Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Samamba]

UNO X and Intermarché haven't given up yet. Elite group losing terrain on early break and the peloton.

 

[Cycling111]

Let's look at Brennan's 15th win.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Van Aert guiding Brennan to last wheel at the bottom of Moskesstraat, great domestique work.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pretty ballsy move from De Lie, could've played conservative

 

[Samamba]

De Lie being dumb. No one about to ride with you when you look like the strongest in the race and it's not like you're gonna solo this

 

[Samamba]

Peloton is pretty close; This could all still turn into a sprint

Very dumb from De Lie. Really should try to get a group with him.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

About to get stuck in no man‘s land

 

[Netserk]

Campenaerts is still in the peloton. Hmm.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

UNO-X have missed out at Super 8 at the moment.

How the F could Abrahamsen miss a group like this?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

About to get stuck in no man‘s land

At least he has the motor for company.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nice hammering from De Lie.

 

[Rob5091]

De Lie thinking he's Pogi ...

 

[Didinho]

Pretty hard on those wet cobbles. Insane effort. But nowhere to go. Maybe some riders can bridge on Holstheide now.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Cars still being in the gap makes me question the accuracy of the GPS.

 

[Tim Cahill]

What exactly is he doing still hammering it like 3 seconds ahead

 

[Samamba]

How the F could Abrahamsen miss a group like this?

Bad positioning.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Doesn't look like the peloton has all that many domestiques left.

 

[Samamba]

Doesn't look like the peloton has all that many domestiques left.

It will depend on how good the big group starts working together. If they all just look at Lotto and Visma (which would be fair tbh) this could still end up in a bunch sprint.

25 seconds is nothing.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It will depend on how good the big group starts working together. If they all just look at Lotto and Visma (which would be fair tbh) this could still end up in a bunch sprint.

Meeus a) being there and b) not having a teammate there also won't help. Let's see whether he makes it up Smeysberg.

 

[Samamba]

Says a lot about that elite group that those 3 are still 25s ahead while they had the same advantage a whole lap ago.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Alpecin may call Hermans back at some point.

 

[yaco]

They did the same yesterday for some reason

Exactly. A pointless exercise.

 

[Tim Cahill]

12 seconds to the group of 3 in front and about 20 more to the peloton

 

[Samamba]

About to be a bunch sprint with someone who hasn't done *** all day (Philipsen) winning

Unless that group finally starts working together.

 

[Didinho]

When you’re the strongest these efforts are even harder for the others. Making the race hard will benefit him. After the Smeysberg enough time to stay in the group and go for the sprint. I rather see him do 1 effort to make the race hard, that was the only place to do it.

Hard to control now, not many teammates left in front. The peloton could come back.