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2026 Minor Races Thread (lemmy.world)
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Ok, so we're not going to create a race thread for ALL races this year, especially since we're only about 10 people reading here :)

This thread is available for you to write about all the races which don't have a race thread.

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[โ€“] Deschanel2027@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Brilliant Sunday for the World Team FDJ, engaged on 3 races:

  • Tours (1.1) : no one in top-10,
  • Wevelgem (1.WT): no one in top -10,
  • Catalunya (2.WT): no one in stage top-10 (no one in any stage top-10, no one in GC top-30, no one in KOM top-30, no one in Points at all).

Anyway... This year a group managed to break away in the final part around Tours and the peloton completely gave up. I think the decisive factor was that the varied first group who broke away was then joined by another group composed of only 'major' French teams (WT and big PT). Then there was almost no team left for pulling behind (and the smaller teams who weren't at the front had generally already played their cards) .

Coquard (๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Cofidis) started his sprint too early and then went backwards. I thought Marcellusi (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Bardiani) had 'stopped' too, but he managed to finish 2^nd^ I don't know how.

And that's another victory for Unibet! This team is really tailored for this kind of hard-but-not-too-hard races.