaux should never make that move.

Really? I think Philipsen looked really good to close that gap on Molano.

 

[tobydawq]

What happened to the belgiN horse? I missed the racing today

I didn't see a horse in the race, only bike riders.

 

[Andre]

What happened to the belgiN horse? I missed the racing today

Merlier finished 7th today. He is in third place overall...only 2 seconds out