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

 

[Roku]

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).

He'll make the Top10 or Top15. Weirdest guy ever, only cares about four or five races in the season.

 

[Tim Cahill]

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.

Set your calendars for next April.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Last stage in the Loire region:

Pretty bumpy, Kamp will have to work hard. Eta 16:00.

 

[Samamba]

L'Hote doing what he did yesterday, going solo.

Big talent.

Could be caught before the finish just like yesterday tho. 4 strong man behind him. Leader Kamp, Strong, Hermans and Venturini.

 

[RedheadDane]

L'Hote takes it all.
Well... stage and GC at least, and I'm guessing BYR...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He held on to take both the stage and GC win. Fine ride.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

L´Hote solo win and GC. Decathlon fliying since 2024.

 

[tobydawq]

Nice harvest for Gaviria in a flat stage race; best stage result a 35th place. Ready for the Tour.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

After a fine performance at Scheldeprijs, David Dekker has now taken his first win in six years.

 

[RedheadDane]

Etxeberria looking for a decent top 20 on the stage. Vamos!

I wouldn't call Itzuria a lesser known race...