Men’s cycling is where my interest started, by watching the 1996 Tour de France.
Since then I’ve watched a lot of it, have my favourite riders and teams and can have a reasonable go at predicting results.
I try and write as many race previews as I can to help with fantasy teams and give information to those interested. Particularly with women’s racing too.
You can read all my posts on men’s cycling below – always let me know if you think my predictions are wildly off!
Still away on my travels in Belgium, today was Dwars Door Vlaanderen and once again I took a camera with me. The day was horrible – a proper deluge greeted the riders at the start line and it carried on all day. A brief respite near the end signalled the start of large gusts of …
For 2018 Dwars Door Vlaanderen has a new date and a new route. Effectively swapping places with De Panne, Dwars Door now takes place a few days ahead of the larger event of the Tour of Flanders. Cresting some of the same climbs, this positions it as a warm-up event for the big deal on …
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After heading to E3 Harelbeke with my camera the previous Friday, Hannah and I went along to Gent – Wevelgem (both the Men’s and Women’s races) on Sunday with my press pass in tow. We didn’t go to the start this time around, but instead took up station on the Kemmelberg. The Kemmelberg is known as …
Gent – Wevelgem is a race where the puncheurs do battle with the sprinters to make it a tough enough race to not be a bunch sprint at the end. Traditionally, winners here are the punchy sprinters, every now and again the out and out puncheur gets themself a win (e.g. Paolini in 2015 and …
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I visited E3 Harelbeke in 2017 and took a load of photos, I found myself back again in 2018 and took some more! I took station at the start on Heerbaan, Harelbeke before moving up onto the Kwaremont area. I just about fit myself on the inside of a tight corner on Drogenbroodstraat, moved onto …
E3 Harelbeke, known as the Little Tour of Flanders, is an ideal warm-up for the main event itself – the Ronde van Vlaanderen itself. The route covers many of the same cobbled hellingen (hills to English speakers), particularly the Oude Kwaremont, the Paterberg and the Taaienberg. The last two riders to do ‘the double’ were …
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Dreidaagse De Panne (3 Days of De Panne) has changed format for 2018. The name stays the same but the race no longer last 3 days. The men’s race is now transformed into a 1 day event, with a women’s 1 day race too. There was supposed to be a further criterium event to round …
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Milan – Sanremo is here! The longest one day race in the professional calendar, it also has a history going back 111 years. La Classicissima, as it’s also known, has seen a mix of sprinters and puncheurs win in recent years – you have to go back to the late 80s to find a GC contender …
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All of the cycling teams we see in races have sponsors, they dictate the jersey colours and design, sometimes with…interesting results. For the 2018 season, I’ve hopefully explained what each team sponsor does. Some of the sponsors don’t appear in the team name, but do appear prominently on the jersey so are worthy of a …
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Strade Bianche is the race of the white roads. This year they could be even whiter, as of today they’re covered in snow. The race organisers are confident that the snow will be gone by Saturday, but it should mean that we’re on for a wet, cold, mucky race at the very least. With that in …
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