Pais Vasco 2015 – Stage 4 Preview
By David Hunter Zumarraga – Eibar 162km Queen stage alert! The organisers have tinkered with the well known stage, adding in two cat 3 climbs, this year
By David Hunter Zumarraga – Eibar 162km Queen stage alert! The organisers have tinkered with the well known stage, adding in two cat 3 climbs, this year
By David Hunter Vitoria – Zumarraga 170.7km This stage is brilliant! We have 8 categorised climbs, but all is not as it seems. Both the cat 1 climbs are quite easy and won’t cause any problem.
By David Hunter Bilbao – Bilbao 162.7km The race begins with a typical day in the Basque country. The weather is good, which will please many of the riders, but not Simon Spilak!
By David Hunter The peloton rolls into the Basque country for the always exciting Pais Vasco. 6 stages, all including tough climbs, await the riders, plus plenty of the usual Basque weather. The opening stage is the easiest of the race. That being said, it’s still not that easy. The final climb is 4.3km at 8.6%….
By David Hunter Brugge – Oudenaarde 264.9km When you ask cycling fans what their favourite race is, quite a few say Flanders. It’s one of those races that people love to watch. It’s a beauty of a race, with 19 helligen and not just any old helligen!
By David Hunter Stage 3a De Panne – De Panne 111.4km The race ends with it’s usual split stage. First up, is a trip around the streets of De Panne. Rain is forecast for the morning and that’s bad news for the riders. This is usually a very nervous stage and wet roads is going to…
By David Hunter Zottegem – Koksijde 217.2km After the excitement of stage 1, the riders head in the opposite direction in stage 2.With the wind coming from the West, that means a headwind for most of the stage. All of the bunch will have to be extra vigilant, when they turn right in Loker. At this…
By David Hunter 3 days, 4 stages and lots of wind is about to welcome the riders to De Panne. Remember the wind on Sunday? Well, it’s stayed around and it’s worse! We have a wind of 43km/h, gusting up to and beyond 80km/h. This is going to be a hard few days. Stage 1 will…