"Round of Flanders", 03.04
Fabian Kanchellara told h2 : "Round of Flanders" – unique race". Even the great racer did not resist its charm and will go to Belgium behind a record fourth victory. Only from 99 big bronze cyclist the Belgian got 31 times not. Last year local the racer of "Katyusha" Alexander Christoff offended.
Round presents to p a surprising texture sharp, but short liftings with a stone blocks and the narrow turns which are often blocking big peloton. There is no the huge crowd which is raising dust on a soil roadside as to Paris – Roubaix, – racers go small groups and as if come up from a forest thicket. Sprinters and razdelshchik – here the main applicants for success in Flanders. The first seek to go to the single separation, the second – to keep at them on a wheel. On advantage of one and others their teams while kilometers of 30-40 everything, except the most abrupt, do not come to an end overwork. And then the audience observes fight of the best therefore to pass such show – a crime.
"Paris-Roubaix", 10.04
the Most terrible one-day race in the history, broken not one career. Its distance together with mostly stacked sites regularly include in "Tour de France", and each time one or several favourites lose race exactly there. Rough stone blocks which never comes to an end, close roadsides, incredibly long plains and dirt – it is possible to be prepared for "Roubaix" in only one way: to gather with itself it is more than spare wheels.
Fabian Kanchellara and Tom Bonnen – leaders of race of the last years, but regularly win France those who is not waited even by managers of their teams. In 2011 Johan Vansyummeren carried on the finish Tura Hushovda, but got to an excellent separation and threw 19 seconds Kanchellare. "Paris – Rube" – a Champions League final and title fight of MMA in one person – is not present uniform race without the epichny falling tired and splashed by dirt of persons, unexpected breaks and failures.
"Dzhiro of d' Italy", 06.05 – 29.05
the 99th Italian supermulti-day race promises the audience an improbable intrigue. To submit the Apenninsky peninsula all young mnogodnevshchik go: Esteban Chavez,
it is valid, the route is that distinguishes "Dzhiro d’ Italy" from two other grand rounds. In France tactics and results of races comes out on top for a while. In Spain it is necessary to keep forces on the finish, and in Italy mountains solve, whether you are ready to a victory. Ryder Heshedal won the race when Joachim Rodriguez did not have the steepness of lifting. Denis Menshov used mountain cutting, and Nairo Quintana – dangerous descent. In 2016 "Dzhiro's" route has a kind feeling young, practically there are no terribly difficult mountain stages – many places for short attacks under the finish. The main accent in fight for the overall ranking lies on the end of the second - the beginning of the third week. But the royal 20th stage Guillestre – Sant’Anna di Vinadio becomes the main test.
"Kriterium Dofine", 05.06 – 12.06
Week French round traditionally divides two main multi-day races of a season, on its roads the coolest racers in a bad form face. One just finished three-week race, and others just prepare for it. On a wave razdry and uncertainty the intrigue twists more purely, than on all other cycle multi-day races. In recent years the Sky team chose "Kriterium" as a training platform in front of France, and four times from five were won by Bradley Uigginz and Christopher Frum .
But it does not mean that rivals simply give to British a victory – fight proceeds till the end. In 2014 Andrew Talanski broke away at the last stage and outstripped the most eminent rivals. Short week race usually includes some mountain stages and cutting on whom all and decides. The price of a stage is not so high as on "Tour de France", and racers regularly reach a victory from a separation. So, in 2014 to the success katyushinets Yury Trofimov and Simon Spilak came.
"Tour de France", 02.07 – 24.07
it is difficult to present the fan of cycle races who passes the greatest start at own will. "Tour de France" is today not history and Lens Armstrong's even not terrible scandals. The French round is the most untwisted, technically equipped and desired race from all. The best racers, intense fight and video cameras at every turn. At desire admirers can see any details: from the warped smile of the dead person, otmakhavshy 40 kilometers for the sake of an undershirt of the winner of a stage, to a group urination on a roadside.
the Route of race is secondary, is always secondary, whatever it was mountain. Tactics, team fight and million watts of the animal energy which is going broke. Alberto Contador , Christopher Frum, Fabio Ara – to you is not enough? Then support John Degenkolba, Alexander Christoff, Elia Viviani and, of course, Peter Sagan. No matter, that the first half of stages in the middle of the French fields – continuous boredom and position games because show only final three-four hours. Here them also watch, diluting a sour whiteness of plains with hot sweet mulled wine of mountain stages.
