Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

Result:

1	Buitrago Santiago	Bahrain - Victorious	250	125
2	Grégoire Romain	Groupama - FDJ United	170	85
3	Tiberi Antonio	Bahrain - Victorious	140	60
4	Ulissi Diego	XDS Astana Team	120	50
5	Vendrame Andrea	Team Jayco AlUla	100	45
6	Scaroni Christian	XDS Astana Team	80	40
7	Morgado António	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	70	35
8	Gualdi Simone	Lotto Intermarché	60	30
9	Vercher Mattéo	TotalEnergies	50	26
10	Vansevenant Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	40	22

Pretty strong and mixed top 10.

 

[Cycling111]

At PCS everyone with the same time

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Thank god I picked zambanini and eulalo in my cq team instead of Tiberi and butraigo

 

[Cycling111]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029215503525527807

View: https://x.com/LosBrolin/status/2029215503525527807?s=20

 

[SafeBet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029226972614640059

View: https://x.com/i/status/2029226972614640059

 

[saunaking]

How is it even possible to have a race with such a strong startlist and no live coverage?
Why the F are they even putting it on?
Who is paying for it??

 

[Samamba]

So even in the highlights they don't even have images of the moment the decisive group got away from the peloton?

 

[Netserk]

So even in the highlights they don't even have images of the moment the decisive group got away from the peloton?

editing it after the fact also wasnt enough to show buitragos attack

but strong lead out from tiberi

 

[Ilmaestro99]

So even in the highlights they don't even have images of the moment the decisive group got away from the peloton?

It's like reading about mythical Fausto coppi exploits in the late 1940s

 

[Tim Cahill]

Maybe we can find some information about the race winning move if we check the newspaper or perhaps consult one of the many libraries local to the region?

 

[Squire]

Maybe we can find some information about the race winning move if we check the newspaper or perhaps consult one of the many libraries local to the region?

I think you eventually have to find some elderly Italian pipe-smoking villagers with dodgy teeth who can tell you tales of Buitrago's attack which has been passed down orally through generations.

 

[SafeBet]

Apparently the Umag Classic was won ex-aequo by Adam Bradac and Dusan Rajovic.

Video:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029233755026518443

View: https://x.com/i/status/2029233755026518443

 

[Sciatic]

Was good to at least have the Youtube replay, some nice racing in the finale. Very surprising Gregoire could get 2nd; not only did he pull Tiberi over the last 5 km, he also led out the sprint and managed to hang on.

 

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Tour of Antalya is back on the calendar this week (although .2 only), and on Saturday will include a half-the-stage-climb from sea level to almost 2000m

Li Ning Star brings Raileanu and Sepulveda, with Admietz and some Soudal youngsters as the most likely challengers. All other three stages are flat.

 

[search]

The first stage went to Shnyrko from Li Ning Star. I never really noticed him before, but he now has won as many times (2) in 2026 already as during his previous 10 years on the bike.

 

[Squire]

'Baruzzi', upholding the tradition of AI-generated Italians on the Visma development team now that 'Belletta' and 'Mattio' has left, wins the prologue of the Istrian Spring Tour, which is among the more interesting and stacked 2.2 races on the calendar.

 

[RedheadDane]

Cameron Rogers following in the footsteps of his uncle?

Cameron Rogers

Cameron Rogers (born 2004-12-16 in Canberra) is a road racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for INEOS Grenadiers Racing Academy. His best results are winning a stage in Tour of Austria and winning a stage in Tour of Rhodes.

www.procyclingstats.com

Prologue on Rhodes:

1	Rogers Cameron	INEOS Grenadiers Racing Academy	7	5		2.42,6	46.494
2	Scalco Matteo	XDS Astana Development Team	3	2		0.02,0	45.930
3	Vittinghus Stokbro Sylvester	AIRTOX - Carl Ras	1	1		0.03,0	45.652
4	Wiggins Ben	Hagens Berman Jayco				0.04,0	45.378
5	Rafferty Adam	Hagens Berman Jayco				,,	45.378
6	Holmes Wil	Hagens Berman Jayco				,,	45.378
7	Arvanitou Nikiforos	Team United Shipping				,,	45.378
8	Vangsø Nielsen Thor	AIRTOX - Carl Ras				0.05,0	45.107
9	Fjellheim Henrik Teslo	Lillehammer CK Continental Team				,,	45.107
10	Janse van Rensburg Reinardt	Tshenolo Pro Cycling Team				,,	45.107

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tour of Antalya is back on the calendar this week (although .2 only), and on Saturday will include a half-the-stage-climb from sea level to almost 2000m

Li Ning Star brings Raileanu and Sepulveda, with Admietz and some Soudal youngsters as the most likely challengers. All other three stages are flat.

