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Tag Archives: preview
3-Days of DePanne Preview
The 3-Days of DePanne begins today, offering procrastinators one last chance to cram before Sunday’s major exam—the Tour of Flanders. This 3-day, 4-stage event offers something for everyone: a long, hilly pre-Ronde reconnaissance stage; two stages for sprinters; and the traditional short, time trial finale. Before Milan-San Remo, I spoke about certain races following scripts; … Continue reading
Dwars Door Vlaanderen – Preview
The build-up to the cobbled classics begins in earnest tomorrow with the 65th Dwars Door Vlaanderen. Formerly known as Dwars Door Belgie and the GP Stad Waregem, this semi-classic begins the peloton’s re-acclimatization to the hills and cobbles of Flanders. This year’s edition covers 200 kilometers, heading east from Roeselare toward Brakel, the hometown of … Continue reading
Milan-San Remo Preview
It’s a bit of shame that when we talk about the favorites for Milan-San Remo we look at sprinters. Maybe it’s just the way the sport’s evolved over time, but it seems that the likelihood of a true breakaway succeeding gets slimmer and slimmer every year. And worse, while it used to be that only … Continue reading
Tirreno-Adriatico Preview – Will the Stars Shine in Italy?
With perhaps the most star-studded list of participants we’ve seen this year, the Tirreno-Adriatico stage racebegins tomorrow in Livonro, Italian with 148 Tuscan kilometers. Tirreno’s become the preferred build-up race for sprinters and classic stars, with several of the most recent winners of Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, and Paris-Roubaix having used Italy’s “race … Continue reading
Weekend Preview – Murcia, West Flanders, L’Eroica, and the Race to the Sun
The season’s heating-up with several important events taking place this weekend. Here’s a run-down of what’s going-on: 1. Let’s begin in Spain, where the 5-day Vuelta a Murcia continues through Sunday—albeit without any Italian and some important Spanish teams. Tomorrow’s flat 22km time trial offers our first chance to see some of the Grand Tour … Continue reading
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And it begins! – Pavé’s Belgian Opening Weekend Preview
The season finally begins this weekend with Belgium’s Omloop Het Niuewsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, the two opening dates on the Belgian calendar—and the unofficial beginning to the official road season in Europe. Saturday’s the featured event, as the Omloop and is longer and more difficult than Kuurne. That said, with only a few exceptions, most riders … Continue reading
Tagged het nieuwsblad, kuurne, preview, racing
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