Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Coppi-Bartali]

Ivo Oliveira DNF.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Excited to watch Adam Yates desperately struggle to hold the wheels of 195cm atrem nych and 1000-year-old alexis guerrin on the climbs.

Guerin is two months older than Yates.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Guerin is in good form, but it's not fully in Portugal and he can't do a flat tt to save his life so who knows.

Does anyone know why Joseph Blackmore only starts his season on Friday? It's been like that since the start of the season as far as I know, I tried to find out months ago but no luck, couldn't find anything about any injuries, hopefully he's not been Lazkano'd.

 

[Netserk]

nordhagen new best time

not unfortunate with catching two riders and getting a huge amount of draft from both the cars and the motos

 

[Netserk]

sosa victim of the cobbles / surface

dropped his chain

 

[ingsve]

Guerin is in good form, but it's not fully in Portugal and he can't do a flat tt to save his life so who knows.

Does anyone know why Joseph Blackmore only starts his season on Friday? It's been like that since the start of the season as far as I know, I tried to find out months ago but no luck, couldn't find anything about any injuries, hopefully he's not been Lazkano'd.

He was part of some early season start lists but were then removed when the final lists came out so it was probably not planned to start this late.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Can Romeo beat Nordhagen's time?

 

[ingsve]

I also don't understand the change, teams are too busy in this part of the season and even if the weather is a little better is still raining.

Well, the reason for the change was that the organizer was very vocal last year and how bad their place in the calendar was because so few top teams wanted to some. So they got the move they were begging for and it looks even worse at this place in the calendar.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Romeo should take the tt but stage 4 too hard for GC if Yates has any form, Nordhagen I think will podium, his legs were decent in Catalunya was just working as a dom.

 

[Netserk]

Well, the reason for the change was that the organizer was very vocal last year and how bad their place in the calendar was because so few top teams wanted to some. So they got the move they were begging for and it looks even worse at this place in the calendar.

i also think its a case where less is more and 4 stages would attract a better startlist

then some patience and building a good reputation and relations with several teams before a more ambitious step up

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Well, the reason for the change was that the organizer was very vocal last year and how bad their place in the calendar was because so few top teams wanted to some. So they got the move they were begging for and it looks even worse at this place in the calendar.

To be fair, the February timing was also causing all kinds of problems in terms of weather, they did really need a later slot.

 

[ingsve]

i also think its a case where less is more and 4 stages would attract a better startlist

then some patience and building a good reputation and relations with several teams before a more ambitious step up

Ya, a race at this part of the calendar needs to build itself up to being a place where riders go who are preparing for something else that is close in time. Sort of like how Tour of the Alps is a popular build up race for the Giro. Nordhagen is using it ahead of his bigger goal which is Tour de Romandie.

 

[Netserk]

Romeo should take the tt but stage 4 too hard for GC if Yates has any form, Nordhagen I think will podium, his legs were decent in Catalunya was just working as a dom.

can only hope to catch a single rider with 2 minutes between each starter then

 

[ingsve]

Live timing system seems to be faltering.

 

[Tim Cahill]

can only hope to catch a single rider with 2 minutes between each starter then

Romeo has improved a bit since, but he only took a few seconds on him in a similar-ish tt in Romandie last year, so maybe it will be closer than I thought.

 

[ingsve]

Yates with a best time at 2nd intermediate. 13s ahead of Nordhagen. So UAE fans can relax for now.

 

[Rou]

Yates with a best time at 2nd intermediate. 13s ahead of Nordhagen. So UAE fans can relax for now.

If Richard Yates beats Nordhagen in the TT beware.
His brother told him the secrets for a Giro mega peak.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I thought Yates should just go straight to The Tour as a domestique, but if they are insistent on Del Toro not going, and if Almeida is still out for the count then he might get a chance at GC, because V$ne is their only other guy, and he doesn't want to/falls off a lot. Shades of Simon Yates.

 

[Netserk]

ahates lacked the moto draft

important that graat rode just fast enough

 

[RedheadDane]

Yates with a best time at 2nd intermediate. 13s ahead of Nordhagen. So UAE fans can relax for now.

UAE fans might start to panic.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I still don't speak much of the language, but the Basque commentator said something about Evenepoel earlier and used a term that sounded like the Danish word for potato.

Nordhagen will be very hard to beat without moto or human draft.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I like this course for a short TT. Coruna one of my favourite cities.

 

[Rou]

UAE fans might start to panic.

The sheikhs have reduced the money and access to super potions and the UAE boys have all turned into panacooks.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I still don't speak much of the language, but the Basque commentator said something about Evenepoel earlier and used a term that sounded like the Danish word for potato.

Nordhagen will be very hard to beat without moto or human draft.

Finally we have an accurate name for the remco thread

 

[RedheadDane]

I still don't speak much of the language, but the Basque commentator said something about Evenepoel earlier and used a term that sounded like the Danish word for potato.

Nordhagen will be very hard to beat without moto or human draft.

May I ask why you are watching with Basque commentating?