"Vuelta" of Spain, 20.08 – 11.09
Autumn race, last farewell to a big cycle season. Further only World Cup and a little interesting, but much less known competitions. The hostage of the situation in a season, the Spanish grand round is won usually by those who is less tired during the season or specially protected forces under "Vuelta". Spain is the bright sun lighting chambers through filters, the dried-up hillsides and the most dangerous breaks in centimeters from a wheel.
In 2016 the third multi-day race of a season will take place p by northern part of the Iberian Peninsula. The continuous Pyrenees and there is a lot of Basque Country – any mercy to tired feet of grandees. Two flat stages, and those are with separate start. The best that gives to "Vuelt's" fans, is an uncertainty. Anybody cannot tell in advance what will turn out structure of participants. Injuries, failures and progress of favourites remake structure several times during the season therefore to discuss results of the Spanish round in advance – bad job.
"Paris-Nice", 06.03 – 13.03
the French multi-day race begins h2 with scandal. The acting winner of race Richie Port obyajvil about removal in two days prior to start – and all because of Chris Frum. But it does not prevent race to remain the extremely representative: Alberto Contador, Simon Spilak, Tom Dyumyulen, Marcel Kittel, Alexander Christoff and André Graypel will make this week. Dynamic stages, short working liftings and two sprint finishes turn race into an excellent show.
"Tirreno – Adriatiko", 09.03 – 15.03
Sky not on the fault removed h2 of Port about "Paris-Nice". Christopher Frum felt unwell and refused to start in Italy. Instead of it the leader there will go Richie. "Tirreno – Adriatiko" will pass near Rome – team cutting and the excellent stage Foligno – Monte San Vicino with long final lifting. Miners will surely advance to the attack and one of them will take all multi-day race at one stroke.
"Milan" – "San Remo", 19.03
300 kilometers of the plain with two abrupt torchka in 8-9% – the hardest race with an unexpected outcome in French riviera. Excellent occasion to observe work of sprint teams, a high quality delivery and breakthrough on a ribbon. Certainly, if someone from classics does not take in head to come off in advance, and on the iron muscles to keep ahead pelotona on pleasure to the audience and bosses of teams.
"Amstel Gold Flight", 17.04
the Dutch classics on infinite hills with narrow asphalt footpaths. Joachim Rodriguez regularly comes on race behind a victory – krutyaki under the finish, such as Kauberg, impose his manner, but remain with anything. Philippe Gilbert three times winning on "Amstel", knows the true recipe of success: it keeps in the background and makes breakthrough shortly before the finish. Quite so it outstripped Rodriguez in 2015.
"Round of the Basque Country", 04.04 – 09.04
the Bright multi-day race with purely mountain route for such guys as Esteban Chavez, Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador, and certainly, Joachim Rodriguez with Samuel Sanchez. Even cutting on "Tura of the Basque Country" – mountain. Any sprinters, one lean, tiny bodies and intolerable gradients. To fans it is pure - the Spanish dismantlings – obligatory to look.
"Liege – Baston – Liege", 24.04
Since 1980 the Belgian classics ceased to please with h2 only the local. If before won against one local, for the subsequent 36 times only Gilbert and Dirk De Wolf, Frank Vandenbrukke and Eric Van Lanker hoisted the black-yellow-red colors over race. Route race reminds "Amstel", only ascent here is more and a final site more abrupt. Race has a kind feeling to separations because it is difficult to work at narrow liftings as big group. Therefore also results of the last years the very unexpected. There are winner miners, sprinters, razdelshchik and classics.
"Romandiya's Round", 26.04 – 01.05
to Miss the most beautiful week race across the Swiss Alps – the crime, with translations you will not get off with any problems. Prolog, short cutting and four mountain stages – a classical set of week race. Let's not forget that "Romandiya's" acting winner the racer of "Katyusha" Ilnur Zakarin for certain will go to protect a title and will battle there to racers of Sky. Will be nice zaruba.
"Vuelt Kataluniya's" 21.03 – 27.03
"Ghent-Vevelgem" 27.03
"Dzhiro del Trentino's" 19.04 – 22.04
"Round of California" 15.05 – 22.05
"Round of Switzerland" 11.06 – 19.06
"Lombardy" 1.10
the World Cup 9.10 – 16.10
But to be limited only to the listed races – the crime, cycle season offers more than one hundred events, many of which will show the Eurosport channel. It is simplest to watch dates with the help of a calendar , and all features and categorization of competitions it is possible to learn on the official site of UCI .