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2015 GPCQM Montreal
Forty eight hours after Rigoberto Uran won GPCQM Quebec on a sunny afternoon, the same field raced 205km under cold and miserable conditions in Montreal. Tobias Ludvigsson. Tom Boonen, Ramunas Navardauskas, and Philippe Gilbert on a climb just 2km into the circuit race. Davide Formolo and Michal Kwiatkowski. Greg Van Avermaet. … Continue reading
2015 GPCQM Quebec
Waiting for the start Alexander Kristoff, Guillaume Boivin, Philippe Gilbert, Ryder Hesjedal, and Romain Bardet. Hugo Houle and Michal Kwiatkowski. Etixx Quick Step. Riding laps of Côte des Glacis The peloton approaches. An early mechanical for Kristoff. The peloton. The 6 man break away. Nate Brown in … Continue reading
Q&A with Simon Geschke
German rider Simon Geschke recently took the time to chat with me about the biggest win of his career, his Italian heritage, and his goals for GPCQM and the World Championships. Click here to read the interview in full as published on PodiumCafe.com.
2015 La Vuelta stage 12
Andorra: beautiful scenery but very few cycling fans! Tony Hurel. Carlos Verona. Julien Simon. Dominique Rollin poses for fans. Markel Irizar and Stephane Rossetto's bike wait dutifully for their riders. Andrew Talasnky. Carlos Barbero. Amael Moinard and Mattia Cattaneo head in opposite directions. Joey Rosskopf signs … Continue reading
2015 La Vuelta stage 11: Alto Els Cortals d’Encamp
Thanks to a new friend with a car and the free funicular, we landed ourselves the perfect viewing spot about 1.2km before the finish line on Alto Els Cortals d'Encamp. When a single light blue dot appeared on a far road, it could only be Mikel Landa coming in to claim the stage. … Continue reading
2015 La Vuelta stage 11: Collada de Beixalis
Rest day? What rest day? It was a distant memory when the peloton woke up this morning to prepare for the 138km queen stage. I hiked up the first of 6 categorized climbs, which came after less than 10km of riding for the peloton. Waiting for the peloton. Romain Sicard and Darwin … Continue reading
2015 La Vuelta stage 10
An overnight rain I. Valencia did nothing to cool temperatures but it did make for a striking sky over the beach this morning. Valencia officially speaks Spanish and Valencian so there was an additional emcee on hand this morning alongside Juanma. The sign on window had been open for probably 15 minutes before … Continue reading
2015 La Vuelta stage 9
The town of Torrevieja, site of the ninth stage's start, isn't much itself but the beach certainly is gorgeous. At the Tour de France, it was Cyril Gautier who was usually the first rider to sign on. At the Vuelta, his teammate Jerome Cousin has been taking that distinction. Stephen Cummings. When … Continue reading
2015 La Vuelta stage 8
Today's stage was always a question mark. The profile was a long downward slope with two short, sharp peaks in the last 36km where the peloton would hit La Cresta del Gallo twice. It would be a tough climb, but would it be tough enough for the break to stick, or would it all come … Continue reading
2015 La Vuelta stage 7
Let’s get right to it. The Alto de Capileira is located in the mountainous La Alpujarra area: 18.7km with an average gradient of a modest 5% only because the middle 5km are virtually flat. Otherwise it’s more in the neighborhood of 6% with a max of 14% in the penultimate kilometer (though I walked it and … Continue reading