Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

Leitao is last man standing from the break with only 20s. 35kms to go.

 

[Samamba]

Gautherat wins. Good for him, I feel like he has not made the steps people were expeting from him the last 2 years.

2nd French race in a row Cofidis did not manage to finish off their numeric advantage. They get 5th and 6th... (and 8th with Coquard in the peloton)
Podium for the very young conti guy, Vezie. He has secured his pro contract with one of the other French teams probably.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It appears to be the first edition since 1980 where no foreign riders have finished in the top 10.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

PCS teams list for the GP Miguel Indurain:

Teams​

UAE Team Emirates - XRG (Arrieta)
Bahrain - Victorious (Omrzel)
NSN Cycling Team
Movistar Team (Tesfatsion, Romeo)
Lotto Intermarché (Widar)
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Team Picnic PostNL (Martinez, Knox)
Lidl - Trek
EF Education - EasyPost (Healy)
XDS Astana Team
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (Molenaar, Barceló)
Burgos Burpellet BH
Euskaltel - Euskadi (Mintegi)
Equipo Kern Pharma (Cobo, Berrade)
Cofidis (Izagirre, Aranburu)
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
TotalEnergies
Anicolor / Campicarn
Efapel Cycling
Movistar Team Academy (Villate, Pareta)


Surely Movistar and Movistar Academy are not allowed in the same race?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

PCS teams list for the GP Miguel Indurain:

Teams​

UAE Team Emirates - XRG (Arrieta)
Bahrain - Victorious (Omrzel)
NSN Cycling Team
Movistar Team (Tesfatsion, Romeo)
Lotto Intermarché (Widar)
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Team Picnic PostNL (Martinez, Knox)
Lidl - Trek
EF Education - EasyPost (Healy)
XDS Astana Team
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (Molenaar, Barceló)
Burgos Burpellet BH
Euskaltel - Euskadi (Mintegi)
Equipo Kern Pharma (Cobo, Berrade)
Cofidis (Izagirre, Aranburu)
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
TotalEnergies
Anicolor / Campicarn
Efapel Cycling
Movistar Team Academy (Villate, Pareta)


Surely Movistar and Movistar Academy are not allowed in the same race?

Yep, that's not allowed, so either Movistar riding with some guys on the dev team and PCS automatically added both teams to the list.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wasn't sure a development team had ever actually raced a .Pro event in its home country, because it would require that the parent team rejected its invitation which the organisers probably wouldn't like, and the devo team also wouldn't be allowed to borrow any pro riders since that isn't allowed above class 1. However, it did happen with Quick-Step in Circuit Franco-Belge last year.