Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

5km to go, Chaves barely hanging on.

 

[Squire]

Why is Engelhardt working so hard? The guys in front of him on GC are either in his group or far back.

 

[buddy buddy buddy]

Engelhardt climbing like an angel but really dont need to go so hardt with Hellemose chasing and getting closer

 

[Potomac]

what happened to August?

 

[Squire]

what happened to August?

Just a few seconds behind Kämna, last time I saw him.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Engelhardt pulling here, Ryan pulling yesterday to get rolled by Del Toro

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262335722687803394

 

[Tim Cahill]

what happened to August?

Got dropped right at the top of the last climb, think he's still quite close

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Engelhardt has shot himself in the foot here.

 

[Didinho]

Majka could've won also looking at how he's going. Just waiting for Torito stomp.

 

[Didinho]

Ryan lost 200m in the first 20m.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Del Toro again. Some good racing.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pretty inevitable result. Feels like we could potentially have had one of the best smaller stage races of the season had UAE not sent Del Toro here, but oh well.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage:

1	del Toro Isaac	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	14	20		3:27:20
2	Ryan Archie	EF Education - EasyPost	5	12		0:04
3	Majka Rafał	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	3	7		0:06
4	Engelhardt Felix	Team Jayco AlUla		5		0:25
5	Chaves Esteban	EF Education - EasyPost		4		0:34
6	Hellemose Asbjørn	Team Jayco AlUla		3		0:45
7	Kämna Lennard	Lidl - Trek		2		0:51

 

[Squire]

Del Toro might be the best in the world along with Pog at these sprints at the end of mountain stages.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC:

1	2	▲1	del Toro Isaac	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	3	20″	13:58:08
2	4	▲2	Ryan Archie	EF Education - EasyPost		4″	0:29
3	5	▲2	Majka Rafał	UAE Team Emirates - XRG		6″	0:47
4	6	▲2	Engelhardt Felix	Team Jayco AlUla			1:20
5	3	▼2	August Andrew	INEOS Grenadiers		15″	1:47
6	7	▲1	Kämna Lennard	Lidl - Trek			2:06
7	8	▲1	Hellemose Asbjørn	Team Jayco AlUla			2:10
8	10	▲2	Chaves Esteban	EF Education - EasyPost			,,

 

[Tim Cahill]

Glad I watched that, was good even with UAE taking all the stages, turned over to France and it looks like they are having a picnic out there,

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Glad I watched that, was good even with UAE taking all the stages, turned over to France and it looks like they are having a picnic out there,

They even have 8 Picnics out there.

 

[Squire]

Glad I watched that, was good even with UAE taking all the stages, turned over to France and it looks like they are having a picnic out there,

And the early finish means I can spend the rest of my Saturday doing other things. It's perfect, pretty much.

 

[Unchained]

Glad I watched that, was good even with UAE taking all the stages, turned over to France and it looks like they are having a picnic out there,

Me of all people ,semi bummed out with the UAE management decision today.. Del Toro could have still got a similar result but first really putting a beat down on Archie Ryan.. Majka is 35 ,team should have tried to get him the win instead of bright future 20 year old who will likely have lots of winning later. Rafal could have won I don't see why they didn't let him!!!
I can't believe the way those 3 just roasted everyone off their wheel, they rode great!! The race design is really excellent.. Picture postcard everyday..I can't climb that fast in a car or motorcycle!! They were flying!!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Me of all people ,semi bummed out with the UAE management decision today.. Del Toro could have still got a similar result but first really putting a beat down on Archie Ryan.. Majka is 35 ,team should have tried to get him the win instead of bright future 20 year old who will likely have lots of winning later. Rafal could have won I don't see why they didn't let him!!!
I can't believe the way those 3 just roasted everyone off their wheel, they rode great!! The race design is really excellent.. Picture postcard everyday..I can't climb that fast in a car or motorcycle!! They were flying!!

Del Toro's first race since the Giro. The team management may have wanted to back him to make sure he knows the team still believe in him and that his confidence doesn't take too much of a beating from how that race panned out at the very end. Definitely it would be nice for the team to give some of the loyal helpers and veterans some of these smaller races as a thank you for their hard work and to help ensure their continued support for the name riders in the bigger events, but there's definitely plenty of logic behind throwing their weight behind del Toro here.

 

[Unchained]

Del Toro's first race since the Giro. The team management may have wanted to back him to make sure he knows the team still believe in him and that his confidence doesn't take too much of a beating from how that race panned out at the very end. Definitely it would be nice for the team to give some of the loyal helpers and veterans some of these smaller races as a thank you for their hard work and to help ensure their continued support for the name riders in the bigger events, but there's definitely plenty of logic behind throwing their weight behind del Toro here.

I think you're right, just my opinion is semi negative.. just looks like less and less jobs for 35,36 year olds.. I hope that UAE keeps Majka around for the balance of his career, he is still super productive and has great sense on the bike, just flows to doing the right thing. I don't know why he has always been a guy I watch, not flashy just gets it done. UAE had different schedule for Del Toro last year, I hope all this is a setup for Vuelta..?

 

[postmanhat]

Have a chance to watch the Tour of Austria tomorrow, but it doesn't seem to be on Discovery here in The UK. Is it on Tiz?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Have a chance to watch the Tour of Austria tomorrow, but it doesn't seem to be on Discovery here in The UK. Is it on Tiz?

It's being streamed on YT, link posted a few pages ago but if you just search tour of austria on there it should be first.

 

[Miss Violet Smith]

I think you're right, just my opinion is semi negative.. just looks like less and less jobs for 35,36 year olds.. I hope that UAE keeps Majka around for the balance of his career, he is still super productive and has great sense on the bike, just flows to doing the right thing. I don't know why he has always been a guy I watch, not flashy just gets it done. UAE had different schedule for Del Toro last year, I hope all this is a setup for Vuelta..?

Was hoping for a ToA stage win for Majka, so a bit disappointed. I always like to see him race.

 

[Unchained]

Have a chance to watch the Tour of Austria tomorrow, but it doesn't seem to be on Discovery here in The UK. Is it on Tiz?

If you search for it on YouTube, you will likely find full races posted same day. I am watching from US and there is a live feed each day, race start to finish with @5 minutes before and after.. It's available in German and English..