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Sagres > Fóia 186.2km The second stage heads back to Alto da Fóia, a regular finish in the race. This year, the approach to the climb is different, it looks a little harder to me. Last year, Higuita and Foss crashed withing sight of the line, allowing Gaudu to take the win, will it be...

Diezma > Alcalá la Real 155.9km The second stage finishes in Alcalá la Real, which is where Covi won in 2022 and Ethan Hayter in 2021. The finishing location was different in those two editions, the organisers have decided to go back to the 2021 finish, which means the final 500m on horrible cobbles.  Weather...

Puente de Génave > Santiago de la Espada 178.9km It might be the first stage, but we’re straight into the thick of it. With 4155m of climbing, this is the hardest stage of the race, we’ll see big gaps on GC at the end. With three cat 1 climbs, this is going to test everyone’s...

Portimão > Lagos 200.0km The opening stage of the race, and it should be one for the sprinters. This is the same finish as last year, but the organisers have added a little climb with 20km. This isn’t hard enough to put the pure sprinters into difficulty, it should be a big sprint. Fingers crossed;...

For this year’s edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía it looks like the organisers all dropped some acid and then decided on the route. The result is one of the most ridiculously challenging races you’re likely to see. Every single stage ends with an uphill finish, and we see the return of some old favourites....

The 49th edition of the Volta ao Algarve, and the organisers have stuck with the tried and tested route. We should have two days for the sprinters, two GC days, and one ITT. One slight issue is the weather, it looks like being wet and windy for most of the race. The opening stage of the...

Samail > Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain) 152.4km Time for the Green Mountain. With the GC position finely balanced, the final stage could get a little tactical. First of all, everyone’s got to get to the foot of the climb in the peloton. Weather Hot and there’s a little bit of wind around. In previous...

Izki > Yitti Hills 204km Another new finish, the Tour of Oman is really spoiling us. At 204km it must be the longest ever Tour of Oman stage. It finishes in the Yitti Hills, which sounds like something you get after eating a dodgy curry. Matteo Jorgenson took a brilliant win today; he now leads...

Úbeda > Baeza 177.9km It’s the 2nd edition of the race, but the organisers have decided to change things up a bit. We’ve got 7 gravel sectors, the longest is a whopping 11km in length. It’s not just the gravel the riders have to worry about, with nearly 3000m of climbing throughout the day, this is...

Al Khobar > Jabal Haat 154.8km Hold onto your hats, there’s a new finish to get your teeth into. Pan flat all day, then a tough uphill finish. This is much harder than today, we’ll start to see who’ll be the main contenders for the overall title. Weather Hot, sunny, not much wind. Finale The...