Category: Previews

Montréal > Montréal 39km ITT Men’s and women’s races are both the exact same route, and both take place on Sunday, so I’ve chucked them in the same preview.  In the men’s race, history beckons for Remco Evenepoel, he’s going for four consecutive wins, something that’s never been done before. Looking to stop him will...

Brakel > Haacht 199km Name change alert, goodbye SUPER 8 and hello to Flandrien 0.0 Classic. The name is different, but the route is the same as the last few years, it’s all about a lap circuit which features Moskesstraat, Holstheide and Smeysberg. If previous editions are anything to go by, it’s going to be...

Ettelbruck > Ettelbruck 20.4km ITT Time trial day in Luxembourg. It’s not an easy route, 346m of climbing will be a challenge for the specialist TT riders. Nearly all of the climbing comes between km 4 and km 15, there’s 305m in that section, making it very hard. Today’s stage was crazy, it looked like...

Wiltz > Diekirch 180km Stage 3 of Tour de Luxembourg is the start of the GC fight. It’s a very tough finale, the same circuit which was used in 2024 when Mauri Vansevenant won stage 3 by attacking with 22km to go, with Formolo, and bridging to the initial break. Van der Poel won the...

Koolskamp > Koolskamp 180km 110th edition of the race, surely one of the oldest in cycling. It’s the usual circuit around Koolskamp, a day which favours the sprinters.

Niederkorn (Differdange) > Junglinster 167km Van der Poel got his win today, even though he did it in a slightly unconventional way. The Dutchman attacked on the climb, incredibly followed by Eike Behrens. They didn’t get a big gap, so Van der Poel made the right decision to pull the plug and wait for the...

Seraing > Namur 196km The 66th edition of the race and the organisers have decided to change things up a little bit and make it harder. Back in 2019, and before, the race used to have a more challenging finale with the presence of Côte de Lustin (3km at 5.2%), now they’ve added in a couple...

Luxembourg-Knuedler > Luxembourg-Fëschmaart 158km The opening stage in Luxembourg and a day which most of these riders will know fairly well. Mathieu van der Poel won back in 2024, all eyes will be on him as he makes his return to racing.

The 86th edition of the race, Brandon McNulty won last year but he’s not back to defend his crown as he’s in Canada preparing for the world championships. Some riders are here to get ready for worlds, as they are only doing the road race which is on the 27th. The biggest name going for this...

Carrefour Granada > Granada 113km The final stage of the Vuelta and following the lead of the Tour de France, there’s no processional sprint stage. The final day is down in Granada and the lap circuit features a challenging climb. It looks a beautiful stage, but rumour is the riders are trying to get the...