Category: Editor’s Picks

By @EchelonsHub The final monument of the season! The time has come for Il Lombardia, the one most suited to the climbers, which takes the riders into northern Italy and into the Great Lakes region, a day which will conclude the season for many of the world’s best climbers and puncheurs who will be looking for…

By @EchelonsHub To close off the World Championships this year will be an explosive circuit in Wollongong which will determine the next World Champion in the men’s Elite category. It will be a tough race, can Julian Alaphilippe make a hattrick of World titles as Peter Sagan did last decade? Or will he pass the torch…

By @EchelonsHub Into the World Championships. Taking place in Wollongong, Australia, this year, they will be friendly to the puncheurs and climbers, whilst the upcoming time-trial will be far from ideal for the specialists who will be fighting for their own set of rainbow stripes.  The Route 34 kilometers on the menu for the men’s Elite…

By @EchelonsHub The second and final round of the Canadian classics, the peloton will this Sunday travel to Montréal where they will find a tough hilly classic which will feature 18 laps of a circuit with a notable hilltop within it.   The Route A total of 18 laps will be ridden in Montréal, all based around…

By @EchelonsHub The final mountain stage of the race had a lot of terrain where the race could be attacked, and thats exactly what happened. The stage win went to Richard Carapaz for a third time, as he found himself in the break of the day, and attacked in the final climb to go solo. Thymen…

By @EchelonsHub Stage 19 promised a lot of breakaway action, however the outcome of the day was different as the sprinters took the affairs on the day. The final climb saw a rise of pace from Bahrain and Movistar which thinned down the peloton, however a sprint between the survivors took place. Mads Pedersen took his…

By @EchelonsHub The peloton has made it back to Canada, several years after the last occasion before Covid-19 and the travel difficulties brough the two Canadian classics to a halt. Friday will be GP de Québec day, the first of two hilly classics, however this one more explosive and suited to the sprinters who can climb.  …

By @EchelonsHub Stage 18 was an all-out GC day, with a lot of action throughout the final two hours of racing as João Almeida set off the front to put the GC riders under pressure, and the main attacks coming from the penultimate climb with López on the offensive aswell. In the final climb Evenepoel and…

By @EchelonsHub The breakaway took the glory as expected on stage 17, as the hilly finale provided for a lot of spectacle into the Monasterio de Tentudia. Rigoberto Uran took the win after controlling his rivals in the final ascent, and outsprinting Quentin Pacher and Jesus Herrada in a gruelling uphill sprint which followed an all-out…

By @EchelonsHub Stage 16 was a calm day in the peloton, with a very explosive finale into Tomares. What looked to be terrain for a sprint saw Primoz Roglic on the attack in the final hilltop, followed by four of the race’s sprinters on his wheel who managed to control the move. Things took a turn…

By @EchelonsHub The 15th stage completed the second week of racing, and the win fell to Thymen Arensman who got in the day’s breakaway and went solo in the final climb to take the biggest win of his career, and significantly climb up the GC. Enric Mas and Miguel Angel Lopez finished second and third, benefiting…

By @EchelonsHub Although stage 15 may be the queen stage, the 14th day of racing was dramatic and meaningful at the Vuelta, as the Sierra de la Pandera summit finish saw Remco Evenepoel struggle and loose the time he’s gained on Primoz Roglic after struggling in the ascent. Richard Carapaz joined the day’s breakaway and soared…

By @EchelonsHub A bunch sprint took place on the 13th stage, a calm day for the peloton who didn’t have a strong breakaway to chase down on the road into Montilla. The slightly uphill finish favoured some however, and Mads Pedersen took advantage of the situation to take a dominant and impressive win. He beat Bryan…

By @EchelonsHub Perhaps a day where more differences were expected, but another mountain day out of the day for Remco Evenepoel who withstood the attacks of Enric Mas to keep the red jersey, as he led the GC group into the finish at Peñas Blancas. The fight for the stage win was in front however, with…

By @EchelonsHub Stage 11 was one of the easiest in the Vuelta, and with the nagging headwind throughout the day, it also became one of the easiest to control. A calm day in the peloton with slow speeds, that led to a bunch sprint. The lack of leadouts caused it to be a chaotic finish, however…

By @EchelonsHub The race’s time-trial has seen the gaps in the overall classification extend, as the GC battle turned into a stage battle aswell, with Remco Evenepoel giving little room for anyone else. He’s taken the stage win in Alicante, beating Primoz Roglic and Remi Cavagna to the line.