Tour of California Stage 8 LIVE
San Francisco - Santa Rosa 131.4 km Grand Levi-finale Honorary Levi of the Day: Peter Sagan Who else could win? Official site , Stageinfo , Startlist
San Francisco - Santa Rosa 131.4 km Grand Levi-finale Honorary Levi of the Day: Peter Sagan Who else could win? Official site , Stageinfo , Startlist
(Original profile. New planned course the same but without the last 4.25 km of the Galibier climb) Cesana Torinese - Col du Galibier (Les Granges du Galibier) 144.8 km The big stage of...
Livermore - Mount Diablo 147.1 km Another evil climb to decide the GC. Honorary Levi of the Day: Leopold König If Tejay takes it easy König could finally get a good win. Official site , S...
It's time for one of Europe's noblest cultural traditions, so of course we need a live thread! What could possibly go wrong?
Cervere - Bardonecchia 168 km Introducing another wild unexplored finishing climb up the Jafferau climb. Time to see who can challenge Nibali. Girbecco's Guess : Domenico Pozzovivo The little...
San Jose 31.6 km Timetrial Quite an original looking timetrial once again. Just as the Giro TT the other day this looks quite hard to predict as it ends with quite a challenging climb Honorary...
Busseto - Cherasco 254 km Such a long ride that with so much promise for the sprinters and then they throw in those tricky hills at the end. It just seems mean. Should still be a sprint,...
Santa Barbara - Avila Beach 185.7 km More sprinty times.Can the domestic teams have their day. They've come close every day. Honorary Levi of the Day: Peter Sagan I have to go with another...
Longarone - Treviso 134 km It's not easy being a sprinter in this race. They get their chances but they have to wait patiently for them. They've been preparing for today for sure. Girbecco's...
Santa Clarita - Santa Barbara 134.6 km Another day for the sprinters. Honorary Levi of the Day: Jake Keough He could totally have a repeat of his Utah win here today. Totally. Official site ,...
Tarvisio - Vajont 182 km Another day where no one gets to relax. A long uphill slog to Sella Ciampigotto and a the stage finishes on a seven km uphill finish. No brute like yesterday but one of...
Palmdale - Santa Clarita 177.5km A bit of respite and one of those ATOC days where you have nooooooooo idea how it is going to end. Honorary Levi of the Day: Gianni Meersman Loking good to...
Cordenons - Altopiano de Montasio 167 km The first really big mountaintop finish. Day after a restday just to make things more cruel. First the riders have to navigate the narrow winding road up...
Murrieta - Greater Palm Springs 199.7 km Another big climbing day. A new fierce finishing climb, the Tram Way climb in Palm Springs, should make for big timegaps with it's 6 kms at 9,5%. Add to...
Escondido - Escondido 165.2 km Lots of climbing already in stage 1 but plenty of time for the race to come together for a sprint in Escondido. Honorary Levi of the Day: Thor Hushovd I can't...
Sansepolcro - Firenze 170 km Another really hard stage to assess. Serious climbing mid-stage and the perfect attack launchpad with the steep 4 km Vetta la Croci (avg 9.1%) 22 km from the finish....
Gabicce Mare - Saltara 54.8 km TT One Timetrial to rule them all.One Timetrial to find them.One Timetrial to bring them alland in the darkness bind them. Girbecco's Guess : Bradley Wiggins It...
Marina di San Salvo - Pescara 177 km A vicious stage of relentless climbing. None of it very long but it's constant up and down and with some of it very steep. Girbecco is adamant that the break...
Mola di Bari - Margherita di Savoia 169 km Finally an uncomplicated that will be dominated by Cavendish the sprinter's teams and Cavendish one of them will surely come out on top today. G...
Cosenza - Matera 203 km Long flat with a little twist at the end. As much as we love the Giro organizers, Cav hates them. Girbecco's Guess : Giovanni Visconti Time to not just be thereabouts,...
Policastro Bussentino - Serra San Bruno 246 km Another day with a challenging finale. Can we get fireworks like on Stage 3? Girbecco's Guess : Pieter Weening Weening has been on form for a...
Sorrento - Marina di Ascea 222 km Long stage with what looks like the makings of an unpredictable finale. Girbecco's Guess : Stefano Garzelli This should be for someone who can handle the medium...
Ischia - Forio 17.4 km Team Timetrial Opening weekend continues with the spectacle of the team timetrial on the tiny island of Ischia, off the coast of Napoli. This promises to be beautiful as...
Estaires - Dunkerque 164.1 km After yesterday's wild and crazy un-flatness we are back to business today. Le Podiumcafe conjecture sauvage : Arnaud Demare Yeah that's right. I picked Demare...
Napoli - Napoli 130 km Giro's here! Giro's here! Giro's here! Girbecco's Guess : Nacer Bouhanni Everyone is expecting a Cavendish coronation today so it would be fun if someone rattled...
Louvre Lens - Parc Départemental d'Olhain 182.8 km The boys in Dunkerque go up and down, up and down, up and down..... Le Podiumcafe conjecture sauvage : Julien El Fares El Fares is pretty...