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By @pmpalermo On Sunday the hardest and most exciting of all the Classics, Paris-Roubaix, such a unique race that only a few can win and as such, deserves separate coverage. So you do not miss any details of “The Hell of the North” during transmission, we leave all sections of pavé that the protagonists must overcome located…
By @pmpalermo From stellar confirmation during the 2011 Tour of Spain of Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome as three-week-long Grand Tour (a Grand Tour is three-week lonm) exceptional riders, all were smiles within Team Sky squad, that without going any further, was left with the last two editions of the Tour de France and with…
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap As I predicted the break made it! Despite picking Tim Wellens, here is what I said about Tony Martin, “The big German likes to warm up for his TTs and this could be a chance to do just that.” Only Sky and Orica tried to bring him back and as…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap Contador the King! Alberto continued his fine winning streak with an outstanding display of climbing. He went with the attack of Valverde, and then destroyed him in the last kilometre of the climb. It was a typical Contador attack and he continued on the descent to claim the stage and…
16 teams enrolled, Team Sky replaces Richie Porte. Five Grand Tour winners at the start, including Horner and Evans, challenging Colombian climbers (in wait of Nairo Quintana) Seven World Tour teams (Astana, AG2R LaMondiale, Cannondale, BMC, Lampre-Merida, Movistar, Team SKY) made the final 16-outfit list along with 9 Continental-Pro lineups, including Italian Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, Neri Sottoli Yellow Fluo, Bardiani-CSF…
By @pmpalermo Fully immersed in the Northern Classics season , it is appropriate to focus on a group of riders who stands out above the rest and usually seems to be in contention for a type of races so special and hard that may intimidate the majority, as such they are the ones that at the…
The Belkin Pro Cycling TEAM will work for Theo Bos on Wednesday in the Scheldeprijs. Sports Director Michiel Elijzen hopes that the team can help the sprinter to achieve a big result. “Looking at the course, we will have a very strong team at the start,” said Elijzen. “Normally a bunch kick decides the Scheldeprijs…
Apart from the national championships, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung have yet to race in South Africa as a UCI Professional Continental Team. That will all change when the team line up for the Mzansi Tour starting in Johannesburg on Tuesday. A race that will showcase the beauty and diversity of our home country is one we…
By @pmpalermo The Tour of Flanders has finished, second Monument of 2014 , which gave a sea of emotions not only for what Fabian Cancellara accomplished today, but also for what many others who for good or bad have their place in this analysis. 1-Fabian Cancellara’s intelligence: impossible not to start with him, who rode with…
By David Hunter It’s a challenging opening stage with 6 cat 2 climbs and 2 cat 3s. Here are the climbs in order: The riders get the joy of climbing the Gaintza twice. It is a brut of a climb, 2.3km at an average of 13%. The section from 1-2km is at 16% and this…
For a lot of cycling enthusiasts, the spring is the nicest period of the cycling season. Classic races such as the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, keep many cycling fan glued to the screen the entire afternoon. According to tradition, the classics season starts with the Flemish opening weekend, featuring the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad…
The Belkin Pro Cycling Team kicks off its 2014 season with the Tour Down Under, January 21 to 26. Robert Gesink leads the team that includes three Australians. Gesink, who has been doing well overseas in recent years with victories in Quebec and Montreal, looks forward to starting his season in Australia for the first…