Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

Good for Bryan and Cofidis..

 

[Cycling111]

Seixas is a perfect rider, he can fight easily this season for the Tour de France.

No. Maybe for the third place.

You're also undervaluing Vingegaard in the Tour.

 

[Tim Cahill]

What happened to Skjelmose?

I mean, not just in this race but also just generally.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

and Seixas wins.

 

[Kazistuta]

"Seix in the As"

 

[saunaking]

Bravo to that fan with the Sex in the As sign at the finish!!!!!

 

[Rob5091]

Good win by Seixas - next up Strade Bianche and a certain Pogi.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Coming in 1s and 2s minutes down, riders having arguments as they cross the line, this is the real Belgian classics!!!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

France:

1	Seixas Paul	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	250	125	4:37:22
2	Christen Jan	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	170	85	1:48
3	Martinez Lenny	Bahrain - Victorious	140	60	,,
4	Jorgenson Matteo	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	120	50	,,
5	Skjelmose Mattias	Lidl - Trek	100	45	2:07
6	Piganzoli Davide	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	80	40	2:18
7	Bernal Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	70	35	2:34
8	Cepeda Jefferson Alveiro	Movistar Team	60	30	3:46
9	Arrieta Igor	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	50	26	4:16
10	Vercher Mattéo	TotalEnergies	40	22	4:21

Dominant. Seixas seems to be ready for tier one opposition. Also good to see little Lenny outsprinting someone.

 

[saunaking]

Christen didn't kill anyone today

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last stage in Italy tomorrow:

GC situation:

1	3	▲2	Zana Filippo	Soudal Quick-Step	3	6″	15:31:15
2	2	-	Garofoli Gianmarco	Soudal Quick-Step		6″	0:46
3	17	▲14	Verre Alessandro	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort			1:39
4	4	-	Berrade Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma		4″	1:43
5	8	▲3	Jackowiak Jan Michal	Bahrain Victorious Development Team			1:45
6	12	▲6	Ruiz Ibon	Equipo Kern Pharma			,,
7	19	▲12	De Cassan Davide	General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia			,,
8	21	▲13	Pericas Adrià	UAE Team Emirates Gen Z			,,
9	26	▲17	Bock Max	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies			2:10

Looks impossible....

 

[topcat]

Seixas is a perfect rider, he can fight easily this season for the Tour de France.

In 1904, Henri Cornet won the tour aged 19 years and 352 days (after the first four riders were disqualified). When Seixas wins the tour this year, he will be the youngest winner ever.

 

[danielzu]

For someone who couldnt watch the races: why and when was scaroni dropped from the second chase group and even from the big one later on?

 

[Samamba]

For someone who couldnt watch the races: why and when was scaroni dropped from the second chase group and even from the big one later on?

Cause this isn't the Tour Alpes Maritimes or the Tour of Oman

 

[Cycling111]

Cause this isn't the Tour Alpes Maritimes or the Tour of Oman

Wasn't he second behind Ayuso last year?

 

[Samamba]

Wasn't he second behind Ayuso last year?

He was 5th, this year was a significantly harder race and he was in like 8th position for a while, think he just went over the limit and cracked at some point

I was trolling a bit, he's a good rider but for some reason Astana is still using him like they absolutely need points. His schedule this early season has just been weird, he's probably already getting a bit tired.

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage in Rwanda live:

 

[Rob5091]

Stage 5 of the Giro Sardinia at (from 13.40 CET)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pju7py2p_k


After 60 km done Perani with 4 minutes on the peloton, but a long flat run in so bunch sprint finale.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

14th Faun Drome Classic (1.Pro) is on also:

Less climby compared to yesterday, but the cast is almost the same: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/la-drome-classic/2026/startlist
Seixas has decided to give it a miss.

Race is 25kms in, 7 riders up the road with 4 mins.

 

[Rob5091]

17km to go in Sardinia and all together for a bunch sprint.

 

[RedheadDane]

Donati wins the sprint.

 

[Rob5091]

One heck of a messy ol' sprint in Sardinia but ....Donati just got there.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Skjelmose attacked in France and Little Lenny and Tullett are glued to his wheel. Small gap. 32kms to go.

 

[TastyGroceries]

Simon Carr is making an impressive start of the season so far after an abysmal 2025

Edit: PCS reported that the Cofidis in the front group in Drôme was rather Aranburu, my bad

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Really good racing in France atm. 11kms to go.