Lesser known races 2025 edition

[Samamba]

If people are coming from behind as well and Benjamin Thomas makes it to top 5 it might be different…

Edit: and just like that we see the group attacking from peloton. No cofidis there.

I don't think riders in peloton (or at least the COfidis ones) would've been finishing higher than the 2 UNO X in the break right now. Even the guys who attacked now, it's more than 2 minutes...

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I don't think riders in peloton (or at least the COfidis ones) would've been finishing higher than the 2 UNO X in the break right now. Even the guys who attacked now, it's more than 2 minutes...

Now it looks very safe indeed. But last year Bayer and Foldager lost almost 2 minutes from the bottom of Diesel Farm to the finish. I think Wellens & co still has a chance to finish top 3 or top 5 here.

 

[Netserk]

Just to be safe, they should stay on the wheel of Teuns and never pull.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Great cobbled climb here.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Ramses Debruyne is a very interesting rider

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Absolute magnificent race this

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Vermeersch wheelsucking a bunch of “nobodies” (unfair towards Ulissi, but he’s like 60 years old). UAE got no shame

 

[Netserk]

Teuns returns.

 

[Netserk]

Vermeersch wheelsucking a bunch of “nobodies” (unfair towards Ulissi, but he’s like 60 years old). UAE got no shame

He has Wellens behind, he shouldn't pull.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He has Wellens behind, he shouldn't pull.

His attack on the cobbles definitely didn't make it easier for Wellens to bridge across.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Allez De Pretto

 

[Sciatic]

Dang, they paved this section

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Old man Ulissi with a bit of uphill action....

 

[Brullnux]

I remember this climb being a lot more gravelly

 

[Brullnux]

I remember this climb being a lot more gravelly

There we go, I was too impatient... poor De Pretto though

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I remember this climb being a lot more gravelly

Last part very gravelly
and De Pretto is out

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Dang, they paved this section

stupid development

 

[Netserk]

Fortune for Diego.

 

[Salvarani]

Ulissi!

Bravissimo

 

[Dazed and Confused]

This route is calling the Giro.......

 

[Brullnux]

Fortune for Diego.

Partly, but he looked much more comfortable on the gravel than De Pretto anyway

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Ulissi crash
Okay doesn’t count as crash, but he got caught.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He frogged it.

 

[Salvarani]

He just managed it

Loose gravel on this descent

Difficult to get a grip

 

[Netserk]

Spoke too soon.