Category: Previews

La Punt > Oberwil 216km I write this preview with a heavy heart, Gino Mäder crashed hard today and needed to be resuscitated before being taken to hospital by helicopter. At this point, that is all I know, it’s a stark reminder of the dangers cyclists put themselves in for our entertainment. Gino is a...

Fiesch > La Punt 210km This is a race which is hard to predict. Felix Gall took his first professional win today, and he’s now in the race lead, but with a TT to come he knows he needs more time if he wants to win the GC. Skjelmose and Evenepoel are breathing down his...

Monthey > Leukerbad 153km After today’s brilliant win, Mattias Skjelmose is in the race lead, but Evenepoel and Ayuso aren’t too far behind. We now have big gaps on GC, some will be eyeing up a win from the break, will any of the GC teams chase from the peloton? Weather Sunny and fairly hot....

Tafers > Villars 143km The first of three consecutive mountain stages and the bunch head for Villars-sur-Ollon. Those with a good memory will remember 2016 when Chris Froome was in his pomp, he won here in Tour de Romandie, but it was coming from a different side. Larry Warbasse won in 2017, this year it’s...

Beromünster > Nottwil 174km Given this year’s route, this stage could be the only one that ends in a bunch sprint, but will all the sprinters survive the final climb? All eyes will be on Tim Merlier, can the other teams either drop him or take something out of his sprint? Weather Hot and sunny....

Le Pont-de-Claix > La Bastille 153km The fight for the yellow jersey is over, not that it really got started, but everything is still to play for in the fight for the podium. The final stage looks like an excellent day for the breakaway, as Vingegaard is miles better than everyone else, and there’s a...

Einsiedeln > Einsiedeln 12.6km ITT The race begins with a relatively flat ITT.  There’s a little rise at the start and the finish, but nothing that should hurt the best riders. The circuit is a loop of a lake, get ready for some art shots! We have four of the biggest TT riders in the...

Get ready for the hardest edition of the Tour de Suisse I can remember. It’s like the organisers have put together their greatest hits, the race has stage finishes in Villars, Leukerbad and La Punt, which makes three uphill/mountaintop finishes. Throw in two ITTs, a couple of stages over 200km (both of which start with...

Porte-de-Savoie > Col de la Croix de Fer 148km The weekend kicks off with a big day in the mountains. The riders must tackle 4018m of climbing in just 147km of racing, but if you remove the flat start it’s 3700m of climbing in the final 100km of the stage, that’s huge! This is a...

Nantua / Crest-Voland 170km After Vingegaard’s masterclass today, he now leads the GC by over 1 minute, a huge advantage considering we’ve not had a mountain yet. The battle for the other spots in the top 10 is still on, it might be the only excitement we get from now on. Weather There’s going to...