Conclusions from País Vasco

By David Hunter King Contador is Back He changed his race schedule after a disappointing 2013 and boy has it worked. 1st in Tirreno, 2nd in Catalunya and 1st here. Not only that but his TT performance is back to what it used to be. Alberto now goes into hiding and won’t race again until the…

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Vuelta al País Vasco-Stage 6 preview

By David Hunter Stage 5 Recap Movistar tried to set-up Valverde and delivered him into a great position. He attacked on the final climb but it was too late on. Contador followed and they were joined by Poels. On the descent they went very fast but the presence of Tony Martin was crucial in bringing them…

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Vuelta al País Vasco 2014-Stage 5 preview

By David Hunter Stage 4 Recap It looked like going the way I predicted when Contador attacked, with Valverde in his wheel. Unfortunately Alejandro was unwilling to do any work(on a few occasions) and Wout Poels got away to claim a brilliant victory.Valverde managed to pinch 2 seconds on Contador, whilst Kwiatkowski finished 7 seconds down…

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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco 2014 – Stage 4 preview

By David Hunter Stage 3 Recap A perfect prediction from myself. Everyone knew that this was the sprint stage, so much so, that only Ruben Fernandez went in the break. When he was brought back, with over 30km to go, there wasn’t any other attacks. As I predicted Swift is no where near the quality needed…

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Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco 2014 – Stage 3 preview

By David Hunter Stage 2 Recap As I predicted the break made it! Despite picking Tim Wellens, here is what I said about Tony Martin, “The big German likes to warm up for his TTs and this could be a chance to do just that.” Only Sky and Orica tried to bring him back and as…

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Vuelta al País Vasco: Stage 2 preview

By David Hunter Stage 1 Recap Contador the King! Alberto continued his fine winning streak with an outstanding display of climbing. He went with the attack of Valverde, and then destroyed him in the last kilometre of the climb. It was a typical Contador attack and he continued on the descent to claim the stage and…

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