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By David Hunter We open with a short ITT. It’s 9.4km and has a big hill near the end! The climb is 2.5km at 7.2%. This means it will hurt. The section before the climb will see the powerful riders do well, but non-climbers will struggle on the hill. We then have a fairly technical descent…
By David Hunter We return to Switzerland for 9 hard stages. We have 2 ITTs, totalling 34.1km. Both the TTs have hills in them. Stage 1 has a 2.5km climb at 7.2%, with the second TT having two easier hills. Obviously this puts the TT specialists at a fairly big advantage. There will be massive time…
By David Hunter Stage 6 Recap I got it wrong! A break did get away and stayed away. It ended in a fight between Westra and Bakelants, with the OPQS rider winning the battle. Chris Froome crashed with 7km to go, but Contador waited for him, so all is good in the world! Stage 7 Ville…
By David Hunter Stage 5 Recap After some crazy early racing, we eventually got our break. The presence of Atapuma and De Clercq meant that Team Sky were busy all day. On the descent off the penultimate climb, Alberto Contador, launched a blistering attack. He took 1 minute in a very short space of time, before…
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…
By David Hunter The race begins with a 13.4km team time trial. The route is nice and flat but it’s technical.