Month: February 2022

By @EchelonsHub Second round of the opening weekend, after today Omloop delivered an exciting start to the cobbled classics season. In Kuurne, the route is much more sprinter friendly, however there is a habit of seeing solo winners in these roads, as the course allows for a very open race.

By @EchelonsHub Into the cobbled classics season we go! Opening weekend, what some call the true start of the season, and the first one-day World Tour race of 2022. On the menu, a classic route through Flandres, with some of the region’s most iconic bergs on display on what should be a great day of cycling!

By @EchelonsHub The peloton completely underestimated the breakaway today as the front group managed to hold off the peloton in what was a pan-flat stage with no features where riders could be put into difficulty. Gazprom – Rusvelo again placed three riders in the breakaway and benefited from it, as a group of five (out of…

By @EchelonsHub Jasper Philipsen has taken another win at the UAE Tour, conquering stage 5 in another absolutely chaotic sprint, beating Olav Kooij and Sam Bennett to the line after Israel and Bora managed to punch through into the final meters in front.

By @EchelonsHub Jebel Jais is always a climb where differences aren’t made, however today’s ascent was more attacked then normal. With UAE trying to set the race on fire several times, Jan Hirt doing the same, but a sprint was inevitable as UAE leadout Tadej Pogacar into the final meters and the Slovenian beat Adam…

By @EchelonsHub A surprise emerged at the UAE Tour as Stefan Bissegger overpowered Filippo Ganna to take the win In the race’s sole time-trial. The Swiss took 7 seconds on Ganna in the headwind-blown route, with the GC contenders coming in closely behind as Tom Dumoulin went on to finish third.

By @EchelonsHub The second stage of the UAE had it’s tense moments but it ended up being a rather calm day overall, with a bunch sprint inevitable only the final kilometers were crucial for the outcome of the stage. Again with plenty of leadouts looking for success, few managed to do so as some were…

By @EchelonsHub It was a calm stage with a furious finish as expected at the opening day of the UAE Tour, the sprint was high-speed with several riders in sight of the win but Jasper Philipsen took the win and race lead on the opening day, beating Sam Bennett and Elia Viviani.

By @EchelonsHub It was a chaotic stage as expected, one of those days where a full broadcast would be great. The race was attacked at the opening climb of the day and a group of 15 riders went away and never again brought back as the pace did not slow down. Two riders managed to make…

By @EchelonsHub The Route The description of the stages here in the UAE will be short as you may understand. This opening day is essentially an out-and-back day in the desert through a single roads, 180 kilometers of it. The start and finish line are in the same spot and the finish straight is around 60…

By @EchelonsHub The Course It is the final race of the cyclocross season, a big day to wrap off a big season. In Oostmalle the riders will find a track that will be raced in hard conditions as Belgium keeps suffering from the bad weather over the weekend. The track however won’t be overly affected by…

By @EchelonsHub The Course It is the final race of the cyclocross season, a big day to wrap off a big season. In Oostmalle the riders will find a track that will be raced in hard conditions as Belgium keeps suffering from the bad weather over the weekend. The track however won’t be overly affected by…

By @EchelonsHub It is the opening race of the World Tour calendar and in the UAE, as every year, there will be a feast of flat roads and cycling superstars. The seven day stage-race features a whole bunch of stages for the sprinters, alongside a couple of days where the climbers can make their power shown,…

By @EchelonsHub The Course In for the final weekend of the season and it will not be an easy one as the weather has been quite bad and the tracks for the weekend are expected to be quite brutal to deal with it. Tomorrow at the Waaslandcross that is what’s expected, despite being a relatively flat…

By @EchelonsHub The Course In for the final weekend of the season and it will not be an easy one as the weather has been quite bad and the tracks for the weekend are expected to be quite brutal to deal with it. Tomorrow at the Waaslandcross that is what’s expected, despite being a relatively flat…

By @EchelonsHub Magnus Sheffield won the third stage after a late attack in Andalucia. A stage made for a breakaway but with no breakaway to contest the win, it looked like it was going to a sprint but in the final climb several attacks broke the group and then with Bahrain working the peloton never managed…

By @EchelonsHub An explosive hilltop finish delivered what it promised, as a peloton rushing up the tight streets of Alcalá La Real made way for Alessandro Covi to take his second win in a week and also the second win of his career. After looking brilliant yesterday, Covi was again the fastest today in the final…

By @EchelonsHub The breakaway conquered the opening day of the race as it built up a massive gap early in the day and kept it into the finale, taking advantage of the lack of a race leader to capitalize on deorganization. From the break, it was a sprint to the line, and Rune Herregodts was the…