Lesser known races 2026 edition

[YavorD]

Meanwhile in the provisional classification - Nicolya Vinokurov.

@Ilmaestro99 Did you get a job for the organisers ?

 

[yaco]

I am certain that berwick was waiting for baulderstone in the early parts of the stage which cost him victory.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Meanwhile in the provisional classification - Nicolya Vinokurov.

@Ilmaestro99 Did you get a job for the organisers ?

The only correct spelling of his name is Николас Винокуров: different languages transliterate differently.

 

[Rob5091]

Sosa gets the win - chapeau! It's been a long time since a win.
Let's see how it goes on stage 6. My hunch is Astana will save themselves for stage 6.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Meanwhile in the provisional classification - Nicolya Vinokurov.

@Ilmaestro99 Did you get a job for the organisers ?

Ermmmm an I missing a joke here ?

Oh I didn't even notice the typo, I thought that was just his name

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The only correct spelling of his name is Николас Винокуров: different languages transliterate differently.

He was born in Nice, so I‘d assume that‘s not what was written on his birth certificate, at least, although the Kazakh spelling is still what counts most

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

He was born in Nice, so I‘d assume that‘s not what was written on his birth certificate, at least, although the Kazakh spelling is still what counts most

Fair point

 

[YavorD]

Ermmmm an I missing a joke here ?

Oh I didn't even notice the typo, I thought that was just his name

Shame on me too. He is listed as Nicolya in UCI's official page.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Everything is set up perfectly for Sosa to randomly disappear and lose 10 minutes on Friday.

 

[Red Rick]

Everything is set up perfectly for Sosa to randomly disappear and lose 10 minutes on Friday.

Well he couldn't ask for a more unipuerto profile

 

[Brullnux]

Watts2Win has everyone at like 6.5 w/kg for 30 minutes. Obviously, easy stage, but they've got that as the second best performance in a long climb (30 minute ish or more) climb this season, after Vingegaard in Catalunya.

Is Turkey the new Portugal

 

[Salvarani]

Sosa still got it!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Well he couldn't ask for a more unipuerto profile

True, but the last time he's performed remotely well on a mountain stage at least six days into a race is more than seven years ago and I don't think a monster climb is great for him either.

 

[Red Rick]

Watts2Win has everyone at like 6.5 w/kg for 30 minutes. Obviously, easy stage, but they've got that as the second best performance in a long climb (30 minute ish or more) climb this season, after Vingegaard in Catalunya.

Is Turkey the new Portugal

If everyone is a PB or SB it's just very likely conditions were much more favorable than anticipated and the +/- adjustment in the index is comically wrong.