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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…
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…
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…
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…
By David Hunter Stage 8 Recap We were only 250 metres from the best prediction of the race! A large group went away, featuring Julian Arrendono and Stefano Pirazzi. They crested the first climb with a small lead, then Pierre Roland launched an attack on the descent. Arredondo managed to distance his companions on the cat…
By David Hunter Stage 7 Recap Another perfect prediction from me! As expected, all the sprinters made it over the climb and the peloton set a ferocious pace in the final 40km to catch the break. It set-up a very fast sprint finish. I mentioned that Giant – Shimano have the best lead-out and they controlled…
By David Hunter Stage 6 Recap A massive crash at the foot of the final climb led to chaos. 8 men remained upright at the front of the race, and they continued on up the climb. The only GC rider there was Cadel Evans and he took some big time on rivals today. Big losers were…
By David Hunter Stage 5 Recap What a day for Diego Ulissi! My pick didn’t let us down and delivered a quite brilliant victory. We had a few crashes, but all the main GC riders were okay. In the final kilometre Katusha pulled Rodriguez to the front, with EBH and Arredondo. This created a small gap…
By David Hunter Stage 4 Recap We returned to Italy for a crazy day! Due to dangerous conditions, the riders decided to neutralise most of the day. We only got racing in the final lap of 8.6km, but we already had received huge news. Minutes before the race, Marcel Kittel, withdrew through illness. It was expected…
By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap We got some rain and wind, but not enough to have a significant impact on the race. We had a few crashes, but all the main riders managed to rejoin the peloton. In the crazy, final 2km, it was Cannondale trying to boss the sprint for Viviani, but they got…
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap Thankfully the rain stayed away from the end of the stage and we avoided any crashes in the final corner. Cannondale continue to show a lack of understanding when it comes to setting up a sprint. They hit the front from 5km out, but it was far too early and…
By David Hunter At last we are here! The Giro opens with a 21.7km TTT Not a hugely technical course, so certainly one for big powerhouses.
By David Hunter The opening grand tour of the year is fast approaching and excitement is building. The riders head to Ireland for the first 3 stages, and if the riders under-estimate the difficulty level they could lose a lot of time. Both stages 2 and 3 are on roads where wind could cause havoc and…
By David Hunter Stage Recap As I predicted, we didn’t get a sprint. My pick, Voeckler, managed to get into the break and was great throughout. The big surprise, was that Michael Albasini, went in the break. It was a great decision by the Swiss rider! The stage was too difficult for the teams to control…
By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap As I thought, the peloton was small as we hit the final climb. Vincenzo Nibali surprised everyone with an attack at the bottom of the climb. Froome, easily managed to join him before powering away. Simon Spilak rode well to catch Froome and the two of them didn’t come back….
By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap As predicted the stage was too tough for Marcel Kittel. Both Hofland and Mezgec made it to the end but didn’t manage to fully contest the sprint. My pick, Nizzolo, had to go from far out and dragged Albasini with him. The Swiss rider had the power to pass the…
By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap Team Sky made the climb too difficult for the sprinters and they exited the back door of the peloton, 1 by 1. My pick, Nizzolo, was caught behind a crash and didn’t get the opportunity to chase back on. In the sprint it was Swiss rider, Michael Albasini, that pulled…
By David Hunter Prologue recap I did ask the question why Van Garderen, Peraud and Kwiatkowski were going out earlier than the rest, now we now why! It seemed that the final riders had to contend with a stronger headwind in the final kilometre, which was also a false flat. Anyway, the young Pole took another…