Tour de San Luis 2016 – Stage 2 Preview
By David Hunter San Luis – Villa Mercedes 181.9km It’s the longest stage of the race and the standard finish in Villa Mercedes. A nailed on sprint, one for the fast men.
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Tour Down Under 2016 – Stage 1 Preview
By David Hunter Prospect – Lyndoch 130.8km The race starts with a sprint stage through the Barossa Valley. The riders are used to riding here but the finish is new. The KOM point comes after just 12.8km, so getting in the early move will ensure a visit to the podium. Most teams would welcome this, so…
Tour de San Luis 2016 – Stage 1 Preview
By David Hunter El Durazno – El Durazno – 21km TTT The organisers have decided to change things up a little in 2016 and introduced the first ever TTT for the event. An interesting choice, which will please quite a few of the climbers.
Tour Down Under 2016 – Overall Preview
By David Hunter We are back for another incident packed edition of the TDU. Despite being a relatively new world tour event(2008), it is a great race. The riders love it because the stages rarely exceed 150km, ensuring a relatively short day in the saddle. The weather also helps. No freezing European conditions, but beautiful sunshine. Lastly, no…
Aussie Road Nats – Road Race Preview
By David Hunter It’s time for the 2016 cycling season to properly start.
Aussie Road Nats – ITT Preview
By David Hunter After the fun of the criterium, it’s time to get serious. The organisers used a new route in 2015 and have decided to stick with it.
Aussie Road Nats – Criterium Preview
By David Hunter 5 days of fun in Ballarat begins with the criterium race. This is a fiercely contested event, despite not many countries having this jersey. It’s on the same “hotdog” circuit, in the centre of town that was used last year.
Bay Crits 2016 Preview
By David Hunter Welcome to the last preview of 2015 and the first of 2016! The new season begins with 4 days of racing in Australia. Each day is a criterium race, lasting around 1 hour. It’s fast and furious and a great way to see who had a merry Christmas! Stage 1 – Ritchie Boulevard,…
Paris Tours Preview
By David Hunter Chartres – Tours 231km The final race of the year, for many of the pro peloton. Yes, we still have the Japan Cup, but this is still regarded as the final race of 2015.
Giro dell’Emilia 2015 Preview
By David Hunter Bologna – San Luca 200km My favourite race of the year!
Paris – Bourges 2015 Preview
By David Hunter The peloton continues in France, for the last races in the European calendar. This time, it’s the 65th edition of Paris-Bourges, with a lot of riders having one eye on Sunday and Paris-Tours. This is an excellent preparation race.
Abu Dhabi Tour 2015 Overall Preview
By David Hunter The first ever Abu Dhabi Tour arrives, thanks to the good people at Velon. To attract such big names, at this time of the year, means that big money has been spent. I’m not a huge fan of cycling in this area, due to the lack of cycling fans. Riding in the desert…
Il Lombardia 2015 – Preview
By David Hunter Bergamo – Como 245 km The last of the classics is here, as the peloton heads towards the end of the season. It’s been 5 years since the race finished in Como, when Philippe Gilbert completed his Lombardia double. The race also sees the return of Muro di Sormano.
Giro del Piemonte – Preview
By David Hunter San Francesco Al Campo – Cirie 185km After an absence of 2 years, Italian racing has one of it’s biggest races back. In many ways, this is a classic Italian race. It’s hard enough to encourage the climbers, but easy enough to attract the sprinters. Like so many Italian races, a sprinter and…
96th Milano Torino – Preview
By David Hunter Milan – Torino 186km I love this race! Reason being, the climb to Superga is one of my favourite. The riders even have to do it twice. First ascent is 4.2km at 9.1%. Second time round, the riders climb to the very top. That makes it 4.9km, but still at the same gradient.
95th Tre Valli Varesine – Preview
By David Hunter Busto Arsizio – Varese 198.5km The race is split into two sections. The opening 83.3km sees the race start in Busto Arsizio and head towards Varese.
World Championships 2015 – Road Race Preview
By David Hunter Richmond 259.2km After some brilliant warm up races, the big one is here.
World Championships 2015 – Individual Time Trial Preview
By David Hunter Richmond 53km Time for the big boys to come out and play!