Primoz is primo – a recap of stages 1-9 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia
The main contenders for this year’s Giro d’Italia The first week of the 2019 Giro d’Italia was (a) nine days long and (b) bookended by time trials with uphill finishes. Those two stages were the…
The 2019 Paris-Nice Wrap
I’ve been branding most of my stage race round-ups ‘wraps’ for the last year or so, but I can’t help but feel that a Paris-Nice wrap must be a specific type of French taco. Do…
Stage 17: Primoz Roglic unsurprisingly quick downhill
Last year Primoz Roglic was one hundredth of a second away from wearing the leader’s jersey in the Giro d’Italia. He went on to win the second time trial in that race, even though it…
Primoz Roglic doesn’t need computers (or water)
A time trial is, hardly unsurprisingly, a story of time. Tactics and team-mates become irrelevant. The clock is all. At least that’s normally the case. In Chianti country on stage nine, the weather also played…
