Category: Previews

I’ve decided that all my 2024 previews will be subscription only. In 2023 I wrote over 260 previews; I would expect something similar next year. I will also look to write other types of articles throughout the year, but the focus, as always, will be the previews.  The cost will be £40 for the full...

Chartres > Tours 214km Basically, it’s the same route as last year, it’s all about the final 50km. Weather Hot and sunny, which means lots of dust. The Sectors It’s hard to make big selections due to the relatively short length of the sectors. This is from 50km to go until 10km to go, this...

Como > Bergamo 238km For many, the last race of the 2023 season, and what a season it’s been. We’ve had three fascinating grand tours, van der Poel blowing everyone away on the Poggio, Pogačar dropping the big boys on the Kwaremont, Van Aert puncturing at a terrible time in Roubaix, Pogačar crashing out of...

Carpi > Bologna 205km Well then, quite a lot has happened since my last preview, most of it isn’t good. We’ve got two of the best teams in the world looking to merge, with terrible consequences for most riders at Soudal – QuickStep, and one of the best riders in the peloton allowed to leave...

Hipódromo de la Zarzuela > Madrid. Paisaje de la Luz 101km The race hits Madrid for the final stage, a ceremonial bore of a day. Jumbo-Visma will get the Cava out, and then the sprinters will have one last chance of taking a win. Last year, Molano won this stage, despite trying to lead out...

Manzanares El Real > Guadarrama 207km The penultimate stage of the race is a beauty, it’s such a shame the GC is already all over. You’ll hear this day described as a nod to Liège-Bastogne-Liège, thanks to a day full of short climbs. There isn’t anything harder than a cat 3 but the riders still...

La Bañeza > Íscar 177km After a week full of excitement and many talking points, things can calm down as the riders approach a straightforward stage. If this was the Tour or Giro, I would expect the break to take this stage, but I’m not so sure in the Vuelta.  Weather There’s a chance of...