Lesser known races 2026 edition

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any idea what's the story of Dan Whitehouse, back up there with the best in the Asia Tour after five years off the bike?

 

[yaco]

I suspect that Jayco will need to attack the final stage, They have Covi and Hatherly on 20 seconds and if they can get away, I doubt Ineos has the team strength to control.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tube recording of stage 4 of Coppi e Bartali, last *16kms*

View: https://youtu.be/OJ8GGQhE2xA?t=364

 

[Dazed and Confused]

A seriously busy race day, but we're not done with Coppi e Bartali. Last dance/chance:

Monte Stella, the bunch sprint killer.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In France, La Roue Tourangelle (1.1) is scheduled to finish 20 mins later than GW and it is being broadcasted:

Startlist: https://www.larouetourangelle.com/course/equipes

For those who might be interested in getting a feel for the type of human capital that is involved with organising a small 1.1 race have a look at this webpage from the racesite: https://www.larouetourangelle.com/course/officiels

 

[Marco-Sun]

Is there a live stream available for Coppi e Bartali? Want to finally see Emil Herzog winning 🫣

 

[RedheadDane]

Is there a live stream available for Coppi e Bartali?

Nope...

 

[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.

Spoke too soon. I really thought today would be too hard for him, but the field was weak and it was just a one climb shoot out. A shame to lose the GC like that.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Italy, stage:

1	Schmid Mauro	Team Jayco AlUla	14	20		4:01:52
2	Laurance Axel	INEOS Grenadiers	5	12		,,
3	Hatherly Alan	Team Jayco AlUla	3	7		0:03
4	Aleotti Giovanni	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe		5		0:22
5	Fabbro Matteo	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali		4		,,
6	Pesenti Thomas	Team Polti VisitMalta		3		,,
7	Fancellu Alessandro	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort		2		,,
8	Bonneu Kamiel	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali		1		,,
9	Schiffer Anton	Team Visma | Lease a Bike				,,
10	August Andrew	INEOS Grenadiers				,,

edit: updated with gaps.

 

[yaco]

Spoke too soon. I really thought today would be too hard for him, but the field was weak and it was just a one climb shoot out. A shame to lose the GC like that.

Jayco deserved the victory as they carried the peleton all week. I am interested if Jayco bring Schmid to Ronde De Vlaanderen

 

[RedheadDane]

We have images from France.
(On Max/Discovery/ES)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Italy, final GC:

1	Schmid Mauro	Team Jayco AlUla	125	100		19:01:50
2	Laurance Axel	INEOS Grenadiers	85	70		0:02
3	Hatherly Alan	Team Jayco AlUla	70	50		0:27
4	Pesenti Thomas	Team Polti VisitMalta	60	36		0:50
5	Schiffer Anton	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	50	28		,,
6	Fabbro Matteo	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali	40	24		,,
7	August Andrew	INEOS Grenadiers	35	20		,,
8	Aleotti Giovanni	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	30	18		,,
9	van der Lee Jardi Christiaan	EF Education - EasyPost	25	16		0:57
10	Ulissi Diego	XDS Astana Team	20	14		1:03

A very good race for Jayco with Schmid being on a very hot streak,

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In France, 5 riders in front with 26kms to go. Streams available.

 

[RedheadDane]

The rockets have been launched indeed!

Venturini.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

France, result:

1	Venturini Clément	Unibet Rose Rockets	125	75	4:35:22
2	Marcellusi Martin	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	85	55	,,
3	Grisel Matys	Lotto Intermarché	70	40	,,
4	Coquard Bryan	Cofidis	60	32	,,
5	Bonnet Thomas	TotalEnergies	50	28	,,
6	Sparfel Aubin	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	40	24	,,
7	Le Berre Mathis	TotalEnergies	35	20	,,
8	Van Tricht Stan	Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team	30	18	,,
9	Hardouin Louis	Van Rysel Roubaix	25	16	,,
10	Delettre Alexandre	TotalEnergies	20	14	,,

Good race.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last stage of Coppi e Bartali (5) with *22kms* to go:

View: https://youtu.be/d0y3pGo1vlQ?t=628

 

[Tim Cahill]

'Big money' Venturini laying down a marker in the French cup!!!

 

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Coquard is still in the lead, I think, despite launching his sprint way too early today, but it could indeed turn into a good battle for the overall.

Not sure why Unibet felt the need to bring Groenewegen, but I guess he would not have been able to hang on in Belgium either anyway.

 

[yaco]

Cofidis stuffed up that final. When you have 4 riders in the group you a5tack to make the others work and possibly you get away. If not you are in better position for the sprint.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tomorrow, another coup de France race is on: 87th Paris - Camembert (1.1).

The last 75kms could be pretty good, but I'm not sure about the broadcast.

Startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-camembert/2026/startlist

Last year, Loockx from Unibet took the win from a 5 man group which included Seixas. This year it's Spain vs France vs Italy with a bit of Swiss neutrality thrown in.

Lets go Sparfel.

 

[Sciatic]

Tomorrow, another coup de France race is on: 87th Paris - Camembert (1.1).

The last 75kms could be pretty good, but I'm not sure about the broadcast.

Startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-camembert/2026/startlist

Last year, Loockx from Unibet took the win from a 5 man group which included Seixas. This year it's Spain vs France vs Italy with a bit of Swiss neutrality thrown in.

Lets go Sparfel.

Interesting course especially the last 25!km. But it’s spot on schedule means most top one-day racers will have their attention elsewhere.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The great French cheese race! No more Cosnefroy or Cheese King Godon on the French teams.