Green jersey contenders in 2016
I’ve been putting off writing this points competition preview for a few days now and presumed there was some reason for this – nothing conscious, just some mystic message from the cosmos saying: “No, don’t…
Nacer Bouhanni finds a flat stage in the middle of the Vuelta
It’s unusual for the Vuelta to get through an entire stage without taking a detour to go up some hill or other, but on stage eight it managed it. However, the Vuelta being the Vuelta,…
Nacer Bouhanni is the Vuelta sprinter
Grand Tour sprint days have had a surprisingly small cast this year. Marcel Kittel started the Giro as if he was going to win every single flat stage. Then, when he dropped out of the…
Nacer Bouhanni chases back on
More crashing and another Nacer Bouhanni victory. In a sense, it seems like business as usual, but this was a fascinating finish where only the result fits the usual sprint script. Watch the last few…
Apparently Nacer Bouhanni won another stage
I’ll be honest, I didn’t see this one, but it appears to have underlined the sprint pecking order. Marcel Kittel was fastest, but in his absence, Nacer Bouhanni is fastest. To be honest, the sprint…
Nacer Bouhanni manages to sprint
After the Giro’s stint in Ireland, several riders had said they were looking forward to the warmer, drier weather of Italy. Well, the joke’s on them because stage four was so wet and dangerous that…
