Lesser known races 2026 edition

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l'Equipe says Groenewegen somehow made the front group, so probably him

edit: I don't see him, though

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's Kubis, Larsen, Kopecky and Mouris as far as I can see for Unibet

 

[Tim Cahill]

Great to see Cofidis showing their strength by pulling on the front of both groups

 

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Great to see Cofidis showing their strength by pulling on the front of both groups

makes sense to bring back Teuns if you have Biermans, though

edit: well, or maybe not. Nowhere to be seen in the end

 

[RedheadDane]

Great win by Uhlig!

 

[tobydawq]

Uhlig channeling his inner Tobias Lund.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Unibet should have bought Wiebes instead.

 

[Tim Cahill]

They were talking about Kubis mistiming it but I think Henri was just faster, he wasn't coming round even if he wanted to

 

[Cycling111]

So, which Unibet rider will be 2nd today?

Kubis.

 

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🐐🦉 Uhlig!

 

[tobydawq]

Someone should explain to Unibet that leadout men are only useful if they do a leadout. Otherwise they just take up a position and makes it far harder for the sprinter to win.

 

[Alien Performance]

Someone should explain to Unibet that leadout men are only useful if they do a leadout. Otherwise they just take up a position and makes it far harder for the sprinter to win.

By March they'll have figured it out...

 

[Netserk]

i fear larsen will end second in gc

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 3:

1	Uhlig Henri	Alpecin-Premier Tech	14	20	10″	3:36:50
2	Kubiš Lukáš	Unibet Rose Rockets	5	12	6″	,,
3	Hardouin Louis	Van Rysel Roubaix	3	7	4″	,,
4	Loulergue Victor	Groupama - FDJ United		5		,,
5	Biermans Jenthe	Cofidis		4		,,
6	Lozouet Léandre	CIC Pro Cycling Academy		3		,,
7	Mifsud Andrea	Team Polti VisitMalta		2		,,
8	Piras Andrea	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali		1		,,
9	Isidore Noa	Decathlon CMA CGM Team				,,
10	Grisel Matys	Lotto Intermarché				,,

First pro win for Uhlig I think.

GC:

1	2	▲1	Kubiš Lukáš	Unibet Rose Rockets	3	12″	10:25:30
2	14	▲12	Uhlig Henri	Alpecin-Premier Tech		10″	0:07
3	8	▲5	Hardouin Louis	Van Rysel Roubaix		4″	0:10
4	3	▼1	Izquierdo Clément	Cofidis		4″	,,
5	4	▼1	Kockelmann Mathieu	Lotto Intermarché		10″	0:12
6	5	▼1	Grisel Matys	Lotto Intermarché			0:14
7	7	-	Dujardin Sandy	TotalEnergies			,,
8	9	▲1	Lozouet Léandre	CIC Pro Cycling Academy			,,
9	6	▼3	Muñoz Francisco	Team Polti VisitMalta			,,
10	12	▲2	Costiou Ewen	Groupama - FDJ United			,,

Kubis leads on consistency.

 

[SafeBet]

i fear larsen will end second in gc

Behind?

 

[Netserk]

Behind?

dunno

but unibet will keep the streak going

 

[Red Rick]

Rivera with a casual little 56 kph ITT over 43 km.

Don't lose thy heads, it's was flat and at 2500m altitude.

 

[Rob5091]

So we have now entered an era of teams sending 3 sprinters to races to harvest UCI points, according to Bling Matthews. Make sense for pro teams looking for GT wildcard spots, I suppose, but how about the ol' esprit de corps?

 

[yaco]

So we have now entered an era of teams sending 3 sprinters to races to harvest UCI points, according to Bling Matthews. Make sense for pro teams looking for GT wildcard spots, I suppose, but how about the ol' esprit de corps?

This is the flaw of the UCI points system. In the Muscat Classic, Astana rode for the win and only got 4th and 8th, otherwise they could have placed 3 or 4 riders in the top 10. Bear in mind that Jayco is also going down this route.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Etoile de Bessèges - Tour du Gard (2.1), stage 4:

3 Riders up the road with 90s.
Good pace today, so only 71kms to go. Streams are available.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

10kms to go, two in front with 40s.
Inclined sprint coming up where unibet will come second....

 

[Netserk]

penultimate time up the finish, it took the peloton just over a minute on the hill

harder than i first thought

 

[Potomac]

This is the flaw of the UCI points system. In the Muscat Classic, Astana rode for the win and only got 4th and 8th, otherwise they could have placed 3 or 4 riders in the top 10. Bear in mind that Jayco is also going down this route.

Astana doesn't desperately need points like they did last year. They can go for glory now .

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Really nice finish. Serious business.

 

[Netserk]

lovely

it didnt look like the riders had passed it two times before, a tricky finish to judge