Pro Cycling Opinion & Analysis
STARTLIST B&B Hotels – KTM Led by the most combative rider of last year’s Tour, Franck Bonnamour, and recent Dauphiné polka-dot jersey winner, Pierre Rolland, the wildcard French team will try to repeat last year’s success. A stage win is likely B&B’s main goal. Failing that they’d certainly take another podium in Paris through the…
The preparation for the Tour de France is pretty much wrapped up. Three national Tours finished yesterday (Switzerland, Belgium, and Slovenia) and now only the national championships lie between now and the Tour. Starting with the most prestigious race, the Tour of Switzerland, Ineos won it for the third time in a row, this year…
Decision time in the 2022 Tour de Suisse. Today’s stage will make some differences but, starting tomorrow, the race will be completely different. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday’s stages will put a lot of time between the general classification (GC) contenders and, despite this clearly being a warmup race for the Tour, the Tour de Suisse…
When you have on your roster the silver medalists in the last two editions of the Tour de France it’s arguable that you have two of the three best stage racers in the world. Given Tadej Pogacar’s absence, Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo Visma dominated the 2022 Criterium du Dauphiné, taking home 1st and…
The 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné is upon us and that means that the Tour de France season is officially open! This year’s edition starts on Sunday, June 5th, and ends exactly one week later on the 12th. Traditionally the main race used by general classification (GC) contenders to prepare for the Tour, the 2022 Critérium…
AG2R Citroen – E- They got into some breakaways and Andrea Vendrame got some top-10s. Mickael Cherel was their best placed rider in 23rd overall. Terrible performance but not quite an F for a team whose main goal of the season is not the Giro. Alpecin Fenix – A Three stage wins plus three days…
Stage 20 Results General Classification after Stage 20 Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) won stage 20 and Jai Hindley (Bora Hansgrohe) won the Giro. Sadly, there’s really not much to say about the queen stage of the Giro. It was won from a breakaway, like many others. Covi certainly deserves all the praise in the…
General Classification before Stage 20 I don’t know whether you want to consider the Giro exciting because we’re going into the final day with 1m5s between first and third or a disappointment because, quite frankly, nothing happened so far. The riders make the race and a trio of Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), Jay Hindley (Bora…