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By David Hunter Stage 7 Recap Team Sky decided to let the bonus seconds go and the break took the stage. On the final climb, we were left with the Katusha riders: Trofimov and Silin. It seemed that they were safe but in the closing metres, Westra, appeared from nowhere. He surged past the despairing pair,…
By David Hunter We open with a short ITT. It’s 9.4km and has a big hill near the end! The climb is 2.5km at 7.2%. This means it will hurt. The section before the climb will see the powerful riders do well, but non-climbers will struggle on the hill. We then have a fairly technical descent…
By David Hunter We return to Switzerland for 9 hard stages. We have 2 ITTs, totalling 34.1km. Both the TTs have hills in them. Stage 1 has a 2.5km climb at 7.2%, with the second TT having two easier hills. Obviously this puts the TT specialists at a fairly big advantage. There will be massive time…
By David Hunter Stage 6 Recap I got it wrong! A break did get away and stayed away. It ended in a fight between Westra and Bakelants, with the OPQS rider winning the battle. Chris Froome crashed with 7km to go, but Contador waited for him, so all is good in the world! Stage 7 Ville…
By David Hunter Stage 5 Recap After some crazy early racing, we eventually got our break. The presence of Atapuma and De Clercq meant that Team Sky were busy all day. On the descent off the penultimate climb, Alberto Contador, launched a blistering attack. He took 1 minute in a very short space of time, before…
By David Hunter Stage 4 Recap We got a breakaway win, as predicted. A few of the men I mentioned made the break but so did Maxime Bouet. Team Sky were happy to let him take yellow, but NetApp – Endura rode hard to try and bring the break back. They failed, but stopped Bouet from…
By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap We had a surprisingly small break of 3, which included Kadri(as predicted). They got a maximum lead of 7:30, before FDJ and Trek worked to bring them back. The baking hot sun started to melt the road and this led to a crash. Sadly for Nizzolo, he had to abandon…
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap As predicted both De Marchi and Damaseau made the break, but the KOM jersey was taken by Kevin Reza of Europcar. This is not the last we’ve seen of these riders in the breaks this week. Team Sky controlled the break well and the riders were swallowed up on the…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap The wind looked to have worked it’s magic, until the final few riders. Bob Jungels was the leader for an eternity, until Alberto Contador set a brilliant time. Alberto didn’t have time to get into the hot seat, as Chris Froome beat him by 8 seconds. Froome’s second half of…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Lyon – Lyon 10.4km The race opens with a short ITT. The forecast is for a beautiful sunny day, no more Giro rain! The wind is coming from the South, so will be a crosswind and headwind for the whole stage. Crucially it is 6mph for the earlier starters and 8mph…
By David Hunter It’s been a frustrating season for Leo. Having burst onto the major scene in 2013, with a stage win and 9th place in the Vuelta, he hoped to take 2014 by storm. Unfortunately, bad luck and injury have stopped this from happening. His first race was the Tour of Oman, but he punctured…
By David Hunter The build-up to the Tour de France, starts here! The 2014 route is harder than 2013 and suits climbers more than the TT riders. We have a short(10km) ITT to open the race and then straight to a mountaintop finish in stage 2. Stage 3 should see a sprint finish before the riders…
By David Hunter Stage 20 Recap As predicted, the break made it! Quite a few of the riders I mentioned made the selection and in the end we had Rogers, Bongiorno and Pellizotti. With 3km to go, a fan tried to push Bongiorno, but he forced him off his bike. It was a real shame that…
By David Hunter Stage 19 Recap As expected, Nairo Quintana won the TT, but he was pushed all the way by Fabio Aru. The young Italian delivered a brilliant performance, to put a little bit of extra pressure on Uran. It was a bad day for Majka, Evans and Kelderman as the GC had one last…
By David Hunter Stage 18 Recap As I said, the break made it. A few riders I identified made the break and eventually we had Duarte, Arredondo and Deignan. Despite being in countless breaks, Julian Arredondo, still had the energy to attack and distance Duarte with 4km to go. The two Colombians fought out the victory,…
By David Hunter Stage 17 Recap It took 1 hour and a half but we eventually got our break, as predicted! The break split just before the final climb, when Thomas De Gendt attacked. Pirazzi attacked on the final climb and joined De Gendt. On the descent both Geschke and Gatto crashed and missed the crucial split….
By David Hunter Stage 16 Recap Well, what a day! Snow, rain, sleet, wind and freezing conditions. An eager person in charge of the Giro twitter account, declared a go-slow down the Stelvio. Some of the teams claimed it was on the radio and others said it wasn’t. Rolland attacked on the descent and Quintana followed….
By David Hunter Stage 15 Recap What a stage! The break didn’t make it. Arredondo attacked from the foot of the climb, but it was far too far out, and he failed. The GC riders attacked each other and the situation was constantly changing. It looked like Pierre Rolland was going to get away but it…