Today’s Tour de France stage was another boring one. The breakaway of Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18) and Yukiya Arashiro (Lampre-Merida) was established on km 3. The exciting bits were the intermediate sprints for minor placings. The stage was so uneventful that apart from the castles and stately homes we were even shown contrails of airplanes. And…
Stage 5 of the 2016 version of the Tour de France was the first climbing stage at the Massif Central. We were expecting the climbers to flex the muscles to show each other how ready they are but the breakaway had a different idea. Nine riders jumped ahead on 21 km after the start but…
So, Marcel Kittel is in the Maglia Rosa as I had predicted the other day. Not bad for a sprinter, right? OK, OK, he is not the first sprinter to wear the pi k jersey. His Cavness wore it a few years back and I am sure there were others before him and there will…
After watching yesterday’s prologue of the Giro d’Italia we can safely say that Spartacus is suffering. It’s a shame to see such a great cyclist in his final season to not be able to make the best of it. Tom Dumulin delivered. He is in pink. He was one of the favourites for Stage 1….