Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Tim Cahill]

Difference in style, Nordhagen should look ahead and think maybe I should ride a bit more like that

 

[KZD]

Yates showing some good legs ahead of the Giro.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

UAE vs. Visma, part 17453 of the last two years.

Even when he's doing something interesting, he still finds ways to be boring. Chapeau, Adam.

 

[Netserk]

great ride by adam

 

[Tim Cahill]

This is an incredible climb, never seen it used before?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Massive time gaps, impressive

 

[Samamba]

Caja Rural in .1s and .Pros always on a different level

 

[Red Rick]

Would not mind this climb in La Vuelta

 

[ice&fire]

Caja Rural in .1s and .Pros always on a different level

That's normal when you barely have two and a half WT teams in the race

 

[canina82]

Adam went to altitude and will go again after this race.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

3 Caja Rural in top 10. Ready for the Tour.

 

[Rob5091]

Wins the stage and takes yellow - mission accomplished, chapeau Yatesy!

 

[search]

That's normal when you barely have two and a half WT teams in the race

they are still better than normal, I think. Which also makes sense of course, as the riders need to show themselves early to get a Tour selection.

As a result, they unfortunately will all be dead by July, though.

 

[Brullnux]

Pinarello confirming his big step up this year from Bardiani.

 

[yaco]

I thought George Bennett had retired to be honest but must've been thinking of Mike Woods.

Good thing Schiffer reads the forum and knows never ever under any circumstances to pull on the front.

He won the NZ nats this year. How did you miss this?

 

[yaco]

Yates has been in decent form all season. Rode as a domestique in TDU and UAE, while in Oman he lost time after a crash in the final and was chasing the race after this event.

 

[Samamba]

That's normal when you barely have two and a half WT teams in the race

6th Oman
2nd, 10th, 12th, 13th Limburg
2nd Vitré
3rd Marseille

Not just this race
Last year they also had these races like if I remember correct 2 in top 5 in Indurain.

They are good at what they should be good at.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Yates has been in decent form all season. Rode as a domestique in TDU and UAE, while in Oman he lost time after a crash in the final and was chasing the race after this event.

He's definitely going to be UAE's best mountain domestique in the Tour. I think he's going to outperform Del Toro in mountains.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Massive time gaps, impressive

Yates is a class above other guys present there plus every kilometer of the final climb was very long (in the sense of effort).

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Peloton coming up on the final climb in France, 7k to go

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Would not mind this climb in La Vuelta

It's also a pass. You can do absolutely incredible stages in this area and the scenery on the other side is fantastic (it's the Sil gorge we've seen occasionally), one of the most underrated areas in GT hosting countries courtesy of Unipublic never using it properly even when they've finished in the area.

 

[canina82]

I'm curious to know Yates numbers. This looked like a hell of performance.

 

[search]

looks like Riccitello is working for Prodhomme today

edit: or is it Bisiaux?

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

I'm curious to know Yates numbers. This looked like a hell of performance.

It's difficult to gauge his performance with such a weak field. Nordhagen was good in Catalunya as a domestique, but he's not a top climber yet.

 

[search]

good comeback for Groupe Jegat. He said he'd come for the win.