Category: Previews

Right folks, we are here, the start of the 2026 Tour de France is in sight. The pinnacle of the cycling season, the best climbers and sprinters going head-to-head over the course of 3 beautiful weeks. I’ll be here previewing each stage, helping you to understand just how each stage is going to play out...

Villars-sur-Ollon > Villars-sur-Ollon 150km The final stage and an absolute beauty. Tadej Pogačar is secure in the yellow jersey, I think he’s going to use this day as a proper test of the legs. It will show him what he needs to work on over the next two weeks, but also put the fear of...

Aarburg > Aarburg 23.7km ITT Time trail day in Tour de Suisse.

Bad Ragaz > Bad Ragaz 157km Is this a sprint stage? There’s 1500m of climbing in the opening 63km of the day, that sounds like an awful lot to me, but it all depends on how it’s ridden. The rest of the stage is perfect for the sprinters, but the peloton will have to fly...

Locarno > Locarno 158km Tadej Pogačar dominated the opening stage, winning with a 72km solo effort, which is fucking insane. On one hand it’s just so impressive, on the other hand it’s a massive concern for anyone wanting an interesting Tour de France. That isn’t Tadej’s problem, it’s not his fault he’s so bloody good....

Sondrio > Sondrio 143km Opening stage and straight into some GC action.

The Tour de Suisse, the final preparation race for the Tour de France. Tadej Pogačar is here to try and complete the set of iconic one week stage races, winning Suisse would leave him one short of winning the main 7 races, only the Basque Country will remain. Due to his focus on one day...

Beaufort > Plateau de Salaison – Brison 120km Just another crazy stage of this race. Seixas crashed, was 4 minutes down but managed to get back to the front group. In the end, he paid for his efforts, and it was Del Toro who took the stage win and Tuckwell held onto the yellow jersey....

Roskilde > Copenhagen 228km Scheldeprijs, step aside, the Copenhagen Sprint has taken over as the sprinter’s world championships. The vast majority of the best sprinters in the world are here, only Kooij and Magnier are missing. Last year, a crash denied quite a few of the big contenders, hopefully this year we get to see...

La Bridoire > Grand Colombier 134km Well, well, well, hats off to Luke Tuckwell. The young Aussie was brave, and it paid off, he’s in the yellow jersey and leads Armirail by 1:12, but his main threats are Jorgenson (2:34), Seixas (3:06), Ayuso (3:15) and Del Toro (3:22). Awaiting the riders is a huge day...