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2022 Critérium du Dauphiné - STAGE 7 Preview & Predictions Stage 7 Profile First Climb: Col du Galibier Second Climb: Col de la Croix de Fer Finish Climb This is where the big battle starts. The riders start with climb of the Galibier where some riders will try to attack to form the breakaway. Team Jumbo-Visma will content themselves to using Chris Harper to set a decent tempo. From there on, it will be the duty of Laporte and  Kruijswijk  to bring the leaders to the foot of the Col de La Croix de Fer. From there on, the pace will be set at speed to try to deter any attack but not to drop Wout van Aert .  Juan Ayuso who has to leave the race after suffering from stomach issue will be missed.  Attacks from David Gaudu , Enric Mas and Team Bahrain’s duo of Caruso and Haig can be expected. The constant shape of pressure might crack Wout van Aert, leaving Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglič having each other’s back. The race will end at Vaujany after a final 5.7 km climb at 7.

2022 Women's Tour - STAGE 6 Preview & Predictions Stage 5 Recap The expected fight between the big girls on the black mountain happened and now Elisa Longo Borghini and Grace Brown are on the same time with the latter leading due to her cumulative placings being  better. Stage 6 Overview Map Stage Profile Last 5 km of Stage 6 Measuring 142 km long, the final stage should be a bunch sprint, with the two difficulties set at the start of the race. There usually would have been no interest in this final stage destined for Lorena Weibes. But now, it will thrilling to watch Elisa Longo Borghini and Grace Brown sprint for bonus seconds.  There are 2 intermediate sprint over the stage with each bringing 3, 2 and 1 second to the first three respectively. The final brings 10, 6 and 4 seconds. Women’s Tour 2022 will end in the magnificent Oxfordshire. Predictions  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  :  Lorena Weibes  –  No one comes close to her and she should be taking a win.  Overall Classification It will g

Tour de Suisse 2022 - Part 2 These eight stages will mostly be about punchers and climbers for this year, in which we only have one time trial but very important one.  Stage Winners So we will firstly talk about the puncheurs and possible stage winners. There are no less than five stages that could go to them. UAE Team Emirates' trio  Diego Ulissi , Alessandro Covi and Marc Hirschi represent  everything  about puncheurs.  Beno ît  Cosnefroy and Quentin Pacher are French riders who have been impressing for some years now with a punchy finish and recently, in classic race as well.  Clément Champoussin ,  although very unpredictable, he can also be included among The French hopes.  A rider that should be taken seriously is Patrick Bevin  who is very good sprinter and processes time trial abilities. He can even climb decently as seen recently in the Tour of Turkey.  Andreas Kron and Alexander Kamp are fast finishers that would not mind a steep gradient and should be in the mix fo

Dwars Door Het Hageland 2022 Preview This is one of the hardest race in Belgium. Designed like a cyclo-cross circuit, it is very unlikely to go down to a bunch sprint. Unlike Criterium du Dauphine and Tour de Suisse, the Dwars Door Het Hageland race offers a different but interesting cycling course with unpaved strips and cobblestones.  Previous Winners 2021: Rasmus Tiller 2020: Jonas Rickaert 2019: Kenneth Vanbilsen 2018: Krists Neilands Result Dwars door het Hageland 2021 1. Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X) 2. Danny van Poppel (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) on 1s 3. Yves Lampaert (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) on 2s 4. Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Fenix) ) all in zt 5. Piet Allegaert (Cofidis)  Stage Overview Stage Profile Map Measuring 177 km in length, the race starts from Aarschot and finishes in Diest.  The riders will undertake 14 sectors of unpaved and cobblestones terrain making up for 41km. It will be a gradual  thinning  of the peloton.  Team Quick Step Alpha vinyl comes with a trio of serious con

2022 Critérium du Dauphiné - STAGE 6 Preview & Predictions After a fascinating nail-bitting stage 5, we will be served with another one on Friday. Nevertheless, the profile of the race could also favor a group of good riders in the breakaway. Stage 6 Profile Last 3 km With 2 category two climbs on the menu, there is no chance for Dylan Groenewegen and other big climbers to make it to the end. By the summit of the Col du Rousset which tops after 74km, a leading group with Pierre Rolland in it will try to cooperate for the next 120 km to the finish. Their chance will largely depends on how much Wout Van Aert would want  a third win and put his team to work. They can however expect some help from other teams who do not have men in the break. Predictions ★★☆☆☆ : Wout van Aert   –  Only a breakaway win can stop this from happening.  ★☆☆☆☆ : Lukas Pöstlberger   – He took a breakaway win in last year’s Dauphiné opening stage.  ★☆☆☆☆ : Harry Sweeny   –  Another sneaky rider who knows how

2022 Women's Tour - STAGE 5 Preview & Predictions Stage 4 Recap The big girls came out to play today. Grace Brown displayed her power and climbing abilities. Katarzyna Niewiadoma also looks to be doing good. Elisa Longo Borghini is continuously building on that Paris-Roubaix. Ashley Moolman-Pasio after finishing in a second group 36 second down should be more worried after losing 2 precious team-mates. Stage 5 Overview Map Stage Profile Last 5 km of Stage 5 Stage 5 is the only top mountain finish of this year’s race. Measuring 7.2 km in length, Black Mountain averages a gradient of 5.3% and ramps up to 21% in places. With no van Vleuten or Vollering to dominate the field, we might witness one of the most exciting finish which will reward the probable winner of the overall. With the finish line situated at the top of the Black Mountain, the contenders will be the strongest girls of the startlist. Predictions  Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Grace Brown, Elisa Longo- Borghini, Ashley Moolm

Tour de Suisse 2022 Tour de Suisse will be the penultimate race before the highly anticipated Tour de France. Coinciding with Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour de Suisse will run from June 12 to June 19 i.e. eight stages. The first five stages are predominantly hilly, and the last three stages will probably dictate the general classification. The previous winners of Tour de Suisse were Richie Porte in 2018, Egan Bernal in 2019 and Richard Carapaz in 2021. Tour de Suisse had been cancelled for the year 2020 . Overall Map The first thing we notice when we have a general look of the tour de Suisse is that Julien Alaphilippe will be missed, but Remco Evenepoel is here! With just one time trial which will close the race, this year’s race will be more packed with action and elevation. Stage 1 The riders will have to undertake a circuit 4 times instead of the traditional prologue. It is hard to see a bunch sprint here. Only puncheurs will survive.   Stage 2 Considering the rather flat opening