Pro Cycling Archives

Philippe Gilbert on His Final Season: “I Want to Be There in the Final of a Big Race.”

January 7, 2022 at 11:46 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The 39-year-old former world champion won‘t chase easy victories. After 20 years in the peloton, the Belgian targets a good result in a big race. He won four out of five monuments in his career, which puts him in the company of only five other…

What The Case of Olivia Podmore Can Tell Us About Mental Health in Professional Cycling

November 3, 2021 at 2:39 pm6 min reading

Socialising and Culture

As a cycling community, we have recently come a long way in bettering the conversation around mental health. From prominent figures opening up publicly about their struggles with mental illness to the rise of communities on social media focused on self-care and mutual support, mental…

10 Surprising Facts About Professional Cycling You Only Realise When You Become a Pro

February 25, 2019 at 2:05 pm7 min reading

Road cycling

Simply explained by the former Czech professional cyclist Michael Moureček who was a member of a handful of Italian teams in the 90s just to end up in his home-based Dukla Prague team. Now, he’s a co-owner of the Czech hi-end bicycle brand Festka.