With climbing at the forefront of both races, the Volta Catalunya and Vuelta Pais Vasco always attract a crop of Grand Tour GC contenders. This year didn’t disappoint with everybody who’s anybody – and not named Nibali – stretching their legs in Spain. Whilst the likes of Paris-Nice may always be bigger races, Spain’s duo
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2015 delivered some cracking stage racing and credit should go to riders for their approach to competition. The Tour de France did a reasonable job at living up to its hype, though we were a good way into the race before Team Sky’s defence cracked under the efforts of Movistar. Fans’ expectations were instead left
The Giro finished today with Alberto Contador overcoming aggressive Astana tactics to add another Grand Tour to his already impressive collection. The third week belonged to the boys in light blue however, with podium finishers Mikel Landa and Fabio Aru taking two stages each. This Giro received praise for its exciting and at times frenetic
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