Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Samamba]

2 wins in a row for Decathlon's Gautherat - it looked worse from head-on but it looked like he was way in front of the others when he went to the right.

He goes from the middle of the road to the complete right, there are no excuses.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Gautherat dsq. Kern picks up a famous win.
Revised result:

1	Brustenga Marc	Equipo Kern Pharma	125	75	4:06:28
2	Leitão Iúri	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	85	55	,,
3	Hardouin Louis	Van Rysel Roubaix	70	40	,,
4	Lonardi Giovanni	Team Polti VisitMalta	60	32	,,
5	Venturini Clément	Unibet Rose Rockets	50	28	,,
6	Penhoët Paul	Groupama - FDJ United	40	24	,,
7	Izquierdo Clément	Cofidis	35	20	,,
8	Mainguenaud Tom	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	30	18	,,
9	Grisel Matys	Lotto Intermarché	25	16	,,
10	Biermans Jenthe	Cofidis	20	14	,,

 

[Heston]

Good. Correct decision.

He looks between his legs at the riders behind and then swings right in front of them.

 

[Rob5091]

Back to 16th for Gautherat and a win for Kern Pharma instead! Guys have got away with worse so good to see some decisive decison making by the race authority.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

First pro win for Brustenga it is then. Hopefully it will help the team secure a new title sponsor.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

For good reason, the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain (.Pro) is at it's 35th edition:

startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gran-premio-miguel-indurain/2026/startlist

Come on, Aranburu lets get this thing done.

Race is live at around 3pm, local tomorrow (Saturday).

 

[Rob5091]

The other Lenny (VE) is on the startlist - some good news for Lotto!

 

[Rob5091]

NXT Classic today 4th april - 1.1 race so 125 UCI points for the winner and there's some teams in need of some points - 196 km from Eijsden and back. Start 12.00 but no TV apparently. (live blog at https://www.nxtclassic.nl/nl/wedstrijd/liveblog )
Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/volta-nxt-classic/2026/startlist

roadbook at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HhnYsESDBMGaGlYHAkvOG3NgjKwBH04N/view

 

[Rob5091]

Boucle de l'Artois today, Saturday, as well 190km from Thélus to Fruges (1.2) - devo, CT and club teams so anything could happen!
Startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/boucle-de-l-artois/2026/startlist
Roadbook at https://www.boucledelartois.fr/_files/ugd/601834_4adc98c0eada4b5ea33cdeb00bf76792.pdf

Live video from 13.50 CET on the Tube at

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl31A19YkZ4

EDIT - It's been changed to 14.30 CET start on the Tube

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ion was looking sneaky good in Paris Nice, I think he has something special prepared for this block, in the midpoint of his career.

 

[Samamba]

Ion was looking sneaky good in Paris Nice, I think he has something special prepared for this block, in the midpoint of his career.

Oh guaranteed Izagirre and Aranburu will have the best week of their year coming up. So good that Aranburu is going to convince me to put into my fantasy stuff and then be completely useless in the Ardennes.

 

[Potomac]

Oh guaranteed Izagirre and Aranburu will have the best week of their year coming up. So good that Aranburu is going to convince me to put into my fantasy stuff and then be completely useless in the Ardennes.

sounds like a plan

 

[Dazed and Confused]

allright, with about 20mins to live pics from Spain we have 5 riders up the road with 90secs and 78kms to go.

 

[Squire]

NXT Classic seems like a good race again this year, as per usual. Shame about no live coverage.

 

[RedheadDane]

We have images from Indurain.
The race.

 

[Sciatic]

We have images from Indurain.
The race.

and it's pretty much still groupo compacto, small groups going off the front and then caught, and repeat.

 

[RedheadDane]

and it's pretty much still groupo compacto, small groups going off the front and then caught, and repeat.

Well, not sure "still" is the correct word. There was an early break, last man standing - Fernandez - just got caught.

 

[Sciatic]

Well, not sure "still" is the correct word. There was an early break, last man standing - Fernandez - just got caught.

Ah, good point! And as soon as I typed that another group was away.

 

[Samamba]

NXT Classic seems like a good race again this year, as per usual. Shame about no live coverage.

No little videos on social media, no photo's, barely any info. Literally nothing. Pro race unworthy

 

[Samamba]

Strong group (Tiberi, Bennett, Van Eetvelt, Romo ...) attacked in Indurain, but no Cofidis and especially Astana so probably doomed.

And then Van Eetvelt attacks, only Bennett can follow. I get that he just wants to race after all his bad luck but that's a dumb move.

 

[Samamba]

Looks like the 2 favorites, Del Grosso and Schmid will be battling it out for the win in NXT

 

[Samamba]

Big strong group gone in Indurain. Simmons, Omrzel, Alvarez, Ulissi, Sweeny, Zimmermann, Izagirre, ... Most big teams in there. Movistar missed it and are riding behind (getting help from Caja now too), gap is 30s. No perfect cooperation in front tho.

Red Bull and Tudor missed it too, riding now. So peloton will probably come back.

 

[Potomac]

Quinn Simmons for the win!

 

[KZD]

Del Grosso wins the NXT Classic ahead of Schmid and Casper Pedersen

 

[Samamba]

Izagirre, as expected, looking really good.
Simmons, Arrieta, Bennett and Sweeny only ones to follow right now