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Stage 8: La Pola Llaviana to Colláu Fancuaya
Stage 6 was rated the third hardest in this Vuelta; Stage 8 is rated as the second, so perhaps the Princess Stage to the Queen Stage 15? Team of the Day Jay Vine was the zwiftest to the top of the mountain again, and fog cleared enough to see a finish line celebration this time.…
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Stage 6: Bilbao to Pico Jano (San Miguel de Aguayo)
Race report Minileague Team of the Day When in Bilbao … Links Take the filthy wet weather from a Flanders Spring Classic, add the road surface from the back lanes of the Isle of Wight about 20 years ago and spread them all over a Cantabrian mountain, with a sprinkle of gravel, rocks on one…
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Stage 5: Irun to Bilbao
Soler Basque-ing in the Sun Roglic made a strong point yesterday on Stage 4, but those cheeky Jumbo Boys opted for a day or two off, so let the breakaway go up the road, along with the red jersey. Stage winner Marc Soler brilliantly attacked on the last climb and held off the chaotic chasing…
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Stage 4: Vitoria-Gasteiz to Laguardia
Premier Primoz! The Rog takes Red on a narrow uphill finish after a day in the hills of the Basque Country. Unlike an all-out sprint on the flat, there was a bit of slow-motion “excuse me, old fellow” and “do you mind, Sir” in the very confined road up to the finish line. There were…
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Countdown to Utrecht
7 mountain stages 6 flat stages 5 former champions 4 hilly stages 3 rest days 2 flat stages with high-altitude finales 1 team trial in Utrecht! The 2022 edition begins far from home again – a theme of all the Grand Tours this year – with 3 days in The Netherlands. Sign on to the Velogames Vuelta…
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Stage 20: Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour (ITT)
A good day A World Champion flowing round the 40.2 km. Could it be yet another victory in the rainbow jersey? The Pog had broken Jumbo hearts on the final ITT in Stage 20 in 2020 – surely it was too much to do it again or at least take the stage in white? Or…
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Stage 16: Carcassonne to Foix (medium mountains)
Foix – what a scorcher! Carlton Kirby (not his finest hour) News from the medical car Five riders did not start Stage 16 (several Covid positive tests) leaving AG2R Citroën with just 3 out of 8 riders for the third week. The withdrawals of Lennard Kämna and Jakob Fuglsang reduce four of our minileague teams.…
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Stage 15: Rodez to Carcassonne (flat)
It’s a flat stage through South-Western France. Lots of sunflowers. Alberto Contador on the back of Wiggo’s Vespa, reduced to describing the ambulance following the Broom Wagon following poor Michael Mørkøv who rode 150 km on his own to arrive 8 minutes outside the time limit. And have they mentioned that it’s quite warm? By…
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Stage 11: Albertville to Col du Granon (mountains)
If you can only watch one race this year, make it Stage 11 of the Tour de France. You know it’s going to be an exciting day when before lunchtime Wout van Aert and Matthieu van der Poel go up the road to form the breakaway. The Belgian superman ploughed on up the mountains and…
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Stage 10: Morzine to Megève (more medium mountains)
It seems the answer to stage success – at least for EF Education-EasyPeasy – is for your DS to have a bird poo on your head and then get your team bus stuck in a hairpin bend. Well it worked for Magnus Cort on Stage 10, giving a stage win to Le Tour for sure…