Lesser known races 2026 edition

[RedheadDane]

Athit Poulard is the new Thai ME ITT Champion.

 

[Rob5091]

We're less then a week away from the start of the European season - yep, hard to believe but 23rd Jan is the
Classica Camp de Morvedre and it's a 1.1 race so expect the race for UCI points to begin.

 

[RedheadDane]

Athit Poulard is the new Thai ME ITT Champion.

And now RR Champion too.
A fitting pair of races to win for what I think are his first as Thai (yes, I know he's had dual citizenship the entire time.)

 

[CXXC]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlgGrRgSgsc


TNT has scheduled Pune Grand Tour. Anyone know anything about this race or familiar with racing in India?

 

[search]

I missed it today, but seems like there indeed were two hours of live coverage of the prologue, won by Fergus Browning from Terengganu.

It's India's first ever UCI stage race, and to start with a Grand Tour directly, they obviously needed live tv.

 

[search]

here's what's coming up the next couple of days. Stage 2 should be decisive, I guess. According to la Flamme Rouge, the final climb is 1.8km at 8.7%

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Intrigued by the decision to rate no climbs above second category.

 

[Squire]

Four stages and a prologue? That is indeed a puny grand tour.

 

[RedheadDane]

Four stages and a prologue?

Not necessarily in that order.