Tour of Romandie 2015 – Stage 6 Preview
By David Hunter Lausanne – Lausanne 17.3km It’s TT day and time for the GC to be settled. The route is different to last year, with more flat and easier climbs. This should favour the TT specialists.
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Tour of Romandie 2015 – Stage 5 Preview
By David Hunter Fribourg – Champex-Lac 166.1km The Queen stage of the race and a tough day in the saddle. The riders are faced with four cat 1 climbs, including a mountaintop finish.
Tour of Romandie 2015 – Stage 4 Preview
By David Hunter La Neuveville – Fribourg 169.8km On paper, this is the easiest stage of the race, with only three categorised climbs. The opening cat 2 climb, Les Paccots, is 3.9km at 6.8%. That is followed by some undulating roads before the next cat 2 climb 2, Sorens. It’s 4.4km at 5.1%, before the final…
Tour of Romandie 2015 – Stage 3 Preview
By David Hunter Moutier – Porrentruy 173.2km An easy day in the saddle, or is it really? On first inspection, this looks a fairly standard day. Two cat 3 climbs and two cat 2 climbs. The final cat 2 climb crests 50km from the finishing line and that normally means we would get a bunch sprint….
Tour de Romandie 2015 – Stage 2 Preview
By David Hunter Apples – Saint Imier 166.1km Stage 2 is certainly the hardest of the medium mountain stages. We have 3 cat 2 climbs and 1 cat 3 climb. They are:- 11.5km at 4.8%, 3.8km at 8.1%, 4km at 8.6% and 8km at 6.7%.
Tour de Romandie 2015 – Stage 1 Preview
By David Hunter Vallee de Joux – Juraparc 19.2km The race begins with a very easy TTT. 3 corners in 19.2km is the least technical course, I think I’ve ever seen! We don’t have a lot of wind, but it is going to be a cross/headwind. It’s going to rain too, expect more of this throughout…
Tour de Romandie 2015 Preview
By David Hunter The peloton rolls into Switzerland for 6 stages: 1 TTT, 2 Medium Mountains, 1 High Mountains and 1 ITT. If this wasn’t enough, there’s plenty of rain and we might even get some snow! Stage 1 is an easy 19.2km TTT. The route and profile suits big engines and the non-specialists could lose…
Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2015 Preview
By David Hunter Liege-Ans 253km The last of the Ardennes races is here and it’s the big one, LBL. The hardest of the three races, thanks to the distance and severity of the climbs. This truly is a monument of cycling.