Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2020 – Stage 5 Preview
By David Hunter Paterna – Valencia 98.5km
By David Hunter Paterna – Valencia 98.5km
By David Hunter Calp – Sierra Bérnia 167.5km
By David Hunter Orihuela – Torrevieja 177km Seconds out, round 2.
By David Hunter Torrent – Cullera 181km Day two of stage racing in Spain and we head straight for a lovely little muro. The rest of the stage is all about preparing for the final 2km.
By David Hunter Castelló – Vilareal 180.5km The race begins with a sprint.
By David Hunter Stage racing returns to Europe and we get our first view at many of our favourite riders. The organisers love a steep finish, but this year they might have gone too far! Time to look at the route. Stage 1 The opening stage is one for the fast men and we get to…
By David Hunter Geelong – Geelong 171km One week after the Tour Down Under, we head to Geelong for the sixth edition of this race.
By David Hunter McLaren Vale – Willunga Hill 151.5km It’s time for Willunga.
By David Hunter Glenelg – Victor Harbor 149.1km A stage you might remember.
By David Hunter Norwood – Murray Bridge 152.8km The second and final sprint stage. Nothing much to talk about on the profile, only complacency from the peloton will stop this being a sprint.
By David Hunter Unley – Paracombe 131km Forget Willunga, this is the big one.
By David Hunter Woodside – Stirling 135.8km We head to Stirling, a very popular stage in this race, although it did miss out in 2019. This is a finish which is well known to most, but the organisers do like to tinker with how many laps of the circuit we get.
By David Hunter Tanunda – Tanunda 150km We start with a sprint. The opening stage of the race features four laps of a 35km circuit.
By David Hunter Time for the first stage race of 2020. We’ve all been waiting patiently for the racing to get started, let the fun begin. Route Stage 1
By David Hunter Ballarat – Ballarat 185.6km Have you missed me? It seems like Lombardia was an eternity ago, but thankfully cycling is back, strap yourself in for another fun filled year of cycling. As always, I’ll be previewing the vast majority of races on the cycling calendar, giving you the best analysis on the planet….
By David Hunter After years of incremental improvement, we have a new lead out king in town, and his name is Jasper De Buyst. Lotto-Soudal are no strangers to the world of sprint trains, for years they had Greg Henderson as their go to man in the final kilometre, but they knew he couldn’t last forever….
By David Hunter Incremental progress, I’m a big fan. Chris Hamilton is still a young man, he’s only 24, but he’s already been competing in the World Tour for three years. Over this time we’ve seen him grow stronger and improve every season, with 2019 having some pretty impressive results.
By David Hunter Every so often there’s a rider who comes along and breaks all the rules, this is something I like in a cycling world which can sometimes become a bit repetitive and predictable. Carl Fredrik Hagen turned pro at the ripe old age of 27, this is not normal. Carl Fredrik Hagen finished 8th in…