Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Samu Cuenca]

First ever UCI win for Zoccarato at the Tour de la Mirabelle in France.

 

[Rob5091]

With the travelling circus currently on the Dark Continent,time for the kiddies and wannabes to shine on home turf.
Grand Prix Cerami 176 km
startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gp-cerami/2025/startlist

Arno Wallaard Memorial.187 km
startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/arno-wallaard-memorial/2025/startlist
TV from 16.00 CET at https://www.youtube.com/@rtvutrecht/streams

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In Oranjeland: 47km to go.
As Rob posted, there is a youtube stream.

View: https://youtu.be/8DY22ihLKd0

 

[yaco]

Mirabelle must be a weak race when Volderwessels have the first six over the line.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Mirabelle must be a weak race when Volderwessels have the first six over the line.

One pro team against club riders.....

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1	Rosenlund Stian	AIRTOX - Carl Ras	40	15
2	Stampe Daniel	BHS - PL Beton Bornholm	30	10
3	van Schip Jan-Willem	Parkhotel Valkenburg	25	7
4	Dorussen Johan	Development Team Picnic PostNL	20	4
5	Santy Arne	Tarteletto - Isorex	15	2

Rosenlund takes the win from a break of three. van Ship's got a mechanical with 200m to go (he was in the break). Bad luck for him.

 

[RedheadDane]

It seems Stampe's stomp is not that great.

 

[Rob5091]

Sunday is the day for the 75th Paris-Chauny (1.1 - so all the teams desperate for UCI points are here) 188.8 km from Marney-Les-Compiegne to Chauny
Start 12.30 CET, TV from ... well, there's supposed to be coverage from km 0 at
https://matele.tv/ but ....check your local TV-guide. as they used to say!

Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-chauny-classique/2025/startlist
(Demare (last year's winner), De Lie, Andresen etc etc - bunch sprint very likely)

EDIT - ADD- TV at

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1340532794442422

View: https://www.facebook.com/VIAMATELE.TV/videos/1340532794442422

 

[RedheadDane]

What was with the aeral shot of some random... train station?

 

[RedheadDane]

De Lie wins.
Hope nobody watching suffers from motion sickness, coz that was some very... whooaaa... camera work there.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Uno-X absolutely nowhere in the final kilometers, but luckily it seems like Cofidis didnt get a top 10 either.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

De Lie on a different level compared to the competition here. He needs guys like Milan and Merlier to show up. Also note that Jeannière got another top 10 to add to the collection.

1	De Lie Arnaud	Lotto	125	75	4:12:53
2	Kanter Max	XDS Astana Team	85	55	,,
3	Kubiš Lukáš	Unibet Tietema Rockets	70	40	,,
4	Pedersen Rasmus Søjberg	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	60	32	,,
5	Venturini Clément	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	50	28	,,
6	Penhoët Paul	Groupama - FDJ	40	24	,,
7	Jeannière Emilien	Team TotalEnergies	35	20	,,
8	Plowright Jensen	Alpecin - Deceuninck	30	18	,,
9	Mozzato Luca	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	25	16	,,
10	Thijssen Gerben	Intermarché - Wanty	20	14	,,

 

[Samamba]

2000 UCI points after the Tour LOL

 

[yaco]

No surprise for me. Thought DeLie was good in the TDF and it is noticeable how much more effectively he is using his team in races. Is he riding the Euro's.

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau De Lie, onto Münsterland !

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tour de Langkawi, stage 2 (live now, 40km to go).

View: https://youtu.be/nKLbp-_XWIY


We are getting close to the last chance salon for Kristoff to gain access to the 100 club.

 

[RedheadDane]

A Slovenian has gone solo.
Based on recency-bias; he should win.

 

[RedheadDane]

De Kleijn just out of nowhere.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Yea, good sprint by De Kleijn. 3rd yesterday, winner today.

1	de Kleijn Arvid	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	20	30	10″	3:29:59
2	Malucelli Matteo	XDS Astana Team	15	18	6″	,,
3	Zanoncello Enrico	VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè	10	12	4″	,,
4	Fortin Filippo	Team Solution Tech - Vini Fantini	5	7		,,
5	Tesson Jason	Team TotalEnergies	3	4		,,
6	Hamdan Wan Abdul Rahman	Terengganu Cycling Team		3		,,
7	Abdul Halil Mohamad Izzat Hilmi	Malaysia Pro Cycling		2		,,
8	Blikra Erlend	Uno-X Mobility		1		,,
9	Peñalver Manuel	Team Polti VisitMalta				,,
10	Fernández Miguel Ángel	Equipo Kern Pharma				,,

Good to see some of the locals in the mix

 

[RedheadDane]

BTW, gotta love the official post-stage interview being conducted in front of a random tree.

 

[Rob5091]

Cro Race starts today Tuesday - 2.1 only, TV from 14.00 CET
roadbook at https://crorace.com/#cro-race-2025-roadbook/1

startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-of-croatia/2025/startlist

Stage 1 info at (start at 12.00 CET) 162.5 km Split to Sinj,
https://crorace.com/en/etape/stage-1/

QS have Magnier here so stage 1 could be his for the taking, otherwise it's a pretty slim line up for top class sprinters. Of course we can never rule out UAE who might be going for their umpteenth win this year with Wellens and McNulty. Others of note, Wiggins jr and Erzen jr are here as is the next Pogi copy from Slovenia, Omrzel. Let's hope for no more race stoppages as IPT are here.

 

[RedheadDane]

Come on... show us the photo finish...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That photo finish might just be the difference between Kristoff cracking 100 and missing out.

 

[tobydawq]

Tough for Kristoff. Ideal leadout but just pipped on the line by Malucelli. 100 wins seems very hard now but he should still have a few chances.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

That gonna hurt a bit.... Cycling can be the essence of cruelty. Anyway, keep going, Kristoff, a couple more chances yet.