Trofeo Laigueglia 2015 Preview
By David Hunter Who can forget 2014 and the sight of Patrik Sinkewitz making rude gestures after being beaten by Jose Serpa? Most amusing!
By David Hunter Who can forget 2014 and the sight of Patrik Sinkewitz making rude gestures after being beaten by Jose Serpa? Most amusing!
By David Hunter Al Hazm Castle – Al Bustan 195km This stage has been used in the last two editions of the race but has been lengthened by the organisers. In 2014, Andre Greipel hung on to win, whilst in 2013, Peter Sagan attacked on the descent to win solo. Not only has the stage…
By David Hunter We head back to Portugal and the defending champion is back, but this time he’s in the rainbow jersey! This race marked the beginning of an exceptional season for Michal Kwiatkowski. He’s back for more. Most of the stages are very familiar to fans of this race. Stage 1 has the normal…
By David Hunter Coria del Rio – Coria del Rio 8.2km The TT takes place just outside Seville. The route is technical with 14 tight corners. The short distance, means that time gaps will be low, and they won’t be decisive in terms of the GC battle. Unusually, we don’t have many TT specialists in…
By David Hunter La Rabida – Hinojos 118.3km The race begins with a nice cycle by the coast.
By David Hunter After a couple of 1 day races, the Spanish calendar really gets going with a week in Andalucia. All the stages are hard, even the sprint days! They don’t do flat, dull stages in this part of the world. The opening day is split in two. The first half is a relatively…
By David Hunter Bayt Al Naman Castle – Al Wutayyah 161km The race begins with a nice stage for the sprinters. The organisers have always made the opening stage very easy and a guaranteed sprint. This year is no different.
By David Hunter The racing in the Middle East comes to an end with 6 stages in Oman. The race is a nice mix of sprint stages, tough stages and the big mountain stage to Green Mountain. Let’s start by taking a look at the stages. Stage 1 is one for the sprinters and we…