So far, the 2018 UCI World Road Championship has given us a lot of epic women’s cycling. The event, taking place in Innsbruck, Austria, will culminate in this weekend’s final road race. With the riders starting stronger and going faster than ever before, these women…
The Australian has taken the first world champion’s jersey of his career, beating the defending champion Tom Dumoulin by a staggering 81 seconds. Dennis passed two riders while speeding towards the finish line, averaging 49.6 kph. He did the 52.5-kilometre course in just 1 hour…
The Dutch dominated the podium, with Annemiek van Vleuten defending her title, Anna van der Breggen coming in second and Ellen van Dijk finishing third.
Some bike-racing fans might consider the 2018 UCI Road World Championship, to be held between September 22 and 30 in Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria, an anticlimax of the road race season, since it follows the three Grand Tours. But that would be a mistake.