Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Samamba]

De Lie did everything perfect, but so did Philipsen. Chose the wheel of a guy who has confidence and seemed to have learned how to manage bunch sprints.

 

[Samamba]

Oh De LIe almost crashes, he always wins without "mechanical"

 

[search]

I think this was 200 Meters and he was just slow?

maybe, yeah. But he was first in the wind a couple of times already this year.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Munsterland:

1	Philipsen Jasper	Alpecin - Deceuninck	200	125	4:10:53
2	De Lie Arnaud	Lotto	150	85	,,
3	Bittner Pavel	Team Picnic PostNL	125	60	,,
4	Meeus Jordi	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	100	50	,,
5	Kubiš Lukáš	Unibet Tietema Rockets	85	45	,,
6	Turgis Anthony	Team TotalEnergies	70	40	,,
7	Moschetti Matteo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	60	35	,,
8	Dainese Alberto	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	50	30	,,
9	Mihkels Madis	EF Education - EasyPost	40	26	,,
10	Kopecký Matyáš	Team Novo Nordisk	35	22	,,

De Lies streak ended, but he can restart another one shortly.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Just done watching the replay of the Cro Race where they are showing the last riders crossing the finish while the podium presentation plays in the back ground. Interestingly McNulty was getting his second jersey of the day for KOM as former leader (and still points leader) Magnier crossed the line.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is it just me, or has Rosli been on the attack every stage so far?

(Though, I did miss stage 1 and stage 6 due to their earlier finishing time.)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last 14 kms of stage 7 in Langkawi:

View: https://youtu.be/R_GPdC5apxE

 

[RedheadDane]

Everyone's* favourite Malaysian escapee artist putting up decent fight.








*Some might only have heard about him this week. Or... technically the race started last week.

 

[RedheadDane]

Kyffin caught up with Rosli, and is now rocketing away from him.

 

[RedheadDane]

That was brilliant!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Good break win, but Rosli shouldn't be so generous, or maybe he was just completelt finished.

1	Kyffin Zeb	Unibet Tietema Rockets	20	30		4:37:59
2	Rosli Muhammad Nur Aiman Bin	Terengganu Cycling Team	15	18	3″	-
3	de Kleijn Arvid	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10	12		-

 

[Peyroteo94]

Kristoff ends his career without getting 100 wins.
A shame he ended with a crash but somehow I have this feeling only remarkable riders of this sport should get to 100 wins in their careers. I don't consider Kristoff (or Demare) one of them despite being a multiple monument winner.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Rosli taking the motto of La Vuelta to heart

 

[Tim Cahill]

Terengganu rider going bonkers for his 2nd place was pretty good

https://twitter.com/x/status/1974368519010857335

 

[RedheadDane]

Dutch Van Der Tuuk goes solo.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

A free for all type sprint , but Magnier was again the strongest.

1 Magnier Paul Soudal Quick-Step 14 20 3:29:48 2 Oliveira Rui UAE Team Emirates - XRG 5 12 ,, 3 Miquel Pau Equipo Kern Pharma 3 7 ,, 4 Zambanini Edoardo Bahrain - Victorious 5 ,, 5 Molenaar Alex Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 4 ,, 6 Reinderink Pepijn Soudal Quick-Step 3 ,, 7 Côté Pier-André Israel - Premier Tech 2 ,, 8 Tonelli Alessandro Team Polti VisitMalta 1 ,, 9 Van Tricht Floris Israel - Premier Tech ,, 10 Huby Antoine Soudal Quick-Step ,,

about 30 in the lead grup. Nulty keeps the jersey.

 

[Cycling111]

Magnier again.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last stage in Langkawi was won by Gate (good season for him). The final GC has Delbove as winner after his attack on the queen stage:

1	1	-	Delbove Joris	Team TotalEnergies	200	150	12″	27:17:38
2	3	▲1	Johannessen Anders Halland	Uno-X Mobility	150	110	11″	0:03
3	2	▼1	Voisard Yannis	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	125	90	8″	0:06
4	5	▲1	Vinokurov Nicolas	XDS Astana Team	100	80	3″	0:11
5	6	▲1	Christophersen Cedrik Bakke	Unibet Tietema Rockets	85	70	3″	,,
6	7	▲1	Tercero Fernando	Team Polti VisitMalta	70	60		0:14
7	8	▲1	Covili Luca	VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè	60	55		,,
8	9	▲1	Díaz José Manuel	Burgos Burpellet BH	50	50		,,
9	10	▲1	Bais Davide	Team Polti VisitMalta	40	45		,,
10	11	▲1	Gutiérrez Jorge	Equipo Kern Pharma	35	40		,,

Uno-x getting more points from the placement games.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, Joris Delbove wins the Tour de Langkawi after an attack nobody* saw.





*Well, the people in the group he attacked from presumably saw it.

 

[Rockestar_33]

An extra 160-odd points from the GC and the 4th today puts them in a very good position

 

[RedheadDane]

Bit damp in Croatia.