Lesser known races 2026 edition

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Sep 26, 2020
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Crabbe wins again. Great that Alpecin didn't succeed after that unnecessary headbutt.

Macías makes it an even better performance from my Spring Classics team, sadly the organisers haven't gone down the route of splicing it up into 8 one-day races.
 
Jun 20, 2015
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This seemed like the perfect race for Picnic to win a stage with Van Uden, but they haven't even come close in these two stages. This team is a complete disaster this year.

Biniam´s brother

Picnic's problem is they have been to close to the front with 3 or 4kms to go. They are better to step back and really attack the last 1km with 2 or 3 support riders.
 
Jan 27, 2012
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In Bretagne, stage 3:
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About 27 kms left.
On the tube:
View: https://youtu.be/r02X4d4p7Is
 
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May 6, 2021
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He's wearing the 2025 Tour de Suisse Joao Almeida kit, the one where he looked boiling and we all spent the entire race saying he looks like he's about to bottle it.
 
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Have to hand it to the Tour of Turkey. They have pulled out some serious climbs over the last few years.

Kiran is back on the route this year. 9km at 10% gradient.
They have another monster on the route 21km @8% gradient. Harder than Ventoux.

And let's not forget the beast that was Babadag in 2023. 18km @10% gradient. A genuine contender for the hardest cycling climb.
 
Mar 13, 2021
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Has been some time since we saw some very good sprint talents coming through. But Crabbe and Magagnotti both have some serious pace and could become big names in the future.

Magagnotti might be even more impressive as as first year U23 racer. But Crabbe might have a lot of room for improvement left as well considering his career trajectory so far.
 

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