Month: April 2022

By @EchelonsHub With the Giro d’Italia on the door, there is time for one more classic as the peloton head to Germany for a day where the sprinters usually have their way and grab important results.  

By @EchelonsHub The queen stage of the Tour de Romandie saw a very controlled peloton throughout the whole day. As Rohan Dennis and Jumbo-Visma managed to control all attacks, the stage was to be decided in a sprint between the GC contenders, and Sergio Higuita was the fastest in the run-up to Zinal. He beat his…

By @EchelonsHub A day that was slightly harder than yesterday, but the formula was the same as the pace was high in the last ascents, but some of the top sprinters can comfortably go over them, leading to a bunch sprint in the end. Patrick Bevin took the win for Israel, an important one, having beaten…

By @EchelonsHub A hilly day, but as expected it came down to a sprint as the fast men had their best opportunity here. INEOS tried to do so damage in the peloton late on, despite not being able to, they managed to leadout Hayter who rode alongside the team today and immediately saw the benefit. The…

By @EchelonsHub Stage one of the Tour de Romandie ended up being decided on the hilltop finish to Romont, as there weren’t any dangerous attacks that saw the scenario threatened. A pure anaerobic effort, Rohan Dennis attacked early in the climb but found himself caught in the very final meters by Dylan Teuns who came from…

By @EchelonsHub The opening prologue of the race was quite sketchy as expected, and although no serious differences were made, the winner on the day emerged to be Ethan Hayter after a storming performance, beating Rohan Dennis and Felix Grosschartner to the first place. 

By @EchelonsHub The Route The race starts off with a fast prologue in Lausanne. It takes place in the city’s sport center, and despite being only 5.3 kilometers long it includes a short run through an airfield and a ride-around a football stadium. It will kick things off, a leader’s jersey will be up for grabs….

By @EchelonsHub The final stage-race before the Giro d’Italia and right after the classics period is over. The Tour de Romandie symbolizes a transition in the season’s focus, and it brings in an interesting set of stages towards the French part of Switzerland for a week.

By @EchelonsHub The final step of the Ardennes classics and the fourth monument of the season. Liège-Bastogne-Liège is what many consider the end of the spring campaign, and it is one heavily disputed every year between the climbers and puncheurs.  The Route Liége is the Ardennes classic that suits the climbers the most. It has the…

By @EchelonsHub The fourth stage of the Tour of the Alps was one where the breakaway was likely to succeed, however due to heavy work from DSM and INEOS it ended up being someone from the peloton. Not to their benefit as Pello Bilbao remained rock-solid in the green jersey, but Miguel Angel Lopez who anticipated…

By @EchelonsHub In what was a day  for the breakaway to fight for the stage win, Lennard Kamna took the second triumph of his season by attacking the escapee group inside the final kilometer to take a strong win. Breakaway companions Andrey Amador and Jonathan Lastra finished second and third, whilst the GC fight in the…

By @EchelonsHub The second round of the Ardennes classics. Flèche Wallone is perhaps the most conservative race of the trio, and it comes as one purely fit for the puncheurs, although the climbers can also get themselves in the fight for the win atop the Mur de Huy.  

By @EchelonsHub It was a wild day at the Tour of the Alps, but with a finale that was in absolute control from Bahrain – Victorious. After a very strong group went up the road early on the first climb of the day, containing the likes of Miguel Angel Lopez, Pavel Sivakov, Michael Storer, Thymen Arensman…

By @EchelonsHub Geoffrey Bouchard has taken his first professional victory today in the opening stage of the Tour of the Alps after a successful breakaway, working with and then dropping his companions in the last 25 kilometers to just barely survive the incoming peloton. Pello Bilbao and Romain Bardet completed the podium behind, taking some bonus…

By @EchelonsHub The Route 3700 meters of climbing in the opening day of the race. It is a chaotic one, with no predictable outcome in sight as the stage starts off calmly in the first half, however the second half sees virtually no flat roads.  The main feature of the day is the long Passo Brocon…

By @EchelonsHub With the Giro d’Italia drawing near, the climbers will be priming their form and testing their legs in the Tour of the Alps. A race for the mountain lovers, both for those watching and racing it, because that is all there is for five consecutive days.

By @EchelonsHub We are here! The final step in the cobbled classics campaign. Paris-Roubaix is the great climax, and one of the most unique races of the season which will see the peloton go through the iconic cobbled roads of northern France.

By @EchelonsHub A week earlier this year, Amstel Gold Race sees itself separated from the remaining Ardennes classics, however it opens up another period of the spring which sees the puncheurs come onto the screen.