Lesser known races 2025 edition

[YavorD]

They've reached temperatures of around 30 degrees C. Definitely summer!

Everything above 22 should be banned, so I propose to ban summer?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Only guy who could beat Pog in july.

The French Michael Storer.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I mean technically summer starts on summer solstice.

Using calendaric Summer in the context of it being hot makes little sense, though, always go by meteorological summer.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Piganzoli drops Cras..

 

[RedheadDane]

Everything above 22 should be banned, so I propose to ban summer?

According to the Danish Meterological Institute, it's only an "official summer day" if it's over 25 degrees. Who the *** came up with that?

Anyway; Prodhomme electric.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Dominant win by Prodhomme. Crazy performance.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Earlier it looked like Prodhomme was possibly pulling too hard while Cras was riding smarter, but that clearly wasn't the case.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Swear he was only like 50 seconds slower than Armstong's record, could be off a bit though, he didn't even have anyone setting a big pace on the climb.

 

[RedheadDane]

Ganna slow.


(By that I mean he didn't get NBT at the intermediate.)

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ganna slow.


(By that I mean he didn't get NBT at the intermediate.)

Ganna is always a bit off in his first race after coming down from altitude.

 

[Didinho]

Looks like it’s for Hayter.

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's a black day for the top analysts of cyclingnews forum

 

[RedheadDane]

Ganna officially slow.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nys will be overjoyed with these time gaps. Hayter hasn't shown the climbing form required to survive tomorrow's stage for ages and only having to gain 20 seconds on a not exactly flying Ganna is a lot better than he would have expected.

 

[RedheadDane]

Molano!



Philipsen "Of course, maybe, will get in trouble tomorrow."

Thanks for clarifying, Thomas (Bay)...

 

[Didinho]

Ethan winning again. Cycling is back.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Ethan winning again. Cycling is back.

Not worth minimum wage, apparently.

 

[tobydawq]

Not worth minimum wage, apparently.

No, not when he rides around at the back of the peloton in every single race he does and doesn't have a halfway decent performance for a year.

 

[Berniece]

No, not when he rides around at the back of the peloton in every single race he does and doesn't have a halfway decent performance for a year.

Is he paid much? Doesn’t SOQ mostly do bonus deals for riders that underperformed at their previous teams

 

[KZD]

Good to see Hayter winning again and Nys showing a big improvement in his TT.

 

[search]

Nys will be overjoyed with these time gaps. Hayter hasn't shown the climbing form required to survive tomorrow's stage for ages and only having to gain 20 seconds on a not exactly flying Ganna is a lot better than he would have expected.

Nys worked a lot (well, or at all, for the first time) on his time trialing, but yes: before the race he said, that he hoped to stay within 30s to Ganna.

 

[Roku]

Huub Artz on my watchlist today. He's been riding strongly since Romandie. A Top5 yesterday was a huge result. Podium on GC is definitely on the cards.

 

[Didinho]

Thibau Nys DNS today. Got sick.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Route d'Occitanie, stage 4 live on yt:​

View: https://youtu.be/D1_LVFFsCOE
​

 

[postmanhat]

Probably race over for Ganna and the peleton in Belguim.

According to PCS, already 1'30" behind the Hayter group which includes Baroncini, Swift, Hubz, Holter and Berckmoes.