Road Cycling Archives

2024 Tour de France to End With a Time Trial Outside of Paris

December 1, 2022 at 1:58 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

For the first in the whole 121-year history of the Tour de France, the race will conclude far away from Paris. Due to the Olympic Games being held in France’s capital, the most famous cycling event in the world will end with a time trial…

Can Remco Evenepoel Stay the Course?

November 19, 2022 at 9:44 am6 min reading

Road cycling

When you think of countries that are cycling powerhouses, which ones come to mind first? I bet Belgium made the list. And that’s thanks to the country’s deep roots in the sport and its long list of past and present cycling superstars like Eddy Merckx,…

Sonny Colbrelli to Become Ambassador at Bahrain Victorious After Forced Retirement

November 16, 2022 at 11:57 am5 min reading

Road cycling

The 32-year-old Italian has been assured a technical and ambassador role at the Bahrain Victorious team. Sonny Colbrelli retired from professional cycling two weeks ago after having a defibrillator fitted as a result of his collapse shortly after finishing stage 1 of Volta a Catalunya…

EF-EasyPost’s CEO on World Tour Relegation Fight: “I will look forward to not racing like that”

November 14, 2022 at 1:33 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

EF Education-EasyPost managed to keep their seat in the World Tour after a tough fight in the last year of the three-year promotion/relegation cycle. The team’s CEO Jonathan Vaughters deemed the way of racing teams had to engage in to avoid relegation “absurd”. He intends…

Tom Dumoulin: “I hated cycling so much”

November 8, 2022 at 11:38 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Dutch winner of Giro d’Italia took a break from professional racing in 2021 to focus on his mental health and wellbeing. He then returned and won an Olympic silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the men’s individual time trial. However, Dumoulin then decided…

Cycling Is Changing but Spanish Futility Continues

October 17, 2022 at 1:20 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

This has been another exciting and turbulent year of Grand Tour racing, with a new generation of very strong young riders signalling a seismic generational change. But there has been no change to another aspect of top-level cycling: the continuing futility of Spanish riders on…

Hirschi on Veneto Classic Victory: ‘I hope I come back next season on the same level’

October 17, 2022 at 10:18 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Swiss star had his 2022 season delayed by an injury and experienced more subsequent troubles along the way. However, he did manage to end on a high note with a Veneto classic victory.

What a Season It Was for Road Racing!

October 11, 2022 at 2:12 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

Saturday’s final ‘Monument’ race of 2022, the Tour of Lombardy, unofficially ended the road racing year and so gives us a chance to look back and enjoy it again because it really was a tumultuous and exciting eight months, beginning with the Tour of Valencia…

Kasia Niewiadoma Reflects on The UCI Elite Women’s Road Race

September 29, 2022 at 3:02 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

It is always interesting to look back after a race and understand the different phases I went through both in preparation and during the actual event. To be honest, I think it is fair to say that I had very mixed feelings leading up to…

Evenepoel on His World Championships Title: “I don’t think I will ever have such a good year again“

September 26, 2022 at 10:49 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Belgian soloed to a spectacular victory in the 2022 World Championships Elite Men Road Race. Christophe Laporte (France) took silver in a bunch sprint and Michael Matthews (Australia) won the bronze for the host nation of Australia.