Lesser known races 2025 edition

[QueenStagiaire]

Matthew Dinham, 7th at the Glasgow worlds has finished his first race days since 2023 at Langkawi by the way.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

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.

With all the young whippersnappers on the startlist (from what I've seen of him I like Omrzel so far) it's at least nice to also see some riders who have been around for a decade or more, like Jungels and Kwiato. So I'll give a stage or two a looky, I really enjoyed the CRO race last year.

 

[Rockestar_33]

Hoping Donaldson is the sprinter instead of the disappointing Stewart for this, even though Stewart won a stage last year or the year before

 

[yaco]

Hoping Donaldson is the sprinter instead of the disappointing Stewart for this, even though Stewart won a stage last year or the year before

They are sprinting for Donaldson. Pity that groenewegen is a last minute withdrawal as he could have won a stage.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

1:30 with 19k to go, peloton is making things unnecessarily complicated for itself.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

All together now, bunch sprint coming up in Cro. 6km to go.
edit: good attack by van der woude on little hill

 

[Berniece]

Great leadout from SOQ again. Magnier went a bit early, but nice win

 

[RedheadDane]

Langkawi in the morning, and CRO in the afternoon. Seeing some jerseys I don't see often.

Congrats to Magnier. Merlier has an in-team rival.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Poppel came pretty close:

1	Magnier Paul	Soudal Quick-Step	14	20	10″	3:45:14
2	van Poppel Danny	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	5	12	6″	,,
3	Kogut Oded	Israel - Premier Tech	3	7	4″	,,
4	Lonardi Giovanni	Team Polti VisitMalta		5		,,
5	Turner Ben	INEOS Grenadiers		4		,,
6	Oliveira Rui	UAE Team Emirates - XRG		3		,,
7	Eržen Žak	Bahrain - Victorious		2		,,
8	Donaldson Robert	Team Jayco AlUla		1		,,
9	Nencini Tommaso	Team Solution Tech - Vini Fantini				,,
10	Gojković Nicolas	Pogi Team Gusto Ljubljana				,,

 

[Rob5091]

van Poppel close but no cigar, chapeau Magnier!

 

[Cycling111]

Van Poppel closed the gap, but Magnier's lead was too large.

He can win four stages.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973024206028931108

View: https://x.com/CicloStreams/status/1973024206028931108

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The rider in second can't be van poppel, he sprinted in a straight line

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Van Poppel closed the gap, but Magnier's lead was too large.

He can win four stages.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1973024206028931108

View: https://x.com/CicloStreams/status/1973024206028931108

He can win five stages, they would need to race stage 5 decently hard to get rid of him there considering the gradients of the final climb.

 

[Cycling111]

 

[tobydawq]

Kubis was not second today?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Matthew Dinham, 7th at the Glasgow worlds has finished his first race days since 2023 at Langkawi by the way.

Whats been up with him?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Whats been up with him?

Stress fracture in his foot which probably led to him changing his posture, walk etc which in turn led to Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome. Which is basically your nerve that gets wedged inbetween muscles and that then leads to pain, numbness and nerve twitching in the foot.

 

[Rob5091]

Stage 2 of the Cro race and it's 114.5 km from Biograd na Moru to Novalja. Start at 13.25 CET, TV from 14.00 CET

Could well be another Magnier win.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did... the commentator just say that he "has been nippled on by sharks."?

 

[RedheadDane]

Malucelli pretty good.

 

[SafeBet]

Malucelli the new Guardini?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Malucelli more pro wins in 4 days than the belge pozzato this year

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Did... the commentator just say that he "has been nippled on by sharks."?

I assume he said or meant nibbling.

To nibble = to take small bites of something
But you can alos nibble on something without eating it (in an adventurous context or so)

 

[tobydawq]

Malucelli more pro wins in 4 days than the belge pozzato this year

Good grief, are you still calling him that?

 

[Cycling111]

Has something happen in Croatia?
Only 51 kilometers stage.