Dubai Tour 2015 – Stage 1 Preview
By David Hunter The Dubai Tour kicks off with 145km route all around the city. The route is as flat as a pancake!
Year: 2015
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Dubai Tour 2015 – Overall Preview
By David Hunter The World Tour peloton rolls into affluent Dubai, for 4 days of racing. This is just the second edition of the race, and the organisers have substantially changed the parcours. Gone is the TT and in it’s place is a hill finish. In are the normal allocation of bonus seconds: 10, 6 and…
GP la Marseillaise 2015 preview
By David Hunter Cycling returns to Europe! It’s the 36th edition of the race, that runs up some familiar hills, before descending into Marseille. At 139.7km it’s a nice start to the year for many of the riders.
Tour de San Luis 2015 – Stage 7 Preview
By David Hunter The tour ends with 122.4km from San Luis and back to San Luis. It’s a nice, easy day in the saddle and we should get one last sprint.
Santos Tour Down Under 2015 – Stage 6
By David Hunter We head back to downtown Adelaide for our end of race, street circuit.
Santos Tour Down Under 2015 – Stage 5
By David Hunter Time for Willunga Hill! Come on, we all know this stage and we know what we’re going to get……a battle royale! Easily one of the best stages in the whole year
Tour de San Luis 2015 – Stage 5 Preview
By David Hunter Time Trial Day The San Luis TT is another regular in the Tour de San Luis, however, the organisers have decided to change the route in 2015. It’s a fairly standard, out and back course, with a couple of corners. Note the big long straight, along Av. Eva Peron, this allow the big…
Santos Tour Down Under 2015 – Stage 4 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 4 and the riders travel 144.5km from Glenelg to Mount Barker. It’s another demanding day in the saddle
Tour de San Luis 2015 – Stage 4 Preview
By David Hunter Back to the mountains! The riders travel 142.5km from Villa Dolores to Alto El Amago. This stage is shorter than the previous ones, but it features a very difficult climb.
Tour Down Under 2015 – Stage 3 Preview
By David Hunter 143.2km from Norwood to Paracombe and a new finish in the TDU!
Tour de San Luis 2015 – Stage 3 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 3 and the riders travel 176.3km from Concaran to Juana Koslay, for an uphill sprint.
Santos Tour Down Under 2015 – Stage 2 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 2 and we head to Stirling. A regular venue for the TDU and one of my favourite stage finishes. This is a tough stage and can be won by a sprinter, a puncheur or a breakaway specialist.
Tour de San Luis 2015 – Stage 2 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 2 sees the riders travel 185.3km from La Punta to Mirador de Potrero. Followers of the race will be well aware of this climb, a regular feature of the race.
Santos Tour Down Under 2015 – Overall Preview
By David Hunter After a long winter, the World Tour gets back up and running in Adelaide. As everyone knows, defending champion Simon Gerrans is out with injury. This is a blow to the fans but a massive bonus for the other riders. With Gerro away, it certainly opens the door to a number of…
Tour de San Luis 2015 – Stage 1 Preview
By David Hunter The race begins with 186.8km of racing from San Luis to Villa Mercedes. The race usually starts with this stage, but it’s not the exact same as usual.
Tour de San Luis 2015 – Overall Preview
By David Hunter Cycling returns to Argentina and San Luis, as the season kicks off. A lot of riders love starting their season here as there isn’t the panic of achieving World Tour points. Life in San Luis is tranquillo! The riders can begin the season here, without huge expectations. Most are just happy to…
Santos Tour Down Under 2015 – People’s Choice Classic Preview
By David Hunter Let’s get the party started! We start with a 51km dash around the streets of Adelaide. 30 laps of the 1.7km circuit and watch as the pace increases every time around the circuit. It’s sad to say it, but this year we don’t have Andre Greipel. Mr TDU is staying in Europe…
Australian National Road Race 2015 Preview
By David Hunter The riders return to the familiar lap circuit around Mount Buninyong. It’s 183.6km of pain, with 18 laps of the punishing circuit. The climb itself is around 3km at 6%. The final 1km of it is very tough, and much more than 6%. This is where the crucial move usually takes place.