So after the exciting Milano SanRemo, we have an exciting stage race. Ayuso come to this race fresh after winning Tirreno, hoping for more wins. Roglic returns to racing, honing his for before the Giro. However Vingegaard will not race as he's still not recovered from his crash. But we get the...
Let the hype begin! It's the big showdown everyone has been waiting for. It's MVDP vs Girmay. The race starts with a 10km flat ITT.
Vingegaard has moved from defending his title to Paris-Nice instead.
Notable GC mentions: Adam Yates, Pidcock, Ayuso, Landa, Carapaz, Bilbao, Gaudu, Gee
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The best non-monument race, which should by now be a monument. It's always exciting and hard racing, with lots of gravel and climbing.
Pogacar is returning to defend his last year's win, and Pidcock to defend his win the year before in 2023. There is talk of MVDP possibly starting as well, no...
This is a race where Vingegaard beats lesser riders. Think of Remco in Algarve and you get the idea. Also he is defending his win from last year.
Notable riders: Vingegaard, Gaudu, Powless, Rodriguez, Carapaz, Uijtdebroeks, Lenny Martinez, Tarling, Uran, Bernal...
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...
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.
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After Catalunya we onto the Basque Country! Starts off with a 13km very hilly ITT, and the rest of stages are no different. As is usual the climbs here are usually shorter, but very steep 10-15% or even more.
Notable GC mentions: Roglic, Pogacar, Adam Yates, Valverde, Schachmann, Esteban...