Lesser known races 2026 edition

[QueenStagiaire]

Yeah, they‘ve binned it

 

[Samamba]

Absolutely wild tactics today

Gap is still really big

 

[Tim Cahill]

12s at 500

 

[Salvarani]

Omg heartbreak

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Easy, logic win. Nothing happened in this dull race

 

[Salvarani]

Philipsen!

 

[RedheadDane]

Poor Segaert... he could basically taste the finish line.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Such a disgusting win for Philipsen. Alpecin taking zero responsibility in the chase despite having the favourite and then catching Segaert in the final 100 metres.

 

[Potomac]

dammit! I thought he was going to make it

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Well, that was a long final kilometer

 

[Netserk]

ice cold

 

[Samamba]

Probably most undeserved win from Philipsen ever.

But this new finish is just horrible for attackers. This will always end in a sprint, unless we get very bad weather and lots of wind one day

 

[Brullnux]

Such a disgusting win for Philipsen. Alpecin taking zero responsibility in the chase despite having the favourite and then catching Segaert in the final 100 metres.

That's on other teams tbh. I suppose maybe they were banking on Philipsen not having been that quick so far this year, but they have absolutely gifted him the win.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

That last K is 5% and they said it was a headwind. Very easy to run out of steam completely.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That's on other teams tbh. I suppose maybe they were banking on Philipsen not having been that quick so far this year, but they have absolutely gifted him the win.

Had they not done anything once Segaert was up the road, then their chances would have gone from low to zero.

 

[Salvarani]

Pretty strong from Philipsen to get there in the end

 

[Tim Cahill]

Molano absolutely Gaviriad it going with 250 to go on an uphill sprint

 

[Brullnux]

Had they not done anything once Segaert was up the road, then their chances would have gone from low to zero.

Absolutely, it's a bit of a catch-22. Not sure how much you can blame Alpecin or Philipsen for calling everyone's bluff like that though

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Omg heartbreak

Indeed. My stream went pitch black with 500m to go.

Philipsen gets his first win of the season, but I wouldn't put money on him surviving on Saturday right now.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Philipsen getting a French (edit: forgot to write “kiss”) from the dog.

 

[Rob5091]

Left it late, but the fav won, chapeau Philipsen!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Had they not done anything once Segaert was up the road, then their chances would have gone from low to zero.

Yeah, the mistake is that every team wants to give their Second tier sprinter the chance instead of attacking, but that‘s unsurprising

 

[Salvarani]

Philipsen getting a French from the dog.

Not nice to call her that

 

[Netserk]

also greatest favourite for saturday

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah, the mistake is that every team wants to give their Second tier sprinter the chance instead of attacking, but that‘s unsurprising

Oh yes, a whole lot of teams should have been trying to do what Bahrain were doing, but once that ship had sailed they didn't have much choice.