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...
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...
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...
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...
Let the hype begin! Roglic is racing again, it has been annouced he is doing Tirreno! The race starts with a 11km flat ITT.
Notable GC mentions: Wout, Vlasov, MVDP, Mas, Hindley, Roglic, Adam Yates, Landa, Geraint, Almeida
Notable sprinters: Phillipsen, Jakobsen, Gaviria, Girmay, Wout...
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...