Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

Really powerful and long effort by Vernon. Easily the best sprinter here.

1	Vernon Ethan	NSN Cycling Team	25	30		3:23:49
2	Blikra Erlend	Uno-X Mobility	15	18		,,
3	Bennett Sam	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	10	12		,,
4	Tesson Jason	TotalEnergies	5	7		,,
5	Zanoncello Enrico	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber	3	4		,,
6	Pollefliet Gianluca	Decathlon CMA CGM Team		3		,,
7	Peñalver Manuel	Team Polti VisitMalta		2		,,
8	Strong Corbin	NSN Cycling Team		1		,,
9	Oosterlinck Joes	Van Rysel Roubaix				,,
10	Sanlaville Mathias	CIC Pro Cycling Academy				,,

yea, best result for Bennett in a while.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In Belgium: 6 riders with 2mins. 70kms to go. When was the last time this didn't end in a sort of bunchy sprint?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

In Belgium: 6 riders with 2mins. 70kms to go. When was the last time this didn't end in a sort of bunchy sprint?

Kristoff's legendary victory in 2022.

 

[RedheadDane]

Final lap.

There should be time to catch the finish after they're done in Itzulia.

 

[RedheadDane]

Unfortunately, there was no avoiding a crash...
Well... two...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

That‘s it for Groenewegen and Bauhaus

 

[Samamba]

Such a meme race

 

[Samu Cuenca]

El Crashico always delivers.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

well, we have a reduced peloton bunch sprint coming up......

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Philipsen, Meeus and Merlier are still in the game I think.

 

[VanBsr]

Merlier

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Merlier wins easily

 

[RedheadDane]

Merlier gets his first win of the year.

 

[VanBsr]

What was Walscheid doing?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Only falls and horses, this race

 

[Devil's Elbow]

What on earth happened to Alpecin? The numeric advantage with 2k to go and then suddenly Philipsen's leadout swinging off with 400 metres to go.

 

[Netserk]

alpecin mistiming it and the horse then had two fingers in his nose as he crossed the line

 

[Red Rick]

A sprint race with this sprint field and El Crashico without crashes is the perfect summary of cycling in 2026.

 

[Tim Cahill]

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Powerful and pretty dominant win by Merlier.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

What was Walscheid doing?

Trying to lead out Teutenberg who fell into some sort of wormhole and disappeared in the last kilometer.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Dušan Rajović another impressive east asian sprint field vindication.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

A sprint race with this sprint field and El Crashico without crashes is the perfect summary of cycling in 2026.

Still enough crashes, so only 60 riders left at 8k to go

 

[RedheadDane]

Trying to lead out Teutenberg who fell into some sort of wormhole and disappeared in the last kilometer.

TTT didn't so much "fall into a wormhole" as simply... fall... as in crash.

 

[VanBsr]

Trying to lead out Teutenberg who fell into some sort of wormhole and disappeared in the last kilometer.

Teutenberg fell at 10k to go