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Critérium du Dauphiné 2014 – Stage 5 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 4 Recap We got a breakaway win, as predicted. A few of the men I mentioned made the break but so did Maxime Bouet. Team Sky were happy to let him take yellow, but NetApp – Endura rode hard to try and bring the break back. They failed, but stopped Bouet from…
Critérium du Dauphiné 2014 – Stage 4 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap We had a surprisingly small break of 3, which included Kadri(as predicted). They got a maximum lead of 7:30, before FDJ and Trek worked to bring them back. The baking hot sun started to melt the road and this led to a crash. Sadly for Nizzolo, he had to abandon…
Critérium du Dauphiné 2014 – Stage 3 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap As predicted both De Marchi and Damaseau made the break, but the KOM jersey was taken by Kevin Reza of Europcar. This is not the last we’ve seen of these riders in the breaks this week. Team Sky controlled the break well and the riders were swallowed up on the…
Critérium du Dauphiné 2014 – Stage 2 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap The wind looked to have worked it’s magic, until the final few riders. Bob Jungels was the leader for an eternity, until Alberto Contador set a brilliant time. Alberto didn’t have time to get into the hot seat, as Chris Froome beat him by 8 seconds. Froome’s second half of…
Dauphiné Liberé 2014-Stage 1 preview
By David Hunter Stage 1 Lyon – Lyon 10.4km The race opens with a short ITT. The forecast is for a beautiful sunny day, no more Giro rain! The wind is coming from the South, so will be a crosswind and headwind for the whole stage. Crucially it is 6mph for the earlier starters and 8mph…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 21 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 20 Recap As predicted, the break made it! Quite a few of the riders I mentioned made the selection and in the end we had Rogers, Bongiorno and Pellizotti. With 3km to go, a fan tried to push Bongiorno, but he forced him off his bike. It was a real shame that…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 20 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 19 Recap As expected, Nairo Quintana won the TT, but he was pushed all the way by Fabio Aru. The young Italian delivered a brilliant performance, to put a little bit of extra pressure on Uran. It was a bad day for Majka, Evans and Kelderman as the GC had one last…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 19 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 18 Recap As I said, the break made it. A few riders I identified made the break and eventually we had Duarte, Arredondo and Deignan. Despite being in countless breaks, Julian Arredondo, still had the energy to attack and distance Duarte with 4km to go. The two Colombians fought out the victory,…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 18 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 17 Recap It took 1 hour and a half but we eventually got our break, as predicted! The break split just before the final climb, when Thomas De Gendt attacked. Pirazzi attacked on the final climb and joined De Gendt. On the descent both Geschke and Gatto crashed and missed the crucial split….
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 17 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 16 Recap Well, what a day! Snow, rain, sleet, wind and freezing conditions. An eager person in charge of the Giro twitter account, declared a go-slow down the Stelvio. Some of the teams claimed it was on the radio and others said it wasn’t. Rolland attacked on the descent and Quintana followed….
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 16 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 15 Recap What a stage! The break didn’t make it. Arredondo attacked from the foot of the climb, but it was far too far out, and he failed. The GC riders attacked each other and the situation was constantly changing. It looked like Pierre Rolland was going to get away but it…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 15 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 14 Recap A massive break of 22 riders got away at the start of the stage and didn’t come back. The GC riders were happy to wait until the last climb, before attacking each other. Tim Wellens managed to pick up a lot of KOM points and incredibly the stage was won…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 14 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 13 Recap The peloton decided to play some games today. FDJ were fed up of doing all the chasing, so they stopped after the intermediate sprint point. They looked to Giant, Cannondale and Trek to do some work of their own. The other teams tried to play poker with them, but lost….
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 13 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 12 Recap Rigoberto Uran delivered one of the most impressive TT performances, in a grand tour, for a long time. He blew his rivals away, with good climbing and descending. He, and the other late starters, benefited from much better weather conditions but it was still a great ride. A bigger surprise…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 12 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 11 Recap Another crazy, crazy day! The first battle was to get in the break and eventually a large group of riders got away, just before the summit of the opening climb. In the group was Morabito, so that meant that the group was never going to survive. It was a real…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 11 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 10 Recap The stage turned out to be just as easy as expected. A 2 man break meant that the peloton could have a nice day in the saddle. On the little climb, Sky tried to put the sprinters in trouble, but it didn’t work. There was a crash near the end…
Giro d’Italia 2014 – Stage 10 Preview
By David Hunter Stage 9 Recap As expected it was a day for the break. All the riders knew this, so it was very hard to get in the morning break. There were many failed attempts, before a crash in the bunch, helped 10 men get up the road. Many teams were represented, but not with…
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