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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…
By David Hunter Montecatini Terme – Castiglione Della Pescaia 183km It seems like an eternity has passed since the sprint on stage 2, or certainly that’s what the sprinters are thinking. Well, time for the sprinters to return to the party.
By David Hunter La Spezia – Abetone 152km After another crazy day, the peloton will be hoping for some kind of normality. The stage is short and quite easy. It doesn’t lend itself to the crazy riding of the last couple of days. The opening climb is 10km at 5%. With the long climb at the…
By David Hunter Chiavari – La Spezia 150km After a very demanding day, there is no rest for the riders, as we continue in the “medium mountains.” Yet again, we hardly have a single kilometre of flat, making it very hard to control. Orica got their tactics spot on in stage 3, putting Clarke and Chaves…
By David Hunter Rapallo – Sestri Levante 136km It may only be 136km long, but this is a tough day in the saddle. We have zero kilometres of flat, for the opening 112km! The race begins with 7km at 3.5%, then a descent, before the cat 3 climb, Colle Caprile, it’s 9.7km at 4.6%. After…
By David Hunter Albenga – Genova 177km Ready, steady, go! The racing proper gets started with a nice and easy stage. We have a cat 4 climb, to reward the breakaway riders with the blue jersey. But make no mistakes, this stage is all about the sprinters. We don’t have too many flat, easy days in…
By David Hunter San Lorenzo – Mare Sanremo 17.6km TTT The opening stage of the Giro is upon us, and like last year, it’s a TTT. Most of the stage is completed on a narrow cycle path, so it’s vital to have an organised team. The 2014 TTT was won by Orica and they start the…
By @FXavierVidela Bardiani-CSF arrive at the 98th Giro d’Italia with nine combative cyclists, mixing experience and youth, a combination that already bore fruit last season, when they were done with three sets of the Corsa Rosa, a brilliant achievement With the difficult task to match what was done in 2014, Ciclismointernacional.com contacted two riders directed by Reverberi:…
By David Hunter At last, it’s here. The first Grand Tour of 2015 and Italy always provides us with a brilliant race. This year, we have 5 mountaintop finishes, a TTT and a mammoth ITT, at 59.4km. Week 1 The opening week will be nervous and full of crashes. Staying in Italy, provides less travelling and…
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.
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.
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…
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….