Lesser known races 2026 edition

[RedheadDane]

From what I'm reading in this Colombian news outlet, he had a knee injury and was discharged from the hospital, but went to another hospital because he felt pain in his knee. They detected an infection in his knee, and he has died from sepsis.

He died... from a knee injury? That's just... horrible.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

He died... from a knee injury? That's just... horrible.

Yes, sepsis resulting from infection due to a knee infjury. It's unbelievable that this is happening in 2026.
He has died in Asturias; he was with the team although he wasn´t participating due to the injury.

Reading that article, I remembered him. He won a stage in the Giro Next Gen ahead of Almeida and Vlasov. UAE signed him, but he didn't achieve good results.

Cristian Camilo Muñoz

Cristian Camilo Muñoz (born 1996-03-20 in Ventaquemada, passed away 2026-04-24) was a former professional road racing cyclist from Colombia, currently riding for Nu Colombia. His best results are winning a stage in Giro Ciclistico d'Italia and 3rd place in GC Vuelta a Guatemala.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[ingsve]

Yes, sepsis resulting from infection due to a knee infjury. It's unbelievable that this is happening in 2026.
He has died in Asturias; he was with the team although he wasn´t participating due to the injury.

Reading that article, I remembered him. He won a stage in the Giro Next Gen ahead of Almeida and Vlasov. UAE signed him, but he didn't achieve good results.

Cristian Camilo Muñoz

Cristian Camilo Muñoz (born 1996-03-20 in Ventaquemada, passed away 2026-04-24) was a former professional road racing cyclist from Colombia, currently riding for Nu Colombia. His best results are winning a stage in Giro Ciclistico d'Italia and 3rd place in GC Vuelta a Guatemala.

www.procyclingstats.com

There really isn't much about it being 2026 that magically makes sepsis any less dangerous. Infections can be hard to find especially if pain can be attributed to an injury rather than an infection and once sepsis sets in it's just a race against time to try and save someone.

That said, there is still the chance that either or both hospitals are at fault if there were actual signs of infection that were ignored and not treated properly.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Absolutely shocking

 

[Devil's Elbow]

He died... from a knee injury? That's just... horrible.

If the reports are accurate, he died first and foremost from a complete failure in terms of medical treatment. To die from sepsis is one thing because it's a difficult beast to tame, to die from sepsis stemming from an injury the hospital discharged you with mere days ago is another entirely. Of course, it's possible that the French medical staff in question advised against it but were not heeded so I don't want to point fingers, but in any case it seems that someone made a decision that has turned out to be fatal. RIP.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

If the reports are accurate, he died first and foremost from a complete failure in terms of medical treatment. To die from sepsis is one thing because it's a difficult beast to tame, to die from sepsis stemming from an injury the hospital discharged you with mere days ago is another entirely. Of course, it's possible that the French medical staff in question advised against it but were not heeded so I don't want to point fingers, but in any case it seems that someone made a decision that has turned out to be fatal. RIP.

I want to clarify that I commented on what was published in that Colombian media outlet. It doesn't specify that it was negligence.

 

[the asian]

Really shocking. news. I just saw all DNS from the Colombians and was about to ask what's wrong with them.

RIP.

 

[Top Climber]

Vuelta Asturias - 2nd Stage

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEEkIHOTahs

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I want to clarify that I commented on what was published in that Colombian media outlet. It doesn't specify that it was negligence.

Man gets admitted to hospital with an apparently pretty major knee wound, is discharged, gets on a flight to a foreign country (as opposed to resting up), then gets readmitted to hospital in said country with a severe infection to said wound - that's not a timeline that happens without at least one terrible decision by at least one person involved.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It wouldn't be the first time that a rider, or any human really, has been unlucky with the hospital they ended up at and/or with the doctors that treated them (some of those cases have occurred in France, but generally speaking it sounds like there's just a higher risk of it happening in a country where the patient doesn't speak the local language), but it usually only impacts the length/quality of the recovery process. We don't know if any major mistakes were made in this specific case, but this is obviously the worst possible outcome.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Back to the race, Nairoman is putting the hurt on, but Pericas is still with him. Samu Fernández and Juaristi have to do the pulling behind while Pescador can just sit on.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Vamo Nairoman!! He drops perixas

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I am not sure who won the bonus sprint, but with the current gap it will be the stage winner who gets the blue jersey. The gap is way too big for Pescador to bridge across, if he has the legs, but he can keep Fernández from taking seconds on the line.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

@Tricycle Rider are you watching

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Vamo Nairoman!! He drops perixas

Given your comments on X, if you are the same Ilmaestro99, it's strange that you support Nairo

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

I´d have liked Samuel Fernandez to win. He's been trying hard at OGC and yesterday in Asturias, but Juaristi hasn't helped him. He deserves a victory.

 

[Tim Cahill]

GEEEEEEEED IN THERE

 

[Samu Cuenca]

GEEEEEEEED IN THERE

Beating 19 year olds is no longer frowned upon, unless you're Roglič who prefers to move to the front, look them in the eyes and then drop like a stone.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

It seems that Pericas was completely cooked because he doesn't even appear in the reference.

Edit. Now he appears, still second.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I thought Marc Soler would be here to get a couple of wins, but on PCS he's down to do all 3 GTs and Suisse, trying for the ultra-rare 100 race day season.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nairo actually looked as springy and fresh as a teenager today. A shame he isn't racing against Pozzovivo.

Great and smart ride by Juaristi, and admirable defending from Fernández.

 

[Escarabajo]

Nairo wins again. Many wins in his palmares!!!

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Nairoman's first win since a stage and the overall at Tour des Alpes-Maritime in February 2022. Impressive. Remarkable.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I mean, it's not the greatest field and all, but there is something nice about seeing him at least be able to go out with something out of his final year rather than being a permanent shell of himself. Who knows, maybe the fact that the pressure is off him now as he knows there's no future contracts to fight for, no media demand of him to be a 'true' GC guy as they know he's winding down, and so on, might mean he can go out on a high with some wins from breaks and so on similar to the Col de Portet stage win in 2018 or Valloire in 2019 to salvage a GC bid gone awry.

Considering how negatively he was perceived for a while for not lighting up every stage when he was seen as the main opposition to Froome domination, he's got a few examples of doing something unexpected, like the Calpe stage win escaping on the flat in the run-in in 2019, the TT win in Albi in 2016 in the Route du Sud, winning País Vasco in the TT in 2013, or the (also 2019 Vuelta) attacking in the echelons in week 3.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Well, Nairo could have gone and do the LBL and obtain a 100th place @ +10mins. This must be much more fun:

1	Quintana Nairo	Movistar Team	14	20	13″	3:22:42
2	Pericas Adrià	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	5	12	8″	0:26
3	Pescador Diego	Movistar Team	3	7	7″	1:21
4	Juaristi Txomin	Euskaltel - Euskadi		5		,,
5	Fernández Samuel	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA		4		1:45
6	Cadena Edgar David	Team Storck - MRW Bau		3		2:44
7	Díaz José Manuel	Burgos Burpellet BH		2		3:48
8	Lastra Jonathan	Euskaltel - Euskadi		1		,,
9	Castellon Jan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA			1″	,,
10	Chumil Sergio Geovani	Burgos Burpellet BH				,,

The elderly statesman leads the GC naturally.

Tomorrow might be all about defending the jersey: