
Tirreno Adriatico 2015 – Stage 7 Preview
By David Hunter San Benedetto del Tronto 10km The race ends with a 10km ITT, along the Adriatico.
By David Hunter San Benedetto del Tronto 10km The race ends with a 10km ITT, along the Adriatico.
By David Hunter Rieti – Porto Sant’Elpido 210km After such a demanding day, I have some bad news for the peloton…..210km and more rain! A largely boring day in the saddle, with one categorised climb. It’s 5.5km at 4.5% and crests 80km from the end of the stage. This means the climb is of no consequence…
By David Hunter Arezzo – Castelraimondo 226km This is a monster of a stage. This is what the official website says the stage looks like. This was changed just a matter of days ago. The stage did have a profile that looked like this.
By David Hunter Cascina – Arezzo 203km We return to Arezzo after a successful addition to the race in 2014. Last year, Peter Sagan took a well deserved win and he goes into this stage desperate to repeat it.
By David Hunter Camaiore – Cascina 153km The racing proper gets started and we have a sprinter friendly stage, that should end with a mass sprint. It’s a day for the sprinters and lead-in trains, so time to talk riders!
By David Hunter Lido di Camaiore – Lido di Camaiore 5.7km After a late decision to cancel the TTT, the race starts with a prologue instead. The short distance and 5 corners means that we’re looking for prologue specialists and we have a few. The riders capable of putting in around 53km/h for 5.4km are Sagan,…
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…