Tag: Richard Carapaz
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Tadej Pogacar’s (modern) blockbuster win + The People’s Champion | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2024 Tour de France
There was plenty of action in the final week of the 2024 Tour de France – but action alone doesn’t hit too hard when there is so little sense of jeopardy. As such, Tadej Pogacar’s dominant victory was a lot more impressive than it was entertaining. Foreshadowing a damp squib The final week began with…
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Jai ho! | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia
Recap of Stages 1-9 Recap of Stages 10-15 To do a recap before we get into the recap, the middle week of the 2022 Giro d’Italia had seen five contenders become four after Romain Bardet vomited his way out of the race. They were Richard Carapaz in pink, Jai Hindley 7s behind him, Joao Almeida…
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Pog smashes it, Rog crashes it, with dashes of Cavendish | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2021 Tour de France
The yellow jersey contenders Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap The first week of the Tour de France is not normally so much about the racing as what ensues as a result of the racing. I’m talking about crashes, basically. In other races, you have a good few riders who are only…
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Primoz Roglic has done something no-one else has done in a while | A recap of stages 13-18 of the 2020 Vuelta a Espana
Pressed for time? Here’s a very quick summary: Primoz Roglic won the first stage of the Vuelta a Espana, lost the lead for a short period in the middle, but then won overall. How did this happen? Well here’s the recap of stages 1-12… And now here’s what happened in the final week… The time…
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Richard Carapaz, Primoz Roglic and… Hugh Carthy? | A recap of stages 1-12 of the 2020 Vuelta a Espana
Let me tell you a story about two Grand Tour winners and a lad from Preston who sometimes stays up too late because he wants to watch the darts. There’ll be a slight whistle-stop quality to much of this recap because I’ve got two weeks of racing to get through. I’ll slow down when we…
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Don’t give Richard Carapaz an inch – a recap of stages 16-21 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia
The main contenders for this year’s Giro d’Italia A recap of stages 1-9 A recap of stages 10-15 A recap of stages 16-21 You might think that the marathon is a long race, but people are knocking them out in a couple of hours these days. A Grand Tour takes three weeks. Plenty changes in…
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Richard Carapaz at altitude, Primoz Roglic on the wrong bike – a recap of stages 10-15 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia
The main contenders for this year’s Giro d’Italia A recap of stages 1-9 A recap of stages 10-15 A recap of stages 16-21 That should probably more accurately read ‘a recap of stages 12-15 of the 2019 Giro d’Italia. Here’s my recap of stages 10 and 11: nothing happened. Let’s start at the end. Here’s…