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)

 

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There's also the "new" Trofeo Tessile today, with an early afternoon finish & live coverage before Paris Tours.

It's actually not new but goes back to the former Trofeo Baracchi, a two-men time trial race, that somehow now turned into a MTF.

Oropa profile from the Giro, where Pogacar won in 2024

Today, one of his team mates will win instead, unless Petrolike brought something special.

Startlist for Trofeo Tessile & Moda - Valdengo Oropa 2025

Competing teams and riders for Trofeo Tessile & Moda - Valdengo Oropa 2025. Top competitors are Christian Scaroni, Jay Vine and Adam Yates.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Cycling111]

I don't see the point in making a classic with a single-mountain GT profile.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I don't see the point in making a classic with a single-mountain GT profile.

Barring serious incidents, there will be a winner....

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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

You say English commentary: it's like an aural version of the worst profiles thread. Well worth dropping in at random points for the lols. Neither commentator seems to know anything. "Hey, they're on different teams but they're speaking to each other!" and "They've been on their bikes for nearly three hours and they're still going: it's incredible!"
Never mentioned a rider's name unless it was on screen: evidently didn't even have access to a startlist with numbers.

 

[Cycling111]

Barring serious incidents, there will be a winner....

I didn't say for that.

 

[RedheadDane]

There's also the "new" Trofeo Tessile today, with an early afternoon finish & live coverage before Paris Tours.

Where?
When?

 

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You say English commentary: it's like an aural version of the worst profiles thread. Well worth dropping in at random points for the lols. Neither commentator seems to know anything. "Hey, they're on different teams but they're speaking to each other!" and "They've been on their bikes for nearly three hours and they're still going: it's incredible!"
Never mentioned a rider's name unless it was on screen: evidently didn't even have access to a startlist with numbers.

there's a designated feedback form available here

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but yeah, the guy is a Canadian running a Fukuoka tourist blog/magazine, and the woman apparently a DJ. Probably just some people they had available and willing to do it.

 

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Where?
When?

Disco+ and Rai 2, from 14:00. Didn't check for others.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I don't see the point in making a classic with a single-mountain GT profile.

And we frequently have posts bemoaning the lack of one day courses for climbers. Can't please all the people all the time, I guess.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The DJ makes the podium ceremony into a birthday party for toddlers. Horrible stuff. They should just go for everything in Japanse.

 

[RedheadDane]

Unfortunately, it appears the people in Italy have forgotten to start the feed...

Oh, finally... there's something happening. Now... are they show us images of the entire team presentation first?

 

[DJO]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpVbuWYXvfs

 

[DJO]

Alo here, without comms.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnAMdke-uSA