It's not huge race, but it's always very entertaining. Last year it was a nice duel between Vingegaard, Mohoric and Onley.
This year Mohoric and Onley are back, along with some other competitors.
Notable GC mentions: Mohoric, Sheffield, Onley, Tarling
Notable sprinters: Kristoff, Hayter...
One day race for climbers. Spectacular field this year as well, with Pogacar facing off with Roglic.
And we have both the Yates bros, Pinot in one of his last races of career, last year's winner Mas who rode away from Pog. And many ohters...
Now that the world champs are over we can get back to the real races. Roglic is back from wining the Giro to prepare for the Vuelta. He will also have some competition from Adam Yates and the likes.
Race has some nice varied profiles and a MTT.
Notable GC mentions: Roglic, Adam Yates, Caruso...
Stage 1: Bilbao - Bilbao, 182 km
Saturday, July 1, 12:30 – 17:15 CEST
Commentary from Christian Prudhomme
The Basque Country doesn’t lack options when it comes to offering opportunities to the puncheurs. With 3,300 metres of vertical gain and a double springboard where gaps can be...
More hot racing this year. Last two editions were won by Pogacar. This year because of the broken wrist he will not participate. But that opens the up to some actual competition!
Notable GC mentions: Ulissi, Fortunato, Mohoric, Zanna, Wellens
Notable sprinters: Groenewegen, Molano, Bauhaus...
Copying the info from the very extensive 2023 Giro d'Italia: Stage-by-Stage Analysis by @Eshnar
https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/2023-giro-ditalia-stage-by-stage-analysis.38851/
Stage 7: Capua – Gran Sasso d’Italia 218 km
Friday, May 12th, 11:15 – 17:10 CEST
Technical...
It's the battle of the Yates brothers. But other then them there are also an ssortment of other GC talent. Higuita, Bardet and Lutsenko have all been in great form.
Also the long awaited return of young Juan Ayuso, who was 3rd last year in the Vuelta at the age of 19.
Last year it was Vlasov...
All the best riders are back yet again at LBL. Can anyone stop Demi after her win in Fleche, she seems to be in a form that others will have a hard time to match.
Last year it was Van Vleuten who won with a daring solo attack, akin to Remco in the mens race.
Notable riders: Vollering, Van...
Pog is hungry for more (yet again). After winning Flanders, Amstel Gold, Fleche, he is now coming to face Remco in LBL. It will be a battle we are all waiting for. Remco has beaten Pog in the WC race last year., not to mention he is the defending champion since he won LBL last year. Can the...
The best women are back from Amstel Gold. Last year it was Cavalli who overpowered Van Vleuten on the line, followed by Vollering 10 seconds behind. But this year the roles might be reversed. The queen of Mur De Huy retired, Anna can der Breggen won it 7 time in succession.
Notable riders...
Pog is hungry for more. After winning Amstel Gold he is coming to Belgium to try to win a race that has eluded him thus far. He will face some rested competition who might fare better on the single hard climb effort, the race finishes on Mur de Huy, which is 1.3km @ 9.6%.
Last year it was Teuns...
Most of the women favorites are back racing the Amstel Gold. Can Cavalli repeat her last year's feat and win it? Can Vos repeat her 2021 victory? I'm sure SD Works will not want that to happen.
Notable rider: Cavalli, Vos, Van Anrooij, Van Vleuten, Vollering, Longo Borghini, Persico, Kopecky...
The roles are reversed. Pog is racing, Wout and MVDP are not. He is hot off of winning Tour of Flanders, but there are others to challenge him.
Last year it was Kwiatkowski, the former world champ, who won it in a head to head against Cosnefroy. The group with MVDP came in 20 seconds behind...
Third edition of this women's Parix-Roubaix. Kopecky is back from winning the Flander, can anyone stop her here?
Notable riders: Longho Borghini, Kopecky, Chabbey, Sierra, Bastianelli, Vos, Mackaij, Consonni, Kool
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-roubaix-we/2023/result/overview...
The old gang is back, fresh from Flanders, minus Pog. Wout and MVDP will battle it out again, but this time without the nasty climbs they will have a lot more competition on the cobbles.
Last year it was Dylan van Baarle who won it in a daring solo, winning by almost 2 minutes ahead of Wout and...
Will SD Worx dominate again? Vollering just won Dwars and the defending champion is Kopecky.
Notable riders: Van Vleuten, Wiebes, Longo Borghini, Vollering, Kopecky. Lippert, Persico, Ludwig, Balsamo, Niewiadoma
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/ronde-van-vlaanderen-we/2023/result/overview...
The old gang is back, fresh from E3 race. Wout, Pog and MVDP will battle it out again. Can anyone stop Wout winning this?
Last year it was MVDP who rode with Pogacar to the line and outsrpinted him.
Notable all-rounder: Pogacar, Wout, MVDP, Powless, Kung, Laporte, Pidckock, Teuns, Girmay...
The old gang is back, fresh from Milano Sanremo. Wout, Pog and MVDP (and Ganna) will battle it out again. Can anyone stop the savage power of MVDP?
Last year it was Wout and his pal Laporte who did a 1-2 for jumbo Visma.
Notable all-rounder: Pogacar, Wout, MVDP, Kung, Laporte, Girmay, Ganna...
Let the hype begin! This is the race that Remco will win, after coming from Tenerife where he broke every record there is. Others will race for 2nd place or lower.
It's also the race where Bernal starts his European season after beating Remco in San Juan on that one stage.
Notable GC mentions...