Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Cycling111]

Hayther has flown in the second sector

 

[Didinho]

That front camera looked like Brennan got it easily. Strong from De Lie, just in time around the slow Tudor guy. Brennan sitting in De Lie’s wheel for 30km just to lose it at the wrong moment.

 

[Netserk]

Calm and collected, but Brennan also seemed dismayed and disappointed. All the captains worked fully for him today.

Good to hear that he aims for Paris-Tours.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage in Lux, final.

1	HAYTER Ethan		30.38,71	30.38,71	51.5
2	MCNULTY Brandon		0.27,64	31.06,35	50.7
3	HEALY Ben		0.57,30	31.36,01	49.9
4	GUERNALEC Thibault		1.01,04	31.39,75	49.8
5	CHAMBERLAIN Oscar		1.01,83	31.40,54	49.8
6	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien		1.09,96	31.48,67	49.6
7	POLITT Nils		1.15,66	31.54,37	49.4
8	CARAPAZ Richard		1.19,93	31.58,64	49.3
9	GACHIGNARD Thomas		1.21,86	32.00,57	49.3
10	SKJELMOSE Mattias		1.22,33	32.01,04	49.3

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1	3	▲2	McNulty Brandon	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	4″	12:05:43
2	1	▼1	Skjelmose Mattias	Lidl - Trek	10″	0:47
3	7	▲4	Carapaz Richard	EF Education - EasyPost		1:04
4	10	▲6	Rondel Mathys	Tudor Pro Cycling Team		1:12
5	9	▲4	Skujiņš Toms	Lidl - Trek		1:19
6	4	▼2	Hirschi Marc	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4″	,,
7	5	▼2	Brenner Marco	Tudor Pro Cycling Team		1:35
8	13	▲5	Paret-Peintre Aurélien	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team		,,
9	6	▼3	Narváez Jhonatan	UAE Team Emirates - XRG		1:37
10	11	▲1	Berrade Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma		1:40

Climbers didn't do enough to drop McNulty yesterday Only two UAEs in the top 10, I guess thats an improvement.

 

[yaco]

Realistically, Hayter should be in Rwanda this weekend. An in-form hayter can top five a world's ITT.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

1

HAYTER Ethan

30.38,71

30.38,71

51.5

View: https://youtu.be/omPdemwaNzQ?si=-H_ZZl_fJk5KpSym&t=0h0m30s

 

[KoopaCycling]

De Lie on a roll. Van Aert dissapointingly settling more and more for being an overpaid domestique.
2 stage wins , not even one day classics just aren't enough. waste of a season for him.

 

[Netserk]

De Lie on a roll. Van Aert dissapointingly settling more and more for being an overpaid domestique.
2 stage wins , not even one day classics just aren't enough. waste of a season for him.

I think he will be stronger next year. And finally have recovered the sprint he had in the Vuelta last year.

But I'm unsure if he'll be able to fight hard for position over and over again.

 

[KoopaCycling]

People were harping on De Lie early in the season. But De Lie season has ended up being far better than Van Aert his season.

 

[Samamba]

People were harping on De Lie early in the season. But De Lie season has ended up being far better than Van Aert his season.

Come on.
A win in the Giro, a win in the Tour, 4th RVV, 4th Roubaix, 4th Amstel, 2nd DDV. This is still significantly better than De Lie.

No idea why you're bashing on Van Aert. Not his biggest fan, but he comes off from a Giro, a TDF and then followed by a period of sickness. Of course he's not in form anymore.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Realistically, Hayter should be in Rwanda this weekend. An in-form hayter can top five a world's ITT.

Realistically, no top cyclist should be in Rwanda this weekend. But yeah, he's obvs an elite TTer.

 

[Rob5091]

De Lie is de business at the moment! On to Paris-Chauny next Sunday.

Looks like UAE due for another race win after McNulty's TT performance.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Today's stage in Lux:

Early start: 10.33 (local). Scheduled to finish at 14:30, so before the first men arrives at the finish in Rwanda. Mcnulty is in a commanding situation, but maybe the Carapaz-Healy duo can do something. Will Trek/Skjelmose go all in and risk the placement? Parcours looks pretty good imo.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Letting Kubis make it over the three ascents of the wall via the break seems like a monumentally stupid idea...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Uijtdebroeks trying to drop everyone on the final time up Vrsatec, seems like the wrong strategy when Visma have 4 or 5 of the best 10 climbers. Only Double still with him, barely.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Literally every other Visma rider has made the 15ish-rider second group, but a complication is that Kubis is there too. Magnier is gone.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Literally every other Visma rider has made the 15ish-rider second group, but a complication is that Kubis is there too. Magnier is gone.

I think Behrens hasn‘t made it, fire him
Edit: indeed, marking Magnier

 

[Tim Cahill]

Serious observers know about Paul Double in random 1 week central European races. Those bonuses Gloag took might end up coming into play at the end if it comes back.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Beautiful sight in Slovakia with riders all over the place. Looking forward to seeing Cian wrecking the bike going up the last climb.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Visma are so confident in dropping Kubis on the final climb that they've chased down Uijtdebroeks.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Visma are so confident in dropping Kubis on the final climb that they're chasing down Uijtdebroeks.

I don‘t know why you have big confidence in Kubiš having been in the break but following Uijdtebroeks on 5.5k 6.5%

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I don‘t know why you have big confidence in Kubiš having been in the break but following Uijdtebroeks on 5.5k 6.5%

Uijtdebroeks has zero acceleration and the climb already lends itself to a sprint of the elites as it is.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Visma are so confident in dropping Kubis on the final climb that they've chased down Uijtdebroeks.

OMG guys he's being bullied again

 

[Samamba]

I mean not really a surprise that basically every Visma rider would survive in this field.

I didn't watch, how i Kubis even there?