One day race for climbers. Spectacular field this year as well, with Pogacar, Vlasov, Valverde, Martinez, both Yates brothers, etc.
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-dell-emilia/2022//overview
http://www.gsemilia.it/
Live video stream available on Eurosport/GCN. (most likely only on...
It's the biggest one day race in Spain, favoring climbers. All the big guns will be here, some from the Tour like Pogacar, van Aert, Mohoric, Bardet, Gaudu.
And some fresh ones like Remco, Amedia, Valverde, Hindley, Simon Yates, Landa. So who will win in this big pool of talent...
More hot racing this year. Last year's edition was won by Pogacar. He is going to use this race as TDF preparation instead of Dauphine/Swiss, same as last year. But he is very keen to win it, being his home race obviously.
This year he should also have a bit more competition. Also the sprints...
It's La Flèche Wallonne! The race in which Valverde wins, and all the others come 2nd or worse. Can Pogacar, Alphillipe, Evenepoel, Vingegaard (and maybe Wout) and others do anything to prevent Valverde winning? The answer is no...
You know this race. The oldest classic, the sprinter's classic, except when it's not. Will Pogacar, Roglic and other all rounders manager to drop the sprinters on the Poggior or not? Time will tell!
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/milano-sanremo/2022/result/overview...
The one and only world tour race in the Middle East. Hot racing in the sand! New feature is the addition of an ITT. (copied from last year :))
Notable GC mentions: Tadej Pogacar, Almeida (although now on same team as Pogacar), Adam Yates, Vlasov, Bardet, Haig, Dumoulin
Notable sprinters...
More hot racing this year. Last year's edition was cancelled because of Covid situation, but this year it's back! You've seen the Giro stage through Slovenia, now multiply that by 5! There will be fans coming out of the woodwork.
Tadej Pogacar is going to use this race as TDF preparation instead...
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...
It's about time we address Pogacars remarkable rise since he joined UAE in 2019.
His first season as a junior wasn't anything special, but we have to remember that he was born later in year (September) which is a disadvantage at that age.
In his second season he definitely proved his talent by...