The race will start at 8am (CET) and so it shouldn't bother the bigger brothers. Not sure if it is on the telly.

 

[search]

The race will start at 8am (CET) and so it shouldn't bother the bigger brothers. Not sure if it is on the telly.

as far as I understood the translation of the Turkish press release, only the final stage will be live (on TRT). Eurosport/Disco+ will have a highlight package next week,.

 

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it even turned out to be a 1-2 for the Soudal youngsters, with Henrique Bravo ahead of the new del Toro.

 

[RedheadDane]

BRAVO! Henrique.

Rnk	Prev	▼▲	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time
1	1	-	Bravo Henrique	Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	40	25	10″	11:31:07
2	2	-	Cisneros Jose Said	Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	30	18	6″	0:22
3	3	-	Sepúlveda Eduardo	Li Ning Star	25	14	6″	0:28
4	4	-	Adamietz Johannes	REMBE | rad-net	20	11		1:26
5	5	-	Servranckx Gauthier	Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	15	8		1:30
6	6	-	Pronskiy Daniil	Team Vino - North Qazaqstan Region	10	6		1:32
7	7	-	Aman Awet	Istanbul Team	5	4		1:39
8	8	-	De Clercq Mathijs	Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	3	3		1:58
9	9	-	Brenner Mauro	REMBE | rad-net	3	2		2:09
10	10	-	Desta Amaniel Teweldemedhn	Team Amani	3	1		2:42

 

[RedheadDane]

And the GC on Rhodes:

Rnk	Prev	▼▲	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time
1	6	▲5	Scalco Matteo	XDS Astana Development Team	40	25	10″	11:28:30
2	9	▲7	Rafferty Adam	Hagens Berman Jayco	30	18	6″	1:05
3	37	▲34	Rodriguez Juan Felipe	EF Education - Aevolo	25	14	4″	1:14
4	25	▲21	Golliker Joshua	EF Education - Aevolo	20	11		1:16
5	1	▼4	Rogers Cameron	INEOS Grenadiers Racing Academy	15	8		1:30
6	28	▲22	Nielsen Emil Nymand	AIRTOX - Carl Ras	10	6		1:41
7	63	▲56	Martinsen Georg Rydningen	Lillehammer CK Continental Team	5	4		1:46
8	64	▲56	Martinsen Toralf Rydningen	Team Drali - Repsol	3	3		1:50
9	8	▼1	Wiggins Ben	Hagens Berman Jayco	3	2		1:51
10	15	▲5	Conforti Lorenzo	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	3	1		1:52

Georg won the battle of the Martinsens.

 

[RedheadDane]

And since I seem to have become the poster of the GC of random 2.2 races, I might as well...

Istrian Spring Tour:

Rnk	Prev	▼▲	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time
1	1	-	Van Kerckhove Matisse	Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development	40	25	12″	9:02:00
2	2	-	Putz Sebastian	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies	30	18	6″	0:16
3	3	-	Umba Santiago	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali	25	14	6″	0:20
4	5	▲1	Boldyrev Matvei	UAE Team Emirates Gen Z	20	11	5″	0:30
5	4	▼1	Papon Victor	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	15	8	6″	0:31
6	6	-	Frydkjær Patrick Boje	Lidl - Trek Future Racing	10	6	2″	0:34
7	7	-	Stiansen Jesper	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	5	4	6″	0:44
8	8	-	Smith William	Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development	3	3		0:45
9	9	-	Friedl Anatol	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies	3	2		0:47
10	10	-	Ballabio Giacomo	Team Vorarlberg	3	1		,,