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By David Hunter The peloton rolls into the Basque country for the always exciting Pais Vasco. 6 stages, all including tough climbs, await the riders, plus plenty of the usual Basque weather. The opening stage is the easiest of the race. That being said, it’s still not that easy. The final climb is 4.3km at 8.6%….
By David Hunter Brugge – Oudenaarde 264.9km When you ask cycling fans what their favourite race is, quite a few say Flanders. It’s one of those races that people love to watch. It’s a beauty of a race, with 19 helligen and not just any old helligen!
By David Hunter Stage 3a De Panne – De Panne 111.4km The race ends with it’s usual split stage. First up, is a trip around the streets of De Panne. Rain is forecast for the morning and that’s bad news for the riders. This is usually a very nervous stage and wet roads is going to…
By David Hunter Zottegem – Koksijde 217.2km After the excitement of stage 1, the riders head in the opposite direction in stage 2.With the wind coming from the West, that means a headwind for most of the stage. All of the bunch will have to be extra vigilant, when they turn right in Loker. At this…
By David Hunter 3 days, 4 stages and lots of wind is about to welcome the riders to De Panne. Remember the wind on Sunday? Well, it’s stayed around and it’s worse! We have a wind of 43km/h, gusting up to and beyond 80km/h. This is going to be a hard few days. Stage 1 will…
By David Hunter Deinze-Wevelgem 240km I’ll cut straight to the main news……the weather is going to be horrible. There’s going to be a lot of rain, it’s going to be cold and we could get winds of 60-80km/h. The wind will be coming from the South-West, which means long sections of crosswind.
By David Hunter Cervera – Port Aventura 194.1km After the crazy stage 5, the peloton will all be looking forward to a quieter day. We have two categorised climbs: Alt de Prades and Alt del Coll Roig. The cat 1 climb is 11km at 4% and the cat 3 climb is 3.7km at 5%. It crests…
By David Hunter Alp – Valls 195.4km For the third consecutive year, the race finishes in Valls. The stage is mostly downhill and very, very fast. To make it interesting, we have a cat 2 climb, cresting 10.1km from the finish. This climb is 4,1km at 4.8%. The majority of it is on a long, straight…