Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Tim Cahill]

Have these clown WT and Pro Conti teams seriously just let some random bloke from "General Store" nip off the front and take the stage

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Q36.5 in shambles

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's the guy who got DQed because of his break levers after a crash isn't it?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

In the end the heroic late attacker filippo d'aiuto robbed the sprinters and took the win. Would have loved to watch it live.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Q36.5 in shambles

Kind of ridiculous to not keep a Conti attacker in check on the only sprint stage in the race. Moschetti sprinting against farmers here.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The evidence:

1	D'Aiuto Filippo	General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia	14	20	10″	3:42:37
2	Moschetti Matteo	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5	12	6″	0:05
3	Bessega Tommaso	Team Polti VisitMalta	3	7	4″	,,
4	Magagnotti Alessio	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe		5		,,
5	Menghini Alessio	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna Caffè Borbone		4		,,
6	Svrček Martin	Soudal Quick-Step		3		,,
7	Laurance Axel	INEOS Grenadiers		2		,,
8	Boichis Adrien	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe		1		,,
9	Pesenti Thomas	Team Polti VisitMalta				,,
10	Arrighetti Nicolò	General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia				,,

First pro win for D'Aiuto.

 

[SafeBet]

It's the guy who got DQed because of his break levers after a crash isn't it?

Yep, Memorial Polese last month.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Recorded tube of the last *8kms* of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, stage 2:

View: https://youtu.be/rYDQr0WoT_I?t=2150

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Before I forget: Stage 3 of Coppi e Bartali.

Railway station in Iseo:

By Moliva - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6453855

A signature parcours today.

 

[tobydawq]

Have these clown WT and Pro Conti teams seriously just let some random bloke from "General Store" nip off the front and take the stage

Why always these ""? I don't think any teams or riders are fake.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Giosue epis in the break today! Good work. Hopefully the peloton takes it slowly.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Giosue epis in the break today! Good work. Hopefully the peloton takes it slowly.

Peleton is determined not to make the same mistake as yesterday methinks. Pace is 46+ km/h avg.

 

[Brullnux]

D'Aiuto seems in need of some aiuto

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Race leader ejected on the climb. 20 kms to go.

 

[SafeBet]

Tommaso Dati with his first pro win, beating Schmid and Ulissi in the sprint!
Ukyo is such a great CT team.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Just seen the result.


Hahahahahahahahahaha.

 

[RedheadDane]

What an amazing BYR jersey:

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Coppi e Bartali, stage 3 recorded on the tube, we are on the climb with about 28kms to go:

View: https://youtu.be/0gUxIh6QC54?t=685

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Nice last place for Filippo D‘Aiuto today, taking in every second in the leader‘s jersey.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 4 of Coppi e Bartali:

"Hotel" accommodation in Valdobbiadene:

By Patafisik - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119720009

Might be enough incline to get Ulissi in play for the stage win.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Stage 4 of Coppi e Bartali:

"Hotel" accommodation in Valdobbiadene:

By Patafisik - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119720009

Might be enough incline to get Ulissi in play for the stage win.

The race hasn't been very selective so far (although fausto of course still lost over 2 minutes).

Hopefully that will change in these last two stages.

 

[yaco]

It's definitely an easier parlour then in previous years. It's all about bonus seconds.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Yep, an easier parcours. Stage result:

1	Laurance Axel	INEOS Grenadiers	14	20	10″	3:38:25
2	Schmid Mauro	Team Jayco AlUla	5	12	6″	,,
3	Lorello Riccardo	S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	3	7	4″	,,
4	Arrighetti Nicolò	General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia		5		,,
5	Bortoluzzi Giovanni	General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia		4		,,
6	Ulissi Diego	XDS Astana Team		3		,,
7	Dati Tommaso	Team UKYO		2		,,
8	Menghini Alessio	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna Caffè Borbone		1		,,
9	Turconi Filippo	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber				,,
10	Iacomoni Federico	Team UKYO				,,

The wt teams took command.

Laurence leads GC.

 

[yaco]

Yep, an easier parcours. Stage result:

1	Laurance Axel	INEOS Grenadiers	14	20	10″	3:38:25
2	Schmid Mauro	Team Jayco AlUla	5	12	6″	,,
3	Lorello Riccardo	S.C. Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	3	7	4″	,,
4	Arrighetti Nicolò	General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia		5		,,
5	Bortoluzzi Giovanni	General Store - Essegibi - F.Lli Curia		4		,,
6	Ulissi Diego	XDS Astana Team		3		,,
7	Dati Tommaso	Team UKYO		2		,,
8	Menghini Alessio	Team Technipes #inEmiliaRomagna Caffè Borbone		1		,,
9	Turconi Filippo	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber				,,
10	Iacomoni Federico	Team UKYO				,,

The wt teams took command.

Laurence leads GC.

probably been magnified by good weather.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Laurance had a puncture yesterday. Otherwise he could very well have had a bigger lead now. Not that it should matter much with Monte Stella to come.