Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Squire]

Yeah, the mistake is that every team wants to give their Second tier sprinter the chance instead of attacking, but that‘s unsurprising

On the other hand, there weren't really that many strong potential attackers in the race either. Morgado definitely, but he was too late to the party. Cofidis with Page and Biermans should have tried something, Unibet too. And ideally Lotto, because Menten and De Schuyteneer aren't fast enough in this field, but that was unlikely I guess.

All in all it was quite passive racing throughout, but I guess with good weather it's hard to make a difference.

 

[Samamba]

That's on other teams tbh. I suppose maybe they were banking on Philipsen not having been that quick so far this year, but they have absolutely gifted him the win.

Don't agree with is. Or not in the end at least, they should've all went for the attack way more. Like Lotto and Red Bull for example were definitely blocking attacks for a long time. But in the end they had no other choice then to ride or Segaert won.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Result in Belgium:

1	Philipsen Jasper	Alpecin-Premier Tech	250	125	4:16:19
2	Meeus Jordi	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	170	85	,,
3	Molano Juan Sebastián	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	140	60	,,
4	Jeannière Emilien	TotalEnergies	120	50	,,
5	Menten Milan	Lotto Intermarché	100	45	,,
6	Kubiš Lukáš	Unibet Rose Rockets	80	40	,,
7	Biermans Jenthe	Cofidis	70	35	,,
8	Penhoët Paul	Groupama - FDJ United	60	30	,,
9	De Schuyteneer Steffen	Lotto Intermarché	50	26	,,
10	Morgado António	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	40	22	,,

Happy to see EJ getting back in the top 10 game.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

What happened to dainese

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What happened to dainese

Carlton Kirby mentioned him at one point, so that probably didn't help.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

What happened to dainese

managed to beat Kopecky for a 18th place.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Moving swiftly along to the next race scheduled for tomorrow: 67th Grand Prix de Denain - Porte du Hainaut (1.Pro).

A different graphic with a build in comprehension test from race organizer:

Startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gp-de-denain/2026/startlist

There will be live footage.