Lesser known races 2025 edition

[RedheadDane]

Live images more than 10 minutes later than advertised, only 15 Ks to go.

 

[Netserk]

Sivakov is such a clown.

Yates will do the business, but Sivakov should have worked for Vine.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Doing 240 K the day before makes it Hard to win but Yates might do it

 

[RedheadDane]

UAE guys just bullying poor Rondell!

Anyway... sure... nice landscape... but not now!

 

[Samamba]

Vine might still win

 

[Rou]

Come on, Jay! A nice fat check is waiting at the finish line!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Now this is some terrible TV direction

 

[Rou]

LoL what are these tourist ads in the last kms?

 

[Samamba]

Ad break with 1k to go????

 

[RedheadDane]

Been (as the coverage is being interrupted by yet another add): It would have been nice if the riders had gone a little slower.

No... it would have been nice if the coverage had started way earlier.

 

[Samamba]

Would be hilarious if Rondel wins this

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ian Rondel

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Rondel didn‘t need to ride nearly that hard to hold off Vine

 

[Tim Cahill]

Should've messed around a bit in hindsight but still

 

[Samamba]

Some points for Kulset, forgot UNO X was starting here even. That's a bonus.

 

[Netserk]

Well fought by Rondel, but he wouldn't have stood a chance if not for Sivakov.

 

[greyclouds]

Top-3 WT teams should not be allowed to race 1.1 races

 

[Samamba]

Top-3 WT teams should not be allowed to race 1.1 races

Organizers would hate that, that's not a good idea.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

So they're just inventing new races for gianetti to win now?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Japan, 3rd and last stage:

1	Mulubrhan Henok	XDS Astana Team	14	20		2:36:06
2	De Pooter Dries	Intermarché - Wanty	5	12		,,
3	Soupe Geoffrey	Team TotalEnergies	3	7		,,

The GC:

1	1	-	Tsarenko Kyrylo	Team Solution Tech - Vini Fantini	125	100	10″
2	2	-	Taaramäe Rein	Kinan Racing Team	85	70	6″
3	3	-	Garibbo Nicolò	Team UKYO	70	50	4″

Nice win for the Ukrainian. Good to see Rein on the podium.

 

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In Mentougou, young Quaranta won the sprint today.

More interestingly, Mario Aparicio was disqualified due to inappropriate behaviour, and damaging the image of the sport - apparently for posting a pig emoji next to the Chinese flag on his Strava

There was a big outrage on Chinese social media, and I honestly have no idea about the exact symbolic meaning of the pig in either China nor Spain, but this seems a bit overblown. Maybe there was more to it than just that post, though.