Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Mayomaniac]

Laas was quickest in Taihu.

Quickest pro on his quick pro!

 

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not quite my time of the day, but Kyushu was live on Youtube as well today, and with English commentary even. Tsarenko won, to keep Solution Tech's Giro dream alive. The Taaramachine came second.

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/aOA1DhqOd2c

 

[RedheadDane]

Quickest pro on his quick pro!

I'm just sad the "Panda Podium" part was removed from the name. That was such a brilliant name.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Laas' good time on the Asian ciruit continues this year.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Vendee:

1	GODON Dorian	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	4:29:42
2	JEANNIÈRE Emilien	Team TotalEnergies	0:00
3	LONARDI Giovanni	Team Polti VisitMalta	0:00
4	VENTURINI Clément	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	0:00
5	ETXEBERRIA Haimar	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:00
6	WALLS Matthew	Groupama - FDJ	0:00
7	BARTHE Cyril	Groupama - FDJ	0:00

Yep, Ineos picked up a great rider. EJ with anothet top 10, leading the all important race category.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

It's redhead, as in, the top of the head, not redstache...

It's red head as in, on the head, not limited to on top of the head

 

[RedheadDane]

It's red head as in, on the head, not limited to on top of the head

Excuse me. I am in charge of handing out Redhead Certificates on this forum!
That means I also have the authority to revoke them.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 2 in Japan:

1	De Pooter Dries	Intermarché - Wanty	14	20		2:35:47
2	Soupe Geoffrey	Team TotalEnergies	5	12		,,
3	Mulubrhan Henok	XDS Astana Team	3	7		,,
4	Prades Benjamín	VC Fukuoka		5		,,
5	Vercher Mattéo	Team TotalEnergies		4		,,
6	Meijers Jeroen	Victoria Sports Pro Cycling		3		,,
7	Jegat Jordan	Team TotalEnergies		2		,,
8	Takeyama Kosuke	Utsunomiya Blitzen		1		,,
9	Van Boven Luca	Intermarché - Wanty				,,
10	Pidcock Joseph	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team				,,

Good first win for De Pooter. Takeyama gives the local fans something to cheer for. Tsarenko leads GC.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

At the Lake, the sprinters keeps trading first places, but the final stage gets Malucelli to two wins and the GC. Its working for Astana for sure.

1	Malucelli Matteo	XDS Astana Team	20	30		2:44:51
2	Laas Martin	Quick Pro Team	15	18		,,
3	De Schuyteneer Steffen	Lotto	10	12		,,
4	Salby Alexander	Li Ning Star	5	7		,,
5	Menten Milan	Lotto	3	4		,,
6	Đurić Đorđe	Team Solution Tech - Vini Fantini		3		,,
7	Dekker David	Euskaltel - Euskadi		2		,,
8	Aniołkowski Stanisław	Cofidis		1		,,
9	Zanoncello Enrico	VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè				,,
10	Vahtra Norman	China Anta - Mentech Cycling Team				,,

 

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There apparently also was a Tour of Mentougou stage today, with 5 Burgos guys in the Top 7.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

A historical good TTT performance by Burgos.

 

[Roku]

Victory for Dries de Pooter in Kyushu. Glad for him, who is reportedly out of the merged team. Hope he can find a team (Flanders-Baloise? - which was supposed to pick up some riders left behind the new team)