Month: July 2022

By @EchelonsHub Another open sprint stage at the Tour de Pologne on the second day, and this time the chaos benefited Gerben Thijssen who surprised to take a career-changing win, the best of his career so far for Intermarché. He beat Pascal Ackermann and Jonathan Milan to the line, with Jonas Abrahamsen the new leader of…

By @EchelonsHub The opening stage of the Tour de Pologne was a calm day with a tense finale. A crash close to the end saw many riders down, however did not prevent a bunch sprint from occuring. Jumbo-Visma did a strong leadout, and put Olav Kooij in a position to win the first stage, beating Phil…

By @EchelonsHub Stage-racing at World Tour level  took only a short break, as the main teams will be back on the road in eastern Europe for the Tour de Pologne which is set to take in a heap of sprinters and classics riders looking to benefit from the favourable stages.

By @EchelonsHub The Route The Tour de Pologne has it’s start in Kielce this year, for an edition that will take place fully in the southeast of the country. The opening day of the race will be one for the sprinters, with an interesting finale and an important win on the line for the riders. 

By @EchelonsHub With the Tour de France over the latter third of the season begins, with the World Tour peloton back on the road in the Basque Country where the riders will be facing the hills of the Clásica San Sebastián.  The Route The route will total a long 223 kilometers on the road, without too…

By @EchelonsHub The Tour de France had one team come out on top, and today was no exception as Jumbo-Visma dominated another day, as Wout van Aert took the win on the final time-trial with Jonas Vingegaard finishing second, sealing both classifications. Tadej Pogacar finished third on the day.  Positive: Van Aert and Jumbo confirming all…

By @EchelonsHub Jumbo-Visma cannot stop winning, as they have brought yet another win in the final opportunity for the attackers. The day saw several dangerous attacks, that survived until the final kilometer. Christophe Laporte jumped to the survivors in the final kilometer, and then sprinted to the win solo, holding off Jasper Philipsen and Alberto Dainese…

By @EchelonsHub The final day in the mountains of the Tour de France once again delivered a lot of action. Again, a long fight for the breakaway, and an all-day long battle in the mountains with high pace, with the race lit up in the penultimate ascent with Pogacar attacking Vingegaard several times. In the descent…