Category: Previews

Estadio Aldo Cantoni > Estadio Aldo Cantoni 141.9km The opening stage of San Juan won’t win a beauty competition! It’s out of town on a straight road into a barren wasteland, then a U-turn, before heading back into town. They basically spend 120km on the same stretch of road, I’ve not seen that for a...

After a two-year COVID break the pro peloton head back to Argentina. The race is the usual mix of sprint stages and a mountaintop finish, nothing too exciting for us watching fans. The pros love this race, it provides them with important kilometres in the legs under the sunshine. Remco’s back, something the organisers will...

Port Willunga > Willunga Township 133.1km A flat stage which should be one for the sprinters, but everyone will be carefully checking the wind speed. Weather Sunny and warmer than in previous days, but still not sweltering. The wind is coming from the south-east and will reach around 30km/h, which is strong enough for echelons....

Norwood > Campbelltown 116.7km The final two stages look interesting, but this is the day that will go a long way to settling the GC. We return to Corkscrew Road, a devilishly tough climb, especially at this point in the year. It’s time to see who’s got the punch required to win the ochre jersey....

Brighton > Victor Harbor 154.6km Stage 2 and we head to Victor Harbor, a finish that’s well known to the race. Over the years the organisers have tinkered with the approach to the finish, this time they’ve decided to make it as difficult as possible by introducing the Nettle Hill climb. I don’t remember this...

Tanunda > Tanunda 150.2km The first proper stage of the race is a lap circuit around Tanunda, home of the beautiful Barossa Valley wines. Last year it was Sam Bennett who won here, but this stage is harder than that one. The finishing line is in the same position, but they approach it from the...

Adelaide 5.5km ITT The race kicks off with a 5.5km prologue around the streets of Adelaide. This is going to be 7 minutes of utter pain, time to find out who’s been training well over the last couple of months. As we’re all the way down in Australia, the riders will be on their road...

The organisers have decided to give us something totally different, they’ve got to be applauded for that. Out goes Willunga Hill, in comes a prologue and a lot of punchy stages, but they’ve crucially also brought the Corkscrew Road climb back into the race. This is an event which has been dominated by those who...

Ballarat > Ballarat 186.5km Road racing is back! No more shuffling about the house trying to think up jobs to do, it’s time to get back in the preview chair and focus on the greatest sport in the world. Last year we witnessed a very different race to what normal occurs in Ballarat, this was...

Chartres > Tours 213.2km This is the final race of the year for most of the professional peloton, one last chance to grab a win in 2022. The organisers continue with the gravel sectors, they were introduced back in 2018 and despite QuickStep throwing their toys out of the pram, they continue. This year things...