Month: May 2022

By @EchelonsHub The final mountain stage saw the riders go up the Dolomites, and it was another day for the breakaway as Alessandro Covi attacked up the Passo Pordoi, and grew his gap over the final kilometers and descent, managing to hold off the rest of his breakaway companions and take the biggest win of his…

By @EchelonsHub Once was not enough, as Koen Bouwman rode to a second stage win in Santuario di Castelmonte. Another successful breakaway attempt, a group of rouleurs and some climbers went up the road early in the day, and from that a reduced group went into the final sprint atop the final climb. It was chaotic…

By @EchelonsHub A successful breakaway, once again on the final Giro d’Italia flat stage. It has become a tradition by this point, and this year’s lucky rider was Dries de Bondt who took advantage of a strong group of four that went up the road early on and kept their lead all the way into the…

By @EchelonsHub Stage 17 saw another mountain battle, however with the same outcome as Mikel Landa, Jai Hindley and Richard Carapaz were once again inseparable in the final ascent. However they have taken time on the rest, after a conservative stage in which the pace was only pushed in the final two ascents. For the stage…

By @EchelonsHub Jan Hirt has stormed to the win on stage 16, a successful breakaway after a gruesome day in the Alps. The Intermarche rider was the strongest up the final ascent from the survivors of the front group, distancing Thymen Arensman – who finished second – and Lennard Kamna in the final kilometers of the…

By @EchelonsHub A hard day, with a long discussion to enter a breakaway once again – but sure enough, at the same time a win from the escapee group was never in doubt since the group went up the road late on, almost in the first of three hard climbs. In the peloton there was a…

By @EchelonsHub Simon Yates won what was an epic stage to the Giro d’Italia. The profile delivered the spectacle it promised, as BORA – hansgrohe blew up the race early on with a raid that put several riders under pressure. The GC was blown to bits, with 9 riders standing out after the final ascent of…

By @EchelonsHub The 13th stage was perhaps the final opportunity for several sprinters as the mountains loom near. In Cuneo, the breakaway was caught in sight of the line after a long chase by the peloton that at times looked to not be heading for success. Groupama led the sprint out for Arnaud Démare, who kicked…

By @EchelonsHub A day for the breakaway to succeed, and with no surprise a large amount of riders looked to go up the road early on. After over an hour of racing a group of over 20 riders went up the road with some big names involved, and from those 3 went clear in the penultimate…

By @EchelonsHub The wind didn’t end up being felt in the peloton, and that led to a very calm day in the peloton as the riders enjoyed a climb-less day in the Giro. Everything was to play for in the final sprint, where a surprise emerged as the right strategy saw Alberto Dainese storm to the…

By @EchelonsHub A chaotic stage at the Giro d’Italia, where as expected the breakaway was easily controlled because of the weather conditions, however the late attacks were very complicated. The finall hill saw several attacks, as did the final descent. Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux took advantage of it’s surprising depth to be able to…

By @EchelonsHub The first mountain stage has effectively delivered the drama that it promised, as big gaps were created at Blockhaus after a very hard stage. Jai Hindley won the final sprint in the front group, after the attacks proved unsuccessful to break six riders who arrived together at the finish. Hindley beat Romain Bardet and…

By @EchelonsHub A day for the breakaway and the rouleurs. Early on the opportunities for the sprinters were quickly dispatched as Mathieu van der Poel showed intentions of joining the breakaway. A 21-rider group eventually went up the road with a lot of quality, with no chance from the peloton to chase back the group. The…

By @EchelonsHub A day for the breakaway, and the outcome was exactly that. With the peloton remaining surprisingly conservative, the escapees had a green card to fight for the stage win, and the winner was Koen Bouwman who managed to resist the attacks of Bauke Mollema and Davide Formolo – who finished second and third –…

By @EchelonsHub It was an incredibly calm day in the peloton, with only one rider going up the road, which then gave way to a very fast finale in Scalea. Once again, several leadouts struggling to get into position with the tremendously dangerous final kilometer. A photofinish sprint decided the outcome of the day, as Arnaud…

By @EchelonsHub A tricky sprint stage, it was exactly what we found in today’s stage of the Giro as the early climb in the stage was used to create damage, as Alpecin, Intermarché and Israel forced and mantained a high pace that collectively managed to eliminate Caleb Ewan and Mark Cavendish from contention from the stage…

By @EchelonsHub Stage four went to a breakaway, with all the expected big names present in front, leading to both stage and pink jersey to be decided within the front riders. There was a big battle on the slopes of Mount Etna, but Lennard Kamna emerged victorious as he managed to catch up with Juan Pedro…

By @EchelonsHub Mark Cavendish won the third stage of the Giro, the first true bunch sprint of the race in which many seemed blocked at the finale. Quick-Step delivered a standard leadout and Cavendish just had to wrap off the team’s work to return to his winning ways. Arnaud Demare and Fernando Gaviria finished second and…