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21/05/2014 19:37
Stage five of the Tour of California 2014 was according to race leader Bradley Wiggins, 'the hottest day I've ever experienced on a bike.' That pretty much summed up the skyrocketting temperatures on the 172.9 kilometre stage from Pismo Beach to Santa Barbara. It promised to be a tough day, with a...
21/05/2014 18:53
The Giro d'Italia 2014 tried to dust itself down and start over on stage seven after a couple of horrific crashes had decimated the peloton on stage six. Stage seven took the race 211 kilometres from Frosinone to Foligno, in what looked like a sprint finish for the peloton before the race went for...
21/05/2014 18:33
The fourth stage of the Tour of California 2014 had the possibility for a sprint finish, but with three categorised climbs, this would be one targeted by the modern day cannibal, Peter Sagan. The race travelled 165.1 kilometres from Monterey to Cambria. The Bissell duo of Ryan Eastman and James...
21/05/2014 18:18
Drama hit the Giro d'Italia on stage six, which was a long, painful day of 257 kilometres from Sassano to Montecassino. It was a flat day right up until the final climb, where it was likely we would see the peloton attack each other. Diego Ulissi was a favourite to make it two from two after his...
21/05/2014 12:30
After stage two's individual time trial, stage three brought about another general classification shake up for the Tour of California 2014, as the race travelled 177 kilometres from San Jose to the top of Mount Diablo. Mount Diablo is a tough climb that really ramps up in the last 300 metres,...
21/05/2014 12:14
The 2014 Giro d'Italia continued with its fifth stage, a race of 203 kilometres from Taranto to Viggiano. Stage five was the first real uphill finish, but it was likely to suit the puncheurs of the peloton rather than the out and out climbers. It could also be ripe territory for a breakaway, as the...
16/05/2014 13:06
The Tour of California encountered its first real general classification shake up on its second stage this year, a 20.1 kilometre time trial around Folsom. The leader going into the day was the Manx Missile Mark Cavendish, who was most probably not going to keep his leader's jersey for another day...
16/05/2014 12:14
The Giro d'Italia returned to home soil after the rest day with its fourth stage, a 112 kilometre race from Giovinazzo to Bari. Heavy rain was once again blighting the race, making the Bari city circuit so dangerous that the riders decided to neutralise the race. A non-starter on stage four was...
15/05/2014 20:26
The 2014 Amgen Tour of California got underway earlier this week with a 198 kilometre race around the city of Sacramento. The field for this year's Tour is a stellar one, with big name sprinters Mark Cavendish, Peter Sagan and John Degenkolb gracing the race, along with a Tour de France Champion -...
15/05/2014 19:57
The Giro d'Italia's Irish adventure came to an end on stage three, which was another soaking wet day for the peloton. The race travelled 187 kilometres from the city of Armagh to the Republic of Ireland's capital, Dublin. It was another flat finish so another Marcel Kittel sprint victory was a...
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