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…

By @EchelonsHub The second day in the Pyrenees delivered, as Tadej Pogacar took a strong win, outsprinting Jonas Vingegaard in the final ramp up Peyragudes. However beforehand was a day that can only be described as full-gas, as the day’s breakaway only went up the road in the first climb of the day, and Jumbo/UAE…

By @EchelonsHub The first day in the Pyrenees delivered action, as the breakaway fought for the stage win and it was Hugo Houle who succeeded, attacking in the descent of the Port de Lers and riding a strong section in the climbs to make the difference and take a career-changing win. Valentin Madouas and Michael Woods…

By @EchelonsHub A chaotic day in the Tour de France peloton. Jonas Vingegaard was present on some early moves as the soaring heat and rolling hills of southern France provided an opportunity to surprise. Jumbo-Visma however had a difficult day loosing Primoz Roglic before the start, and Steven Kruijswijk during the day due to a crash….

By @EchelonsHub The win was in for the breakaway, however the first kilometers of the stage saw a flurry of attacks from Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard early on in the day causing serious damage in the peloton. Jumbo-Visma managed to control the race and let a breakaway without a threat go however.  Michael Matthews was…

By @EchelonsHub A day for the breakaway to succeed, as it proved too difficult for the peloton to control the race with the day’s rolling terrain and dozens of riders interested in going up the road. It was all to fight for in the front, with Mads Pedersen controlling, attacking and sprinting to the win in…

By @EchelonsHub It was a day where the fatigue was felt from yesterday. The peloton rode more conservatively, as the breakaway went on to fight for the stage win. Tom Pidcock joined the day’s breakaway early on in the day, and managed to make the difference at the Alpe d’Huez, distancing Louis Meintjes and Chris Froome…

By @EchelonsHub In a dramatic turn of events, Jumbo-Visma have successfully cracked Tadej Pogacar. The Col du Télégraphe and Col du Galibier were the stage of an intense battle between Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar, with the UAE Team Emirates rider resisting the attacks. However in the final climb the situation was different, with…

By @EchelonsHub A chaotic day. With UAE Team Emirates loosing Bennett and having Majka infected with Covid-19, Tadej Pogacar’s protection was lowered even further. However neither Jumbo or INEOS put the leader under pressure on a day that would be impossible to control, and the victory went to the breakaway. Alberto Bettiol and Luis Leon Sanchez…

By @EchelonsHub The first day in the Alps saw some action in the breakaway, as there was an intense fight early in the day building up a large group that went on to fight for the win. Bob Jungels launched an attack with over 60 kilometers to go, a dangerous move at first but incredibly successful…

By @EchelonsHub With the breakaway controlled, it was as expected a day for a reduced bunch sprint. The likely protagonists were all towards the front, as UAE paced up the final ramps and in the final sprint Wout van Aert took the win, outsprinting Michael Matthews and Tadej Pogacar to take his second win of the…