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Giro: 1. Dumoulin 2. Aru 3. Pinot Tour: 1. Nibali 2. Froome 3. Quintana Vuelta: 1. Aru 2. Landa 3. Chaves Strade: Stybar Sanremo: Viviani Ronde: GVA PR: Degenkolb Liege: Martin Lombardia: Alaphilippe Worlds: Benoot Worlds ITT: Roglic

The Groupama-FDJ jersey is such a mess I somehow like it because there are elements of multiple former team kits in it.

Astana has not improved their roster with prolific winners since last year so I'll go with them.

Judging by how the GC was ridden I wouldn’t be surprised if it is a similar route to this year but with all the induvial time trial kilometers to happen at the end and just the short TTT for the Grand Depart. That way ASO could believe that they will have a close race again (at least with time...

Pacific Tour Stage Length Terrain 1 Vancouver (Can)- Vancouver (Can) ITT 15 Flat 2 Vancouver (Can)- Mt. Baker Ski Area 206...

Pacific Tour Stage 21 Winter Park- Denver 200 km Mountains This is the final stage of the Pacific Tour and it isn’t an easy precession to the line for a bunch sprint. In fact given the profile, the sprinters won’t be there anyway. The race starts in Winter Park and starts climbing...

Pacific Tour Stage 20 Golden- Eldora Mountain Resort 133 km Mountains The stage starts in Golden, does a circle of Lookout Mountain and then takes the Peak to Peak highway north until the race passes thru Nederland for the first time in the stage at the 89 kilometer mark. Lookout...

Pacific Tour Stage 19 Boulder- Black Hawk 142 km Mountains This is the queen stage of the race. The start of the stage is on Pearl Street in Boulder and the riders head north toward the base of Left Hand Canyon by Altona. Left Hand Canyon is a long moderate climb which gets steeper as it...

Pacific Tour Stage 18 Cheyenne- Loveland 174 km Mountains Today is the first of four mountain stages and the final mountain top finish of the race. The stage starts in Cheyenne, WY and finished outside of Loveland, Colorado. The first part of the stage is a straight run across the...

Pacific Tour Stage 17 Casper- Wheatland 204 km Flat This is Wyoming at its finest. Stage 17 is the last flat stage of the race. Starting in Casper, the finish is in the town of Wheatland (pop 3,500). After the finish, the riders will...

Pacific Tour Stage 16 Casper- Mt. Casper 231 km Mountains After the rest day we have a tribute to the now defunct Casper Classic. On paper this is the most decisive stage for the overall GC battle. Normally a flat stage with only a final climb doesn’t sound...

Pacific Tour Stage 15 Teton Village- Teton Pass ITT 22 km Mountains ***Sorry about the following confusion. The first map is accurate through the first 14 kilometers, then refer to the second one for the final 8 kilometers. The stage profile is similar with both...

It is a typical US main highway descent. In other-words it has sweeping corners that one can carry speed with little technical ability needed. Average of 8.4%.

Pacific Tour Stage 14 Idaho Falls- Jackson 143 km Medium Mountains The teams head 45 mins to the start in Idaho Falls in the morning from their stay in Pocatello and the race leaves Idaho for a finish in Jackson, Wyoming. It is...

Pacific Tour Stage 13 Twin Falls- Pocatello 191 km Flat This is the last flat stage that will have a high probability of ending in a large bunch sprint. The race overnights in Twin Falls and heads due east to...