Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Wyndbrook]

Classy list of former winners including GT champions, but 1982 stands out, non other than Dan Martin's dad.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tour de Hongrie stage 2 looks familiar, but the 0.6km@4.8% to the line even out the sprinter field a bit.

 

[RedheadDane]

Guess someone wasn't having a good day...

OTL

Bueno Alfredo

EF Education - Aevolo

26:47

 

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Burnett from Burgos takes a solo win in Azerbaijan, Henok won the sprint for 2nd behind. GC should be close between those two as well, as Fedorov was dropped underway

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Oh my Josh!

Maybe there's still a chance I won't lose the 2024-26 Emerging Riders Game.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Final GC:

1	9	▲8	Burnett Josh	Burgos Burpellet BH	125	100		19:06:43
2	3	▲1	Mulubrhan Henok	XDS Astana Team	85	70	13″	0:03
3	2	▼1	Balmer Alexandre	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali	70	50	6″	0:07
4	4	-	Fagúndez Eric Antonio	Burgos Burpellet BH	60	36	4″	0:14
5	7	▲2	Covili Luca	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	50	28		0:22
6	8	▲2	Berrade Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma	40	24		,,
7	11	▲4	Umba Santiago	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali	35	20		,,
8	12	▲4	Uriarte Diego	Equipo Kern Pharma	30	18		,,
9	17	▲8	Martinelli Alessio	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	25	16		,,
10	16	▲6	García Pierna Carlos	Burgos Burpellet BH	20	14		,,

A fine win for Burnett and Burgos after some excellent race action on the last stage

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bardiani also got their first non-NC win of the season yesterday, so they have moved closer to overtaking Picnic and Roojai Insurance in the hunt for GT/WT invites.

 

[Brullnux]

Bardiani also got their first non-NC win of the season yesterday, so they have moved closer to overtaking Picnic and Roojai Insurance in the hunt for GT/WT invites.

Quite important for Bardiani as I don't think the Giro will bring them many points and Turconi has struggled this year

 

[Tim Cahill]

Disgusting anti-Fred motodraft being given to the peloton here

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Disgusting anti-Fred motodraft being given to the peloton here

Remember when fred wright was the next British tom bonnen?? Now his fanboys are complaining about motodrafting when he's in the early break at a Belgian semi-pro race.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Remember when fred wright was the next British tom bonnen?? Now his fanboys are complaining about motodrafting when he's in the early break at a Belgian semi-pro race.

Good comparison actually, Boonen only got really good in his mid-20s too, so there's still time for Fred yet, I'm not saying he will be an all-time great but I'm expecting at least 5 or 6 monuments minimum.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Remember when fred wright was the next British tom bonnen??

No, but maybe he could become more of a Roger Hammond than a Richard Hammond.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Good comparison actually, Boonen only got really good in his mid-20s too, so there's still time for Fred yet, I'm not saying he will be an all-time great but I'm expecting at least 5 or 6 monuments minimum.

9th in tro-bro the other day, finding some form, let's see if he can continue the upwards trajectory with a good result at the 'circuit de walonie'.

He needs to tell his new team to stop with the 3000m 4 weeks altitude camp in chile/peru nonsense. Bonnen wasnt doing any of that. Just some good training days in South of spain and some good contacts.

In all seriousness, don't think he ever did altitude to prep the classics before, seems like this year it didn't work.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Freddeke dropping his companion, no surprises, I've been touting him as the biggest British talent in the sport for years.

 

[Tim Cahill]

"This is Fred Wright territory" says the commentator

He's getting caught 500m before the line, *** sake. It's all over.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I'd just assumed Alpecin had Philipsen here given they're using all their guys chasing down this doomed attack but they're going I think for Gerben Thijssen.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Come on freddeke!!! Full gas!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Emīls Liepiņš should bridge over before it's caught, new wolfpack

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Does he not have teammates who can slow the chase in these corners??

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Got to love these horrible disgusting ugly southern belgien towns

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Water is still wet, so there's no win for Fred, unless he has a final sneaky attack left in him.

 

[Tim Cahill]

'Beat cycling club' chasing down Frederik Frisons like it's Sagan up the road.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Great camera work.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

But Sheehan won somehow, while the Unibet climbers that weren't selected for the Giro missed out.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I don't even know what happened at the finish there.

And quite frankly. Who cares.