Race Previews – Page 2 – BehindThePeloton

On this page all our race previews are published. Race previews typically contain a brief history of the race, an in-depth analysis of the route, weather information, a list of favorites and possible race scenario’s. More often than not we also include fun-facts, data visualisations and our favorite cycling-related GIFs. We combine all this information in our previews to identify race favorites, outsiders and to predict potential winners for each cycling event.

Tour de France 2020 – GC Favorites Preview

At this time of the year all eyes are once again pointed towards the Tour de France. The big one within the entire cycling community and a special one given the season so far. This week we will release a…

Paris – Nice 2020 – Overall Preview

A new year of cycling is upon us. After the impressive win of Stuyven at the Omloop, it seems like we will be having a break from the spring classics for now with Strade Bianche and Milan Sanremo being cancelled…

2020 Preview Schedule

Another great year of cycling is standing right in front of us and we cannot wait to start working on our race previews to provide you with all the information you need to follow the races and to hopefully make…

Vuelta a España 2019 – Stage 21 Preview

Impressive win by Pogacar yesterday, who managed to succesfully solo his way into the podium! With the Vuelta coming to its end we can say that it has been a hugely succesfull adventure for the riders of Jumbo Visma. They…

Vuelta a España 2019 – Stage 20 Preview

Another seemingly boring stage that ended up not so boring today! After a chute in which Roglic and Miguel Angel Lopez were involved it were the Movistars who, to the frustration of the rest of the peloton, started riding a…

Vuelta a España 2019 – Stage 19 Preview

Another lovely stage today. Miguel Angel Lopez igniting the race in the final, with only Roglic and Valverde initially able to follow. Majka made it back to the trio who put same large time gaps into Quintana and Pogacar, and…

Vuelta a España 2019 – Stage 18 Preview

What a stage today! We expected some echelons, but we didn't expect them to form right from the very first kilometer. Who other than Deceuninck-Quickstep had their entire team drilling in the front to create the first echelon. The most…

Vuelta a España 2019 – Stage 17 Preview

Only 5 stages left in this year's Vuelta! The riders have had another well deserved day of rest today, in which they could charge up their batteries for the last few stages. Roglic is firmly in red and has not…

Vuelta a España 2019 – Stage 16 Preview

Another nice day for the blog today. Almost all of our break picks were featured in the breakaway, and it was Sep Kuss who managed to snatch the stage, landing us a 251/1 bet! Tomorrow will be another mountainous adventure.…

Vuelta a España 2019 – Stage 15 Preview

As expected, today's stage was destined to be sprint. A big crash in the final kilometer however decimated the field and only a handfull of riders were able to actually sprint for the victory. In the end, Sam Bennet won…