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13/05/2014 20:58
The second stage of the Giro d'Italia 2014 was another race around Belfast, this time a bigger circuit race than the team time trial, it was a 219 kilometre stage around the Northern Irish capital. Grim weather greeted the peloton, it would no doubt be a long, cold day in the saddle. It was almost...
10/05/2014 13:13
The 2014 grand tour season got underway yesterday with the first stage of the Giro d'Italia. The race got underway with a 21.7 kilometre team time trial around the city of Belfast. Favourites for the day were teams such as Orica-GreenEDGE, BMC Racing Team and Omega Pharma-Quickstep, meaning men...
10/05/2014 12:30
The 2014 Tour de Romandie concluded with a final time trial, an 18.5 kilometre race around the town of Neuchatel. There was one incline on the course, but it was predicted to be a fast race, and Christopher Froome was favourite along with world time trial champion Tony Martin. Froome trailed Simon...
09/05/2014 21:58
The Tour of Turkey concluded with its eighth stage, a 121 kilometre race around the city of Istanbul. It was likely to be a sprint finish, and it was likely to be contested between Mark Cavendish, who had three wins already, and Elia Viviani, who had already taken a brace. Adam Yates of...
09/05/2014 12:20
Stage four of the 2014 Tour de Romandie was a 174 kilometre long circuit around Fribourg. Simon Spilak went into the stage as race leader, he held one second over the Brit Chris Froome who he beat in the sprint for stage three. This stage looked like one for the opportunists, and if the break...
08/05/2014 15:17
The seventh stage of the Tour of Turkey saw Orica-GreenEDGE's Adam Yates attempting to keep his one second lead safe from Cofidis' Rein Taaramae, whilst the sprinters fought it out on another flat day. Stage seven was a short day, just 136.3 kilometres travelling from Kusadasi to Izmir. Elia...
02/05/2014 22:26
The queen stage of the Tour de Romandie took place today, it was 180.2 kilometres from Le Bouveret to Aigle. There were four big climbs on the day, and it was likely that the man who won the stage would be the favourite to take the title which has traditionally been viewed as a window to the Tour...
02/05/2014 16:43
The sixth stage of the Tour of Turkey saw more drama and excitement hit the already great edition of the Turkish race, as the peloton travelled 182 kilometres from Bodrum to Selcuk. The finish was uphill, and so was likely to feature the race leader Rein Taaramae along with the challengers Adam...
02/05/2014 14:11
Warmer weather greeted the peloton on the second road stage, and third stage overall, of the 2014 Tour de Romandie. Stage one had had to be shortened down to just 88 kilometres after snow had hit the Simplon Pass, causing the removal of the climb and the shortening of the race. Stage two was 166.5...
01/05/2014 15:51
The fifth stage of the Tour of Turkey 2014 took place today, it was a 183 kilometre race from Marmaris to Bodrum. It was another flat finish, so it was likely another sprint would be contested. Mark Cavendish had to be the overwhelming favourite, he's won three out of four stages this week, and it...
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