Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Samamba]

I expected more from Lapeira in this race. At least a stage win.

Wouldve won yesterday if he didn't let himself get boxed in tbf

Parcours just not hard enough for him this week.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Kubis trying to kill the bike...

 

[Netserk]

kubis 4th in gc
larsen 5th

 

[Samamba]

Damn that's rough for TDT. Not even a podium in GC

But I guess it's normal that these 3 are just stronger on this parcours.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC:

1	11	▲10	Costiou Ewen	Groupama - FDJ United	125	100		13:59:22
2	5	▲3	Lapeira Paul	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	85	70	4″	0:02
3	14	▲11	Decomble Maxime	Groupama - FDJ United	70	50		0:12
4	1	▼3	Kubiš Lukáš	Unibet Rose Rockets	60	36	18″	0:15
5	13	▲8	Larsen Niklas	Unibet Rose Rockets	50	28		0:17
6	20	▲14	Teuns Dylan	Cofidis	40	24		0:32
7	6	▼1	Kockelmann Mathieu	Lotto Intermarché	35	20	10″	,,
8	4	▼4	Izquierdo Clément	Cofidis	30	18	4″	0:36
9	21	▲12	Azparren Xabier Mikel	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	25	16		0:38
10	9	▼1	Lozouet Léandre	CIC Pro Cycling Academy	20	14		0:39

Very good win for Costiou. Excellent day of racing.

 

[Samamba]

200 UCI points for FDJ were more than welcome after a rough start of the season.

 

[RedheadDane]

CQ, go home... you're drunk!

Rank	Rider
1.​	COSTA Ares
2.​	LAPEIRA Paul
3.​	DECOMBLE Maxime

Nevermind, they fixed it.
But that was random...

 

[RedheadDane]

Hold on, this can't be right...
According to both FirstCycling and PCS, Trek will be starting with only 6 riders in Provence, using the number 2-7.
I know Mads P. is the defending champion, and won't be riding, but he's hardly the first - or the last - rider to be unable to defend a title in a race, either due to injury, or simply because of the schedule.
Not using the number 1 because he isn't riding seems a bit... strange...