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Lloseta > Lloseta 122.6km Rui Costa, Marijn van der Berg and Kobe Goossens, what a week it’s been! There’s been a late change in the route for this race, thanks to a dodgy weather forecast. The new route is a big lap which is covered twice, and it features one big climb. The finish is...

San Juan > Alto del Colorado 173.8km The big GC day with a trip up to Alto del Colorado. It’s time to see Remco go up against the South Americans. Weather Not as warm as previous stages, with temperatures not really getting above 25 degrees. The wind is coming from the south-east and will be...

Andratx > Coll de la Creueta 160.7km It’s the third day of racing over in Mallorca and now we know a little more about the current shape of some of the riders. This race is one for the climbers, thanks to the presence of Puig Major, a mountain that most of the peloton will know...

Ses Salines > Alcúdia 158.1km Flat for most of the day, then it’s one climb, one descent, and a sprint finish. Not the most exciting race in the world, but it’s good racing kilometres for the peloton. Last year, Biniam Girmay took the win, will he back it up with another win this year? Weather...

Circuito San Juan Villicum > Barreal 196km At last, a stage with a bit of something in it! After three sprint stages, this is the first day which will realistically give the breakaway some hope, but it all depends on the attitude of the world tour teams. If they decide to go for the break,...

Palmanova > Palmanova 149.3km We head to Mallorca for the first of five one-day races. These are often seen as pre-season friendlies, but in recent years have grown a little in terms of meaning, but they’re certainly not the be all and end all. Riders are here to get some racing kilometres in the legs,...

Circuito San Juan Villicum > Circuito San Juan Villicum 174.2km Another sprint stage, but this one has a tricky finish. It’s the same end that was used in 2020, when Štybar surprised the sprinters with an attack in the final kilometre. Can lightning strike twice? Weather It’s going to be a hot one with temperatures...

Villa San Agustin > San José de Jáchal 201.5km The second stage in San Juan has the worst cat 1 climb in the world! This will be a standard sprint stage; nothing will stop the world tour teams from ensuring we get a bunch kick. Weather Another warm day and the wind is down compared...

Unley > Mount Lofty 112.3km It’s the final stage and everything is still to play for. Jay Vine is in the ochre jersey, and he leads Pello Bilbao and Simon Yates by 15 seconds, in terms of the GC they are the only realistic challengers. The race ends with a lap circuit featuring Mount Lofty...

València > La Nucía 191km It’s the season opener in Europe and this race has been upped to 1.1 level, which has tempted some bigger teams into competing. Most of the pro teams are already in this part of the world on training camps, so it makes a lot of sense to get some competitive...