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By David Hunter Stage 6 Recap Another 2 man break, with KOM leader Mas and the crazy, Pim Ligthart. They got a lead of 13 minutes, but the peloton had the situation under control. On the climb, a variety of teams set the pace, but with 2km to go, Alejandro Valverde, put the hurt on….
By David Hunter Stage 5 Recap We got a small break today, just Tony Martin and Pim Ligthart. The presence of the big German, severely worried the peloton and they made sure the lead stayed at under 2 minutes. Big Tony, knew that it was pointless, so he gave up and returned to the peloton….
By David Hunter Stage 4 Recap The break was 4: Joeaar, Aramendia(again), Engoulvent and Turgot. They never got a big lead and when Movistar upped the pace they almost brought them back, before the first climb. Sensing the opportunity for points, Amet Txurruka bridged and took the 3 points. He was brought back before the…
By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap We had our morning break of 5: Mas, Fumeaux, Cousin, JJ Van Rensburg and Wyss. Mas, from Caja Rural, took the KOM points and is now the new leader. Both Sagan and Cancellara were noted at the back of the bunch, over the last two climbs. Cancellara, had a…
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap In the morning break was Conti, Haas, Sbaragli, Van Rensburg, Aramendia and Hardy. Nathan Haas took the cat 3 climb, so he will he the leader of the KOM classification. Soon after the climb Haas and Sbaragli decided to return to the peloton. A nice bit of work by…
By David Hunter Stage 5 Recap All the big teams(except from BMC) put riders into the break, so it was always going to be successful. Garmin had Acevedo and King, but they couldn’t stop Laurent Didier taking the stage. The Luxembourg rider likes bad weather and took full advantage of the conditions. Back in the peloton,…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Jerez – Jerez 12.6km TTT It’s easy to sum this stage up in one word……. technical! They couldn’t have put more corners into the stage, if they tried. Many roundabouts, many corners, this route is very demanding.
By David Hunter Stage 4 Recap A massive break of 12 escaped at the start of the stage and it included Jens Voigt. The German, riding in his last race, was always going to give it a try. He went solo with 40km to go and was only caught with 800 metres remaining. It was a…