Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

Brittany, stage 6:

View: https://youtu.be/OXII_qWJnz4

A little uphill sprint to the line.
About 15kms to go.

 

[Brullnux]

That looked a lot steeper than 3% imo

 

[RedheadDane]

Those Van Rysel bikes strike again.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Result:

1	Théot Killian	Van Rysel Roubaix	7	5		4:00:21
2	Van Den Boer Seppe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team U23	3	2		,,
3	Capron Rémi	Van Rysel Roubaix	1	1		,,
4	van den Eijnden Guus	Alpecin-Premier Tech Development Team				,,
5	Sparfel Aubin	Decathlon CMA CGM Development Team			2″	,,
6	Dunwoody Seth	Bahrain Victorious Development Team				,,
7	Langella Lenaic	CIC Pro Cycling Academy				,,
8	Magagnotti Alessio	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Rookies				,,
9	Smithson Jed	Hagens Berman Jayco				,,
10	Hobbs Henry	Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development				,,

Nice hard fought win by Killian
Sparfel picked up 2secs in bonus along the way and continues to lead GC.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 6 in Turkey, tomorrow:

I would have preferred an ITT up that climb considering the overall design of the stage.
Javier Guillén is turning green by looking at this.
So a Colombian?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The GP Vorarlberg is also on today. Will Mini Pogi Jaka Marolt once again get the better of the locals or will Team Vorarlberg continue their dominance from the Eröffnungsrennen in Leonding and Kirschblütenrennen in Wels, where Tobias Nolde was victorious at both events?

Or perhaps Solution Tech, sadly missing their Italian star, will show that they aren't professionals in paper only.

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/KcrGhPBSrB0?is=ojDPR8w4EAlTI1l-

 

[Rob5091]

Got a feeling Vino wants today climb in Turkey as he's got Babadag already. Must be chilly in Turkey as the TV presenter has a thick winter coat on!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

They have just hit the final climb in turkey, 18km uphill to the finish

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/n3dH33yBjKM?si=vuBhv2b2fpLprxCX

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Total setting a really hard pace and stringing the group. Single file. Fausto about 12th wheel

 

[Rou]

This dude Samli is hilarious.

 

[SafeBet]

Fellow Italian podcaster Christian Bagatin going for it. Come on Baga!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hilarious 2.Pro parcours, they should switch this with the 5 day Kermesse they're doing in Switzerland in June as the premier TDF prep race. If you want to win yellow you must first defeat a rejuvenated Ivan Sosa and some mystery Turks on a haram 22k at 8% climb.

 

[search]

I remember seeing Bagatin on the attack more or less every day in Romania last year. Different level, of course, but that's not a bad gap he has

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Is it bouchard and not jegat who attacked??

 

[Rou]

Is it bouchard and not jegat who attacked??

Bouchard I think. I honestly don't know why Jegat was considered a favourite before this race started

 

[Rou]

The Turkish dude with the sticky bottles is killing me
I wonder how many there were when not on camera

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Vino jr. dropped already.

 

[Tim Cahill]

The Tiger is done for, has been in rude form since Saudi so must be coming towards the end of his curve.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Baby Vino has been watching joao almida best moments on YouTube

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bouchard I think. I honestly don't know why Jegat was considered a favourite before this race started

Jegat finished 10th in the three big Tours last year; the Tour AlUla Tour, the Tour de France and the Tour de Kyushu. No one had ever achieved that before. He was also in good form in his firt races this year, while Bouchard has been far form his best after his injuries in recent years.

 

[search]

Vino did the same on the other mountain stage, so I guess it's his style indeed.

 

[Rou]

Jegat finished 10th in the three big Tours last year; the Tour AlUla Tour, the Tour de France and the Tour de Kyushu. No one had ever achieved that before. He was also in good form in his firt races this year, while Bouchard has been far form his best after his injuries in recent years.

Yeah, my mistake. I always confuse Jordan Jegat with Jordan Labrosse

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The early attack dangle on climbs like this is a strategy that I will always respect. Proper stuff from bouchard here.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah, my mistake. I always confuse Jordan Jegat with Jordan Labrosse

Fair enough. I can't always distinguish between Yacine Hamza and Hamza Amari myself.

 

[search]

Bagatin found a little descent to reduce the distance left. No idea if the gap is correct at all, though