Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Samu Cuenca]

Rajović 4th in a "real" race.

 

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Philipsen did more or less the same "sprint" as Coquard earlier on. But his chance to win on Sunday instead is still better, I guess.

 

[VanBsr]

Rajović 4th in a "real" race.

Very good sprint for him. Better than Philippsen

 

[Dazed and Confused]

1	Merlier Tim	Soudal Quick-Step	250	125	4:23:21
2	Bittner Pavel	Team Picnic PostNL	170	85	,,
3	Jeannière Emilien	TotalEnergies	140	60	,,
4	Rajović Dušan	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali	120	50	,,
5	Eržen Žak	Bahrain - Victorious	100	45	,,
6	Hofstetter Hugo	NSN Cycling Team	80	40	,,
7	Dekker David	BEAT CC p/b Saxo	70	35	,,
8	Philipsen Jasper	Alpecin-Premier Tech	60	30	,,
9	De Schuyteneer Steffen	Lotto Intermarché	50	26	,,
10	Crabbe Tom	Team Flanders - Baloise	40	22	,,

Solid result for Bittner and Picnic.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Rajović 4th in a "real" race.

Its the karma of master Arashiro

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Ok, rewatched it, Walscheid must just be stupid

 

[yaco]

Smithson from the JAYCO development team finishes 20th but did nothing to help Ackermann in the final.

 

[hayneplane]

Completely botched from Philipsen to manage to get himself boxed in from A1 position in second wheel.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 3 in France:

A bit more meat on this one. Eta around 16:00
Uphill (1km@5.1%) to the line. Gotta be a few favorites for something like that, but I'm not sticking my neck out.

 

[Wyndbrook]

I am Maximus.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

France. Kamp, with a strong sprint around the corner, won from a group of 6 just ahead of the reduced peloton.

1	Kamp Alexander	Uno-X Mobility	25	30	1″	4:37:03
2	Bessega Gabriele	Team Polti VisitMalta	15	18	2″	,,
3	L'Hote Antoine	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	10	12	3″	,,
4	Thomas Benjamin	Cofidis	5	7		,,
5	Sorarrain Gorka	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	3	4		,,
6	Théot Killian	Van Rysel Roubaix		3		,,
7	Strong Corbin	NSN Cycling Team		2	3″	0:06
8	Costiou Ewen	Groupama - FDJ United		1		,,
9	González David	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team				,,
10	Venturini Clément	Unibet Rose Rockets				,,

Pretty good race action in the last part.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Crazy that Kamp gets his first win in three years in the exact same race. Now he'll probably be up there in Amstel once again (unless it's cold and wet).

 

[RedheadDane]

So... did he put up a good fight to win?









(I'll show myself out...)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So... did he put up a good fight to win?

(I'll show myself out...)

Yes, please find your oak place.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I owe the race leader in France a GC standing:

1	84	▲83	Kamp Alexander	Uno-X Mobility	5	11″	11:57:21
2	10	▲8	Bessega Gabriele	Team Polti VisitMalta		9″	0:02
3	57	▲54	L'Hote Antoine	Decathlon CMA CGM Team		7″	0:04
4	3	▼1	Marcellusi Martin	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber		8″	0:09
5	5	-	Loockx Lander	Unibet Rose Rockets		6″	0:11
6	40	▲34	Théot Killian	Van Rysel Roubaix			,,
7	47	▲40	Sorarrain Gorka	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA			,,
8	60	▲52	Thomas Benjamin	Cofidis			,,
9	6	▼3	van der Tuuk Axel	Euskaltel - Euskadi		6″	,,
10	14	▲4	Strong Corbin	NSN Cycling Team		3″	0:14