Lesser known races 2026 edition

[TourOfSardinia]

First outing for Carlton Kirby!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

First outing for Carlton Kirby!

First time since Simon Clarke retired

 

[Netserk]

without any wind , the strongest will have to work for it to avoid a sprint

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

After a weekend of having to deal with Hatch it's lovely to hear Carlton.

 

[Netserk]

large group has gotten away , but as many are just there to mark it they try to get away from each other

 

[Netserk]

they work together now , even vermeersch pulls

 

[Netserk]

vermeersch and kopecky stay at the back , most of the group rolls through

the gap is still small

 

[Samamba]

Cofidis should really do more to try to make this work. It's perfect for them

 

[Rob5091]

The break seemingly making a good go of this. 40 seconds to the peloton.

 

[jsem94]

Why would Thijssen's team car be wo far down the caravan? Shouldn't the jersey No. 1 mean anything, or am I mistaken here?

 

[Samamba]

Group is too big and Visma and Cofidis riders don't seem to be super eager to make this work

 

[Cycling111]

It seems they're only going to offer a summary after the race.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028748022977384699

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/2028748022977384699

 

[Rob5091]

All of a sudden it's only 10 seconds! So much for the TV numbers.

 

[Samamba]

I am not sure if that was smart from Hagenes. You give like 5 decent the teams a reason to chase now

 

[search]

Why would Thijssen's team car be wo far down the caravan? Shouldn't the jersey No. 1 mean anything, or am I mistaken here?

Alpecin got #1 because MvdP won last year, while car order is based on UCI points. And looking at their lineup, they can't have many

 

[jsem94]

Alpecin got #1 because MvdP won last year, while car order is based on UCI points. And looking at their lineup, they can't have many

Ah, that explains it.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pietro Mattio is quite a good name, sounds like he should be an Italian winger from the 90s, playing for Udinese with his long hair and headband, 10-15 goals a season, probably should be at a bigger team but ends up as a one man club out of loyalty.

 

[Samamba]

So Moto + Hagenes vs. peloton now

 

[Netserk]

I am not sure if that was smart from Hagenes. You give like 5 decent the teams a reason to chase now

i think van aert is ready for the sprint , and hagenes has to do it like this to win

( and yeah he got way too much from the moto initially )

 

[Samamba]

i think van aert is ready for the sprint , and hagenes has to do it like this to win

I don't agree with the second part. He couldve perfectly tried to take 3-5 riders with him and then drop them in the end if he's that strong. Always better to do your attack at 90% and try to get a solid group first

Unless youre strong enough to actually solo it ofc or if another group with Visma riders jumps towards him

 

[Berniece]

Peloton is very disorganised, they keep trying to attack at random moments that aren’t necessarily suitable for it

 

[Samamba]

Peloton is very disorganised, they keep trying to attack at random moments that aren’t necessarily suitable for it

Yeah bit surprised Red Bull isn't just organizing, they have like 3 of the top 5 favorites. Probably no one really worried about Hagenes and a lot of free roles in certain teams

 

[Berniece]

Yeah bit surprised Red Bull isn't just organizing, they have like 3 of the top 5 favorites. Probably no one really worried about Hagenes and a lot of free roles in certain teams

You answered your own question. 3 out of 5 want to go for it themselves, the other two might be saving themselves for leadout of Meeus

 

[Netserk]

i can see van poppel , but i dont know if meeus is there

edit : meeus is there

 

[Samamba]

The way Red Bull is riding now does look like they have a sprint in mind tho