One day classic for climbers. As always all the climbing talent is here.
Notable events/riders:
Pogacar is back to defend his victory from last year
Vingegaard will want to beat Pogacar again
MVDP is back after running into trouble with some kids in Australia (he decided he likes gravel now...
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...
Post all your hype here. Example:
will Rogla start?
will Superman Lopez slap a fan?
will Remco wrap up the GC after the first week?
will Valverde win a stage on his last GT ever?
...
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...
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...
Out with the old - in with the new
Spain's hope starts his last first Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana!
Date: 2022-02-02 - 2022-02-06
Race class: 2.Pro
Race category: Men Elite
UCI-Tour: UCI ProSeries
www.vueltacv.com/en/
www.facebook.com/VueltaCV
www.twitter.com/VueltaCV...
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...