Category: Previews

Tarragona > Barcelona 169km What a start to the Tour de France. Visma nailed their tactics and won the stage, Vingegaard leads Pogačar by 12 seconds, it’s been a while since he held a lead over the Slovenian. Stage 2 starts down the coast in Tarragona, heading back up to Barcelona, before completing a few...

Barcelona > Barcelona 19.6km TTT Right then, it’s time for the start of the 2026 Tour de France. The race kicks off down in Barcelona, and the organisers have decided to go with a team time trial. Normally, the team time is taken when the 4th rider crossed the line, now the 1st rider home will set...

It’s national road race weekend, a time of year which means the Tour de France is just around the corner, and a period where I frantically try to get up to date start list information, which is just about impossible! In this preview I’ll give an overview of the national championships in Belgium, Netherlands, Spain,...

Right folks, we are here, the start of the 2026 Tour de France is in sight. The pinnacle of the cycling season, the best climbers and sprinters going head-to-head over the course of 3 beautiful weeks. I’ll be here previewing each stage, helping you to understand just how each stage is going to play out...

Villars-sur-Ollon > Villars-sur-Ollon 150km The final stage and an absolute beauty. Tadej Pogačar is secure in the yellow jersey, I think he’s going to use this day as a proper test of the legs. It will show him what he needs to work on over the next two weeks, but also put the fear of...

Aarburg > Aarburg 23.7km ITT Time trail day in Tour de Suisse.

Bad Ragaz > Bad Ragaz 157km Is this a sprint stage? There’s 1500m of climbing in the opening 63km of the day, that sounds like an awful lot to me, but it all depends on how it’s ridden. The rest of the stage is perfect for the sprinters, but the peloton will have to fly...

Locarno > Locarno 158km Tadej Pogačar dominated the opening stage, winning with a 72km solo effort, which is fucking insane. On one hand it’s just so impressive, on the other hand it’s a massive concern for anyone wanting an interesting Tour de France. That isn’t Tadej’s problem, it’s not his fault he’s so bloody good....

Sondrio > Sondrio 143km Opening stage and straight into some GC action.

The Tour de Suisse, the final preparation race for the Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar is here to try and complete the set of iconic one week stage races, winning Suisse would leave him one short of winning the main 7 races, only the Basque Country will remain. Due to his focus on one day...