Lesser known races 2026 edition

[tobydawq]

Biggest PicNic points gain this season. 50% points increase lmao

Did they now surpass MBH, Modern Adventure, Euskaltel and Astana's devo team?

 

[search]

Astana Devo still seems to be ahead. But they have a former winner to score big in Sanremo tomorrow.

 

[tobydawq]

Astana Devo still seems to be ahead. But they have a former winner to score big in Sanremo tomorrow.

Roojai Insurance also still far ahead.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That might just be the single most embarrassingly bad performance in Movistar's long history.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Podium plus:

1	Díaz José Manuel	Burgos Burpellet BH	125	75	4:00:17
2	Agirre Jon	Euskaltel - Euskadi	85	55	0:02
3	Berrade Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma	70	40	,,
4	Martín Gotzon	Euskaltel - Euskadi	60	32	,,
5	Sosa Iván Ramiro	Equipo Kern Pharma	50	28	0:05
6	Herrada Jesús	Burgos Burpellet BH	40	24	0:07
7	Chumil Sergio Geovani	Burgos Burpellet BH	35	20	,,
8	Crozzolo Fabrizio	Team Polti VisitMalta	30	18	0:11
9	Burgaudeau Mathieu	TotalEnergies	25	16	,,
10	Molenaar Alex	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	20	14	0:13

At least its a Spanish podium.

edit: expanded to top 10, something the smaller teams deserved.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Two Euskaltel riders in the top 4 is crazy.

 

[Salvarani]

Two Euskaltel riders in the top 4 is crazy.

At least 20 years ago since that happened the last time?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

At least 20 years ago since that happened the last time?

Two riders in the top 5 of the 2023 Volta a Portugal is the best I can remember from recent years.

Samu and Antón did a 1-2 in the 2010 Klasika Primavera.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I have it on good authority that 'The Horse' Tim Merlier will be riding Grote prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré tomorrow.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Indeed, tomorrow we have the 15th Grote prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré (1.1):

Cobbles sprinkled very lightly, so on paper the perfect comeback race for Merlier.

Startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/grote-prijs-jean-pierre-monsere/2026/startlist

Live pics from about 3pm local methinks.