All my posts that a probably race previews in some way.
Stage 7 of the Giro Rosa will see the battle for the pink jersey resume. An early climb will then see an extended flat period. The riders then drop down and do a smaller climb before crossing the finish line for the first time. The riders will then tackle the 200 metres of climbing on …
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After a stage earmarked for the sprinters, Stage 6 has a whiff of the breakaway about it. It’s a rolling stage with some lumps but nothing particularly massive. If the sprinters teams want to keep the race all together they could give it a go though. After 6 days of racing, it’s likely the GC …
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Stage 5 should finally see a chance for the sprinters. They’ve had a hard week so far with a team time trial and then 3 lumpy stages to contend with. In true Giro Rosa fashion, even this sprint stage isn’t a guaranteed sprint. A massive Cat 2 climb takes up the middle of the stage …
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Another day in the Giro Rosa and Stage 4 sees another uphill finish! Stage 4’s finish shouldn’t be as steep as the finish of yesterday’s Stage 3 as it’s 2km at 7.9% average. It’s also missing the super-tough double-digit gradients. The first 1km of the climb is the toughest and the final 1km is less …
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Stage 3 sees a chance for the punchy climbers to take a stage win. In a finish remarkably similar to that of the Giro dell’Emilia, riders will climb just under 200 metres of elevation in around 3 km. Less steep than the epic San Luca climb, it will still test out the legs. Those who …
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After the Stage 1 team time trial, Stage 2 of the 2020 Giro Rosa will provide a different test. A generally rolling uphill kind of day, the final climb is 5.8km at 6.5%. That should ensure that only the genuine GC contenders are left at the end. Those are similar numbers to the climb in …
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The 2020 Giro Rosa kicks off with a 16.8km team time trial, everyone’s least favourite kind of race to watch. Luckily that’s not an issue as an there’s no live TV coverage once again. The Giro Rosa is the major stage race in the women’s road racing calendar. The winners list contains the greatest names …
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The Tour de l’Ardeche is a long-standing French stage race, now in its 18th edition in 2020. Originally it was a 2.2 race, the lowest ranking a stage race can be, but saw itself promoted to 2.1 level in 2018. The race used to have a prologue stage and individual time trial to create time …
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The Grote Prijs Euromat sneaks into the calendar after the excitement in Plouay for the European Championships and GP de Plouay, plus La Course in Paris. It’s the first time this race has been held at the 1.2 level, previously it’s been a smaller domestic level race forming part of the season-long Belgian Lotto Cup. …
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La Course by Le Tour de France has taken on a few different guises since its existence. It started off as a race up and down the Champs Elysees, making the most of the crowds already waiting for the finish of the Tour de France. 2017 saw the race whisked off the Alpes. A summit …
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