Lesser known races 2026 edition

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good comeback for Groupe Jegat. He said he'd come for the win.
Total is a team that are easy to make fun of given that they often seem stuck 20 years in the past, but credit where it's due for not rushing Jegat back from major injury prematurely. Because that's something that more modern teams do way too often. And they've reaped the rewards immediately here.
 
Jan 27, 2012
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After the eldery statesman clobbered the youngsters, there is only one more challenge in Spain:

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Hopefully we will have some more fans at the finish line with this being on a Saturday.
 
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2 best bike races in the US, Redlands Bicycle Classic and Tour of the Gila, Redlands won 2 years in a row by Isaac Del Toro's mentor and good friend Eder Frayre..let's see what Gila brings, would have thought Redlands would have had Modern Adventure in higher spot, Kelly Benefits still doing well.
 
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After the eldery statesman clobbered the youngsters, there is only one more challenge in Spain:

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Hopefully we will have some more fans at the finish line with this being on a Saturday.
here's a replay from the last time they did this finish. Yates should be beatable here, I think. Big-ring climbing and then cobbles in the end.

View: https://youtu.be/zyb5wkzB6q0?t=566
 
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The Hainan stream even had English commentary today - unfortunately for a finish too early for me. Here are the final 5k. Don't think anything happened before:

View: https://youtu.be/LXlltyq0O-4?t=5287
Fairplay to mhb bank. They really went for it with fancellu, but the climb is just not hard enough and the magician has magic legs this week. Vino really strong as well. Shame there are no more hard stages this race.
 
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here's a replay from the last time they did this finish. Yates should be beatable here, I think. Big-ring climbing and then cobbles in the end.

View: https://youtu.be/zyb5wkzB6q0?t=566
Vingegaard, the cobbles specialist...
The strongest rider won that day, the strongest in this race is Yates. As of today, neither Nordhagen nor Pinarello are at his level. I'd be surprised if he were beaten, unless they arrive together at the finish and he doesn't contest it because he's already won the overall, but he wouldn't have to do that with such a weak field.

If they want to beat him, they have to isolate him on the flat sections. Yates is very vulnerable on the flat, as we saw in the stage Romeo won.
For the last climb, he's undoubtedly the best climber in this race.
 
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