Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta Del Sol 2015 – Stage 1a Preview
By David Hunter La Rabida – Hinojos 118.3km The race begins with a nice cycle by the coast.
By David Hunter La Rabida – Hinojos 118.3km The race begins with a nice cycle by the coast.
By David Hunter After a couple of 1 day races, the Spanish calendar really gets going with a week in Andalucia. All the stages are hard, even the sprint days! They don’t do flat, dull stages in this part of the world. The opening day is split in two. The first half is a relatively…
By David Hunter Bayt Al Naman Castle – Al Wutayyah 161km The race begins with a nice stage for the sprinters. The organisers have always made the opening stage very easy and a guaranteed sprint. This year is no different.
By David Hunter The racing in the Middle East comes to an end with 6 stages in Oman. The race is a nice mix of sprint stages, tough stages and the big mountain stage to Green Mountain. Let’s start by taking a look at the stages. Stage 1 is one for the sprinters and we…
By David Hunter Almeria – Almeria 183.3km Following on from Saturday’s race in Murcia, we have the usual race in Almeria. The defending champion, Sam Bennett, isn’t here as he’s about to compete in the Tour of Oman. Despite the challenging looking profile, this is a race for the sprinters. The climbs aren’t that difficult:…
By David Hunter Racing returns to mainland Spain for the first time in 2015. The Vuelta a Murcia is a very demanding race, covering 198.2km and covering 4 major climbs. It gives a great indication of early season form.
By David Hunter Sealine Beach Resort – Doha Corniche 124.5km We head into the final stage with the GC still all to play for. Niki Terpstra leads Maciej Bodnar by 6 seconds and Alexander Kristoff by 11. Bodnar isn’t really a threat but Kristoff is. There are 10 bonus seconds available for the winner of…
By David Hunter Al Zubara Fort – Madinat ash-Shamal 153km Wind alert! We have wind coming from the South East, as the riders turn right and head towards the finishing town we get a direct crosswind. Predictions about the strength of the wind vary but it should be enough to create echelons. The wind is…