Tag: Preview

Worlds Race Preview: There are probably four ‘Top Favourites’ for Sunday’s men’s road race, but this is the World championships and the strangest things can happen, a ‘nobody’ never wins the rainbow jersey… there can be surprises. Ed Hood looks at the course and who might be the protagonists for the rainbow race in Wollongong.The rainbow jersey, perhaps to civilians the yellow jersey is more famous; and of course most Italians would sooner win a Primavera than a Worlds [I can relate to that, its the most beautiful race in the world] whilst the Worlds is a poor second to de Ronde if youre Flemish. But for many riders its the pinnacle.Still a big thing… Even in FlandersFor a whole…

Race Preview: Saturday sees the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad kick off the ‘proper’ 2022 season with the first Belgian Classic race of the year. The Flemish race has everything we ever wanted from a Northern Classic – Short, stiff climbs, cobbles and race deciding weather conditions. Ed Hood gives us his Omloop preview.Het Nieuwsblad – A race for hard ridersPEZ soothsayer and mentor Vik reckons that all races thus far in 2022 are irrelevant. Sorry, Wout Poels, Remco Evenepoel, Nairo Quintana, Alessandro Covi, Benjamin Thomas. . .Sorry Wout, it means nothing!He has a point; sunshine and photo ops arent going to feature this Saturday. Quilted jackets, bobble hats, frites and pils surely will though. Temperatures near freezing, bone cutting winds and…