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Vuelta a Burgos offers those heading to the Vuelta Espana a last chance to fine tune their form. The route is a traditional one with two mountain stages, two uphill sprints and one flat sprint. The weather forecast is a good one, with lots of sunshine, but as the roads in this part of the...

Krasnik > Przemysł 237.6km This finish was brought in last year, and it provided an exciting battle with Almeida taking the win from Ulissi and Mohorič. This year the finish is the same, but the organisers have increased the distance up to 238km. We’ll have to wait and see if the extra distance has any...

Chelm > Zamosc 205.6km Another day, another sprint. Nothing much will happen in the stage, until we get into the final 20km, or so. The stage ends with a lap circuit, something that we often see in this race. The circuit is 9km in length and the bunch complete just one full lap. Weather Looks...

San Sebastián > San Sebastián 224.2km With just a slight change never the finish, this year’s route is very similar to previous editions. We have the Jaizkibel, quickly followed by Erlaitz and then Murgil Tontorra to finish, it’s a route I love. The race has the usual mix of riders coming from the Tour, hoping...

Kielce > Lubin 218.6km The opening stage is a long day in the saddle, almost 220km. Most of it will likely be spent at an easy tempo as the break will be weak and everyone will be happy with a sprint finish. Weather Cloudy and warm. There is a risk of a thunderstorm, but the...

The Tour of Poland has seen significant changes to its parcour this year, a move that could well encourage more attacking racing. Back in comes a time trial, as does some very long days in the saddle. On paper, it looks like just one GC day, but the opportunities are there for the main contenders...

La Défense Arena > Champs-Élysées 115.4km After a brilliant three weeks, the race finishes with the usual sprint on the Champs-Élysées. Can Van Aert repeat his success from last year? This year he’ll face more competition as none of the sprinters have left the race, we still have all the fast men here and hoping...

Lacapelle-Marival > Rocamadour 40.6km ITT A 41km ITT after three extremely hard weeks, I don’t think the organisers will be popular with the riders. The route looks relatively flat, but it does contain 428m of climbing, which means the roads most be more undulating than they look on the profile. In the last 6km there...

Castelnau-Magnoac > Cahors 188.4km Stage 19 of the Tour de France, and we have a sprint stage! Okay, it might not end in a sprint, but it looks the most likely option. We have a couple of cat 4 climbs in the second half of the stage, but the fast men will all survive, even...

Lourdes > Hautacam 143.1km Today we had a huge day in the mountains, are you ready for another one? It’s another short stage, this time it’s 143km in length. The climbing in this stage is harder, we have three huge climbs for the riders to deal with. The battle for yellow is still on, as...