The Dauphiné goes as far from the original Dauphiné region as you can get with a trip to the spa town of Salins and with it, a tough late climb.
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 3 Preview
The sprint stage of the race, it’s a crucial day for the likes of Sam Bennett and Dylan Groenewegen otherwise their week is reduced a mountain training camp.
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 2 Preview
Another day, another lumpy stage with a hilly finishing circuit that will put some of the sprinters in trouble.
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 1 Preview
The Critérium du Dauphiné begins with a hilly stage around the old volcanoes of the Auvergne, can any of the sprinters hang on for the finish?
Critérium du Dauphiné Preview
The summer stage race season is underway and the Critérium du Dauphiné is a major rendez-vous for many of the contenders for the Tour de France. The week ahead looks like it’s Jonas Vingegaard vs. the field with the Dane finding a route to suit and saying out loud he’s in top form already.
Tour de France Stage Profiles
The profiles for all the stages of the 2023 Tour de France aren’t yet on the official race website but they’re been made available to the media and so if you want them all on one page or just to see one in particular, read on.
UCI Rankings and Relegation Watch
From the Dolomites… to a spreadsheet. Promotion and relegation isn’t such a big topic this season as the mens’ teams are at the start of a three year period although trends are emerging already. This year womens’ World Tour licences are up for grabs and this is arguably a bigger deal as there’s a wider difference between World Tour insiders and outsiders.
Giro d’Italia 2023 Review
Primož Roglič rides up Monte Lussari on his way to the stage win and the maglia rosa. If you’d been away for three weeks and glanced at the final results you’d spot Evenepoel didn’t finish and see the other pre-race pick won. Only it wasn’t so simple…
Giro d’Italia Stage 21 Preview
The final stage and once the peloton has arrived by plane in the morning, there’s a quick trip to the beach followed by a criterium around Rome.