Terpstra places early deposit on overall victory at Tour of Qatar

If Flanders is the school of cycling, then Qatar is its satellite campus. Some harsh lessons can be handed down in the bare expanses of the desert, and on stage 1 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Qatar, Omega Pharma-QuickStep gave something of a seminar in the art of riding in a crosswind as they propelled 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Niki Terpstra to stage victory.

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus𓃲. He is the author of , published by Gill Books.