Year: 2015

By David Hunter Treviso – Valdobbiadene 59.4km I’ll start with the weather report….rain and lots of it! This is not what the GC riders wanted to hear. This stage is hugely important to the overall standings and the wet weather is going to increase the difficulty, considerably. There are plenty of corners and we are bound…

By David Hunter Montecchio Maggiore – Jesolo 147km One of the shortest and certainly the most boring looking profile, of the whole race. A very easy day for the peloton, as the GC riders begin to focus on the ITT. Beware though, we usually get crashes on days like this. This stage is all about the…

By David Hunter Imola – Vicenza 190km After another crazy day, the riders will be looking forward to the relative calm of this stage, well maybe the opening 130km. Do not underestimate the closing 60km of this stage, it’s very difficult. Yet again, the organisers have done us proud and dropped in a stage, where we…

By David Hunter Forli – Imola 153km Another short, but very demanding day for the riders. They had an official rest day on Monday and an unofficial one today, so time to get the legs going again. We have 5 climbs in the opening 70km of the stage, a very tough start.

By David Hunter Civitanova Marche – Forli 200km It’s the day after a rest day, and the organisers have been kind. The race mainly sticks to one, big highway and we’ll see plenty of nice shots of the coastline. This is a pretty stage, that should erupt inside the final 10km. Certainly one for not watching…

By David Hunter Benevento – San Giorgio del Sannio 215km It’s the day before the rest day and after some very difficult stages, it can’t come fast enough. The stage screams breakaway, but we don’t always get what we expect, particularly in this race! The stage features three classified climbs:-

By David Hunter Fiuggi – Campitello Matese 186km It’s the weekend, so that means we head to the mountains. The riders are faced with the first proper mountaintop finish. This is going to be a real test. It’s another day of very little flat road, although we do only have two categorised climbs:- Forca d’Acero –…

By David Hunter Grosseto – Fiuggi 264km This is the longest stage of the 2015 Giro and it’s a monster. Immediately, you can’t help but draw comparisons with Milan – Sanremo. The length is close enough but the profile is not as demanding, as there is no Cipressa or Poggio. This is a nice ride in…