Lesser known races 2025 edition

[RedheadDane]

They didn’t say how many millimeters.

True... I guess every rider is "millimeters from the win" in every race.
Sometimes... a lot of millimeters.

(Let's not try to calculate how many millimeters Julius Johansen was from the win...)

 

[Red Rick]

Uijtdebroeks carefully dodging that podium @Netserk

 

[Netserk]

Uijtdebroeks carefully dodging that podium @Netserk

I hope he won't bully his young teammate with an attack tomorrow.

 

[RedheadDane]

d'OH!
I was wondering why Honoré had suddenly disappeared from the current GC top...



Euhm.... yeah... err... I was looking at the GC for Holland...

 

[tobydawq]

d'OH!
I was wondering why Honoré had suddenly disappeared from the current GC top...



Euhm.... yeah... err... I was looking at the GC for Holland...

Okay...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last km of stage 4 in Holland. The race offered a lot more today, but for busy fans of cycling here is a replay:

View: https://youtu.be/0w-hk0dnA58?t=222

 

[Cycling111]

Tomorrow, actually today in Japan, Japan Cup Road Race. It starts 22 minutes before the final stage in Guangxi.

 

[search]

Tomorrow, actually today in Japan, Japan Cup Road Race. It starts 22 minutes before the final stage in Guangxi.

as far as I can see, it starts 5:22 before Guangxi?!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

as far as I can see, it starts 5:22 before Guangxi?!

He looked at the start time for the women's race by mistake.

 

[Sciatic]

I’m looking forward to watching Veneto tomorrow as the swan song to the road cycling season. I enjoy this race but it’s too bad the course only makes one trip through the dirt/gravel roads of the Diesel Farm (on the final). That section has a nice low-key Strade Bianchi vibe. https://www.venetoclassic.com/percorso

 

[tobydawq]

I’m looking forward to watching Veneto tomorrow as the swan song to the road cycling season. I enjoy this race but it’s too bad the course only makes one trip through the dirt/gravel roads of the Diesel Farm (on the final). That section has a nice low-key Strade Bianchi vibe. https://www.venetoclassic.com/percorso

It's such a great race and parcours. And with no Del Toro, it's not even a given who wins.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Japan cup: Looks like little Lenny went berserk.

1	Martinez Lenny	Bahrain - Victorious	200	125	3:30:00
2	Baudin Alex	EF Education - EasyPost	150	85	0:32
3	Izagirre Ion	Cofidis	125	60	0:33
4	Rondel Mathys	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	100	50	0:40
5	Fancellu Alessandro	Team UKYO	85	45	,,
6	Sheehan Riley	Israel - Premier Tech	70	40	0:49
7	Matthews Michael	Team Jayco AlUla	60	35	1:46
8	Maisonobe Sam	Cofidis	50	30	1:49
9	Bernard Julien	Lidl - Trek	40	26	2:39
10	Martí Pau	Israel - Premier Tech	35	22	2:47

Ion and Maisonobe getting some points for Cofidis, but too little too late.

 

[Rob5091]

On the Tube to see when you want at

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxAUTQEn-5o

 

[Netserk]

Japan cup: Looks like little Lenny went berserk.

He started drilling it on the last 3 laps.

 

[RedheadDane]

Fun fact, this is the picture used for Axelgaard's preview on TV2:

I guess he - Martinez, not Axelgaard - lived up to the favourite role.

 

[Netserk]

Giving us blue balls:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1979819703544766535

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1979819703544766535

 

[RedheadDane]

Giving us blue balls:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1979819703544766535

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1979819703544766535

And how many laps?

 

[Netserk]

And how many laps?

Probably the same as before.

 

[Cycling111]

Another Magnier stage today? Other years, this circuit has broken the sprint.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

You gotta be kidding me.....

 

[RedheadDane]

Uff... Wandahl... hopefully not another concussion.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In China, the final climb (1.3kms@11%) is coming up in about 10km.
Group of 5 with 45s, 25 kms to go

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Lafay is putting pressure on Double.....

 

[search]

Probably the same as before.

they added one lap. Here's the new climb they do instead, topping with 3.5k to go

Cattepoelseweg from Schaarsbergen - Profile of the ascent

Cattepoelseweg from Schaarsbergen is a climb in the region Arnhem. It is 1.9 km long and bridges 44 m of vertical ascent with an average gradient of 2.3%, resul

climbfinder.com

edit: followed by this, 1.5k before the finish

Wagnerlaan from Rijnstate - Profile of the ascent

Wagnerlaan from Rijnstate is a climb in the region Arnhem. It is 0.3km long and bridges 15 vertical meters with an average gradient of 4.6%, resulting in a diff

climbfinder.com

 

[Cycling111]

Lafay only appears in the years he has to sign a new contract.