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Las Rozas > Madrid 99.6km A final sprint in Madrid to conclude the race. Weather Glorious sunshine. Circuit Same circuit that’s been used many times. The U-turn comes with 1km to go, and it usually gets very messy in the finishing straight. Contenders Tim Merlier – he’s got one last chance to get a win in...

Moralzarzar > Navacerrada 181km The final mountain stage of the race, and the last opportunity for riders to make a move on GC. The stage doesn’t have any long climbs, but with almost 4000m of climbing, this should be a very exciting day. Evenepoel looks strong, but Mas will still try and see if he...

Talavera de la Reina > Talavera de la Reina 138.4km After today’s chaos, strap yourself in for another bonkers stage. Just 138km long, with two laps of a circuit with a big mountain, but the final time up crests with a whopping 42.5km still to go. Do you have any idea what’s going to happen?...

Québec > Québec 204.0km Friday night racing is back for those of us in Europe, so grab your drink of choice (I’ll have a bottle of wine) and get ready for crit racing, Canadian style! After two years off the calendar due to COVID, the professional peloton is back and ready for the usual mix...

West Bridgford > Mansfield 186.9km Movistar are now in control of the race, but with Ineos breathing down their neck, they won’t be able to rest easy. On paper, this is the easiest stage in the race, one that should end in a sprint. The problem on Tuesday was that Bora didn’t want to ride...

Trujillo > El Piornal 191.8km Another mountain stage with a flat start, I’m fed up with this. With 25 KOM points on offer, this is a day where Jay Vine can all but seal the polka dot jersey. Just like every mountain stage in this race, will the peloton chase the break or is it...

Redcar > Helmsley 149.3km For me, this is the Queen stage of the race, but I’m afraid the wind could ruin it. The stage is a short one, just 150km in length, and it contains 2669m of climbing. Those GC riders who have already down 14 seconds on the race lead know that this is...

Aracena > Monasterio de Tentudia 162km Today’s crash will likely have a big impact on this stage, as Jumbo-Visma would have controlled it for a Roglič stage win. His crash today was a bad one, it’s very unlikely he’ll have fully recovered, Jumbo-Visma will go into damage limitation mode. That frees the stage up for...

Durham > Sunderland 163.5km The race moves into England for the third stage of the race. This one looks like a nailed-on sprint, as the cat 1 climb comes very early in the day.  Weather Cloudy with a threat of rain throughout, but it looks like the riders might just miss it, at least that’s...

Sanlúcar de Barramenda > Tomares 189.7km It looks like a sprint stage, but then again, maybe not. Trek-Segafredo have been the main team ensuring sprint stages turn out that way, but as Mads Pedersen has now won a stage the pressure will now pass to other teams. Mads has been very active in this race,...