So the season is almost upon us and it looks like normality is almost resumed, yes some early season races have been cut, but the big ones look like they'll be going ahead on time.
Big races start with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussels Kuurne on 26th and 27th Feb, Strade Bianche on 5th March, Milan San Remo on 19th March, Tour of Flanders on 3rd April and Paris Roubaix on the 17th ( a week later than usual due to french elections).
Three grand tours are
Giro D'Italia 6th to 29th MAy
Tour De France 1st to 24th July
La Vuelta A Espana 19th August to 9th September
World Championships are due to be held in Australia between 18th and 25th of September, but with current restrictions there is a lot of talk of this being moved.
With Australia being in the news recently one big thing to come off the back of Djokovic's recent case is that Macron has announced no sports people without vaccinations will not be allowed to participate, so this could see people like Sagan (who I believe stated was not being vaccinated) not riding Le Tour. But will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Finally there is one big CX race to go - the world championships in Fayetteville, Arkensas on the last weekend in January, and with two big names from last year on the road not competing (WvA and MvdP) it should be a bit more open in the mens race, I'm hoping for a Pidcock win and also excited what he can do in his second year on the road. I also hope and expect Zoe Backstedt and Cam Mason are up there fighting for gold in their respective races, and hope it's a bit of a mudfest for Hattie Harnden to go smash it up in the U23s.
Big races start with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne Brussels Kuurne on 26th and 27th Feb, Strade Bianche on 5th March, Milan San Remo on 19th March, Tour of Flanders on 3rd April and Paris Roubaix on the 17th ( a week later than usual due to french elections).
Three grand tours are
Giro D'Italia 6th to 29th MAy
Tour De France 1st to 24th July
La Vuelta A Espana 19th August to 9th September
World Championships are due to be held in Australia between 18th and 25th of September, but with current restrictions there is a lot of talk of this being moved.
With Australia being in the news recently one big thing to come off the back of Djokovic's recent case is that Macron has announced no sports people without vaccinations will not be allowed to participate, so this could see people like Sagan (who I believe stated was not being vaccinated) not riding Le Tour. But will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Finally there is one big CX race to go - the world championships in Fayetteville, Arkensas on the last weekend in January, and with two big names from last year on the road not competing (WvA and MvdP) it should be a bit more open in the mens race, I'm hoping for a Pidcock win and also excited what he can do in his second year on the road. I also hope and expect Zoe Backstedt and Cam Mason are up there fighting for gold in their respective races, and hope it's a bit of a mudfest for Hattie Harnden to go smash it up in the U23s.
