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By David Hunter The Vuelta is nearly here. A race that some believe is the best Grand Tour, while others think it’s the worst! If you like climbing ridiculous gradients, this is the race for you. What do I think? I think it can be the best. I love watching riders, crawl up hills that most…
By David Hunter One of the best stage races, is back! The peloton returns to Holland and Belgium, for a rerun of the Spring Classics. Every year, this race delivers excitement and brilliant racing, I don’t expect anything different in 2015. The opening 3 stages are flat, and provide opportunities for the sprinters. However, if we…
By David Hunter Racing returns to America, for the hardest race in the calendar. The Tour of Utah, prides itself in being much harder than all other American stage races, and it is! This year, they’ve decided to make it even harder. Instead on relying upon the same old stages, the organisers have thrown in some…
By David Hunter Well, it’s just about here. The race of the year and potentially the race of the decade. After being robbed of a battle in 2014, it’s time for an epic, titanic battle. We have Froome v Contador v Quintana v Nibali. They’re not the only GC stars here. Also wanting to join the…
By David Hunter The racing returns to Switzerland, for the last “big” race, before the TDF. We have the usual mix of demanding sprint stages, high mountains and TTs. The race is dominated by a monster mountaintop finish and a 38.4km ITT. You must be a good TT rider to win this race. The opening stage…
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 At last, it’s here. The first Grand Tour of 2015 and Italy always provides us with a brilliant race. This year, we have 5 mountaintop finishes, a TTT and a mammoth ITT, at 59.4km. Week 1 The opening week will be nervous and full of crashes. Staying in Italy, provides less travelling and…
By David Hunter One of my favourite races of the year! This year, we have 4 stages: 1 TTT, 2 mountain stages and 1 “flat” stage. This is a race for good climbers, sprinters should go home. The opening stage is a 13km TTT. The opening half is nice and easy, but the closing half…
By David Hunter The peloton rolls into the Basque country for the always exciting Pais Vasco. 6 stages, all including tough climbs, await the riders, plus plenty of the usual Basque weather. The opening stage is the easiest of the race. That being said, it’s still not that easy. The final climb is 4.3km at 8.6%….
By David Hunter 3 days, 4 stages and lots of wind is about to welcome the riders to De Panne. Remember the wind on Sunday? Well, it’s stayed around and it’s worse! We have a wind of 43km/h, gusting up to and beyond 80km/h. This is going to be a hard few days. Stage 1 will…
By David Hunter The pro peloton returns to Spain after a few weeks away. This race is not one for the pure sprinters. Every stage involves classified climbs and it’s a very well liked race. It’s the adopted home race of many riders, thanks to the huge numbers that stay in Girona. The opening stage is…
By David Hunter Everyone loves Tirreno. This year we have Contador, Quintana, Nibali, Urán and Rodríguez. A jaw dropping field. Well we would have but Froome has pulled out due to illness. A real shame for all concerned. The race opens with a 5.4km prologue, after a last minute change of heart. The prologue specialists won’t have…
By David Hunter The race to the sun returns for it’s 73rd edition. Carlos Betancur stole the show in 2014, who will be the winner in 2015? The race opens with a 6.7km prologue. With very few corners, it’s certainly a stage for the big engines. Expect to see Kelderman, Boom, Tony Martin, Kwiatkowski, Jungels, Van…
By David Hunter After a couple of 1 day races, the Spanish calendar really gets going with a week in Andalucia. All the stages are hard, even the sprint days! They don’t do flat, dull stages in this part of the world. The opening day is split in two. The first half is a relatively…
By David Hunter The racing in the Middle East comes to an end with 6 stages in Oman. The race is a nice mix of sprint stages, tough stages and the big mountain stage to Green Mountain. Let’s start by taking a look at the stages. Stage 1 is one for the sprinters and we…
By David Hunter After Dubai, the peloton make the short journey to Qatar. It might only be a short journey but it’s a totally different race. The organisers never deviate from the plan: short stages that cut through the desert. This race is perfect preparation for the Spring Classics and the field resembles many Belgian races….