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By David Hunter Anneyron – Sisteron 228km The longest stage in the race, in fact, the only stage over 200km. A long and mostly boring day in the saddle. The boredom is punctuated by 3 classified climbs and a long, unclassified bump.
By David Hunter Roanne – Montagny 24.5km I’ll start with a weather update. There is a good chance of rain and thunderstorms, between 11am and 1pm. The wind is coming from the North, so will be a crosswind for most of the stage. It slightly strengthens throughout the day, so favours the earlier starters. Given the…
By David Hunter Le Bourget du Lac – Villars les Dombes 173km The stage opens with an immediate climb, not something the peloton usually likes. The Col du Chat is 2.8km at 6.8% and means that you need to be a solid climber, to enter the morning break. With a cat 2 and cat 1 climb…
By David Hunter Ugine – Albertville 131.5km The race begins with a demanding day in the saddle. The stage is short but the lap circuit, in Albertville, will ensure plenty of attacking.
By David Hunter A week has passed since the Giro and now it’s just 4 weeks until the Tour de France. This represents a last “hit-out” for many of the top contenders for Le Tour. The organisers have decided to rip up the rulebook and completely change the route of the course. The reason, is that…
By David Hunter Torino – Milano 178km At last we are heading to Milan! The race draws to a close, with a processional stage and a sprint finish, in Milan.
By David Hunter Saint Vincent – Sestriere 199km The final mountain stage is here. After one of the hardest grand tours in living memory, the peloton will be happy and scared, all at once. Happy because they are nearly in Milan, but scared of the Colle Delle Finestre. It’s the highest peak of the 2015 edition,…
By David Hunter Gravellona Toce – Cervinia 236km For me, this is the hardest stage in the race. After 18 stages, good weather, bad weather, crazy tactics, wheelgate, short stages, long stages, brutal climbs and crashes galore we reach the Queen stage. At 236km, this stage is long and packs a real punch. The last 85km…
By David Hunter Melide – Verbania 170km A bit of a strange stage. The opening 120km is very easy, but the Monte Ologno, awaits the riders. This is another difficult climb, with steep gradients.
By David Hunter Tirano – Lugano 134km In such a mountain heavy week, this stage is a dream for the peloton. It’s only 134km and doesn’t feature much climbing. The cat 3 climb is 7.4km at 6.5% and comes at the start of the race. If the climb was near the end of the stage, it…
By David Hunter Pinzolo – Aprica 174km After a rest day, this is the last thing the riders want to see. Another relatively short stage, with zero kilometres of flat and five categorised climbs. The weather isn’t going to be kind either, with rain in the morning and showers at the end of the stage. This…
By David Hunter Marostica – Madonna di Campiglio 165km After 2 weeks and 14 stages, time for the first “real” stage. That might be unfair on what we’ve seen already, but the GC battle starts and maybe finishes here. We have another short stage but very, very difficult. The climbing starts from the beginning of the…
By David Hunter Treviso – Valdobbiadene 59.4km I’ll start with the weather report….rain and lots of it! This is not what the GC riders wanted to hear. This stage is hugely important to the overall standings and the wet weather is going to increase the difficulty, considerably. There are plenty of corners and we are bound…
By David Hunter Montecchio Maggiore – Jesolo 147km One of the shortest and certainly the most boring looking profile, of the whole race. A very easy day for the peloton, as the GC riders begin to focus on the ITT. Beware though, we usually get crashes on days like this. This stage is all about the…
By David Hunter Imola – Vicenza 190km After another crazy day, the riders will be looking forward to the relative calm of this stage, well maybe the opening 130km. Do not underestimate the closing 60km of this stage, it’s very difficult. Yet again, the organisers have done us proud and dropped in a stage, where we…
By David Hunter Forli – Imola 153km Another short, but very demanding day for the riders. They had an official rest day on Monday and an unofficial one today, so time to get the legs going again. We have 5 climbs in the opening 70km of the stage, a very tough start.
By David Hunter Civitanova Marche – Forli 200km It’s the day after a rest day, and the organisers have been kind. The race mainly sticks to one, big highway and we’ll see plenty of nice shots of the coastline. This is a pretty stage, that should erupt inside the final 10km. Certainly one for not watching…
By David Hunter Benevento – San Giorgio del Sannio 215km It’s the day before the rest day and after some very difficult stages, it can’t come fast enough. The stage screams breakaway, but we don’t always get what we expect, particularly in this race! The stage features three classified climbs:-