Tour of Britain 2014 – Stage 1 Preview
By David Hunter The race begins with a circuit race, around the streets of Liverpool. We have 8 laps of 13.1km, so that’s 104.8km in total. The lap is fairy easy, with few corners.
Year: 2014
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Tour of Britain 2014 – Overall Preview
By David Hunter Get ready, for the best ToB….ever! The organisers have changed the route and increased the spectacle. We now have a proper, hilltop finish. Quite a few stages with short, steep climbs near the end of the stage. A short ITT and some days for the sprinters. Only stage 1 and 8b are…
Vuelta a España 2014 – Stage 14 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 13 Recap We got a break of 11, which included LL Sanchez and Sagan. Orica held the lead at 3 minutes, before the GC teams took over….and FDJ! When we hit the final 10% climb, it was Daniel Navarro who attacked. With the top riders only interested in each other, he…
Vuelta a España 2014 – Stage 13 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 12 Recap What a boring stage! Break of 1, with no chance of success. Peloton went very slow, until the final 20km. There was a crash in the final corner, denying a few sprinters the chance of a win. It left Degenkolb with an easy job and he took the stage….
Vuelta a España 2014 – Stage 11 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 10 Recap The first, really fast time was set by Cancellara. His time looked very good and only one man was able to beat it….Tony Martin! He won the stage by 11 seconds, a close margin but it was never in doubt. The GC battle erupted! Froome had a disaster, Quintana…
Vuelta a España 2014 – Stage 10 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 9 Recap We got an enormous break of 31 riders as the peloton sensed that this was the day for a break. The closest on GC was Winner Anacona, at just 2:50. As we approached the penultimate climb, the break started to slim down and very quickly we were left with…
Vuelta a España 2014 – Stage 9 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 8 Recap 2 man break: Aramendia and Favilli. The Spaniard has now featured in 3 breaks, in just 7 road stages! They were brought back a long way to the finish, as the GC teams were getting ready for the crosswinds. With 30km to go, Tinkoff, OPQS, Sky and Trek decided to…
Vuelta a España 2014 – Stage 8 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 7 Recap After a very fast start, we eventually got a break of 15 riders: Millar, Lang, Kolobnev, Mondory, LL Sanchez, Clarke, Le Bon, Coppel, Jerome, Izagirre, Hansen, Arndt, Jungels and Quinziato. The peloton weren’t happy with this and they were brought back, before the first climb of the day. A…