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ByDavid Hunter Stage 16 Carcassonne – Bagneres de Luchon 237.5km Welcome to the Pyrenees! The race enters the final week and the riders face the longest stage of the tour. This is a long and demanding stage with 5 categorised climbs and a fairly technical descent to the finish. The opening climb, Côte de Fanjeaux is…
By David Hunter After breakaway specialists dominated the jersey for many years, the change of points, in 2012, has seen this jersey return to the shoulders of the GC riders. Nairo Quintana won in 2013, but won’t be back to defend his jersey. Different points are awarded, depending on the categorisation of the climb:- HC –…
By David Hunter The Battle of the Sprinters Can anyone stop Peter Sagan? The brilliant Slovak returns, trying to win his 3rd consecutive green jersey. He will have the same strategy as in previous years, finish in the top 5 of the bunch sprints, win some intermediate sprints and win some very hard stages. If this…
By David Hunter As we approach the start of the race, all thoughts turn to the GC. The whole cycling world is expecting an epic battle between Contador and Froome, and I think we’ll get one. The 2014 Contador is back to his very best. He has competed in 5 races this season:- Volta ao Algarve…
By David Hunter England here we come! The Tour begins with 3 days in England and we have a great contrast in terms of cycling and the cities visited. We start off in Leeds, a city in Yorkshire. The area is known for straight talking people, and sits in the North of the country. England can usually…
By David Hunter Stage 8 Recap The break was surprisingly weak and relatively small, it was doomed from the beginning. The pace at the bottom of the Verbier was fierce and the peloton small as we approached 5km to go. Both Tinkoff and Belkin maintained a high pace, but it was Chaves who attacked first. Formolo…
By David Hunter Stage 7 Recap As predicted, Tony Martin won and Tom Dumoulin was 2nd. What I didn’t expect was the podium place for Rui Costa. The German wanted to take more time, than the 28 seconds he got on Costa. The TT puts Costa in a very strong position, especially as Mollema and Kreuziger…
By David Hunter Stage 6 Recap Michael Albasini made the break! As I said, he didn’t think he could beat Sagan in a sprint, so went for a long one. Sky went crazy on the penultimate climb and caught the break. Then on the final climb, Frank and Pinot attacked. They didn’t get away as Peter…