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The first stage of Paris Nice looked to be a comfortable one for the GC favourites but Jumbo Visma had different ideas on the final climb which was only 1.2 km long at an average of 7%.

 

Laporte, Van Aert and Roglic formed an elite team trial team to up the gap to more than 20 seconds and Laporte took the victory ahead of his two team-mates.

Tadej Pogačar adds another race to his impressive palmares in a exciting edition of Strade Bianche and thereby became the first Slovenian winner and also the 2nd youngest winner overall.

The Race of the Two seas will have an increasing narrative this year with no high mountain finishes so could force a more punchy race with favourites such as the defending champion Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel looking to put on a show.

Paris-Nice 2021 had a dramatic conclusion last year with Primož Roglič crashing on the final stage but the superstar is back to try to stop Maximillian Schachmann from clinching a hat-trick of general classification wins at Paris-Nice. Aleksandr Vlasov and Joao Almeida will also be two of the key contenders for the top step of the podium.

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The 16th edition of Strade Bianche will not include Wout van Aert nor Mathieu van der poel on the start line but Tom Pidcock, Gianni Moscon, Tadej Pogacar and even Tom Dumoulin are some of the riders that will line up on the startline in Siena.

Tadej Pogačar managed to win for the first time up Jebel Jais with the support of his strong team-mates of Joao Almeida and Rafa Majka.

Luke Plapp showed some solid form and Filippo Ganna surprised everyone finishing 11th on the stage to only drop to 2nd overall on the GC.

The 9km course produced a somewhat surprise as the most successful time trialist since 2019 did not take the win in the form of Filippo Ganna but moreover Stefan Bissegger tasted success for the first time in 2022.

Luke Plapp had to ride the course on his road bike after a crash beforehand and Aleksandr Vlasov managed to squeeze into top 10.

Dan Bigham was very busy in 2021 and in 2022 he has made many changes including moving to Andorra and working for INEOS Grenadiers. 

 

Dan also shares his thoughts on his assault on the Hour Record and what is the limits of the Hour Record for humans in general.

The 4th edition of the UAE Tour will see the return of the podium from last year with Tadej Pogačar, Adam Yates and João Almeida plus the on from Aleksandr Vlasov.

In the sprinting stages there is a stellar field from Dylan Groenewegen, Mark Cavendish and also the season debut of Sam Bennett for Bora Hansgrohe.

João Almeida has had an incredible rise in the world of pro cycling only making his debut on the WorldTour in 2020. 

João Almeida discusses his success at the Giro d'Italia in both 2020 and 2021 plus how it has been joining UAE Team Emirates and his fantastic second half of the 2021 season winning both the Tour of Luxembourg and the Tour de Pologne.