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By David Hunter Girona – Girona 156.6km The stage is dominated by Alt dels Angels. It’s 6km at 5.5% and has to be tackled twice. In between, the riders climb the cat 2 climb, Alt de Santa Pellaia, 5.9km at 4%. The final climb crests with just 13km remaining and the peloton has to deal with…
By David Hunter The first of 4 massive races, over the next 11 days, in Belgium. Like most of them, this race is all about the helligen, all 12 of them!
By David Hunter Mataro – Olot 195km On paper, this looks an easier day in the saddle. We only have two categorised climbs and both are fairly easy, but the road rises most of the way home. The full climb is 4.84km at 4.5% and it does include a section of around 15%, but it’s not…
By David Hunter Calella – Calella 191.1km The race begins with a familiar looking stage. Both 2013 and 2014 started with a similar stage, finishing in Calella. Luca Mezgec took a big, bunch sprint in 2014 and Gianni Meersman won a small, bunch sprint in 2013.
By David Hunter The pro peloton returns to Spain after a few weeks away. This race is not one for the pure sprinters. Every stage involves classified climbs and it’s a very well liked race. It’s the adopted home race of many riders, thanks to the huge numbers that stay in Girona. The opening stage is…
By David Hunter Milano – Sanremo Totale 293km After last year’s horrible but engrossing race, we return to a very familiar finish, Via Roma. Used from 1994-2007, the popular finish is back.
By Jakob Lloreda There is much talk about the new generation of French cyclists as a result of the great performances of Pinot, Bardet, Barguil, Bouhanni or Demare, but it would be a mistake to leave out of that group the equally brilliant Alexis Vuillermoz. The impressive cyclist of AG2R (a former Mountain Bike rider)…
By David Hunter San Benedetto del Tronto 10km The race ends with a 10km ITT, along the Adriatico.