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By @EchelonsHub A chaotic stage at the Giro d’Italia, where as expected the breakaway was easily controlled because of the weather conditions, however the late attacks were very complicated. The finall hill saw several attacks, as did the final descent. Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux took advantage of it’s surprising depth to be able to…

By @EchelonsHub The first mountain stage has effectively delivered the drama that it promised, as big gaps were created at Blockhaus after a very hard stage. Jai Hindley won the final sprint in the front group, after the attacks proved unsuccessful to break six riders who arrived together at the finish. Hindley beat Romain Bardet and…

By @EchelonsHub A day for the breakaway and the rouleurs. Early on the opportunities for the sprinters were quickly dispatched as Mathieu van der Poel showed intentions of joining the breakaway. A 21-rider group eventually went up the road with a lot of quality, with no chance from the peloton to chase back the group. The…

By @EchelonsHub A day for the breakaway, and the outcome was exactly that. With the peloton remaining surprisingly conservative, the escapees had a green card to fight for the stage win, and the winner was Koen Bouwman who managed to resist the attacks of Bauke Mollema and Davide Formolo – who finished second and third –…

By @EchelonsHub It was an incredibly calm day in the peloton, with only one rider going up the road, which then gave way to a very fast finale in Scalea. Once again, several leadouts struggling to get into position with the tremendously dangerous final kilometer. A photofinish sprint decided the outcome of the day, as Arnaud…

By @EchelonsHub A tricky sprint stage, it was exactly what we found in today’s stage of the Giro as the early climb in the stage was used to create damage, as Alpecin, Intermarché and Israel forced and mantained a high pace that collectively managed to eliminate Caleb Ewan and Mark Cavendish from contention from the stage…

By @EchelonsHub Stage four went to a breakaway, with all the expected big names present in front, leading to both stage and pink jersey to be decided within the front riders. There was a big battle on the slopes of Mount Etna, but Lennard Kamna emerged victorious as he managed to catch up with Juan Pedro…

By @EchelonsHub Mark Cavendish won the third stage of the Giro, the first true bunch sprint of the race in which many seemed blocked at the finale. Quick-Step delivered a standard leadout and Cavendish just had to wrap off the team’s work to return to his winning ways. Arnaud Demare and Fernando Gaviria finished second and…

By @EchelonsHub As expected, the second stage of the Giro d’Italia produced a surprising set of results, as the technical and punchy time-trial saw the GC contenders come to the fore to fight for the stage win. Simon Yates was the fastest on the 9.2 kilometer course, beating Mathieu van der Poel – who kept the…

By @EchelonsHub The opening stage of the Giro d’Italia was as expected the stage of a thrilling finale, as a bunch sprint saw Mathieu van der Poel become the first leader of the race. The Dutchman had the top power in the final sprint, beating Biniam Girmay to the line as Caleb Ewan crashed in sight…

By @EchelonsHub The Route The Giro d’Italia starts here. It will be in Hungary that the first three stages will be ridden, with a Grande Partenza in Budapest. The first day of racing is one where much can happen in the finale, but before the riders get to it there will be a 195 kilometer day. …

By @EchelonsHub The first Grand Tour of the season is right ahead of us. 21 stages, a lot of mountains, a star-studded startlist, huge prizes and glory on the line every single day. For many, the best Grand Tour and dare I say race of the entire season – and with good reason. 

By @EchelonsHub With the Giro d’Italia on the door, there is time for one more classic as the peloton head to Germany for a day where the sprinters usually have their way and grab important results.  

By @EchelonsHub The queen stage of the Tour de Romandie saw a very controlled peloton throughout the whole day. As Rohan Dennis and Jumbo-Visma managed to control all attacks, the stage was to be decided in a sprint between the GC contenders, and Sergio Higuita was the fastest in the run-up to Zinal. He beat his…

By @EchelonsHub A day that was slightly harder than yesterday, but the formula was the same as the pace was high in the last ascents, but some of the top sprinters can comfortably go over them, leading to a bunch sprint in the end. Patrick Bevin took the win for Israel, an important one, having beaten…

By @EchelonsHub A hilly day, but as expected it came down to a sprint as the fast men had their best opportunity here. INEOS tried to do so damage in the peloton late on, despite not being able to, they managed to leadout Hayter who rode alongside the team today and immediately saw the benefit. The…

By @EchelonsHub Stage one of the Tour de Romandie ended up being decided on the hilltop finish to Romont, as there weren’t any dangerous attacks that saw the scenario threatened. A pure anaerobic effort, Rohan Dennis attacked early in the climb but found himself caught in the very final meters by Dylan Teuns who came from…

By @EchelonsHub The opening prologue of the race was quite sketchy as expected, and although no serious differences were made, the winner on the day emerged to be Ethan Hayter after a storming performance, beating Rohan Dennis and Felix Grosschartner to the first place.