Vuelta a España 2019 – Overall preview

By David Hunter Vamos! You can take your Giro and Tour de France, it’s La Vuelta that has a place in my heart. I’ve never been sure exactly why this is my favourite grand tour, I think it’s the mix of brutally steep climbs and the laid back feeling that gets me. Maybe it’s also because…

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Binck Bank Tour 2019 – Overall Preview

By David Hunter The peloton roll into town with a heavy heart, the tragic events of last week still loom large over all of us, but the juggernaut that is professional cycling continues to rumble on. Route  Stage 1 On paper this is a standard sprint stage, but a mix of narrow roads and exposed sections…

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Tour de Pologne 2019 – Overall Preview

By David Hunter Just a week after the Tour finished, stage racing is back. The Tour of Poland offers riders coming from France an opportunity to use their form, but it also provides riders targeting the Vuelta a chance to see how they are after a period at altitude. The Route Stage 1 The race begins…

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Tour de France 2019 – Overall Preview

By David Hunter Not the most exciting race of the year, but certainly the most important. Over the last number of years we’ve seen an incredibly structured race, one that rarely seems to deviate from the plan. I live in hope that 2019 will be different, but it probably won’t. Anyway, enough of my moaning, time…

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