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By David Hunter Stage 3 Review What a day for Tom Dumolulin. Resplendent, in his Dutch National TT jersey, the Giant-Shimano rider managed to beat the brilliant time set by Fabian Cancellara. The Swiss rider had posted an amazing time, and it looked like he would win but Tom fought to the end. The Dutchman…
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap What a stage! It should have been a day for the sprinters, but Belkin had other ideas. They ripped the peloton apart, until a small group was left at the front. This group were to go on and fight out the stage victory. Behind this, Tom Dumoulin, had a…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap The opening stage turned out to be as mad as expected. High wind, rain and a nervous peloton meant we had many crashes. The final 20km was full of attacks, most noticeably from Hayman, Vanmarcke, Wellens, Dumoulin, Trentin, Dowsett and Oss. Once all had calmed down and the peloton…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Terneuzen – Terneuzen 182.1km The race opens with a flat day, but beware as wind is about! There is a chance of rain, all day, and a strong crosswind for the majority of the stage. This is going to make for nervous riding as nobody wants to lose time in…
By David Hunter Stuck in the middle of the Tour de France and the Vuelta, we have the Eneco Tour. The race, held in Holland, is 7 stages long: 1 short TT(10km), 3 sprint stages and 3 horrible classics style stages. Stage 5 finishes on the Muur van Geraardsbergan. The climb made famous in the…
By David Hunter The riders head to London for the 3rd running of this race. Like the other editions, we have a challenging middle section with some short, steep climbs. The only problem for the punchers is the 50km run to home. Both editions of the race have ended in sprint finishes with Cavendish winning…
By David Hunter Stage 5 Recap Jens Voigt got in the break and did all he could to take one last stage win, but he failed! The dirt roads provided some much needed excitement but didn’t prove to be decisive. Moreno Hofland quit the stage early on, so the American teams sensed the opportunity to…
By David Hunter Stage 6 Recap Yet again, Majka delivered. Oliver Zaugg did a great job for him and he attacked with 3km to go. Izagirre was the only one who could follow but he blew not long afterwards. Thankfully, Intxausti was going well and provided a wheel to follow. Majka continued on for the…
By David Hunter Stage 4 Review We got a copy of 2013, with a battle between the two old boys, Danielson and Horner. All else, couldn’t cope with the altitude and gradient and under constant pressure, it was Horner that went pop! Tommy D rode off into the distance to take the stage and GC….
By David Hunter Stage 5 Recap We got the expected “bunch”sprint, after a very long, drag up to the finishing line. Movistar seemed to have got their tactics spot on, but when Capecchi jumped, his teammates didn’t follow. Intxausti, still managed to get in a good position and looked like he might take the win,…
By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap Sprint, as expected, and won by Hofland, as expected! Wackermann delivered the sprint I expected, in stage 1, to claim 2nd place. Easy when you’re the only sprinter in the race. Stage 4 Ogden – Powder Mountain 168.5km At last, some real action!
By David Hunter Stage 4 Recap We got the expected sprint as the sprint teams, eventually started to work well together. Ferrari opened up the sprint a touch too early, leaving Modolo to jump across to the wheel of Arndt. The Italian launched his sprint and all looked good, but he ran out of steam…
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap My pick, Hofland, decided to take it easy with 1 eye on stage 3. We got a very gutsy break from Michael Schar of BMC. Despite cramping on the final descent, he somehow managed to keep the pedals moving and held off a charging peloton to take an excellent…
By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap At last we got a real sprint! Chaos rained on the finishing circuit as it was tight and narrow. Giant delivered the best lead-out but Modolo got on the end of the train, not Mezgec. With the Italian in the best position, it looked like he was going to…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap What a boring day! Belkin controlled the peloton and set an extremely slow pace, to ensure that Hofland wasn’t dropped. The riders in the break were weak and the slow pace of the peloton, was still enough to keep the lead at 3 minutes. All the riders in the…
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap Petr Vakoc pulled off the best Tony Martin impression and he soloed to his first win for OPQS. The young Czech rider was part of a group of 3, that seemed to be controlled by the peloton. AG2R were holding them at 4/5 minutes for most of the day,…
By David Hunter The race begins with a demanding day in the saddle. First on the menu is the long climb up to Cedar Breaks. The cat 1 climb is 26km at 5.2%, so it’s a hard one. As it’s the opening stage and the climb is in the opening half of the race, don’t…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap Possibly the craziest day of racing I’ve ever seen. A lightning strike or high wind, brought down a tree. The wind almost forced the break to stop riding and we got hail as big as golf balls. Despite all this the riders had to race on. The finishing circuit…